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October 25, 2020
Why I Changed The Name Of The Workbooks To Goal Getter!
Panda bears…
People have been asking, so I’m here to answer!
YES! I changed the name of the 2021 goal workbooks… here’s why from the creator’s perspective!
The goals workbooks have had about 5 names over the last 11 years now… I’m definitely someone who likes to experiment and play around.
They were originally Create Your Goddess Year, then Create Your Incredible Year, Create Your Amazing Year, My Shining Year and now Goal Getter.
There’s a few reasons I thought I’d try Goal Getter out – the biggest issue is that nobody could remember My Shining Year. I’d get interviewed on a lot of podcasts, and most people would ummm and ahhhh and call it “shining goals” or say “I can’t remember their name” and mostly would default to just calling it “your goal workbooks.”
So from a branding perspective, it just wasn’t working.
I wanted to find a title that was concise and helped people understand straight away what the workbooks were for. I wanted to try a name change to see if it would help people understand what the workbooks are, and how they work immediately and
hopefully remember the name easily.
I get that when I make changes it’s not always going to resonate with everybody.
I’m happy to keep playing and experimenting to find what works for my vision of the books.
So for this year, and probably next… they are Goal Getter. Will they be called that forever? WHO KNOWS! That’s the joy of experimenting, playing & seeing what works for right now.
Hope this makes sense… sending you all so much love and gladness!
Now let’s go make our dreams come true!
Big love,
Leonie
xo
P.S. You can find them at www.GoalGetterBooks.com just to make it easy for you!
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Podcast: How Do I Create A Website?
Treasures,
Let’s talk about a BIIIIG question I get: How do I create a website?
And YES…. You absolutely do need a website.
Social media sites can shut down at any time (Myspace anyone?) and then you can lose your audience overnight!
You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars or years of your time; there are LOADS of plug and play templates/sites you can use (think Squarespace or Wix).
Have a listen to hear exactly how I got started with websites!
Enjoy!
Explicit AF
Just to reiterate: this is one sweary motherfucker of a podcast. So if you listen to it around kids… they will defo learn some new vocabulary from Aunty Leonie. MWHAHAHAHA. ENJOYYYYY!
How to listen
Listen below, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, PocketCast (or wherever else you listen to podcasts!)
Want to find all of my podcast episodes?
Just pop over here treasure!
You can also just sit on your couch and yell “OK Google! Play me “Leonie Dawson Refuses To Be Categorised” podcast!” and your digital servant shall administer to your needs.
Who gives a fuck about privacy when you can have a little robot assistant at your beck and call so you may never leave the couch again.
HONESTLY HOW GOOD IS LIFE.
THE END.
Big hugs,
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October 22, 2020
Video: How I Bootstrapped While Starting My Business
Lovebugs!
ENGAGE SPECIAL HAT POWERS
Let’s talk about how I bootstrap!
Bootstrapping is when you use the money you already had, instead of going into debt using credit cards.
It’s so easy to get distracted by buying trainings + products, but it’s waaay better to follow Pareto’s Principle (20% of my work will create 80% of my income).
It’s time to pick the three most important things on your to-do list and tick them off!
I’m still a cheapskate even though I bring in a lot of money. No matter what your income + revenue is, you need to frequently review your expenses in biz and life, because they will creep up.
So! Having watched the video, what’s your minimum viable product?
What’s the smallest amount you could do to start bringing in money?
Maybe it’s joining my Money, Manifesting + Multiple Streams of Income eCourse?
No matter what, I am SO excited to hear about it!
Big love!
P.S. Want a To-Do List made by moi? Click HERE!
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October 21, 2020
Video: Why You Should Write a Book!
Possums,
No hat today BUUUUUT (
The SoulSmart Podcast
Delightful humans!
I’m excited to share another gorgeous podcast interview with you!
I sat down with Joanna Hennon from the SoulSmart podcast and we talk all things:
October 20, 2020
Video: 6 Key Habits To Live Your Best Life
Glorious ones!
Let’s get right in to it!
Set. Your. Goals!
Review your goals!
Write daily + Weekly to-do lists
Highlight the 3 most important tasks and DO THEM
Work in short sharp bursts
Get an accountability buddy or join a mastermind! Accountability yo!
And make sure you heck out my Goal Getter Workbooks + Planners here: goalgetterbook.com 
October 18, 2020
Podcast: You Have Permission
Treasures,
Today I want to tell you that You Have Permission.
Settle down with a cuppa and listen to this short but sweet affirmation I wrote just for you.
Explicit AF
Just to reiterate: this is one sweary motherfucker of a podcast. So if you listen to it around kids… they will defo learn some new vocabulary from Aunty Leonie. MWHAHAHAHA. ENJOYYYYY!
How to listen
Listen below, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, PocketCast (or wherever else you listen to podcasts!)
Want to find all of my podcast episodes?
Just pop over here treasure!
