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Millionaire Mindset Lesson #1 - There’s Always More Money

Hi gorgeous, I'm Denise Duffield-Thomas, money mindset mentor, author and founder of The Money Bootcamp. As you might know, I teach money mindset and clearing your money blocks so you can live a first class life.

Today I’m sharing one of my key Millionaire mindset lessons.

Becoming a millionaire doesn’t really make you special or clever, but the truth is that my biggest secret for becoming one is focusing on some very specific mindset upgrades.

This is the first mindset lesson I want you to master: There’s always more money.

There’s Always More Money

One of the cornerstones of the Chillpreneur philosophy is that there’s always more. There’s enough for everyone, and we live in a world of abundance.

Have you noticed that there's always at least more hair band if you really look for it. There's always one more coin in the bottom of your purse?

Of course, it doesn’t always feel like that.

I’m not saying income inequality isn’t real, and that there’s no poverty in the world. But chances are, you have every opportunity to change your circumstances.

Wealthy women are great for the planet, yet we still hold ourselves back. One way we keep ourselves small is by thinking that the world is a zero-sum game:

If I win, someone else is going to lose.
If I’m successful, it’s at someone else’s expense. 

That’s not true.

You can do some amazing things with your wealth.

There is no limit to what you can dream, and there’s no cap on your earning potential if you’re willing to do the work necessary in your business.

Never has this been so apparent to me, and in such a hilariously literal way, than when I was freaking out about buying our dream house.

It took years to manifest and finally the day came. We were driving across town to pick up the keys and, instead of feeling great, I was experiencing what Gay Hendricks calls an “upper limit problem,” which is the feeling that we’ve hit our capacity for success. It can feel like resistance, guilt or even a feeling like we’re about to get into trouble.

It was as if the adrenaline finally kicked in, and I realized what a massive manifestation we’d had pulled off. Just six weeks before, we didn’t have all the money we needed to buy the house, and part of me still didn’t believe we did it, even though we just completed the most successful launch we’d ever had.

I actually felt sick; Had we bitten off more than we could chew? Who did I think I was? Could we really afford this house in this swanky neighborhood? All these thoughts swirling around in my head cast a dark cloud over what should have been a day of celebration.

This is normal, by the way. I call it a “success hangover,” which is when something that is supposed to feel good has the opposite effect, and you feel weirdly guilty or bad.

During the car ride to our new property, I said to Mark, “Babe, we’re going to have to be so careful about money this year. With the new house to build, another baby and two mortgages, we’re going to have to really tighten our belts.”

He looked at me surprised and said, “That doesn’t sound like you!” I’m usually the most optimistic of us when it comes to reaching big goals, and I obviously teach money mindset, so he’d never heard me talk so negatively before. But I was spooked about this big dream coming true, and it didn’t feel good.

I let out the breath I was holding and said, “You’re right. There’s always more money.”

At that very moment, a shower of $50 notes hit our car’s windshield: A literal cascade of money, at least a thousand dollars’ worth, exploded on our car like confetti.

Yes, really. This story isn’t metaphorical. Actual money hit our car! Mark’s windshield wipers came on automatically, and the money bounced and scattered all over the road, blowing into the trees lining the highway. We both screamed involuntarily and said simultaneously, “Did you see that?”

Then I said, “Did that really happen?” We were both hysterical. Mark said, “Should we pull over?” I still couldn’t quite believe what happened, especially at the very moment I had affirmed out loud, “There’s always more money.” But I knew that it was a big message from the Universe.

“That’s not the lesson,” I replied. “The actual money isn’t the point, and I definitely don’t want to scrabble around on this busy highway to collect money that doesn’t belong to us. The lesson is that there’s always more money, and we’re going to be fine.”

We both started laughing because it was just too weird. Was it a shared hallucination? All I know is that it was divine timing. Just at that moment of doubt and scarcity, the Universe decided to remind me that there’s always more money. There’s always enough.

And just like that, I felt incredible about the new property purchase. I decided to live in a world of abundance and not scarcity.

And now, I drive up and down that road several times a week and remember the lesson: There’s always more.

I’m sometimes tempted to look for a stray note in the bushes, but even better is that regular reminder to stay in prosperity consciousness.

To this day, I have no idea how it happened. Maybe someone was about to buy something in cash, and it accidentally blew out the window. Who knows? I’ve never heard another person from my town mention it. I still laugh about the divine timing, and I hope you remember it too.

There’s always enough. There are always enough clients. I mean, how many do you need to replace your day job or have a successful, thriving business?

Seriously.

Run the numbers and figure out how many you need. And if you increase your prices or streamline your business, you might need even fewer than you think. With so many billions of people in the world, there are a lot of potential customers looking for exactly what you can deliver. And you need only a tiny percentage of them to buy!

There’s always enough. There are always more opportunities.

