Small Business Straight Talk

In this episode, I provide insight into how I juggled being gone from my office for two weeks. I lay out seven great strategies to keep traveling from significantly disrupting your schedule, workflow, and things at home, as well as causing you an abundance of undue stress. I also introduce seven podcasts I recently tuned in to that could offer you a wealth of incredible and relevant information, discuss the specific goals I set and attained at the Podcast Movement Conference, and divulge my investment that affords me a priceless return every time. I hope you enjoy my episode on ensuring a stress-free return from vacation or a conference and encourage you to implement a few of the tips I laid out. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: 7 Simple Tips To Minimize Stress Upon Returning From Traveling What You Should And Should Not Do The Day Before You Leave How To Establish Clear Expectations With Clients For While You're Away The Main Thing You Should Refrain From If You Don't Want To Play Catch-Up For Weeks So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: Wellthy Boss Grace And Grit The Newsworthy Hilary Hendershott Biz Women Rock Biz Chix Stop The Insanity! 5 Simple Email Decisions To Organize Your Inbox Fun…Sun…Stress? 7 Quick Tips For A Stress-Free Return From Vacation

In this episode, I talk about the correlation between daily routines and experiencing productive, efficient, and organized days. I lay out my top tips for creating productive routines that align with your goals, maintaining focus, and achieving consistency and success with your routines. I also address the biggest challenge to having routines take hold, the rewarding habit that can make or break your following day, and the solution to failing routines that breed inconsistent results. I hope you enjoy my episode on routines and encourage you to make the effort to consistently incorporate productive routines into your schedule. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: The Art Of Bookending Your Day With 4 Meaningful Routines 3 Useful Tips For Engineering Routines Fostered For Success How To Find The Right Balance Of Structure To Flexibility Each Day So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: 016 | Habit Stacking To Make Routines Stick With Steve Scott The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

In this episode, I sit down with content machine Steve Scott who has authored more than 70 books, including more than 20 on the topic of habits! Steve shares his concept of habit stacking, how he built a following writing about his interests, and how to overcome the initial resistance and procrastination all people have when they have a goal that seems too daunting to tackle on a regular basis. Steve walks us through the 13 steps for building successful habit stacking routines, talks about his favorite career habits that have helped him move mountains, and discusseshis worst habit and how he finally broke it. This was an awesome discussion with Steve I hope you'll enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: Why More Than 75,000 People Embraced The Concept Of Habit Stacking How You Can Utilize Habit Stacking To Improve All Areas Of Your Life Ways Your Senses Can Prompt Positive And Profitable Actions The Leading Issue To Moving The Needle And Growing Your Business So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: AtTimeLogger.com Evernote.com Coach.me The Power Of Habits: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg Mini Habits by Stephen Guise Hooked by Ryan Hoover Habit Stacking by S.J. Scott Habit Stacking by S.J. Scott (2017 Edition) DevelopGoodHabits.com Develop Good Habits with Steve Scott Facebook Group

In this episode, I introduce a strategy I use every week like clockwork to clear my task list so I can have more focused time to invest in my highest value activities. I dive deep into how you can keep low-value tasks from inundating you and running your week, discuss the immediate, positive effects of completing your weekly Rapid Fire Power Hour, and walk through the three questions to ask to determine which tasks should be completed during your Power Hour. I hope you enjoy my episode on Power Hours and encourage you to start scheduling your own on a weekly basis. Now let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: The Best Way To Knock Off Tiny Tasks And Gain Momentum In Your Work How Repurposing Just One Hour A Week Can Diminish The Monday Blues A Sure Fire Strategy To Minimize Distractions So You Can Be Ready To Tackle Anything So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: Get Back On Track With A Rapid Fire Power Hour

In this episode, I sit down with Las Vegas REALTOR® