“There’s no such thing as being bad with money. You just have bad habits.”  -- Helen Ngo 

When I turned 18 and went off to college, I thought I was going to be a dentist. Despite growing up in a family of female entrepreneurs, and later realizing a career in medicine wasn’t for me, I never dreamed of starting my own company. 

The “aha” moment didn’t come until a few years after college, early in my career in the finance industry. When I asked my boss for a raise, he told me I’d be better off marrying rich. 

That was the last time I would ever be shamed for being an ambitious woman. 

My fire was lit. So, I fired that 9-5 corporate life for good. Never will I let someone control how much money I make.

On this episode of Live and Earn, I take a turn as the guest with my friend and client Ashley Williams, host of the Birds Mean Business podcast. Ashley and I discuss how my identity and upbringing influenced the drive I bring to my business every day. I also share the one thing I wish I had done before becoming an entrepreneur, and some of the top tips I share with my clients. 

What we tackle in this episode: 

• Why I decided to become an entrepreneur — and help other women specifically 
• How becoming a business owner myself transformed my relationship with my mother and my respect for her own journey as an entrepreneur before me 
• Why there’s no such thing as ‘being bad with money’
• How people who earn $6,000 and people who earn $60,000 can actually be making the same amount of money 
• The importance of spending with intention 
• Where your personal life should be before you start a business
• The types of people entrepreneurs should surround themselves with
• Why not everyone should be an entrepreneur 

Resources and links mentioned in episode: 

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MeetHelenNgo

Instagram:  https://instagram.com/meethelenngo

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenmngo/

Email: Hello@helenngo.com

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“Corporate does a really good job of making you feel like what you’re doing isn’t important.” -- Taylor Epley

For years, Taylor Epley helped friends, family, and pretty much anyone who asked with résumés and cover letters, until a peer challenged her to find her first client, charge for those same services she’d previously done for free, and get serious about starting her own business: The Career Curator. 

Now, as a career coach, Taylor specializes in helping people figure out where they want to be, and how to get there. In her words, she helps people see themselves the way she sees them. In this episode, Taylor explains what career coaching is and gives some insights into the reasons why so many people stay in jobs that don’t satisfy them. Taylor also shares a creative strategy to overcome imposter syndrome around salary negotiations. 

Here’s Taylor.

What we tackle in this episode: 

• What it’s like to work with a career coach and when to hire one for yourself
• How to find the value in the work you do, even if it may not feel important 
• What to expect when you first meet with a career coach 
• How to become confident in your career development
• The variables to assess when identifying a job that will work best for you 
• The mindset shifts needed to confidently negotiate your salary
• What else to negotiate for besides your salary 
• How to quantify your accomplishments 
• Why people who are in an “OK” situation at work tend to be less happy
• Signs you need to pay attention to when it’s time to come up with an exit strategy 
• Why the current economy might present the best opportunity to leave your 9-5 and go after your dream job 

SHOW NOTES: https://helenngo.com/ep-51-why-people-stay-in-jobs-they-hate

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“You don’t always have to wait for the whole dream. You can break it down into parts that can happen now.” -- Johanna White 

Whether you track your goals with a spreadsheet, write your intentions in a journal, or keep your dreams close to the chest, charting out a path to your future achievements shouldn’t be that complicated. And it certainly shouldn’t be scary, but for so many of us, it can be. 

If you don’t set goals or speak your dreams into existence, then you’ll never fall short of them, right? Wrong. 

As entrepreneur and former goal-phobic Johanna White explains on this episode of Live and Earn, striving for a target you set for yourself is the only way you’ll get closer to what you really want and deserve. 

She once believed goals were pointless -- maybe even something that simply set her up for failure -- but over the years, she’s figured out that achieving becomes a lot more manageable when you establish a series of smaller goals that get you that much closer to big success. 

Johanna also shares her “stretch” goal of the moment and why she only opens up about her goals to the people in her life who genuinely support her. 

What we tackle in this episode: 

• Different styles for setting goals and achieving 
• The pressure to choose what you want to be when you grow up 
• How accomplishing goals without passion can lead to boredom and dissatisfaction 
• Goal setting for self-described dreamers 
• Mental exercises for identifying goals
• How achieving financial goals create opportunity for achieving personal goals
• Why you should think big and have big goals 

SHOW NOTES: https://helenngo.com/ep-50-how-to-set-goals-to-achieve-success

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