So, you missed out on an important project or speaking gig. Who cares? There are a million other conferences to go to, and more clients that will probably suit you better, so breathe and let go of your fear of missing out.

There are always more opportunities.

There are always more ideas.

So, your practice business didn’t pan out. That doesn’t mean you’re a failed entrepreneur. It simply means you’re an entrepreneur! Think how many Virgin offshoots Sir Richard Branson has tried out (Virgin Brides or Virgin Cola anyone?). If Branson understands anything, it’s that ideas are abundant and, if one doesn’t work, there’s always another one around the corner.

There’s always more time.

So many women feel an internal urgency to do all the things right now. For example, how many potential book ideas are rattling around in your head at the moment (at least three for me) that feel like they all need to be birthed now? You can be in only one stage of pregnancy at a time.

Let it all unfold in perfect, divine timing.

Paradoxically, I’ve found that, when I take the attitude of “abundant time,” I get a lot more done! If I take the pressure off myself to do everything, I naturally find myself being more productive.

Maybe when you’re not forcing yourself, you don’t get as bogged down in resistance and procrastination.

Remember this lesson:

There’s always enough money, and acquiring more of it won’t deprive others of wealth. I want you to write this down somewhere where you can see it.

The world is an abundant place - and there's always more money. 

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7 SUCCESS HABITS THAT TOOK ME TO 7 FIGURES

Hey gorgeous,

It's Denise Duffield-Thomas here, money mindset mentor, author and founder of The Money Bootcamp.

I knew forever that I wanted to create a million-dollar business pretty much forever – even before I had any real business ideas.

In my 20s I remember thinking “I want to be a millionaire by the time I’m 30,” and it took me until I was 35, but hey that’s not too bad!

There are certain success habits I’ve cultivated to get me to this level. And honestly, they are the same success habits that will take you from zero to earning that first couple of thousand in your business, and from there to earning six figures and beyond to seven figures.

So let me share:

Tip 1. Focusing on the basics.

The Basics Work It’s realizing that you can do the basics over and over again, so you can stop searching for that silver-bullet solution. 

You don’t need to find somebody else’s magic formula because really, I’ve created a million-dollar business from simply doing the basics.

I share on social media every single day in some form - a quote, a picture or a video.

I send out a weekly newsletter without fail - and I have for ten years now. It's not complicated - it's really basic.

SHOW up.

Does it get boring and repetitive sometimes? YES

Do I sometimes not feel like it? YES.

I’m always marketing and growing my business, and I don’t have any advanced strategies that you don’t already know or that you couldn’t read from a book or learn from a course.

The reason this is a success habit is because some people get really impatient with performing the basics – they can’t be bothered or they think it’s boring or too hard to do something mundane like a blog post every week.

Yeah, it can be, but this habit has helped me create a million-dollar business. It’s still the same “work” I started out with six years ago: me in front of a camera talking to you.

That’s all it is. Don’t feel like it has to be any more complicated than that. Make sure you have the basics in place.

Tip 2. Be Consistent

The second thing is to be consistent. I’m super-consistent in my business; as I said you’ll get an email newsletter from me every single week. That doesn’t just happen by accident. That’s a clear decision to be consistent.

To date I have 100k plus people on my newsletter list, but the work is the same as when there were only a couple of hundred people on my newsletter list. It’s only grown through consistency. Showing up, every single week.

Here’s a tip: when I started out and I didn’t have that many people on my list, I sent out my newsletter telling myself, “Somebody is waiting for this information. Somebody really needs to hear this right now.” 

Years later, people say “I wait for your newsletter to come in because I read it every single week.”  I manifested that years before it happened.

Consistency is such an amazing habit for every entrepreneur, and it really is how you’re going to take things to the next level.

The other part of this is that I haven’t changed my business model all that much over the years. I do see some people change every couple of months. They change their focus all the time and it’s really confusing for your audience if they don’t know how they can rely on you. 

You know that when you visit my website you can read about money, mindset or marketing. That’s pretty much all I talk about. I don’t try to go in other directions.

But that’s not saying I haven’t in the past. There were times in my business where I could have gone into spinoffs like Get Hitched Lucky Bee, for example, which was my soulmate book, and my attracting a soulmate course. I invested a lot of money into creating the book, then I thought “Hang on, This isn’t consistent with my brand. This is not how I want to be.”

Consistency is key.

Tip 3. Keep it Simple

I'm alll about simplicity.  And in fact - that's exactly what my book Chillpreneur is all about. Making things easy and profitable.

Keep things very simple in your business model, and be very clear on how people can work with you, because that is going to grow your business to the next level.

If you’re too broad or trying to be everything to everyone, it won’t give you the clarity and focus that money likes. 

Don’t make people guess about your skills.

Don’t confuse your potential clients with a million different services.  You know how to work with me. You can join my Money Bootcamp. That’s it. In fact that's my motto - all roads lead to Bootcamp. Eventually you WILL join - because I've made it simple for you.

