#385: FIRE Your Villains To Make 2024 Your Best Year Yet With Heather!

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I'm ready for my close up. Hi and welcome back. I'm so glad you're back here with me this week. Okay, obviously you can hear I have a really bad cold now. This is funny because I never get sick. Ever. However, since I started speaking for a living, once a year, I guess on average is what happens one year. I remember it was 2018. I had just gotten off a flight and I was doing the earn your happy podcast with Lori Harder and I literally had no voice. Somehow, through hot tea and lemon, we were able to make it through another year. I got off a flight and I was stepping onto a stage and I went to Starbucks and got the medicine ball. This thing is incredible. I was able to give my speech and then my voice was gone for the next few days. But bottom line is this. I sound way worse than I actually feel. I feel pretty good. But the weather in Miami has been horrible. Freezing, raining, it's been brutal. And now today it's gorgeous, but freezing. It's just kind of crazy. So bottom line is this first world problems, no big deal. Don't worry about your girl. I'm still showing up for you. Should I have ran a best of episode? I don't know. Is my voice so annoying like this? It sounds funny to me. Okay. But no, I'm gonna keep it short. I have two stories I wanted to share with you that I thought were important. It's the end of the year and oh my gosh. I want you to reflect and look back on all you've accomplished. All the things that you didn't know that were gonna happen, that happened, that came into your life unexpectedly, that were gifts. I want you to believe in a great year ahead and get excited about it. I'm so excited for 2024 and I'm super grateful for everything that happened in 2023.

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So I saw. I woke up this morning to see a post on LinkedIn that a woman named Francie had posted about my book and about me. So I'm going to read you a little bit about what she has to say because it's so powerful what she says and what she did in her life. And I want to share it because it's something you can apply to your life. And frankly, this is exactly why you need to buy Confidence Creator, my first book. It is a roadmap to creating confidence and changing your life. And right now is the time as you look out into New Year. Okay, this is francis post on LinkedIn. Today is my paid time off, so I feel compelled to write something personal. But that has projected my personal and professional life tremendously this year. Back in March, I was inspired after reading the book Confidence Creator by Heather Monahan. In her book, she highly encourages writing in a journal that includes gratitude and ideas. I've heard it recommended by other successful people, so I finally decided to do it. Every morning, no matter where I am, I write. What do I write? I write notes from a motivational video that I might listen to. A list of things I'm grateful for, a prayer list. I rewrite one to three of my 20 goals I have. I add something to them and a task to complete that day. Here's what I've learned. I've learned who I am confidently how to believe, how to see victory, how to let go, how to listen to my heart. How to connect with my higher power, spirit, soul and body. How to find myself, my values, my code I live by, how to forgive and how to love. Writing my heart, my mind, and even my body has literally turned my life upside down. For example, every day I write everyone I know who is fighting cancer. Out of the 12, seven have gone into remission this year and the others are still alive and fighting well, writing it down. Watching life respond to your petitions changes you and the world around you. So today I finished journal number two and I'm starting journal number three. Oh my gosh, I love her testimony. I love Listen, we can all be told the things to do right. We can be told every day. Start your day off with prayer. Start your day off with gratitude. Start your day off revisiting the list of intentions that you have for that day, for that year. Revisit and visualize, you know, these things happening. Feel it happening. People are going to tell you to do the same things. If you choose to actually do it, you will see change in your life. So I'm telling you this. Get confidence creator. Just like Francie, it has the ability to change your life if you allow it to by implementing it in your life. These are simple changes. The reason why I'm hitting you so hard with this right now is you're about to close out one year and start a new one. Start the new one with the intention that this is going to be your best year yet. And make these small changes that have drastic impact. Drastic. They've drastically changed this woman's life. It can drastically change yours too. You need to implement and take action on these changes. My book is the literal blueprint for you to change your life, to create confidence within you and take action all around you. Get ready for your best year yet. And if you're not sure exactly what that looks like, I'm actually going to be holding a January 2024, your best year yet launch crew event team and the link will be available soon. There are limited spots available. I'm doing this with Melanie Borden and this is because you guys, the last masterclass we did was a one day masterclass. Everyone was asking for more. So we're going to do a one month event. We're going to meet each week on Friday, four Fridays to ensure that you're implementing these changes in your life so that you're set up for your best year yet. You've got all the tips, tricks and hacks to make it 2024 your killer year. So hit the ground running. Pick your word of the year, get your goals outlined, written down and get ready to accomplish them because I'm going to be right there with you, showing you how I do it and teaching you how you can too. Okay, next. This was interesting. I received this Note yesterday on LinkedIn. By the way, if you ever have questions for me, shoot me a DM on LinkedIn, on Instagram, on Facebook, or at my website, heather monahan.com I will always get back to you. I will always give you your answers here on the show. I made this show to create content that will help you. I need to hear from you what help you need so that I can answer those questions for you. Okay. Gosh, this voice is really brutal. Hang tight with me and thank you for doing it. Okay, here we go. Hi. So I'm not sure if you'll even read this. I did read it, but I'd love to hear your thoughts and your opinion on how to deal with a boss or a leader that doesn't recognize your worth. Well, first of all, you know I wrote a book about this. It's called Overcome youe Villains. My second book. I've been working at my company for four years as a manager and a nurse. I lead a team of hard working individuals and we have exceeded all expectations and requirements for our goals. But routinely I feel my director does not recognize us and only wants to push us forward more. We recently had a holiday meeting where we talked about goals and mission for 2024. No one talked about the great things we did this year and we do not even celebrate the holiday. I am defeated and recently he pulled me aside to talk to me about my professional demeanor. I let him know respectfully how I felt as a team member, but I don't know what it will even do help. Any advice or suggestions on how to deal with someone who doesn't know the value of recognizing team members would be appreciated. I do care about the quality of work that I bring. I also am aware that my face may not always match what it should be. It's hard sometimes to grin and bear it. Thanks and hope you're doing well. Your messages and posts are inspiring. I'm a nurse and army vet with two tours in Iraq. I have a lot of experience leading teams. Listen, this person is incredible. Number one. So you celebrate. You forget this bad boss. Never work for someone who doesn't celebrate the wins. Never work for somebody who doesn't see all the greatness around. Life is about finding joy in all the moments. Life is about enjoying what we do with the people we're with. Life is too short to ride it with someone who does not see your value.

