The Causey Consulting Podcast
Are you an entrepreneur, solopreneur, or a small business owner? The Causey Consulting Podcast is designed especially for you! Our episodes are guaranteed to ALWAYS give you valuable insights that you can use in your life and your business immediately. You'll never walk away from an episode without learning something new. Your host, Sara Causey, is a business consultant for Fortune 500 companies and a coach for solopreneurs and small business owners Sometimes Sara flies solo with her own insights and experiences, and other times she interviews a fantastic, bad-a$$ guest with expertise in topics like work/life balance, financial freedom, marketing, social media management, business communication, etc. Connect with Sara on LinkedIn and visit her website at causeyconsultingllc.com for more. Like our theme music? It's "Rainbow" by Scandinavianz. Show them some love at: https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz. Need music of your own? Check out https://www.free-stock-music.com.
Episodes
335 episodes
You CAN Transform
...it's just probably not gonna happen through the "new year, new me" stuff.Every late December / early January, millions of people set New Year's resolutions, only to watch them fizzle out by February. But what if there’s a better way?...
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38:41
Freelance Freedom: Are You Really Free?
In this episode, I will explore the unexpected realities of freelancing. Many of us leave the 8-to-5 grind searching for freedom—our own schedules, creative control, and the dream of being our own boss. But what happens when freelancing turns i...
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27:43
Stand Out by Showing Up: The Case for Being Extra ✨
In a world that often settles for "good enough," what does it mean to go the extra mile? This episode dives into why being "extra" is not just a personality trait but a valuable approach in business. I'll explore how adding value beyond the bar...
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25:47
Everyone's a Spectator...
People want to project their stuff onto you. Perhaps not for long, but it can derail your attempts to find freedom if you let it. Links: https://cause...
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22:40
Why I Quit _____
I decided I just didn't wanna! And it felt great. 🤗Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/Need m...
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21:26
Freedom: Creating a Life on Your Own Terms
Concepts like freedom and independence are abstract. Bob Proctor taught that if you want to make money, you can't simply say, "Well, I want a lotta money." You need to set an amount. Saying "a lot" or "plenty" is too vague. The same is true for...
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31:43
The Power of Limiting Beliefs
Limiting beliefs and gloom-and-doom predictions are more powerful than we care to admit. However: YOU CAN bust through these roadblocks. Links where I can be found:
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21:24
Dealing with job market drama & bad behavior
Greg Behrendt has a program about refusing to take "stuff" from jerks. Right now it seems the job market is rife with weirdos, con artists, and general goofs. So what to do? Links where I can be found:
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18:03
Quick Update, Avoid Bait-and-Switch Jobs, etc.
The market is crazy. We don't know what will happen in the coming months, so the onus is on you to be careful with prospective jobs or freelancing gigs. If it seems too good to be true or if you're getting sketchy info, BE CAREFUL. <...
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12:13
Scurrying Mouse Mode + Bailout Fantasies = Trouble
Are you in scurrying mouse mode, expecting everyone else or some guru to solve all of your problems? Or are you working for someone like that? "At 9am do this, at 2pm do this, at 4:55pm get on the phone with me and talk me off the ledge..." 😵💫...
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20:37
Avoiding a Nightmare Freelancer
I talk often about nightmare freelancing clients. Sadly, there are a lot of them. However, as the job market worsens, more people are turning to gigging out of necessity and some of them have no clue what they are doing. They're happy to take y...
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10:21
Even "safe" industries are hurting
Companies and industries that are typically insulated from recessions are laying people off. It's scary out there and I don't see it getting better in the near term. Please do not wait for a crisis to prepare yourself. Links where I can...
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9:55
My Plea for "Quiet Diplomacy" in the Workplace
Have you ever been in a meeting where the loudest, shoutiest extroverts won the day? Or ever been told you'd "fit in" a lot better if you socialized more and gave up your time on the weekends to hang out with coworkers? Stinks, doesn't it? In a...
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22:11
Incessant Zoom meetings ≠ knowledge work
Three meetings at once? Constant emails? Shuffling papers? Is this really what "knowledge work" has been reduced to? Links:
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11:14
"Minimum Charge" Situations
The economy is in the dumper. In spite of the MSM's efforts to gaslight us, we know things are bad. A Catch-22 emerges: clients have less money to spend yet it takes more money to live. Some folks are trying to overcome this by issuing a minimu...
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15:21
Short, Cheap Bursts of Hiring
I'm not sure how else to describe it, but that's what I'm seeing in real time in the job market: short, cheap bursts of hiring.Links:
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12:46
"Comments have been turned off." 😂
Yeah, I bet they have cuz lil boi got rolled. Did he do this on his own or was he prompted to do this? For me, it's tone deaf and I have to wonder what the thought process was. I'm sure he had no negative intent, but good grief.Had I be...
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48:33
Tornado Updates, Civil Unrest, the Grid, etc.
➡️ Some areas are still without power post-tornado. Some of those folks have been told, "You need to call an electrician for yourself." 😐 ➡️
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21:02
I Survived a Tornado 🌪️
Subtitle: this is why you absolutely MUST be a prepper, IMO.➡️ Could you make it through a grid down situation?➡️ Even in small, homespun communities you can have crime and looters. ➡️ The authorities decide the p...
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35:29
"This job market is NO JOKE."
No, it isn't a joke. The Fed was pretty clear in 2022 that it intended to crash the job market. Were you listening? Links:https://thejobmarketjournal.com/f...
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15:50
The Great Backlash & Candidate Abuse
"I am God of my employees." -Aaron the ArrogantNot only is the job market a hot dumpster fire (like the broader US economy) - the hiring process itself is as broken and absurd as it was pre-Great Resignation, if not more so. Lin...
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16:54
10 Ways Freelancers Cut Their Own Throats
I often talk about bad freelancing clients (and how we can hopefully avoid them). However, this is a two-way street. With the job market being as it is, there's so much bad behavior and chicanery on BOTH sides of the equation. This does not hav...
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18:12
Bad Behavior at the Interview = 🚩🚩🚩
Job hunting right now stinks. I get it. For that matter, responding to RFPs and placing bids as a freelancer is no walk in the park either. If you are speaking to a prospective client or a potential employer and the interview process is: weird,...
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