LIVE TODAY: The Fear of Success May Be More Limiting Than the Fear of Failure


Hello Reader,

If you believe your work matters - that you help people - and you desire to expand your reach in 2025, then I have a time sensitive offer for you.

June came to my free tax event last month and shared she’s been having a hard time finding an accountant she can trust.

Sensing a Money Story, I asked June to explain further. I asked her a series of questions about the value of her work and what “trust” means to her.

Before running this business, June was an underpaid advocate and because she was so passionate about that work she had a tendency to burn herself out.

“My work is my worth,” she confessed. “It's not good enough if I'm not working enough.”

I replied: “When we talk about trust and leveling up and complexity, it's not the complexity that scares you. It's not the overworking that scares you. It's not even necessarily the trust. It's the - ‘I am not worthy of this.”

The tax strategies I was teaching at that moment help business owners and their families become millionaires with minimal effort by saving money on taxes now and investing that extra cash in tax-advantaged ways so money continues to grow.

These strategies can be done with just a few hundred dollars a month and require zero investment knowledge.

It’s truly a zero effort way for money to make more of itself!

This was the vision I showed June: “Even though you don't spend a second on it. You get this abundance and it works for you and money shows up for you and you don't have to earn it.”

And THAT was what truly held June back from using these tax strategies to benefit herself and her kids.

Not her lack of trust - but her belief that she hadn’t “earned” this wealth through hard work.

June said “I am not worthy of it. There you go. That one resonates. If I am not the one making this tax strategy, if I am not the one with the clever plan to get there, I don’t deserve it.

For me, to be the business owner who deserves to benefit, if I didn't work it, I'm not worthy of it.”

Maybe you're not focused on tax strategy at the moment, but you still have dreams or ideas you’ve never taken action on.

Maybe it’s not the fear of failing at these big ideas that’s holding you back. Maybe you have an unconscious definition of how success must be “earned” that’s really in the way.

Maybe it’s time to rewrite that story.

I’m speaking today at Effortless Impact, a free 5-day summit all about sustainable visibility.

My session is The Fear of Success May Be More Limiting Than the Fear of Failure.

We’ll talk about the unconscious stories that drive our decisions—and how to rewrite the ones that no longer serve us.

✅ You can still register and catch my session live
✅ You’ll also get access to the replay
✅ AND you can submit your questions all week long!

So if any part of June’s story resonated with you…
If you’ve ever felt like you have to earn your abundance the hard way…

I hope I’ll see you there.

To your success,

I'm excited for...

Last week we hit some big milestones:

  • My younger daughter turned one.
  • My husband and I celebrated our ten-year wedding anniversary.

Our wedding reception was at a brewery, so it seems only appropriate that we celebrated last week by renting a brewery again.

This time we had a playground, cupcakes, and a lot more toddlers, but there were still good drinks and I still danced.

An offer for you...

Team BKA is going through a little brand shift, and I'm cooking up offerings and pricing models.

I'm conducting market research calls with expert brands like coaches, consultants, agency owners, authors, creators, freelancers, and other service providers.

If that's you, would you sign up for a call by clicking here? I truly have nothing pitch, and I so value your expertise.

Favorite Thing...

Speaking of breweries, my favorite summer drink comes from my favorite TX brewery.

Hop Spring by Saint Arnold's is a zero alcohol, zero calorie drink with a bright, hoppy punch.

Saint Arnold's uses a process similar to dry-hopping in beer brewing, just without fermentation, to give this sparkling water its unique, delicious flavor.

Money Study...

The big, beautiful bill is now law. It's also more than 900 pages. I'll share new and important updates for small business owners in this section the next few months

Here's the first: State and local taxes (SALT) are now capped at $40K a year IF your household income is below $500K.

Business owners can still deduct an unlimited amount of SALT taxes through your business with a PTE election. We'll definitely keep making this election for our clients.

(Psst... I do a live, in-depth training every quarter for our tax clients. Book an exploration call if you're interested in getting more support on these tax changes.)

Hi! I'm Katherine, actress turned accountant

I capitalized on my artistic background to create the Money Storyteller Method, a mindset and accounting tool for business owners that makes even the most advanced financial strategies easy to understand and fun to implement. Expect frank conversations about leveraging our most valuable assets - money, time, creativity, team leadership, and YOU!

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