But you can’t do my Soulmate Course because I killed it. It wasn’t part of my consistent brand and unique zone of genius. 

Keep it simple.

Tip 4. Make Decisions that are right for YOU

Consciously make decisions in your business, and don’t be swayed too much by other people’s opinions or trends that happen.

Your audience might say, “Hey you should do this,” and you think, “Oh maybe I should.”. It’s easy to get off track.  You have to make decisions that are the right thing for you.

For the season of life you're in and importantly what you LOVE to do.

I sometimes see a new marketing tool and get FOMO - or think I should start a podcast.

People ask me to create a mastermind - and I know I could make a lot of money out of it. But it doesn't fit my strengths or my lifestyle. End of story.

People could be asking you to change your business model for something that suits them. If it feels bad - say no. It's okay to not be all the things to all the people. Making clear decisions based on your values and business model is really important.

This could be anything for you. It could simply be making really conscious decisions about who you work with, who you partner with, what events you speak at, or what Facebook groups you join. 

Being deliberate about those decisions has really helped me grow but not being distracted by shiny objects or other people’s opinions about what I should do.” It's your business - your rules. And you can serve a lot more people coming from a place of joy than obligation!

Tip 5. Surround Yourself with Like-Minded People

A huge part of my success is that I’ve surrounded myself with like-minded people who also want to have a seven-figure business.

A couple of years ago, I was invited into a mastermind with somebody who was a little bit ahead of me in business; she was creating a group of women who wanted to go to seven figures and beyond. I was totally intimidated but I knew it was a symbolic next step. 

Surrounding yourself with people who are going where you want to go is so important, because you start to believe it can happen to you too. You see other people doing it and you hear about their real struggles.

And this comes back to my first point: you see that they’re just normal people doing the basics over and over again.

A perfect example of this is that I went to a conference and one of the speakers had a ten-million-dollar-a-year business.  He said, “Let me show you my entire strategy.” I thought “I practice that strategy already. Oh this must be the basic bit and then he’s going to go on to the advanced stuff.” Then he said, “That’s it. That’s what I do.” 

That’s when I realized that, first of all, there aren’t any really advanced strategies.

Also when you’re in those situations, you see that the people who are making the money you aspire to make are just normal people who are following the basics. They are being super-consistent, and keeping things very simple in their business. They make clear, conscious decisions about what they’re going to do. They’re not trying to be everything to everyone. And they’re surrounding themselves with like-minded people. 

Simple.

Tip 6. Ask: Why Not Me?

When you look at people whose businesses you admire, it’s tempting to put them on a pedestal and think, “It’s alright for them because they…” 

I used to think, “Oh she’s really skinny so it’s easy for her to be successful in business because she’s skinny and I’m not.”  Ridiculous. Weird. 

You might think “Well it’s all right for THEM, they’ve got a happy marriage,” or “It’s okay for HER, she doesn’t have kids,” or “It’s okay for HER, she lives in Hawaii. I’d be successful too if I lived in Hawaii.” Total BS.

Whatever your excuses are, you have to banish them and ask yourself: why not me? Even with all my skills, talents, insecurities and flaws. Just ask: why not? 

Realize that you can be a role model for other people if you get out of your own way.  Why not you? YOu can be a millionaire too!

Tip 7. Work on Your Money Blocks

The last success habit that has helped me get to six figures, then to seven figures is working on my money blocks. Constantly. 

You might think that you get to a certain level in business and you don’t have money blocks anymore, but it’s not true. Money itself doesn’t make you happy and money doesn’t solve money blocks.  It makes me laugh thinking about it, because my mastermind buddies and I are constantly working on ourselves.

That’s how we’ve become successful. By having the mindset that there’s always more to learn and always more to uncover about ourselves. 

There are always more ways to improve, so I work on my money blocks all the time.

I work on old recurring money blocks – things that have come up for me again and again (for example - that you have to work hard to make money). I work on new money blocks that come up when I hit the next stage in my business. I constantly work on myself and deal with my fears and insecurities around being in business.

It’s a process of continuous learning and development.

So that's it - that's how I got to six and then 7 figures - and that's how it's been for years a multi millionaire. I'm not perfect. I'm not any smarter or better.

Pretty simple huh?

So over to you - which of these habits do you want to cultivate for yourself? Because it's totally possible for you to be a millionaire too.

Do the basics
Be consistent
Keep it simple
Make decisions for you
Surround yourself with successful people
Ask yourself - WHY NOT ME
Work on your money mindset

If you are still new to the money blocks conversation, or think that you’ve hit a wall with working on your money blocks, then guess what, you haven’t.  If you haven’t listened to my free money blocks audio, make sure you do it today. 

