Small Business Straight Talk | Productivity, Time Management, Business Systems, & Mindset
352 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsIf you’re a small business owner who wants to learn effective business strategies, improve time management, and elevate productivity to maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most, this podcast is for you!
Amber is a sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer and the creator of Leverage Lab®. Amber gives small business owners the straight talk on what it takes to reduce stress, be productive, and grow your business.
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322 | How To Stop Micromanaging Your Team
April 15, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes - 38.3 MBI dive into the root causes of why you’re micromanaging your team so you can stop doing so and instead, empower your team to grow in their roles and invest more of your time in your own high-value activities. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Micromanagement Is ✔ How It Might Be Showing Up In Your Business ✔ Why You Might Have The Tendency To Micromanage ✔ How To Stop Micromanaging Your Team: ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on h...
321 | Lessons In Leadership & Building A Strong Culture With Jaime Taets
April 08, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes - 93.5 MBI sit down with the Founder and CEO of Keystone Group International, Jaime Taets, to dive into the leadership role a business owner plays in building culture and how a strong culture is the foundation for scaling. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Strong Cultures Help Businesses Grow ✔ How To Get Out From Under The Founder’s Dilemma ✔ Ways To Reduce Cultural Confusion Within Your Business ✔ How Having Great Culture Helps With Hiring & Firing ✔ What Must Be Done In Order...
320 | 6 Tips To Manage Your Time Blindness
April 01, 2024 15:48 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MBI dive into the topic of time blindness so you can learn how it might be affecting you and your business, then take action to minimize its unintentional costs. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Time Blindness Is ✔ Who It Affects & Why ✔ Common Symptoms & Costs of Unintentional Time Blindness ✔ Ways To Tell If You Struggle With It ✔ How To Manage Your Time Blindness ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/...
319 | How Intentional Action Leads To Exceptional Results With James Brackin
March 25, 2024 23:00 - 38 minutes - 71.4 MBIn this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with personal coach James Brackin to discuss how intentional action can fuel your growth and lead to exceptional results. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ James’ Background That Significantly Influenced The Way He Lives ✔ What Specific Event Led Him To Bet On Himself ✔ How James Defines Intentionality ✔ How To Be Intentional With Your Time ✔ Why We Should Optimize For Enjoyment Insteads Of Progress ✔...
318 | The Hidden Cost Of Perfectionism
March 18, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes - 75 MBI dive into the different kinds of perfectionism and how you can use guardrails to curb your perfectionism tendencies so you can stop sabotaging yourself and your business! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Perfectionism Shows Up In Your Business ✔ What Excellence Seeking Perfectionism Is ✔ What Failure Avoiding Perfectionism Is ✔ How Perfectionism Is Costing You ✔ Strategies To Construct Guardrails For Your Perfectionism ✔ So Much More! To access resources and lin...
317 | How To Create A Marketing Plan You'll Actually Stick To With Lauren Tilden
March 11, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutes - 85.8 MBI sit down with retail shop owner and marketing coach, Lauren Tilden, to dive into strategies to cut the noise, devise an effective marketing plan, and be consistent with it so you get the results you want! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ 3 Reasons Why It Proves Difficult To Show Up Consistently ✔ How To Keep Showing Up When You’re Not Seeing Results Yet ✔ Lauren’s Super Tactical Marketing Tips ✔ What To Spend Your Marketing Time & Effort On ✔ Best Practices For Getting T...
316 | Eliminating The Biggest Threat To Your Productivity
March 04, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 31.4 MBI dive into discovering the root cause of why you aren’t more productive so you can take action to eliminate the biggest threat that is holding you back. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What True Productivity Is ✔ The Underlying Reason You’re Not Productive ✔ How You Might Be Sabotaging Your Success ✔ What To Do To Break The Shackles Of Self-Sabotage ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/316 P.S. Want to ...
315 | Tracking Operational Metrics To Skyrocket Profitability With Marcel Petitpas
February 26, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes - 106 MBIn this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with Marcel Petitpas, the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. We dive into how you can interpret your important operational metrics to help you take the right, decisive actions on them and skyrocket your profitability. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Two Most Important Metrics...