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Is that you see your value. I see your value from far away, right? So I want you to see it too. You're going to need to address this head on. But you're also going to be ready and need to get ready to make a leap. And I understand that may seem scary. I understand you might not know where you're going to go. I was in that same boat five and a half years ago. I didn't know I'd have a podcast. I didn't know I'd write two books. I didn't know I'd be a top 50 keynote speaker. I didn't know I'd have a board seat. I didn't know any of this stuff was going to happen. But I decided to bet on me. Go in all on me. And here's the other thing. When you fire a villain from your life, you open up so much space and opportunity for great people, great opportunity and divine intervention to take place. That's fact. So start expecting great things to happen. Expect that when you fire this villain, great people are going to start showing up for you. Ask for help. Let people know what you're working on. Step into your power and own who you really are. And watch the universe and your higher power respond in a way you could have never imagined to me. I believe you need to fire that villain. I believe you need to fire that boss.

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There's many ways you can go about it. I break it down. Overcome your villains. Which by the way, is on sale right now for $7. My hardcover. That's crazy. Harper Collins and Amazon put it on sale this week. I am the audible narrator of the book. Without a crazy voice like this. Highly recommend the audible version. If you like the podcast, you're going to love the book. You're going to love the audio version. If not, get the $7 hardcover version on Amazon right now. I promise you this book will give you the three step process to overcome any adversity in business or life. Fire your villains and set yourself up to take off. Fire your villains because you're worth it and don't waste another day or another minute on negativity. Start putting your energy and your effort into that vision for a positive future that you have. Keep leading with integrity, with joy and celebrating your wins and your teams. Create space from those negative people that don't have that ability to do it. And fire the villains when you can't break away because I promise you, you might not be wanted at the table you're sitting at, but there is a table out there in this world where they will celebrate you. And if you haven't found it yet, you can also build it along the way. Until next week. Pray I get my voice back and know I'm cheering you on. Keep creating your confidence. You know I will be.

I decided to change that dynamic. I couldn't be more excited for what you're gonna hear. Start learning and growing. Inevitably something will happen. No one succeeds alone.

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