Break Your Bullsh*t Box

Amber Fuhriman
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Welcome to the Break Your Bullsh*t Box podcast, where excuses aren't tolerated and results are earned. This podcast is for people who realize it's time to break your bullsh*t box and start living life on your terms. Hosted by Amber Fuhriman Esq. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2d ago

    Episode 415: Redefining Success: Why Your Old Definition Is Sabotaging Your Future

    Episode Summary Still chasing a version of success you committed to years ago? Amber Fuhriman breaks down why your definition of success needs to evolve as you do, how childhood programming secretly runs your decisions, and the mindset shift required to stop building someone else's puzzle and start living on your own terms. Key Topics Covered How the jigsaw puzzle theory explains why success feels impossible to define (and why the picture keeps changing as you grow)Why asking "What do you want to be when you grow up?" programmed you to think success has only one answer (and how to break that pattern)How to give yourself permission to let go of goals and identities that no longer fit the person you are becomingWhy success coaching matters more than business coaching when your career wins but your life feels emptyHow your upbringing, religion, and society shaped your definition of success (and how to take responsibility for reprogramming it) NOTABLE QUOTES "Success is easy. We just make it hard. We make it hard by trying to complicate what it means. We make it hard by letting other people's judgments into what we think we should create. We make it hard by refusing to acknowledge what it is that we actually want.""What good is it to be good and successful in business if you feel like you suck in life? What good is it to create massive financial success if you're never there for your family?""You're not responsible for your upbringing. You're not responsible for how you were programmed. At some point in time, though, you are responsible for shifting that programming in a way that supports the life that you say you want to have.""Stop being so committed to the vision that you thought you wanted so that you don't have the flexibility to create what you were actually meant to have."CALL TO ACTION Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Aug 10

    Episode 414: The Cost of Saying Yes: How to Stop Losing Time, Energy, and Money to the Wrong Clients

    Episode Summary Still saying yes when every instinct is screaming no? Amber Fuhriman gets real about the hidden price of people-pleasing, scarcity-driven decisions and shows you how to get clear on what you actually want so you can start saying yes to the right things and stop burning out on the wrong ones. Key Topics Covered The real cost of saying yes out of desperation, including lost time, energy, sleepless nights, and resentment toward clients you never should have taken onHow scarcity mindset and FOMO push you into bad business decisions and what to do insteadWhy resentment toward difficult clients is actually about the yes you said, not themThe "hell yes or hell no" framework for evaluating opportunities before you commitWhat opens up in your business and your life when you get crystal clear on who you want to serve and what you want to build Notable Quotes "That FOMO is real. The scarcity mindset that comes along with that of I need to say yes to this because what if something better doesn't come along, that will burn you every single time.""When you say yes to something, you say no to an infinite amount of other things. You just don't know what they are. They haven't presented themselves to you yet." (quoting Rory Vaden, TED Talk: Procrastinate On Purpose)"If it's not a hell yes, it should be a hell no.""How is that the client's fault that you said yes? It's not, but we make it about them. We get frustrated with them because it's a lot easier to be frustrated with them than it is to be frustrated with ourselves." Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Aug 3

    Episode 413: Lead Problem vs Sales Problem: The NLP Truth Behind Your Stalled Revenue

    Episode Summary Stuck thinking you have a sales problem when you actually have a lead problem? Amber Fuhriman breaks down the critical difference between the two and shows business owners exactly how to diagnose what's really stalling their revenue before they waste time and money fixing the wrong thing. Key Topics Covered How to tell the difference between a lead problem and a sales problem in your businessWhy an empty calendar means you can't sell, no matter how good your pitch isHow to spot a volume problem disguised as a "friendship" instead of a sales conversationWhere to look in your networking and follow-up process to find where leads are falling through the cracksWhy throwing money at marketing or sales won't fix the wrong problem Notable Quotes "You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist yet because you can't sell to an empty room.""It's not that your sales process doesn't work. It's that you don't have enough people to talk to because you have a lead problem." Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Jul 27

    Episode 412: STOP SETTING GOALS: The Choice vs. Goal Mistake Killing Your Progress

    Episode Summary Think your five-year goal is "being happy"? Amber Fuhriman calls it out: happiness, freedom, and success are choices you can make right now, not goals, and confusing the two is the number one reason your goal setting keeps failing. Key Topics Covered Why confusing a choice with a goal is the biggest mistake people make when goal settingHow to tell the difference between a feeling (happy, successful, free) and a real, tangible goalThe goal-setting process for turning a vague want into a measurable target with a deadlineWhy setting goals to please a spouse, family, or society instead of yourself guarantees failureHow to set tangible goals around money, business growth, relationships, and travel that actually require effort and time Notable Quotes "Happy is a choice. You can do it right now, you can do it tomorrow, you can do it the next day. Happy is not a goal. Happy is a feeling.""If you're not happy now, if you don't feel like you have freedom now, if you don't feel successful now, there's no goal on the planet that's gonna make you feel those things later. So stop confusing a choice with a goal.""It's really important, first of all, that when you set a goal, that it is something that you actually want." Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Jul 20