314 | 10 Ways To Starve Your Distractions & Feed Your Focus
February 19, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes - 50 MBI dive into how you can ruthlessly starve your distractions and feed your focus so you can consistently show up your best during scheduled work time. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What You Can Do To Starve Your Distractions ✔ What you Can Do To Feed Your Focus ✔ Resources To Help You Implement Each Of Those ✔ How Environmental Factors & Physiology Come Into Play ✔ What I Did To Seek Additional Support To Promote Focus ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links fr...
313 | Self-Care Or Self-Destruct: Your Choice With Katie McDonald
February 12, 2024 11:00 - 45 minutes - 84 MBI sit down with self-care strategist and the owner of B.Nourished.com, Katie McDonald, to dive into her journey to becoming an expert on self-care which began with a long period of self-neglect which led to self-destruction and a life-changing epiphany. Katie shares strategies for committing to nourishing self-care and getting on the path towards a more balanced and vibrant life. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How One Missed Meeting Led To Self-Care Becoming Katie’s Domain ✔ W...
312 | How To Create Time To Work On Your Business
February 05, 2024 22:04 - 28 minutes - 51.3 MBI dive into strategies to create time to work ON your business so you can stop spending so much time working IN your business and instead, invest your time in the activities that will grow it. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How I Became The Productivity Specialist ✔ Why It’s Important To Create Time To Work ON Your Business ✔ What That Means & Where To Get Started ✔ Solutions For Working ON Instead Of IN Your Business ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from ...
311 | Applying Your Learning To Supercharge Your Success With Nick Hutchison
January 29, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes - 79.7 MBI sit down with Nick Hutchison, the visionary force behind BookThinkers and author of Rise of the Reader, to dive into strategies to consume information in a way that makes an impact and supercharges your success by applying your learning. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Nick Became A Book Guy ✔ What Helped Him Stop Living Below His Potential ✔ Ways To Consume InformationWith Intentionality ✔ A Handy Formula To Know A Good Book From A Bad Book ✔ The Most Impactful Bus...
310 | Hold The Line: Reflecting On The Last Year In My Business
January 22, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes - 58.5 MBIn this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I reflect on the last year in my business and give you a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges I overcame, as well as my thought process on determining the right solutions for myself and my business which included holding the line. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Productivity Redefined ✔ What Holding The Line Means ✔ When It’s Necessary And How Long It Needs To Be Done ✔ How To Create A Strategic Plan To Do Hol...
309 | Self-Discipline: The Driving Force Behind Showing Up Consistently With Dre Baldwin
January 15, 2024 11:00 - 54 minutes - 99.7 MBI sit down with the CEO and Founder of Work On Your Game Inc., Dre Baldwin, to dive into what he believes is the real key to showing up consistently and achieving success in business and life: self-discipline. This episode is jam-packed with golden nuggets of wisdom you can apply to your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Dre Started His Personal Development Journey ✔ What The Third Day Means Outside The Sports World ✔ How Discipline Vs. Motivation Plays A Part ...
308 | Vision Of Success: Setting Business Goals Worth Achieving In The New Year
January 08, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 31 MBNot every idea or project is worth pursuing. Not every goal is worth creating. When deciding what you want to accomplish in your business this year, make sure it honors your vision of success, otherwise you could be sabotaging many of your personal goals in the name of a successful business and wind up ringing in 2025 feeling like you deserve a big fat F for 2024. Need help finding clarity on your vision of success so you know which goals are actually worth achieving this year? Then tune ...
307 | A New Year, A New Microhabit
December 18, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 47.1 MBI dive into committing to one new microhabit that will help you enjoy the journey of being a business owner so you can be sustainable for the long haul and that is celebrating your wins, both big and small. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Focusing On Microhabits Is Important ✔ The Key To Success With Any Microhabit ✔ Why You’re Not Celebrating Your Wins But Should Be ✔ How Doing So Helps You Be More Productive ✔ Creative Way To Celebrate Your Wins ✔ So Much More! ...
