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Nicola explains that she and Judith have decided to make today’s show their last. Together they review what they’ve learned in their businesses and their lives...   In The Show Nicola and Judith have decided that today’s show will be their last. What are they moving on to? Nicola’s sister Sarah was 50 this week and they had a lovely family celebration for her. Nelson is camping in Wales and Phoebe and Nicola went into Brighton to Eat Out to Help Out. Judith also enjoyed seeing her family for the first time in eight months, and she’s preparing to move on from her current house sit while still enjoying her Staycation. #movingon #birthdays #family #TheFall #PokeItPodcast #change #staycation #completion #surgecapacity   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith loves Riana’s question on behalf of a client, about accruals and prepayments. And Nicola has astonished herself by becoming interested in economics, specially Jackson Hole.   Focus Of The Week - Moving On Nicola explains that she and Judith have decided to make to

Nicola tackles Brenda’s challenge about engaging teenagers and young people to develop and business and digital skills...   In The Show Nicola and Judith have received a rave review from a listener in the Caribbean and Brenda supplies today’s Focus too, about entrepreneurial skills for young people. Phoebe is tackling the last design project chez Cairncross – Irving’s bookshelves – and Judith’s taken up her coloured pencils again for some holiday adult colouring. #entrepreneurs #businessskills #youngpeople #TwinsthenewTrend #JamieFoxx #SamHarris #truth #investments #TheWeek   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith loves Brenda’s feedback about the podcast, and Nicola is excited to be helping another client’s podcast be born.   Focus Of The Week - Young Entrepreneurs Nicola tackles Brenda’s challenge about engaging teenagers and young people to develop and business and digital skills, recommending profiling, a few excellent resources in people and books, getting the teams to think about selling either their own pro

Sarah Johnston says: ““Being brave. Getting in your own way by being scared to be out there! Twitter / other platforms can be hostile, lots of people following to unfollow - tactics and approaches that make me want to go more into myself..."   In The Show Nicola and Judith discuss a question from a listener about being brave, especially on social media platforms which can feel hostile. Nicola and her family have enjoyed a family BBQ at her Dad’s to celebrate her niece’s birthday and given that everyone was on furlough, they could do it on a Tuesday lunchtime. Judith has struggled to keep both her visiting cat and the garden alive during ferocious heat. She was only successful with one it appears, but the right one. #brave #heatwave #maths #fans #RobertBreedlove #5DayChallenge #assets #investments #PompPodcast   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola and her VA are back in the swing of creating the v-zine with a week in hand, and Judith’s enjoyed a wonderful exchange with a client about how her partner has worked o

Sea Painter Jo Payne invites Judith and Nicola to talk about the importance of self-care. Jo describes herself as “now religiously fitting in yoga, Pilates, meditation, breathing exercises, walking outside, lying on prickly mats listening to gongs into my daily life, it’s a wonder I have time to actually paint..." In The Show Judith and Nicola answer a question from a listener about investing in time off from work and feeling good about it as opposed to guilty as if you were caught slacking off. Nicola has enjoyed her usual weekly round of tea with Heather, sundowners on the roof with the kids, and poker with Pete but unusually she and Nelson had a row (about a cardboard box!). Judith has had an epic fail on her first attempt in her unexpectedly heroic quest for the perfect compostable coffee pod. #Nespresso #Recycling #HelloFresh #SusanAnnHills #Everywoman #5DayChallenge #TimeOff #SelfCare #HarvardBusinessReview What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola is pleased with her decision to try out Hello Fresh, four dinne

Confident and successful Aussie listener and former listener guest, Kerryn, asked J&N to address this age-old challenge, and it brought up selling your stuff for the right price, giving away only what you want to and more. In The Show Judith and Nicola answer a question from a listener who considers she still struggles with knowing her worth. Nicola and her sisters have been to visit their Dad who has announced his intention to return to New Zealand; she’s got a new iPhone 11+ Pro and digital pen.  Poker with Pete was replaced this week with a drink and dinner in lieu. Judith tells Nicola the story of an ex who left her £300k in debt in the late eighties – he’s dead now, she’s discovered online. #TheNueCo #GaryVee #iPhone11 #hose #mice #5DayChallenge #KnowingYourWorth #MorningPages #Ancestry What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola is planning another Clicks and Leads 5 Day Challenge for 7th September and twelve pieces of content to promote it, following her own playbook. Judith’s done some very valuable coachin