    Episode 411: Pricing Decisions Unlocked: How to Charge What You're Worth Without the Guilt

    Episode Summary Still flinching when you tell a client your price? Amber Fuhriman breaks down the internal beliefs and external market realities behind every pricing decision, showing business owners exactly how to stop undercharging and start setting prices they're actually congruent with. Key Topics Covered Why pricing conversations trigger deep beliefs about worth, value, and money programmingHow to find the middle ground between what you think you're worth and what the market will bearThe difference between internal pricing blocks (self-worth, fear of judgment) and external pricing factors (market rates, competitors)How to structure pricing based on one-to-one time versus scalable, recorded, or course-based offersWhy over-explaining your price signals insecurity and how to shift your energy when quoting rates Notable Quotes "If money conversations make you uncomfortable, pricing decisions will always be difficult.""What I think doesn't matter, because if we set a price that's above what they think they're worth, they are going to sabotage every single sales conversation they have.""For a very effective coach that knows what the f**k they're doing, $2,000 a month for one-on-one coaching is peanuts.""If you don't know that number, then how the hell are you gonna set your prices?" Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Jul 13

    Episode 410: Stalled Sales? NLP Secrets to Break Your Income Ceiling and Boost Your Close Rate

    Episode Summary Feel like you're putting in the same effort but getting worse results? Amber Fuhriman breaks down why your close rate stalls, exposing the hidden income ceiling and unconscious sabotage keeping ambitious entrepreneurs stuck, and shows you exactly how to track the real data behind your sales instead of relying on feelings. Key Topics Covered Why tracking your close ratio (not your feelings) reveals the truth about your business growthHow to recognize an income ceiling that's unconsciously sabotaging your sales resultsWhy generic sales scripts kill your natural flow and disconnect you from clientsHow to spot the exact moment in a sales conversation where your energy shifts and deals fall apartAdjusting your follow-up strategy for today's trust recession and shrinking attention spans Notable Quotes "I didn't ask you what you felt. I asked you what the numbers say.""Your brain is not wired for success. Your brain is wired for safety.""Sales scripts don't work... a script presumes that every single person processes information the same way... and they just don't.""There is no secret to the reason that we feel like we need things." Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Jul 6

    Episode 409: Stop Attracting Wrong-Fit Clients: The NLP Truth Behind Your Client Pattern

    Episode Summary You don't attract the wrong clients by accident, you attract them because a boundary was never set. Amber Fuhriman breaks down why you keep saying yes to high-drama, high-resistance clients and how shifting from "fixer" to "coach" is the real key to building a business full of people who are ready to do the work. Keys Topics Covered How to spot the wrong-fit client pattern before you say yes (negotiating terms, questioning your expertise, dreading their name in your inbox)Why playing the "fixer" instead of the "coach" unconsciously attracts clients who resist their own transformationThe "every victim needs a villain" concept and how it explains why you become the target for a client's lack of resultsHow to use your own body's reactions (dread, over-explaining, discounting your price) as data about what you're willing to acceptThe one honest question to ask about your current client roster to break the cycle for good Notable Quotes "You teach people how to treat you by what you choose to allow, and that doesn't just apply to other people. It applies to you as well.""A fixer takes responsibility for transformation. A coach creates the conditions for the transformation and the responsibility to be on the client.""You don't attract the wrong clients by accident. You attract them because somewhere a standard hasn't been set.""Every behavior has an intention. So what was the intention of saying yes when everything inside of you was screaming no?" Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Jul 3

    Episode 408: Rewrite Your Money Story: NLP Secrets to Finally Raise Your Prices

    Episode Summary Still charging the same rate you set years ago? Amber Fuhriman digs into the childhood money story that's secretly running your pricing decisions and shows you why raising your rates isn't a strategy problem, it's an identity one. Key Topics Covered Why you keep avoiding a price increase even when your skills and results have grownHow childhood beliefs about money silently shape your pricing and sales decisions todayThe real reason apologizing for your rate or discounting before anyone asks keeps happeningWhy sales is service, not sleaze, and staying quiet about your offer harms the people who need youHow to trace your under-charging back to where the belief started so you can finally rewrite it Notable Quotes "It's not a pricing problem. It's a story problem.""Sales isn't sleazy. Sales is service.""The person you are today has earned a different story. The question is whether you are willing to let the old one go." Call to Action Book a free strategy call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05Join the Break Your Bullsh*t Box Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/185xJ6KALu/Check out Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to the Break Your Bullsh*t Box podcast, where excuses aren't tolerated and results are earned. This podcast is for people who realize it's time to break your bullsh*t box and start living life on your terms. Hosted by Amber Fuhriman Esq. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Amber Fuhriman
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    413
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Amber Fuhriman
  • Show Website
    Break Your Bullsh*t Box