I talk about seven common money blocks that women have in business. You might think this is just for beginners, but it’s not. Usually when you have a money block, you have it for the rest of your business life. You just have to work on it in different ways because it will come up again and again. So make sure you carve out a little bit of time today to listen to that free audio class. 

Listen now at DeniseDT.com/blocks

It’s your time to take your business to the next level. It’s your time. Why not you?  It’s your time and you’re totally ready for that next step.

WHAT PROFESSION HAS THE BIGGEST MONEY BLOCKS?

Hello gorgeous, today’s video digs deep into a topic that I find so interesting: which profession do you think has the biggest money blocks? 

It’s pretty safe to say that everyone has money blocks, even if they don’t know it yet, and while it’s true that there are many commonalities amongst the people I teach, some industries have money blocks totally unique to their industry.  And in fact, you might resist money mindset work because you feel like it doesn't apply to you!

Here’s some Denise truth talk.

Unless you’re willing to clear your money blocks on an ongoing basis, you’re going to self sabotage and stay stuck at your current income. 

So, if everyone in your industry is broke and complaining about money, stop using your profession as an excuse, and instead find the hidden gold to move past your blocks. 

Let’s get started.  

As I mentioned, some money blocks are pretty universal for entrepreneurs - talk about these a lot in my book Chillpreneur.

The three most common are:

I have to work really hard to make money, 
I have to choose between helping people OR making more money
And... If I make more money - bad things will happen.

And everyone has their own version of that - for example - you won't be a good parent - you'll burn out, or you'll get into trouble with the tax man!

These blocks are pretty huge in themselves, but some industries have some even more specific nuances that go beyond these universal ones.

Let’s dive into it.

First up, let’s talk about entrepreneurs in the health industry.

I’m talking about health and wellness coaches, professionals like naturopaths or herbalists, weight loss coaches and anyone who helps clients transform their health or well-being in any way.

So many people working in the health industry have blocks like: 

Good health should be free, I’m taking advantage of people’s illnesses, and I can’t offer people solutions or supplements because I shouldn’t be “salesy”.

Stop!

The whole REASON that people come to you when you’re a health professional is to learn how to better take care of themselves.  Of course, good health is everyone’s birth-right but some people need a little more help than others. And they are coming to YOU for a solution. 

If they wanted, they could most likely find a low or no-cost solution to DIY it for themselves, but some people want deeper transformation and personal attention.  They’ve come to you for your knowledge, so not giving them a solution, whether that’s your knowledge and skills or a recommendation for a supplement – then you’re not serving them to the best of your ability. 

You’re actually stopping yourself from doing the work you’re here to do. 

Here is an affirmation for you, I serve, I deserve.

The affirmation “I serve, I deserve” is a really good one to use as a pattern interrupter for these sorts of blocks. It reminds you that you’re being of service to people, and it’s okay to charge in return for your expertise.  

Health IS wealth for people - and it's totally okay for you to charge to help people with it.

Next up, let’s talk.. Coaches and consultants 

Coaches often get tied up in their own perfectionism, which can have huge consequences for their abundance. 

If you’re a coach but you: 

Feel like you have to be more successful or earn more than your own clients,
Feel like a fraud, or
Feel like you have to be “perfect” before you can help others, 

... then you’ve definitely got the most common blocks in your industry.

I think coaches often feel like this because we want to prove that we’re past the problems our clients are facing.  

Clearing up the perfectionism is a first step to not self sabotaging yourself as a coach.  Remind yourself that clients are coming to you for your skills to hold them accountable, to hold the space for their dreams, and to help them work through their own feelings of not being good enough. 

You don't have to earn more than your clients. And you don't have to be the expert in everything. Think of Olympic coaches - they aren't necessarily the best runner or swimmer. That is the athletes they coach. They are the best at helping their clients with mindset - with getting out of their own way - AND holding them accountable to their training.

Every single person - the richest people in the world need people to hold space for them. Everyone has blind spots. So - stop thinking you have to be perfect before you help others. Give yourself a break and treat yourself with as much compassion as you do your clients.  

Next up… let’s talk finance professionals like Bookkeepers, accountants, financial advisors

You guys also have the tendency towards perfectionism.  If you’re a finance professional who feels ashamed because your books aren’t aren’t as well kept as your clients’ are, or because you don’t always follow your own advice perfectly, then you’ve got blocks that are keeping you from helping more people. 

Working on your own money mindset and clearing the perfectionism will also help you have more compassion for clients who get blocked around working with you in the first place.  

Next up - my lucky bees in the Spiritual world. 

I know so many gifted spiritual entrepreneurs who are really blocked about charging for their work.  It’s really common to hear, “I can’t charge for my gift!”  “It’s unethical to charge for spiritual things,” or “Nobody wants to pay for this,” 

Maybe you attract clients with a victim mentality or can’t afford to pay you.

You might even get negative feedback about you charging for your gifts from your tribe. 

