Why do we procrastinate? The first step to overcoming procrastination is to identify which underlying reason is behind it. Let’s discuss them one by one and come up with some strategies to overcome them.

Many of you are waiting till the time when you hit $1,000,000 in revenue to start enjoying your life. You're sure that once you have enough revenue, that will buy you time to spend on your own interests. Until then, you have to work constantly. What if I told you that there was an alternative? It starts with leveraging your time, team, and tactics.

Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of assuming that if they work harder and put in longer hours, their business will succeed. Friends, let me tell you that this is just not true. You can have a successful business without running yourself to the brink of burnout, wondering when you will ever be able to come up for air.

There are 3 specific mistakes that can make or break your business success. Do not panic, though. The good news is that you CAN avoid them. It’s all about awareness and not letting those messy corners of your business get out of control.

Micromanaging is working very closely with team members through every step of the process, carefully monitoring them to ensure everything is done to your exact specifications, rather than allowing them space to work in their own zone of genius using their innate skill set. While micromanaging your team might seem like the easiest way to produce the quality work you desire, this type of leadership makes your team members feel untrusted and ultimately wastes your time.

At some point in your journey, the only way to grow and scale is to start to delegate some of the day-to-day tasks to someone else. If you’ve reached the point where you’re considering your first hire to help with the current workload, congratulations! To get you started on the right track, here are 8 steps you can take to prepare for your first hire.

So many business owners feel that they cannot grow their business because they have become the bottleneck. They are in a state where everything in their business has to be approved by them. Take a moment and ask yourself: What would happen to your business if you were able to delegate more and much better?

Perhaps you have tried delegating in the past, and it hasn’t worked so well. You end up deciding, “I might as well do it myself,” or “I guess I’m not a good manager.”

Truth bomb: The problem isn’t that you are a bad manager. It is that you are “drive-thru delegating.”

When you hear the word “productivity,” do you start to feel guilty? Today, I want you to think positively about being productive. The word productivity should make you think about accomplishing your goals and living out your dreams, rather than unnecessary pressure and unrealistic expectations.

I have one simple, but huge productivity tip to share with you. It's my best-kept secret when it comes to improving your productivity levels. The key is knowing where your time is needed most so you can prioritize and simplify that ongoing to-do list that you face every day.

If you’ve spent any time on social media and blogs, I’m sure you’ve noticed the “hustle culture” among entrepreneurs. Essentially, the attitude these posts are spreading is that if you’re not working 12 or rather 17-hour days, then you’re not working. 

To be honest, I totally disagree with this. Yes, working hard is important, but continuously stretching yourself thinner and thinner to make ends meet is going to lead to burnout - NOT success.

The thing that’s stopping you from growing is that you’re working WAY too much.

Running a business can often feel like running on a hamster wheel if you’re not paying close attention to your productivity. I can imagine that when you started your business, one of the things you were looking forward to was freedom — time freedom, financial freedom, and opportunities to find your own fulfillment. However, many business owners feel that their lives became more overwhelming, unsustainable, and unfulfilling after they started their businesses.

If you’re not getting to enjoy the life circumstances that you hoped for when you started your business, I want you to know that it doesn’t have to be this way. The road to transformation starts with your productivity.

As we are in quarter 4 of 2022, I have been doing some reflecting on my own business as well as my clients’. One thing that keeps coming to mind is what our most valuable asset is as a business owner: time. We all get the same 24 hours in a day, and we need to be as efficient and productive as possible while still having that elusive work-life balance.

Regardless of business niche, all business owners face the challenge of time management at some point or another. There can sometimes be a never-ending list of to-dos, and the thought of gaining control of your schedule can seem impossible.

It has happened to all of us at some point. You’re running to the bathroom in the middle of the night, outside walking your dog, or in the middle of a discussion with a business bestie. Suddenly, you get a GREAT idea and try your best to remember it until you can write it somewhere… but where? Most of the time the idea gets lost before we get to document it, and we’re on to something else on our long to-do list.

Do you find that you have great ideas but can’t seem to document them and then fit them into your daily to-do list? Or perhaps you are like some of the wonderful entrepreneurs I work with who come up with many new ideas and then want to implement them all. Today, I have a simple process for how you can start to capture your ideas in one area and keep them away from your daily to-dos without losing them forever.

According to Michael E. Gerber, author of “The E-Myth”, the core components of business systems are key to business growth. “The system isn’t something you bring to the business. It’s something you derive from the process of building the business.”

The truth is that if your current situation involves you managing every aspect of your business, you will spread yourself too thin in no time. You want to spend your valuable time attracting more clients, boosting profit, or scaling your company, not being in the weeds of every single task that needs to be done. A business built on systems is one that doesn’t depend on you to be there to succeed.

As a business owner, you have a lot on your daily to-do list, and therefore being productive and spending your time efficiently is absolutely essential. What if you could learn to save time in every aspect of your business? With a little strategy and prep work, you can start delegating, strategizing and planning your time efficiently.
I know you have heard this before, but building systems for your business truly does save you time, allowing you to check off your to-do list faster and start achieving your goals sooner! These tips will help you learn to be more productive with the time you spend in your business, thus allowing you to work less and earn more!

Have you ever ended a whirlwind of a busy day, only to realize you haven’t moved the needle on any of your areas of focus? You are not alone. It’s so easy to get pulled into the trap of being busy all day, only to end the day with absolutely nothing to show for it. You may feel like the most important things you needed to accomplish for the day did not even get looked at or get the attention they deserved. Here are some suggestions to help you stop “busyness” in its tracks!

In comparison to corporations, small businesses face one major problem: they have substantially less manpower! Small teams often have more tasks to do than hours to get them done. You cannot add more hours to the day, so you have to find a way to cut down on time-consuming tasks with systems and automations! This will allow you to focus on your goals as you work to grow.