Artist Helen Elliott says “There’s something about being self-employed and always being very, very tempted to say yes to everything, mainly because of the excitement of new projects, but also because of the need to constantly build and have income.   In The Show Judith and Nicola answer a question from a listener who wants to say yes to everything and yet earn a great living and enjoy some work life balance. Nicola’s son Nelson has astro turfed their roof and Facebook closed down her ad account again. Not to worry, she’s successfully appealed. Judith’s enjoyed another lovely visit with a free lunch, she’s exploring Amazon Prime Now, falling back in love with 750Words and struggling again with hoses and their sun-baked connectors. #FBAds #SayingYes #FredSirieix #RupertMurdoch #HughGrant #Hectoring #Validated #Creator #Scanner #Thinkific   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola is uploading content to Thinkific and is impressed by client Kate Cocker who pivoted from presenter coach to podcast producer. Judith admire

Globetrotting Google and FB Ads Expert, Hannah G. Wiley, is on the cusp of growing her business and wonders if her overwhelm experienced by doing it all herself would be best alleviated by outsourcing, by hiring a VA, or taking on a business partner.   In The Show Judith and Nicola answer a question from a listener who feels overwhelmed and wonders if her solution is to outsource, to hire a VA, or find a business partner. Nicola’s invested in precious metals inspired by Alasdair Macleod and Judith’s had a highly productive week at her comfortable new desk. #Bullion #Overwhelm #BigCats #MrsAmerica #Distance #Squirrel #Outsourcing #VA #BusinessPartner #PreciousMetals   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola is inspired by new clients Down Under and putting her course materials on Thinkific. Judith is inspired by a visit from self-employed funny clever clients Paula and John.   Focus Of The Week - Overwhelmed Doing Everything Yourself Globetrotting Google and FB Ads Expert, Hannah G. Wiley, is on the cusp of growing

Artist listener Gwynne provided J&N with this fabulous question which they both attempt to answer and bring some inspiration and comfort in response.   In The Show Judith and Nicola answer a question from a listener who feels she may have lost momentum in her young art business during lockdown. Nicola’s interested in Kanye West’s bid to become POTUS in 2020. And Judith’s moved house to East Sheen where she’s very comfortable and putting down roots for a couple of months. #Momentum #KanyeWest #5DayChallenge #EFT #Uncertainty #Certainty #Dank #Tapping #Papier #MichaelaCoel   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola’s Clicks & Leads 5-day Challenge is on day 4 of 5 and she’s feeling really good about it, and Judith was delighted with the responses to her request in the podcast Facebook Group when she called for questions from listeners; 18 flooded in from 11 top birds.   Focus Of The Week - Maintaining Business Momentum In Lockdown Artist listener Gwynne provided J&N with this fabulous question which they b

Judith shared a meme by her fave guru Wayne Dyer RIP, and Nicola thought it would make a good focus for the podcast. They whiz through the list of 12...   In The Show Judith and Nicola discuss Wayne Dyer’s 12 Steps to Simplicity and each pick their favourite three. Nicola’s week has involved sadness about the loss of 360 elephants in Botswana, and Judith has been to recce her new house sit and seen several of her family and friends which she has loved. At last! #12Steps #BretWeinstein #5DayChallenge #Staged #Wayne Dyer #Eschew #Unique #Botswana #Elephants #Unity2020   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola is excited about discovering and using Restream.io to promote her Clicks & Leads 5-day Challenge. And Judith was thrilled to be given permission by TUT to be unique and do everything her way.   Focus Of The Week - Wayne Dyer’s 12 Steps to Simplicity Judith shared a meme by her fave guru Wayne Dyer RIP, and Nicola thought it would make a good focus for the podcast. They whiz through the list of 12 and then ea

Judith shares a long list of all the emotions which thirty confident businesswomen contribute to her Facebook post on the topic of the lockdown exhaustion...   In The Show Nicola’s been out and about this week having supper with old friend Kim and coffee with sister Heather in the graveyard! And Judith’s moved back to her old neighbourhood in S.W. London for two weeks where she’s house-sitting her niece’s flat. #Polarity #BretWeinstein #5DayChallenge #Staged #Luminaries #Monaco #Intuition #Exhaustion #Emotions #RebelWisdom   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith was excited to discover the biologist Nicola mentioned in a recent show and together she and Nicola work out his name is Bret Weinstein and he’s Joe Rogan’s guest in show #1494. A friend sent Judith this link to Rebel Wisdom where she learns about the intellectual dark web. Nicola is up to her armpits in promoting her Clicks & Leads 5-day Challenge which starts on 6th July.   Focus Of The Week - Lockdown Emotions Judith shares a long list of all the e