It’s so important to remember the affirmation, “I serve, I deserve,” and remind yourself that when you release your blocks, more money can flow to you and you’ll be able to help more people! 

Artists and creatives

The final group I’m going to talk about here is artists and creatives.

If you’re in a creative business, then you’ve probably got a block around charging for your art.  There’s a real risk that you’re running the “starving artist” script in your life – that you can’t make a living from your art, and that it’s somehow noble to live in poverty rather than “selling out”. It’s as though the art is more real if you suffer for it. 

Add in another common belief, that “nobody will pay for art” or “people don’t appreciate creativity”, and you really will be the starving artist, or at least until you clear the blocks. 

I know plenty of artists who have made abundant lives and businesses from their art, without having to sacrifice their sanity or their bank accounts, and you can too.

Now I've worked with entrepreneurs like you in almost every industry all over the world.

When you're ready to finally deal with your money stuff and you want my support come and join us.

Go to Denisedt.com/bootcamp for all the details or send me a message on Insta and let's chat to see if this makes sense for you right now.

Happy block clearing, Lucky Bee! 

It’s your time and you’re ready for the next step!

7 WAYS TO DOUBLE YOUR INCOME WITHOUT BURNOUT

Hey Lucky Bee, it’s Denise Duffield-Thomas here, money mindset mentor, author and founder of the Money Bootcamp and today I’m going to talk to you about doubling your income over the next year. 

Do you believe it’s possible?

But the question is, HOW do you do it without working twice as hard and burning yourself out?

I’m going to share with you the main strategies I’ve used to double my income which I’ve done many times over the last few years, and these techniques will work for you no matter where you’re at in business.  Ready? 

So! Let’s talk about how to double your income without doubling your workload or stress.  In fact, it can be done by actually reducing the amount of work you do. I know you might not believe that right now, but it’s true. 

Tip #1 Outsource

As an entrepreneur, you’re probably already working a LOT of hours. Maybe more than you ever did in a job.  The best way to leverage and double your time is to outsource tasks so that you can focus on bringing in more money. 

My friend Amber McCue calls it “cloning yourself”, because trying to do everything will absolutely cap your income. 

You might have been THINKING about outsourcing for a long time, but maybe you’re scared of spending the money. The truth is that NOW is the time to actually implement outsourcing, and it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

You can start small, for example:

Book a house cleaner so you can focus less on cleaning and more on bringing in money using your skills and talents.
Hire a Virtual Assistant to take care of your emails or your newsletter. My assistant started just 5 hours a week, and it freed me up to focus on other areas. 
Hire a bookkeeper, again, just a few hours a month will make you feel like you’re really in business
Outsource your graphic design or your website upgrade. It doesn’t have to be hugely expensive, there are designers at all level of budget.  

Start with outsourcing tasks you hate doing and use the time you’re saving to do more profitable work in your business. 

Tip #2 Work ONLY in your Zone of Genius

Gay Hendricks coined this term, the Zone of Genius, which means being in flow with work that only you can do. For me, that’s communicating to my audience over video or in interviews – I can’t outsource that, but I can outsource pretty much everything else.  

When you focus on working in your zone of genius and outsource the rest, you leverage your energy to create more income AND ease in your business. 

BUT! So many entrepreneurs waste time and energy by trying to do EVERYTHING, even if you’re not really good at it OR (and this is key too), you might enjoy it, but it doesn’t make you any money.  

For example - Don’t do your own books if it makes you cry.  Don’t update your website yourself if it takes you forever and you have a breakdown over it every time.  Nobody is paying you to clean your own toilet, vs working on your first book.  

Let those things go to other people, who are actually GOOD at them, and focus on earning money in ways that are unique to you.  Plus, don’t try and implement EVERY idea. Let some of them go, and go deep into your true work.

Tip #3 Increase your prices

The single quickest way to make more money is to increase your prices but it’s also the thing that women resist the most.  

If you haven’t increased your prices for a while, then you’re definitely overdue to, especially if you’ve become even better at your work, or have recently upgraded your services. 

And if you’re hesitating or procrastinating on raising your rates, then you’re dealing with money blocks for sure, and it’s super important to work on your mindset that you’re worth it.  I’ve also got a ton of free resources and scripts

Tip #4 Create some VIP offerings

Every business can add some sort VIP offering for customers who want to work more deeply with you, or want extra perks like faster turnaround or personal attention.  

There are many customers who will happily pay you for a premium service for a variety of reasons, and it’s an awesome way to double your income without working harder.  

You can do this with: 

VIP days or intensives for people who want personalized attention or fast service.
If you teach group classes, consider a VIP private option at a premium price. (For example, I have a private yoga instructor come to my house)
Faster graphic or website design packaged solutions – if people want faster turnaround, that can be a premium service.  

I buy things with VIP options all the time now; I’d rather pay a higher rate to get personalized attention or so I can jump the queue. 

Tip #5 Monitor your time

Get real and honest on where you spend your time.

When you focus on income producing activities FIRST, you’ll find that you ask for the sale more often, and your income will go up without working harder.  

It’s obvious but not always implemented.  I often say that since having kids, my income has gone up because I’ve had to be so brutal with my time.  But anyone can do this, just get real on how much money producing activity you really do. 

Tip #6 Create passive income streams

One of the biggest ways to bring more money into your business without working harder is by creating passive income streams.  When you do this, you only spend the creation time once, and then get paid for it over and over. It’s a no brainer when it comes to business. 

The biggest impediment to creating passive income is your money blocks.  SO many of us women procrastinate creating passive income because it goes against our ingrained beliefs that making money is hard work.

Don’t worry – I have lots of resources to help you with this (it’s actually the most common money block I see).  

Lastly…  Give yourself permission! 

You have to give yourself permission to earn more without working harder.

Give yourself permission to profit from your talents.

Give yourself permission to double your income. 

Your income limitations are purely self-perceived – your stories and beliefs can be changed. 

If you need permission, then here it is:  You are allowed to make money from doing what you love.

You’re allowed to double or triple or even quadruple your income easily. 

And if you need help with your mindset, I’ve got an awesome resource for you. 

As I said before, your money mindset is your biggest asset in making more income.  If you’re experiencing money blocks, then watch my free money blocks workshop, which will help you clear your blockages to making more money, so it can be easy and fun.  It’s available at denisedt.com/blocks.

 

Money blocks don’t have to derail you - you can embrace them and move on to creating a First Class life for you and your family.

It's your time and you're ready for the next step.

Got questions about my money mindset course and community?

>> Click here to message me and let's chat about whether whether Bootcamp is right for you <<

GET REAL ABOUT MAKING MONEY IN YOUR BUSINESS

If you're not making money right now in your business - we need to get real.

Get real about your numbers.

You might have heard that marketing is a numbers game, and every part of you may want to rail against it.

You might say things like: “My customers are special to me Denise, they aren’t just a number!“ or “But I put heart and soul into my marketing.“ 

I’m not saying that’s not true, but you have to be realistic about the amount of marketing needed before potential customers can experience your heart and soul for themselves. 

If you're new to our community, my name is Denise Duffield-Thomas, money mindset mentor, author and founder of the Money Bootcamp. I help entrepreneurs like you to clear your money blocks so you can earn the money you deserve and create your First Class life.

You’re talented and ambitious enough to make a success of your business.

You’re good enough to hit all your goals.

You just don’t have enough eyeballs on your work right now. Simple as that. 

I have a prescription for you, and it’s called marketing.  Marketing is about connecting with your peeps, so you can love them and help them solve challenges in their lives through your life-changing products. 

Marketing is not about:

Making money through people's misery or problems
Bothering or annoying people until they say yes
Using neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) in an evil way
Conning people out of their money 

Some of the most beautiful, big-hearted people worry that marketing is some evil form of trickery, but it’s not. 

I often hear entrepreneurs say that they don’t want or need to learn marketing; they’ll “manifest“ the clients instead.

Let’s reframe marketing right now: Marketing is manifesting!

Manifesting means “to make real,“ and marketing is a pretty quick way of bringing in real clients who will pay you real, spendable money in return. Win-win.

Marketing doesn’t have to be scary.

Chillpreneur marketing is just: 

Sharing what you know, and
Making offers.

Did you know that I have an actual marketing degree? Yes, I do: I nailed all my marketing subjects and failed everything else because, instead of going to economics and accounting classes, I was president of my campus business club and performing as a professional sports mascot on the side.

But even though I have legit marketing credentials, they didn’t help in my business until I embraced these two things: sharing and making offers. It’s that simple.

Share your knowledge, expertise, advice, tips, experience, horror stories, mistakes, successes, and other learnings with people. And then, offer a solution. 

This straightforward two-step marketing strategy has made me millions of dollars. It’s empowered me to live a life of freedom, adventure, abundance and joy (our family values). I’ve been able to financially support family members, donate to important charities, and fund causes dear to my heart. It’s helped me build my dream house, buy new cars, and supported my crystal, candle, and book addictions.

Money is awesome. Making money by helping people is even awesomer.  

Those two steps are honestly all you need to do, whether your goal is to make millions or just make a few extra hundred bucks on the side to help pay the mortgage. It’s the same process either way. 

That’s how I started my Lucky Bee “empire,“ and that’s what I continue to do these days. If you follow me on social media, you’ll see that I regularly share what I know about success, money blocks, and other topics, and then I suggest that you either buy my book or sign up for one of my courses.

My marketing strategy hasn’t changed in years, and it works incredibly well because I don’t overthink it.  Of course, there are nuances, but not as many as you think.