306 | Cleaning The Slate For A Fresh Start
December 04, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 45.6 MBI dive into how taking time to gain clarity on what hasn’t been working in your business this year and cleaning the slate of that baggage this month can help you start fresh in 2024. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ An Easy Way To Reclaim A Lot Of Time & Energy ✔ 3 Powerful Questions To Ask To Gain Clarity ✔ What You Need To Leave In 2023 ✔ Ideas For How You Can Start Fresh in 2024 ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://Amber...
305 | Task Management: Going Beyond Your Business
November 21, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes - 53.7 MBI dive into some of my favorite task management strategies I use in my business and discuss how they can easily be implemented into your personal life to reduce stress and accomplish more. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ 5 Fundamental Task Management Strategies For Your Personal Life ✔ What Those Strategies Look Like In Your Business ✔ Easy-To-Implement Ideas For Streamlining Personal Tasks ✔ The 4 D’s Of Task Management ✔ Quick Tips For Reducing The Stress Of Running E...
304 | A Special Message From Amber
November 06, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 15.8 MBI’m going to share with you a big decision that I recently made in my business and why I made it to help you determine if you are in need of making a big decision. Why? So you can take action to make sure your business goals align with your personal goals in this season. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ My Goals For This Upcoming Season ✔ The Big Decision I Made In My Business ✔ The Impact I Expect That Decision Will Make ✔ What You Can Bet I’ll Still Be Doing ✔ So Much Mo...
303 | Mastering The Hiring Process With Jamie Van Cuyk
October 30, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes - 95 MBI sit down with the owner of Growing Your Team, Jamie Van Cuyk, to dive into some effective strategies to help you to grow your team by quickly attracting the right candidates and simplifying the hiring process! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Biggest Hiring Challenge Business Owners Face (And What To Do About It) ✔ Why Business Owners Often Hesitate To Hire ✔ How Long It Takes To Find A Great Hire On Average ✔ What Types Of Open-Ended Questions You Should Ask Candidates ...
302 | Organizing Your Space For Optimal Productivity
October 22, 2023 20:30 - 17 minutes - 32.6 MBI dive into strategies to organize your workspace effectively so you can significantly increase your efficiency and improve your productivity. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Disorganization Is Costing You ✔ The #1 Reason You’re Not Organized… Yet ✔ Positive Proof You Can Get Organized ✔ The Magical Power Of A Reset ✔ How Improved Organization Will Impact Your Productivity ✔ Where To Get Started ✔ My Framework To Create Organization ✔ So Much More! To access ...
301 | Unraveling The Secret To Building Confidence With Nicole Kalil
October 16, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 104 MBDo you want to learn how you can build confidence and harness it to be a more effective, successful business owner? Then tune into today’s episode of Productivity Straight Talk in which I sit down with author and leader strategist, Nicole Kalil, to take a deep dive into all things confidence. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Confidence Really Is And How To Build It ✔ What Having Confidence Helps You Achieve ✔ The Impact Of Not Trusting Yourself In Your Business ✔ 5 Conf...
300 | An Open Letter To My Listeners
October 09, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.9 MBWell, we made it! 300 episodes of Productivity Straight Talk. Wow! It seems like only a few short months ago I was coming up with ideas for my very first episode. Yet here we are, six-and-a-half years later, producing our 300th episode. It’s been a great ride and I appreciate you being along for part of the journey! In this special 300th episode, I am going to share with you some thoughts from my heart - my version of an open letter to you, my listeners. I hope the episode inspires ...
299 | A Look At Fractional COOs With Lauren Goldstein
October 02, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 85.2 MBI sit down with the founder and CEO of business consulting firm Golden Key Partnership, Lauren Goldstein, to dive into the world of fractional COOs and discuss what they can bring to the table of a business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Role Of A Fractional COO ✔ The Benefits Of Having One ✔ How To Know If Your Business Is Ready To Hire A Fractional COO ✔ How Long You Should Keep Them On Your Team ✔ A Typical Day In The Life Of A CEO Who Has A Fractional COO ✔ ...
298 | No Systems? No Bueno
September 25, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBI dive into how you can get started creating systems in your business so you can gain more control, diminish overwhelm, and run a more efficient, profitable business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Business System Is ✔ The Results Of Not Having Effective Systems ✔ The Benefits Of Having Business Systems ✔ Where To Start Creating Systems ✔ The Key To Creating Systems ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGar...
