The Chris Harder Show

By definition, a recession is just two quarters in a row of negative growth for the GDP, or gross domestic product. In a healthy economy when the GDP is growing three to five percent, a recession simply means negative growth for six months. There's so much misinformation and fear mongering around recessions, but the reality is that they're a self-fulfilling prophecy most of the time. I break down why you don't need to freeze your spending and stress out about the possibility of an upcoming recession. I explain my approach to recessions, my policy when it comes to building my own micro-economy, and why you should always have 12 months of runway to help you stay afloat in the event of an economic downturn in your industry. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Why I don't buy into the panic about economic recessions The cyclical nature of the economy The reason why '08/'09 kicked my butt, and what I've done to ensure that won't happen again How I've made myself recession-proof RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me

You know that I'll do pretty much anything to attract more abundance in my life, so today I'm sharing seven powerful thoughts that I like to say in my head or out loud every single time that I spend or receive money. By keeping these thoughts at the forefront, I get this certain pep in my step that helps me bring in more business, clients, and money-making ideas. Money isn't meant to be stashed away一it's there for you to enjoy the fruits of your labor and participate in the economy. I challenge you to find more gratitude and practice positivity when it comes to making and spending money. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Why this exercise works, regardless if you're team woo-woo or team logical How your mindset about spending money can hold you back or propel you forward How the law of attraction works with money Recognizing the feelings that come up when you spend and make money The power of a simple thank you RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me

Lori and I have noticed this big cultural shift from the hustle and grind mindset to letting things flow and take their natural course. Which one is better? Like most things, I think it's best to exist somewhere in the middle of the two extremes. We talk about learning how to hustle with boundaries, giving yourself at least one day a week to be present, and practicing intentional planning. There are moments and seasons when you're going to have to give it your all, but recognize that you and your team need time to recharge afterwards. Lori and I share how we've found the balance of hustle and flow and our advice for avoiding burnout as an entrepreneur. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Figuring out what moves the needle and what's not worth your energy Maintaining your morning routine during a busy season The massive, exhausting hustle that's behind every accomplishment Why you need to make your decision and then release it What we do to rest and recover after a launch RESOURCES: Text DINNER to 310-421-0416 to be considered for a spot at our cancer research fundraiser dinner event. Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras to boost your day. CONNECT WITH LORI Follow Lori: @loriharder Follow Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Follow Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Follow Girlfriends & Business: @girlfriendsandbusiness Listen to Girlfriends & Business Listen to Earn Your Happy CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me

Angie and Mike Lee are on the show today to talk about how they built their CBD business from scratch. Soul CBD is a top-of-the-line wellness brand that is dedicated to delivering the highest quality CBD-infused products. They offer everything from capsules to creams, and even treats for your pet. Mike and Angie are a powerhouse brother-sister duo who have very different professional backgrounds, but their skills and passion for wellness complement each other. Angie is a speaker, influencer, podcaster and entrepreneur, and Mike is a world-ranked professional boxer. Mike and Angie talk about their personal journeys with CBD and what inspired them to go all-in on Soul. They share how they grew from processing and packing orders in Mike's spare bedroom to now running an eight-figure company. Mike and Angie attribute a lot of their success to the strategic investors that believed in them early on, and their team of industry experts. They highlight some of the difficulties that they've faced while launching a CBD brand and ways that they've worked through them. We also discuss their marketing strategy, the importance of personal branding, and what sets Soul apart from competitors. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: What Mike and Angie were doing before launching Soul CBD How Mike applies what he learned as a boxer to being an entrepreneur Building a strong, successful team Hitting roadblocks due to the stigma of CBD Harnessing the power of micro-influencers The access to metrics and data that DTC companies have Why you should build your audience before launching a product The importance of stellar customer service, especially via DMs Mike's advice for anyone seeking investors The secret to why their products are a cut above the rest RESOURCES Go to mysoulcbd.com and use coupon code CHRIS to Get 15% off. Tag @chriswharder, @angieleeshow, and @officialmikelee, let them know your biggest takeaway from today's episode, and Angie will send you a pack of Soul CBD gummies. Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH MIKE & ANGIE Follow Angie: @angieleeshow Listen to The Angie Lee Show Follow Mike: @officialmikelee Follow mySoulCBD: @mySoulCBD Shop Soul CBD: mysoulcbd.com CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me ABOUT ANGIE & MIKE LEE Angie Lee is a vivacious speaker, influencer, entrepreneur & marketing maven who's found her soul's calling in helping women kick ass. She is the Co-Founder of Soul, Author of the upcoming book Ready Is A Lie & creator of a top female personal development & business event, Pays To Be Brave. Her Forbes Top 100 Podcast, The Angie Lee Show, teaches thousands of ambitious women how to own their weird, hack their health & start before they are ready. Mike Lee is a world-ranked professional boxer who has fought in some of the world's most iconic arenas like Madison Square Garden, Cowboys Stadium & The MGM Grand in front of millions of fans. In 2014 Mike was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, ankylosing spondylitis, that almost ended his career. In and out of hospitals for over two years he became tired of all the medications and treatments. Mike began searching for all natural alternatives which led him to discover CBD and all of its incredible physical and mental benefits! Using his background in finance and business, Mike felt that creating Soul CBD would be the perfect way to share his knowledge while helping others to defeat whatever battles with pain they may be facing.