You could get caught up in finding the “perfect“ marketing channel or stress about creating the “perfect“ offer, but my advice is just to get started and tweak as you go. Most women are actually great at sharing but terrible at making offers. They have no problem helping people for free. They write great blog posts, give tons of free advice, and will gladly respond to email inquiries that never lead to a sale. But they forget (or are too scared) to tell people they have a solution. 

The truth is that people will take and take and take if you let them. Some will be thankful and praise you for your generosity, but that’s not going to pay your bills. Lots of people will accept your free support and never even say thank you.  

Applause is great, helping people for free is noble, but you know what’s also awesome? Money in the bank. You can give the best, most life-changing advice in the world but, without an offer, your potential customers will think, “that’s nice“ and move on with their lives. 

There’s no silver-bullet solution to growing your business. Just share what you know and make offers. 

I know you’re scared to put yourself out there. Everyone is. That’s not a good enough excuse. The world doesn’t owe you a successful business (or life). It’s up to you to decide that you’re good enough exactly as you are and to show up and be counted.

In my books I share with you chill marketing techniques that will make your life easier and your bank account happier. But not one of them will be “build it, and they will come.“

I’m going to get straight with you: This is a skill you need to get moderately good at. Not perfect, just good enough. In most cases, you can even half-ass it and still get great results (honestly).

I almost called my book Chillpreneur “Lucky B Slap” because we as women, have to get real about the role that marketing has in our businesses.  

In Oprah-style, here’s “what I know for sure“ about your business:   You’ll:

Sabotage yourself (and it will cost you sales).
Feel scared when you ask people for money.
Resist doing the work.

Fear costs you money, time, and freedom—and it’s keeping your dreams out of reach.

Hoping your potential will be fulfilled won’t make it happen. Hoping for clients to (physically or metaphorically) walk through the door won’t make them come.

Blaming yourself for not being perfect isn’t the answer. You have to show up and make yourself known to your potential customers.

I’m not going to slap you – this is just a gentle reminder that you don’t have to overcomplicate it. Share what you know, and make offers.

You can honestly create whatever size business with those two skills (however imperfect), and you can change your world for the better. You can make the money you need to fulfill your dreams, and you can help more people than you thought was possible!

And the blocks and fears you have about helping people, being visible and actually receiving money are keeping you stuck!

But don't worry, I can help. I’ve helped over 100,000 women work on their relationship with money at all stages of business and the first step is figuring out YOUR particular money block.

Jump over to DeniseDT.com/BLOCKS and you’ll find out the EXACT problem you’re facing with money right now and what you can do to overcome it.

It’s your time! You’re ready for the next step!

7 SIGNS YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOUR MINDSET

When it comes to money, sooner or later there’s a wake-up call that happens for each of us.

Maybe the last year has been a massive wake up call for you. Your business might have had to change completely - you realise that your old ways of marketing don't work anymore or maybe you decided that life is too short to do work that doesn't light you up anymore. Often a bad client experience can be the wake up call you need.

There comes a time in every entrepreneur's life when you feel like throwing in the towel. After all - when you start a business - nobody really tells you how much it's going to mess with your confidence.

When I decided to take the leap and go into full time business, with no idea on how I was going to get clients, make money or leverage my burning passion into a thriving enterprise. My family and friends thought that I was a little bit crazy, a little bit delusional and a LOT in over my head.

I started running these cute little goal-setting workshops around town, literally making flyers at home and putting them on café notice boards. As I was driving to one of the workshops in my new outfit, the felt ceiling on my car’s roof fell down around my ears.

In that moment, I thought, “For all my years of personal development, I still have nothing to show for it”. Even though I was a good manifestor, and I was one of the most positive people I knew, I had very little actual money in my bank account to show for it.

And I had this moment of…. “maybe I’m not going to make it… Maybe this isn’t my calling after all” I was devastated. For years, I saw myself as someone who had so much potential, and my lucky break must be just around the corner, but in that moment when I drove to my workshop with the ceiling sagging down around my ears it felt like it was never going to be my turn.

You might have had one of these moments yourself.

Do you ever feel like there is an invisible glass ceiling holding you back from success?

Maybe you've been stuck at a particular income level for years!

Maybe you’re telling yourself that you’re too busy right now or that money isn’t that important to you.

Maybe you have conflicting feelings about wealth – worried that maybe it’s not for you – or that you’ll have to do something outside of your values to really truly make enough money.

If you’re doing all you can, but still not making the financial breakthroughs you KNOW are within your reach, it’s time to do something different. You need a money reset.

If you’re undercharging in your business, feeling like you’re pushing against the flow of money and can’t figure out why it’s all so hard, I’ve got some answers for you that just might crack the code.

I’m Denise Duffield-Thomas, money mindset mentor, best selling author and creator of the Money Bootcamp. I did NOT grow up with a good relationship to money. But I’ve created millions of dollars in business revenue, working to my strengths, and I’ve impacted tens of thousands of women all around the world through my courses and programs. I read ALLL the business and personal development books - but most of them don't talk about WHY we resist making money so much.

So - if you think that you need to get another certificate, lose ten pounds or somehow magically become perfect before you can make money - I'm here to tell you that it's B.S

I have 7 signs for you that money mindset is actually the crucial next step. If any of these 7 reasons are true for you, then you’ll love working with me further.

Reason 1: You know that it’s your time.

Finally. Each year you set big goals - thinking that this would be the year that all your dreams come true.

You might even have a book that's sitting on your computer 90% done - or a course that's ready to launch but something's stopping you.

Every day you wake up and think NOW is the right time. But the moment your income doesn’t match up to your intelligence, potential and the gifts you offer up to the world.

You're tired of waiting for someone else to choose you - or deem you ready to earn more.

I'm sure you're frustrated in yourself that you haven't done it - but maybe today is the day. You know that it's now or never. I see that for you - and I'm here to help you make that come true.

Reason 2: You love personal development but the money hasn’t shown up yet

You could be feeling like a fraud right now because you're doing everything right but it's just not working.

I bet you have a dream board, you probably journal your goals regularly and gosh darn it - you're a great positive person. You’ve probably read every abundance book under the sun, but you still feel like there’s a missing puzzle piece.

It feels unfair and if you’re honest with yourself, you KNOW you have sabotaging money behaviours but you can’t change them. That's really normal.

Reason 3: You don’t earn what you’re worth (and you suspect you’re worth a LOT more)

The charge what you're worth thing gets a bad reputation. No you can't put a price on yourself as a human being - you are priceless but guess what? Your business isn't!

You actually have to name a price. Every day I meet people who are simply undercharging. They know it but they feel powerless to do anything about it. You might know it too but you're still getting feedback that you're too expensive - even when you know you're actually drastically undercharging. That's usually the problem.

When you undercharge, you energetically attract clients who will never be happy. And that's so frustrating! 

Reason 4: You want to live a First Class life, but you’re stuck in Economy class.

I’ve been there and it SUCKS. You’re sick of compromising areas in your life, like where you live, how you dress or travel.

It's exhausting having to justify every penny - wouldn't it be nice to have peace of mind that you can always make more money? You’re seeing other women rapidly increasing their income and you’re kinda jealous that it’s not you it’s okay to admit it

Reason 5: You already know that you need a money mindset makeover.

Maybe this isn’t the first time you’ve checked out my work or read my blog.

You might even go through situations when you think - I've got to sort this out - for example You start to sweat when you talk to an accountant or anyone “official” about money.

Or you sit and procrastinate sending out invoices. People send me their confessions all the time and say that they are so scared about money.  In particular, talking about it and asking for it.

You might even think you're really bad with money but I've never met anyone who I can't help.

You'd be surprised about how practical money manifesting can be. It's not about lighting a candle under the full moon and making wishes. It's about taking a practical inventory of your past experiences - and examining all your beliefs and habits around money.

Reason 6: You feel like you repel money.

Maybe you have a real feast or famine relationship to money. You know how to manifest money quickly when you really need it, but it’s not predictable or it comes at a great personal cost (like stress or burn out).

When you have a good month - you often attract unexpected bills or fines that wipe it all out. So you're always going two steps forward - one step back. That can be so frustrating! and

Reason number 7: You want to make more money but you're also scared.

People are surprised to learn that even millionaires are scared. Making more money doesn't make the fear go away.

For example - you could scared by your own potential because your vision for your life is HUGE. You sometimes worry about what it would mean to be truly wealthy – that somehow it would turn into a negative experience or you’d sabotage it in some way.

You worry about tax bills - you worry about getting into trouble.

You worry about losing your privacy or safety.

You worry about friends and family asking you for money. You worry that it's actually going to be a huge negative experience. That's really common - and can you see these conflicting things and how much they are holding you back?

Ok - that's 7 pretty big signs you need to work on your money mindset?

How much money do you think you’ve left on the table because of your money blocks?

Maybe your wake up call this year is that there's no time like the present to make your dreams come true. If you're still listening - it's pretty obvious that you have some money blocks you need to deal with.

Everyone has their own flavour of money blocks - and I'm here to help you identify yours AND clear it.

I've created a free masterclass to help you start clearing your money blocks and limiting beliefs. It’ll walk you step-by-step through recognizing – and then dealing with – the seven most common entrepreneurial money blocks.

You can get it free today from denisedt.com/blocks

Money blocks don’t have to derail you - you can embrace them and move on to creating a First Class life for you and your family. But it starts with your awareness.

Once you know your block, you can stop sabotaging behaviours in their tracks and finally move to the next level. That's when you can make money, no matter what.

Again, that’s at denisedt.com/blocks - I'll see you there in a few minutes. It's your time and you're ready for the next step.

 

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