297 | Dumping The Head Trash That's Killing Your Productivity With Renie Cavallari
September 18, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 101 MBI sit down with the My guest on today’s episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I sit down with the CEO and Founder of Powered by Aspire, Renie Cavallari. Renie is an expert at helping people defeat their head trash so it stops holding them back from reaching their potential in their business and life. Tune in and learn how to dump your head trash that’s killing your productivity and sabotaging your success! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Head Trash Affects Our Work And Busin...
296 | Back To The Basics Of Growing Your Business
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 57.8 MBIn this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into numerous ways you can stay true to yourself and take your marketing and visibility back to the reliable basics, all so you can strategically nurture your past and current client relationships and continue building long-term success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Most Important Marketing Principle To Remember ✔ Ways To Simplify Your Marketing & Visibility ✔ A Breakdown Of Common Relationship Builders ✔ Marketin...
295 | Planning For What’s Possible: A Client Case Study With Ellen Nystrom
September 04, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes - 105 MBI sit down for a indepth client case study interview with the owner of interior design firm Ellen Nystrom Design. Ellen and I take a look back at her successful planning for, execution of, and return from a two-month sabbatical. Like many of us, Ellen had been feeling burned out post-Covid and while stepping away from her business for two months seemed impossible at first glance, her prudent planning and support helped her make it possible and then, her reality. What You’ll Discover In Th...
294 | 6 Steps To Create & Maintain An Organized Digital File System
August 28, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 66.6 MBI dive into how you can create an organized digital file system and maintain it with ease so you can optimize the efficiency of you and your team! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Cost Of Keeping A Disorganized File System ✔ The Simple Steps To Create An Organized One ✔ How To Easily Maintain It ✔ Pro Tips For Long-Term Success Of Your System ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/294. P.S. If you want...
BONUS Invite: Calling All Design Professionals!
August 24, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 7.97 MBCalling all newbie and seasoned designers, builders, window treatment specialists! In this episode, I personally invite you to join myself, LuAnn Nigara, and many other top industry experts to LUANN NIGARA LIVE November 5-8, 2023 in Orlando, Florida… This is a 2 ½ day event that will give you the opportunity to work ON your business, get help solving challenges, and meet other design professionals who you can connect with. This year LUANN NIGARA LIVE is going to be about Health and Wea...
293 | De-Escalating Conflicts The Fastest & Most Effective Way With Doug Noll
August 21, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes - 90.4 MBI sit down with highly experienced mediator Doug Noll to dive into his work as a highly experienced mediator who is passionate about using proven strategies to help people de-escalate conflicts and even more specifically, calm an angry person in 90 seconds. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Emotional Invalidation Is And How It’s Harmful ✔ The Toxic Lie We All Believed Was True ✔ What Emotional Competency Is And Why It Matters ✔ The 3 Basic Emotional Competencies Worth Le...
292 | Are You Overcomplicating Your Business?
August 16, 2023 19:29 - 26 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into the tendency of many business owners to overcomplicate their businesses and discuss strategies to simplify your business so it is less overwhelming and more enjoyable. What You Will Discover: ✔ How You’re Sabotaging Yourself In The Name Of Efficiency ✔ How I Use The Insights Feedback Loop To Simplify My Business ✔ Important Questions To Ask Yourself ✔ How To Stop Overcomplicating Your Business ✔ So Much More! I hope you...
290 | The 4 D's Of Prioritizing Your Tasks & Projects
July 31, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 35.8 MBI dive into a simple method to make your task list more manageable and prioritize the tasks and projects on it, so you can stay focused on the activities that will help you achieve your goals. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why There Is A Need For A Method To Manage Your Tasks & Projects ✔ The Beliefs That Are Clouding Your Decision Making ✔ What The 4 D's Of Prioritizing Your Tasks & Projects Are ✔ How To Apply Them To Your Task List ✔ What Results You’ll See When You U...
291 | From Maximalist To Minimalist: Choosing To Run A Cozy Small Business With Lydia Lee
July 31, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBI sit down with Work Reinvention Coach & Solopreneur Strategist at Screw The Cubicle, Lydia Lee, to dive into her entrepreneurial journey that started with building a large, successful business that wasn’t in alignment with her personal goals and ended with her strategically running a cozy small business she loves that enables her to chase the sun. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Lydia’s Motivating Factor To Leave Corporate For Entrepreneurism ✔ Ways Her Business Grew Organical...
289 | Using AI To Hire For The Skills Your Business Needs With Robyn Grable
July 24, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 45.3 MBI sit down with the Founder and CEO of Talents ASCEND, Robyn Grable, to dive into how AI is being used by businesses all over the world to successfully source, recruit, and hire quality talent. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Task-Focused Job Descriptions Don’t Work ✔ Why Job Boards Are No Longer Cutting It ✔ Where To Find Quality Candidates If Not Indeed.com ✔ Ways AI Can Be Utilized In Hiring ✔ How Robyn’s AI For Hiring Business Works ✔ So Much More! To access r...
288 | Pomodoro Technique Not My Thing But It Might Be Yours
July 17, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes - 19 MBI dive into the much utilized Pomodoro Technique so you can decide if it would be an effective time management tool to use in your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What The Pomodoro Technique Is ✔ Why It Can Be A Useful Time Management Tool ✔ The Benefits Of Blocking Your Time ✔ Why I Don’t Use The Pomodoro Technique Buy Maybe You Should ✔ What I Do Instead To Block My Time ✔ How To Apply The Pomodoro Technique To Your Your Workflow ✔ So Much More! To acces...
287 | Writing A Book To Grow Your Business With Michael DeLon
July 10, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBI sit down with the President of Paperback Expert, Michael DeLon, to dive into the marketing strategy of writing a book to find new clients and grow your business and discuss ways to get the process started. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How I Define Marketing & Visibility ✔ Who Should & Shouldn’t Write A Book ✔ Why Michael Sees Most Business Owners As Coffee Beans ✔ What Your #1 Asset In Your Business Is ✔ How To Leverage Writing A Book To Grow Your Business ✔ How Y...
286 | Ask Amber: Should I Combine My Work And Personal Calendars?
July 03, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 17.6 MBI dive into the long, drawn-out answer to this specific question I get asked by my clients a lot: should I combine my work and personal calendars? The answer, of course, is a detailed one. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Benefits Of Combining Your Work And Personal Calendars ✔ What Would Make The Answer A No ✔ How To Create A Hybrid If You Want To Keep Them Separate ✔ What Would Make The Answer An Absolute Yes ✔ Pro Tips For Combining Your Calendars ✔ So Much More! ...
285 | Practicing Emotional Intelligence To Show Up Your Best With Joshua Freedman
June 26, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBI sit down with the CEO and Cofounder of Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network, Joshua Freedman, to dive into the practice of emotional intelligence and the impact it can have on your outcomes in business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Emotional Intelligence Is ✔ Why It’s Important To Practice It In Business ✔ How To Work Through Your Feelings And Show Up Your Best ✔ What Happens When You Ignore Your Feelings ✔ The Observer State That Can Transform Work Confl...
284 | How To Get Unstuck
June 19, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes - 18.8 MBI dive into the topic of getting unstuck so you can get clarity on the root cause of why you’re stuck and start working toward a solution. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Being Stuck Is ✔ What That Can Look Like In Your Business ✔ What Being Stuck Leads To ✔ Why You’re Feeling Stuck ✔ 3 Steps For Taking Action To Get Unstuck ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/284. P.S. If you want help managing y...
283 | Small Business Phoenix: A Client Case Study With Vita Vygovska PART 2 [Update]
June 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBI sit down for an update interview with my past client Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc., to discuss how she navigated a tragic event that heavily impacted her business, gain insight into where her business is now, and find out if she surpassed her $1 million revenue goal. The conversation is an honest, vulnerable one I wanted to highlight because it’s so inspirational and the message impactful for small business owners who choose to learn from it. What You...