You can make a world-changing and life-changing impact with a lot of money. But, you can't make a lot of money if you're not chasing down your big, audacious dreams. I know every single person listening to this show has one of those dreams, and not only are you doing yourself a disservice by keeping it a secret, but also, you're not letting the world benefit from your innovation. What if people like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Oprah were content with their 9-5 jobs and didn't take the risk to pursue something bigger? We would be living in a much different world, right? It might make you uncomfortable to hear that thinking small makes you selfish, but listen in to hear what I mean by that and what you can do about it. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: The side effects of great wealth Why you help the world twice when you make a lot of money Leaders who have made historical changes with their innovation Addressing the fear around taking a giant leap towards your dreams RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me

If nothing was considered unrealistic or impossible, what would you want out of life? This question came up in a book that Lori's reading, The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kelly, and we discuss exactly what our answers are to that question. We've been putting so much thought into what it means to build a life that we love and what needs to happen in order to achieve that. Really getting clear about your answer to this question will help support and guide you when making bold and scary dream-building decisions. We also talk about the importance of taking on challenges and knowing when to close the chapter of something that you've outgrown. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Why Lori was inspired to ask me what I want out of life What we're ultimately working towards How challenges make you happy Income opportunities that we chose to leave because they didn't stretch us anymore An exciting charity dinner that you can get involved with RESOURCES: Text DINNER to 310-421-0416 to get more information about the amazing charity dinner event that we're going to be at with other extraordinary people. Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me CONNECT WITH LORI Follow Lori: @loriharder Follow Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Follow Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Listen to Earn Your Happy

Keith Yackey has achieved massive success in real estate, investments, and coaching, but he hasn't always been the focused and intentional version of himself that I know today. We discuss two major events that shook up his routine and made him realize that he needed to make major changes. We talk about how he took the leap from being a pastor and got into flipping houses, created a network in the construction industry, and eventually flipped 200 houses in his first two years in the game. While Keith fostered an extremely successful career, his role as a husband and father took a backseat, and his wife left him. Instead of giving up, he learned how to love himself and prove to his wife that he could be the man that she needed him to be, and their relationship is now stronger than ever. Keith shares his tips for men who are finding themselves in the position he was in five years ago and the importance of integrity, discipline, and self-respect when it comes to winning your partner back. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How his mother's passing when he was 28 years old impacted his approach to life and business How he handled setbacks at the beginning of his real estate venture Unpacking where his marriage deteriorated Coming to terms with not living up to his wife's expectations The real steps that helped him fall back in love with himself His experience with doing 75 Hard during the most challenging season of his life How to find success in business and relationships at the same time RESOURCES Text DINNER to 310-421-0416 to get more information about the amazing charity dinner event that we're going to be at with other extraordinary people. Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH KEITH Follow Keith: @keithyackey Visit the Married Game website: marriedgame.com CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me ABOUT KEITH Keith Yackey is the founder and creator of MarriedGame.com. When his wife left him 5 years ago, he realized that he was the problem and that his wife was no longer attracted to him. Since getting her back, Keith has dedicated his life to teaching men how to get their wives to want to have sex with them again. By doing one simple thing, becoming the most attractive version of themselves.

When you look at your banking app and see what your checking and savings account add up to, what's the number that makes you feel safe? We all have that amount in our heads and when we see it, we tend to kick our feet up, give ourselves some leniency, and slow down our hustle. My number one money hack to counteract this behavior, is that I will purposely move money out of these accounts and put it somewhere smart, so I can go to work getting back to that "safe" number. By making yourself drop below that number, you'll do the scarier, tougher things, and you'll make the moves that you need to in order to get back to that place of abundance. That might sound crazy, but listen in to hear why it works every single time. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: The biggest reason we stop creating wealth Why urgency is such a powerful motivator Grant Cardone's epic approach to this philosophy Learning how to embrace fear RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me

Every morning, I start my day with a blank page and four journal prompts. I reflect on what I'm grateful for, what I want to manifest, why I'm working, and one goal for my relationship. It's simple, effective, and this practice has totally transformed how I approach the day. It's just five to ten minutes of quietness and acknowledging the good things in my life. I'm sharing why this method has been such a game changer for me and how I've been able to stay consistent with it. Listen in if you're ready to get every single day started off on the right foot. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Why this type of journaling works for me How I came up with the four prompts The question that has made the biggest difference for me Examples of answers for each prompt The difference between wanting and manifesting RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me

When you celebrate other people's moments of abundance and accomplishments, it reinforces to them that the hard work to get there was worth it. That positive reinforcement is going to make them go do it again. Plus, when you start to celebrate other people's wins, you feel good. And when you feel good, you're reminded that those things are worth pursuing for yourself. Today, I want to share a story of celebrating other people's financial accomplishments and the ripple effect that those moments have on the economy. Because when everybody's winning in the economy, that system turns around and rewards you as well. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: An inspiring story about Ruben, a man that works in my neighborhood Why it's important to slow down and celebrate other people's moments of abundance Ways to engage in an equal energy exchange An update on the Fast Foundations Mastermind RESOURCES: Text FAST to 310-421-0416 to reserve one of the last spots in the Fast Foundations Mastermind. Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras to boost your day. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me