You can also just sit on your couch and yell “OK Google! Play me “Leonie Dawson Refuses To Be Categorised” podcast!” and your digital servant shall administer to your needs.
Who gives a fuck about privacy when you can have a little robot assistant at your beck and call so you may never leave the couch again.
HONESTLY HOW GOOD IS LIFE.
THE END.
Big hugs,
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Heart-Centred Business Podcast
Lovebugs!
I’m super excited to share this interview I did with Tash Corbin!
In this episode we talked about:
Where my business originated from
Where my love of eCourses came from and how they’ve impacted my business growth
What triggered the closure of my wildly successful and profitable membership that had been going for nine years
What I is focused on in terms of business growth, and how I makes sure that it’s maintained
Whether I have always taken the approach of following my gut and not creating pressure to generate leads, or whether I’ve gone through phases of focusing on marketing, sales, etc.
Where my epic boundaries came from and how I keep them
What kind of team I have to help me
If I’ve experienced money blocks with the amazing income I brings in
What I’m offering now
How I deal with the meanies in the online world
This was SUCH a fun interview to do, the synergy between our energies was just *chef kiss*
Listen HERE and enjoy!
Big love,
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Leonie’s 2020 Goals
Treasures,
It’s been a bonkerdoodles year… so much out of mine (or anyone’s control).
And I know I want to finish my year strongly, so I thought it was time to revisit my original Goals workbook for 2020, do a review of the goals I’ve set, and set some new ones too! After all: the research shows that setting goals & regularly reviewing them results in far more success!
I’m excited to get my new 2021 Goal Getter planners & workbooks… but first it’s time to complete 2020 as beautifully as I can.
Plus public accountability is always my honey boo boo!
Righto… here’s a roundup of my 2020 goals! (If they’ve been crossed out, they are already done!)
CREATIVITY
Finish red watercolour journal
Finish art journal circle
Do a photoshoot (with me as photographer!)
Make a painting of a goddess
Do abstract course
Completely fill out Life goals workbook
Complete “Hand Lettering Ledger”
Finish blue art journal
HEALTH
Get healthier (it’s happening!)
Get more active (it’s happening!)
Go kayaking on river
Ecstatic dance class
Teeth checkup
Walk The Camino (digitally)
Skin cancer clinic
Get new frameless readers and bifocals
Pilates class
Loud sex
Book ultrasound
FAMILY
Get Beth settled into school
Get Beth’s ears sorted
Family photoshoot
Get new wills done – waiting on new company setup – might have to be moved to next year
Get kids swimming
Get kids bike riding well
HOUSE
Continue decluttering
Continue house painting
Get rugs and carpets cleaned
Paint trims and inside doors
Varnish doors
Paint office exterior
Demo verandah wall
Finishing touches on verandah
PHILANTHROPY + ACTIVISM
Donate $25,000 to Australian Wildlife Conservancy (up to $17,819)
Blog post on Climate Crisis resources
Blog post about my racial justice awakening
Get solar power working well
Do gardening workshop (got a Vegepod instead & it’s working super well!)
Install solar whirlybirds
MONEY
Increase networth to $X
Invest in another property?
Move to ethical super
Invest in ethical managed funds
Put more $$$ in ethical managed funds
TRAVEL + ADVENTURES
Check out dog kennels for Angel
Go on a holiday (probably not during Covid times!)
Pizza cruise with girls (nope, not during Covid times!)
Gladys and Harry Spring forest walk
Eumundi markets (nope, not during Covid times!)
Australia Zoo
Rainbow Beach or Tin Can Bay
Daggy dance night with girls @ RSL (nope, not during Covid times!)
Take the Noosa River ferry
Collect shells at beach
Take my birthday holiday
Go to Noosa National Park
CHRISTMAS
Have all presents ready by end of November
Print album for year
Christmas cards & Christmas letter
COURSES
Tara Brach course
Tara Brach course #2
Tara Brach course #3
Pema Chodron course
Pema Chodron course #2
Thich Nhat Hanh course
RACIAL + SOCIAL JUSTICE TRAINING
Rachel Rickett
Hard Conversations
Adaway Group’s Whiteness At Work
Rachel Cargle’s Unpacking White Feminism
Ericka Hart Gender 101
Ericka Hart Racism 101
Introduction To Culturally Inclusive Language – Louise O’Reilly
BUSINESS GOALS
Write trashy novella and sell on Amazon
Webinar and ads for Money course
Webinar and ads for Course course
Webinar and ads for Book course
Create new marketing course
Shut down My Shining Year social media
Monthly mastermind calls
Start a podcast
Create easy access folder for tax receipts
Check on insurances
Add more hand drawn elements to Canva
Create great affirming screensaver
Do a “Big Bleed Day”
Cancel social media schedulers
Create SOP’s for creating Kajabi course
Create SOP’s for launching courses
Get Zita to do call reminder announcements
Ask Zita where customers get stuck and make plan to fix
Send Thank you cards to loyal customers
Ask for case studies to showcase in webinars
Edit testimonials every 3 months
52 Mailing list emails
Launch new website
Do 40 podcast interviews
Be on the cover of Profile mag
Put best blog posts on Medium
Put celeb gossip websites on my banned list
Completely finish Biz workbook
Type up 2 x 100 goals in text document
Create a mastermind again
Create monthly task to update plugins
BOOKS TO READ
This year I’ve already read 75 books – it’s way down from last year’s record which was 400 books (!)