282 | Onward To $1 Million With Vita Vygovska PART 1 [Replay]
June 05, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBI sit down with Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc. We take an in-depth look at how she went from being a corporate dropout to a successful small business owner on track to make $1 million in revenue. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Non-Negotiables For Business Owners ✔The Challenges Vita Faced Building Her Team ✔ How Business Owners Should Emulate Athletes ✔ The Mantra That Keeps Vita Learning And Productive ✔ Why She Embraces 50/50 Coa...
281 | A Roadmap For Approaching Tough Conversations With David Wood
May 29, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBI sit down with life coach David Wood to dive into a healthy structure for approaching tough business conversations you want to avoid, so you can effect positive change, abolish resentment, reduce anxiety, and sleep better. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Common Tough Business Conversations ✔ The 3-D Process That Can Alleviate Your Resistance To Them ✔ Why It’s Important To Name Your “Mouse” ✔ The Upsides To Having Tough Conversations ✔ Why Consent Is A Prerequisite For H...
280 | Slowing Down To Speed Up
May 23, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBI dive into some great opportunities that can often be found during slower periods in your business so you can embrace them and benefit from taking action on those hidden opportunities. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Elephant In The Room ✔ What To Do When Business Is Slow ✔ A Beneficial Mindset Shift You Could Make ✔ Where You Should Be Focusing Your Time & Energy ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/2...
279 | Making Documenting Processes Non-Intimidating With Adrienne Bellehumeur
May 15, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBI sit down with the Owner of Risk Oversight and Bellehumeur Co., Adrienne Bellehumeur, to dive into six practical steps for navigating process documentation in a way that is effective and non-intimidating. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Problem With The Way Documentation Is Traditionally Taught ✔ How Much Documentation Should SBO’s Strive To Achieve ✔ How & Where To Get Started With Documentation ✔ What Dynamic Documentation Is And How To Utilize It ✔ Common Challeng...
278 | The Magical Power Of A Re
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 31.8 MBI dive into the what, when, why, and how of doing a reset so you can get right back on track to achieving your goals after a misstep. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Reset Is ✔ When You Should Do A One ✔ Culprits That Create A Need For A Reset ✔ 3 Steps To Doing A Reset ✔ The Most Important Aspect Of A Reset ✔ Common Opportunities For A Reset ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://amberdelagarza.com/278-magical-powe...
278 | The Magical Power Of A Reset
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 31.8 MBI dive into the what, when, why, and how of doing a reset so you can get right back on track to achieving your goals after a misstep. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Reset Is ✔ When You Should Do A One ✔ Culprits That Create A Need For A Reset ✔ 3 Steps To Doing A Reset ✔ The Most Important Aspect Of A Reset ✔ Common Opportunities For A Reset ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://amberdelagarza.com/278-magical-powe...
277 | From Project Management To Business Management: A Client Case Study With Anabeth McConnell
May 01, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBI sit down with Anabeth McConnell who is the owner of Inbound Design Partners. We dive into her entrepreneurial journey and pull back the curtain on the work she put in to transition from project manager to business owner who must project manage an entire business. What You’ll DiscoverIn This Episode: ✔ Why Anabeth’s Business Felt All-Consuming ✔ The Strategically Made Shift She Made To Change That ✔ What Challenges She Faced Personally & Professionally Prior To Joining Leverage Lab...
276 | Do You Live To Work Or Work To Live?
April 24, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 30.2 MBI dive into how you can Increase your fulfillment beyond running a successful business by setting intentions for each season of your life and choosing to work to live instead of the other way around. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Results Of Constantly Going Full-Throttle In Your Business ✔ Why Identifying And Planning Your Seasons Is So Important ✔ What Your Seasons Might Reflect And Why That Matters ✔ How To Schedule For Different Seasons With Intentionality ✔ So...
275 | There's No Such Thing As Balance With Jennifer Szpigiel
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBI sit down with the owner and founder of Becoming Iconic®️, Jennifer Szpigiel, to dive into business owners’ quest to create work/life balance. We discuss if balance should even be the goal and if not, what to aim for instead in order to become the best, fullest version of yourself. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Pursuing Balance Sets Business Owners Up To Fail ✔ What You Should Be Pursuing Instead ✔ The Shocking Truth About Your Capacity ✔ Why We Allow Ourselves To Li...