Irene is a member of Judith’s I Love My Life group and every day she shares her gratitudes and a meme from Abraham Hicks...   In The Show Nicola’s been enjoying her new bedroom, Cardinal, home-made scones and banana bread too. Judith’s been out to dinner, moved house and nearly got a haircut. #Vibration #BigPhilHarrison #5DayChallenge #ViralVideo #Cardinal #Schengen #SalisburyPoisonings #KimJones #HardWork #Wellbeing   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith tells a story of how an artist client sold a picture in a car park while en route to deliver another to a buyer. And Nicola shares some of the things she’s learned on Big Phil Harrison’s 5 Day Challenge about 5 Day Challenges.   Focus Of The Week - Creating Through Vibration Irene is a member of Judith’s I Love My Life group and every day she shares her gratitudes and a meme from Abraham Hicks, one of which inspired today’s focus. It says: “Hard work is not the path to Well-Being. Feeling good is the path to Well-Being. You don’t create through action; you crea

In the wake of the virus and also recent global civil unrest and Black Lives Matter, Judith asks Nicola some hard questions about how business leaders...   In The Show Nicola’s been improving her home environment, she’s been out for tea and banana cake and stayed at home for poker and pizza. Judith updates Nicola with her moving plans and her abundance incoming, plus she also enjoys a little rant. #Platform #blm #Dunelm #Abundance #Cardinal #Virtues #BritishPodcastAwards #JordanPeterson #UFOs #Monaco   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith reads a fabulous testimonial from Clare Hanbury who was Own It’s listener guest on show 236 and Nicola is studying with big Phil Harrison to learn about how to perfect her next 5-day challenge which starts on 6th July. Please vote for Own It! in the British Podcast Awards.   Focus Of The Week - Using Your Platform In the wake of the virus and also recent global civil unrest and Black Lives Matter, Judith asks Nicola some hard questions about how business leaders might best use

Nicola has been inspired to create a manifesto for her business and she runs Judith through a list of the twelve points under the headings Money, Mindset...   In The Show Nicola’s been enjoying some paid consults with warm prospects including a mother and son, separately not together. Judith’s observes the dramatic change in lockdown weather, a small but satisfying and surprising PPI win and she tells Nicola she’s on the move again during June. #Manifesto #StoryGrid #BigIdea #Loom #Ozark #Foundlings #Pheres #JordanPeterson #Prospects   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith updates Nicola and the listeners with her “knees news” and Nicola recounts how she spent the weekend binging on the Story Grid Big Idea training, especially enjoying the Q&A sessions with Shawn Coyne.   Focus Of The Week - Creating Your Manifesto Nicola has been inspired to create a manifesto for her business and she runs Judith through a list of the twelve points under the headings Money, Mindset and Marketing.   Words Of The Week Judith c

Nicola has been listening to former mentor Rich Schefren again, and Tracy Goss, and thinking about leadership, creativity, her USP and a cause... In The Show Nicola has been in a funk, realising she’s not ready to retire or limit herself only to introvert activities. Judith’s enjoyed a lovely peaceful bank holiday week although her infestation difficulties persist. #LiveStreaming #Restreamio #EcammLive #Streamyard #RichSchefren #DollyParton #Dave #Dollywood #JonRichardson #UKTVPlay What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola is excited by the prospect of streaming to multiple platforms simultaneously using such things as Restream.io or Ecamm Live or Streamyard. A client asked Judith how she would describe herself and her current way of working which turns out to be on point for this week’s Focus too. Focus Of The Week - Bigger Than Yourself Nicola has been listening to former mentor Rich Schefren again, and Tracy Goss, and thinking about leadership, creativity, her USP and a cause bigger than herself. She feels inspire

Nicola explains what Origin Stories are and how and why to create one for the About page on your website and other marketing uses... In The Show Nicola has received her grant from the government, been inspired by TUT.com and censored by Facebook (again!). Judith’s talked hair appointments with all of her friends, retrieved her summer clothes from storage and helped a FB friend get back into giving tarot readings. #TUT #Facebook #Self-Employed #Grant #Transformation #Tarot #OracleGirl #Censorship #Unorthodox Here’s the video explaining how to see if you qualify for a government grant in the UK due to covid. What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith is inspired by a video from Jacqueline Gibbs and Nicola has enjoyed a full and frank discussion with a former business partner about working together again. Focus Of The Week - Origin Stories Nicola explains what Origin Stories are and how and why to create one for the About page on your website and other marketing uses, and mentions these useful links: The Missing Chapter