During lockdown, I found my brain just couldn’t read anything of length. I’m back into reading now, but am not going as fast as I was. There seems to be a cognitive load because of that whole pandemic thang!
My new goal is to hit 100 books for the year – 25 to read in the next 2.5 months!
Here’s my unread book pile that I’d like to start rolling through:
Read “Phosphorescence”
Read “The Best We Could Do” – Thi Bui
Read “Money School”
Read “The Content Code”
Read “Status Anxiety”
Read “Rich Dad’s Guide To Investing”
Read “Dummies Guide To Getting Started in Shares”
Read “On Writing” by Stephen King
Read “13 Original Clan Mothers”
Read “Outrageous Advertising”
Read “Getting Everything You Want…” – Jay Abrahams
Read “Rich Brother, Rich Sister”
Read “The Twelfth Angel”
Read “The Making of MONA”
Read “Ultimate Marketing Plan”
Read “Invisible Selling Machine”
Read “Launch”
Read “Millionaire”
Read “Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia”
Read “1 Page Marketing Plan”
Read “How Google Works”
Read “Happy Customers Everywhere”
Read “Smarter Faster Cheaper”
Read “I’m Not Racist But…”
Read “Rich Habits Poor Habits”
Read “Exposed”
Read “Man’s Search for Meaning”
Read “Business For Beginners”
Read “The Power of Visual Storytelling”
Read “The Copywriter’s Handbook”
Read “The Sales Bible”
Read “Unthinking”
Read “What Clients Love”
Read “Barefoot Investor For Families”
Read “How To Love” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Read “Ultimate Sales Letter”
Read “10 Best Ever Anxiety Management Techniques”
Read “A Bone of Fact”
Read “The Good Hustle”
Read “The Nuclear Effect”
Read “Fast Exercise”
Read “Dot Com Secrets”
Read “Invisible Selling Machine”
Read “The Cake Maker’s Wish”
Read “White Tears/Brown Scars”
Re-read “Me & White Supremacy”
Re-read “You Should Test That!”
Read “Seize The Yay”
Read “Gender: A Graphic Guide”
Read “Heart Stopper”
Read “Sex is A Funny Word”
Read “New Kid”
Read “Race To Incarcerate”
Read “The Real Cost of Prisons”
Read “Wild Ocean”
Read “Feminism: A Graphic Guide”
Read “Amazons, Abolitionsts & Activists”
Read “Blossoms and Bones”
Re-read “The Four Hour Work Week”
Read “This One Wild And Precious Life”
Read “How Powerful We Are”
Read “The Sales Funnel Book”
Read “Traffic Secrets”
Read “This Book Is Anti-Racist”
Read “Pulling Profits Out Of A Hat”
Read “Expert Secrets”
Read “Work The System”
Read “Almost Alchemy”
Read “The Sustainable House Handbook”
Read “The Home Edit”
Read “From Cluttered Mess To Organised Success”
Read “Copywriting Secrets”
Read “Billionaire In Training”
Read “Social Media Marketing For Dummies”
Read “30 Days”
Read “No BS Price Strategy
Read “No BS Ruthless Management”
Read “Make ‘Em Laugh And Take Their Money”
Read “The Invisible Touch” – Beckwith
Read “100 Ideas That Shaped Advertising”
Read “Protecting the Gift”
KIDS BOOKS TO READ
Read “Girl Stuff”
Read “Bad Nana”
Read “Tomato Sauce Of Course”
Read “Crikey!”
Read “Hilda and the Hidden People”
Read “The Midnight Gang”
Read “Danny Best”
Read “Tom Gates”
Read “Madam CJ Walker”
Read “The Anti Princess Club #1”
Read “Geronimo Stilton Christmas”
Read “Return to the 100 Acre Wood”
Read “Horse Crazy”
Read “Ada Lovelace”
Read “Rosie The Riveter”
Read “I Said No”
Read “Do You Have A Secret?”
Read “The Amazing True Story of how Babies are made”
Read “No Means No”
Read “Let’s Talk About Consent Body Boundaries and Respect”
Read “Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept”
Read “Grandpa, Me & Poetry”
I don’t think I’ll get through all the books in the next couple of months… but I’ll do my dinglydarn doodliest!
If you’ve got 2020 goals that haven’t come true yet… don’t give up!
You still have two and a half months to make the most out of!
You’ve got this!
Big love,
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