Chill & Prosper with Denise Duffield-Thomas

People ask me all the time, “Denise, how long does it really take to make a million dollars?”   For me, the magic number was five years.    Five years from starting my business to pushing over the threshold of $1 million in annual revenue.    But that’s not the whole story.   Because truthfully, I was waiting in the wings for years before starting my business. Listening and learning – gathering all the information I needed to be successful.   I didn’t wake up one day and think, “I’m going to make a million dollars!” and then five years to the day later had a huge check in my hands.   But maybe that could be your journey.    Today on the Chill and Prosper podcast, I share the struggles I faced when scaling my business, from my first try at nine years old to everything I have today.

Small words of wisdom for this week:   Just because someone is succeeding in addition to you, doesn’t mean they are succeeding instead of you.   There’s nothing new under the sun, right? It can be nerve wracking to put your ideas out there because what if it looks like you’re trying to copy someone else.    Or even worse, what if someone ends up copying you and making even more money.    How can we be original when the world around us is moving a mile a minute?  Let me tell you a story …  A few years back, I published a blog post about spotting money leaks in your business.   I had batched the content months before, but it just so happened that the week I picked to publish that post, a peer of mine published the exact same post!!   Was it just a coincidence?    Today on the Chill and Prosper podcast, I’m talking about copycats, making your own path, and being original in your business (plus what happened with that blog post). 

I am doing another episode of Ask Me Anything.    It keeps me on my toes because I’m answering a question every couple of minutes!

This podcast explores the impact of clutter on mindset and discusses Marie Kondo's KonMari Method. They highlight how decluttering can reduce stress, increase productivity, and help make more money. The chapters cover the power of decluttering for manifestation, upgrading life through decluttering, decluttering for manifestation, and the power of decluttering for attracting positive things.

Can you believe we’re already in the third week of the New Year?   Have you flown into January and already have multiple new projects up and running? Or are you just getting round to opening your emails and working on your plan for the year? Either way is totally fine.    The perfect time to plan out your year is whenever you actually do it!    Mark and I like to start planning things out in December to give ourselves space for the year ahead, but if that’s not your vibe, don’t force it.    You can make your plan any time. Sometimes, we don’t really get to it until February, which is Lunar New Year … so it totally still works.    At its core, our planning process is very simple.    Listen to this episode, where I share how to avoid scheduling burnout without compromising my goals.

The podcast discusses strategies to stop worrying about money, including knowing your financial situation, making a plan, and creating abundance in your life. It emphasizes the importance of taking action, voicing your fears, and maintaining a positive mindset

I don’t know about you, but January 2022 feels like another lifetime ago.   I feel like I’m a completely different person from who I was at the start of the year.    But on the other hand, it feels like the year has flown by and I’m still working on things I was frustrated by a year ago!    If you have had a whirlwind year and you’re thinking about how next year can be different, then today’s podcast episode is for you.

I’ve a pick and mix of juicy goodness for you today. In today’s Ask Me Anything episode I’m answering some beauties, including: How do I stay motivated as a multi-millionaire?  What to do when you feel like you're doing all the work and you're still stuck? And more!

You may have noticed a little video I shared on social media recently of me dressed as Marie Antoinette.   It was part of a very luxe, beautiful photo shoot I did that brought up SO many layers of feelings for me.   So much so that I knew I had to record a podcast episode about the experience and my reflections.    This is a vulnerable share but such an interesting episode. 

I can't bite my tongue anymore! There are four things I repeatedly see in business, and today I'm going to have a little rant about them. I hate them, so let's get right into it!