Inspired by an employee who is working from home during lockdown who doesn’t think she has what it takes to be self-employed...   In The Show Nicola speaks of bitcoin, poker, scones with sister Heather, sourcing faster broadband to share with daughter Phoebe, and a close relative taking a Covid-19 test and finding it negative. Judith has lots on in her role as chatelaine and does some thinking aloud about Own It! the Podcast and whether it is or should be just about business. #Bitcoin #Business #Halvening #Self-Employed #Covid-19 #Chutzpah #JordanBPeterson #LorieLadd   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith is inspired by a video from Lorie Ladd about shifting the human collective, and Nicola by a stonking testimonial from someone who read and listened to her Money Gym book in a weekend.   Focus Of The Week - What It Takes to Be Self-Employed Inspired by an employee who is working from home during lockdown who doesn’t think she has what it takes to be self-employed, Judith and Nicola explore what they think it doe

Feeling wistful at Phoebe’s 25th, Nicola suggests to Judith that the two of them might come up with and share some thoughts and tips about things...   In The Show Nicola’s week has been about daughter Phoebe’s 25th birthday, a new bed, an electric screwdriver and a pasta-making machine.  Judith’s enjoyed a wonderful sunny week in which she busted domestic tolerations, and completed her business accounts for the year. #Birthdays #Tolerations #Accounts #25Again #Lockdown #Wisdom   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith is chuffed she said no to an offer which didn’t meet her own needs, and Nicola is hoping that Russell Brunson’s Traffic Secrets will light her fire again.   Focus Of The Week - Reinventing Yourself Feeling wistful at Phoebe’s 25th, Nicola suggests to Judith that the two of them might come up with and share some thoughts and tips about things they wish they’d known when they were 25. LISTEN HERE TO OWN IT #274 | My Younger Self At 25   Words Of The Week Judith chooses Chatelaine and Nicola goes with Ea

Since all the sources of information are confusing and conflicting and nobody agrees on anything and everyone has an opinion, who can we trust...   In The Show Nicola is organising virtual poker nights on Wednesdays with friend Pete, and this week sees daughter Phoebe’s 25th birthday. Judith’s lost her two neighbours and is now back in lockdown on her own, just in time for her 65th birthday. #Birthdays #Screenwriting #PokerStars #Bitcoin #Lockdown #Trust   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith observes that she and her clients are now starting to struggle emotionally with lockdown, especially since the sunshine has disappeared in England. Nicola’s excited about Bitcoin’s imminent “The Halving.”   Focus Of The Week - Reinventing Yourself Since all the sources of information are confusing and conflicting and nobody agrees on anything and everyone has an opinion, who can we trust – about the pandemic, about everything, going forward? And what about censorship on social media platforms? LISTEN HERE TO OWN IT #273 | W

Nicola and Judith debate whether the hatred of the rich Nicola is seeing expressed on Twitter is justified. Conversation turns to Victoria Beckham...   In The Show Nicola is using her podcasts and webinars to give a shape to her week, and she has a new addiction to primitive tech videos on YouTube. Judith’s had her first outing in the car in seven weeks, and been to dinner next door with her two young lockdown buddies. #PrimitiveTech #Vitamins #SilverLinings #Neom #Lockdown  #MoneyGenius   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Judith shares one of her best testimonials ever, and Nicola reminds Judith about Mark Joyner’s book Simpleology: The Irresistible Offer.   Focus Of The Week - Why Do People Hate the Rich? Nicola and Judith debate whether the hatred of the rich Nicola is seeing on Twitter is justified. Conversation turns to Victoria Beckham, Richard Branson, Motorhead, Aerosmith, Terry Christian, Cath Kidston, footballers and Jean Jacques Rousseau! Washington Post Article: Why Does Everybody Suddenly Hate Billiona

Nicola and Judith talks about Reinventing Yourself. Does this break from normality provide a unique opportunity to reinvent yourself?   In The Show Nicola has been moved by stories from Gary Vee and Capt Tom, and Judith had four tunes played for her on Radio CamFM after sharing on Facebook the story of her school trip to Italy at Easter 1971. #GaryVee #CaptTom #GlamRock #FacebookFriends #CamFM #Reinvention #Coop   What's Fuelled Their Fire? Nicola discovered Laurie Santos on Sam Harris’ podcast called Making Sense. Ep 196 The Science of Happiness. Judith enjoyed the interaction of the podcast listeners in the Own It! Facebook Group after Nicola’s Easter question about how everyone’s coping with being locked in at home.   Focus Of The Week - Reinventing Yourself Does this break from normality provide a unique opportunity to reinvent yourself? Is that something you’d love to do? LISTEN HERE TO OWN IT #271 | Reinventing Yourself   Words Of The Week Judith chooses Identity and Nicola goes with Logic.   Project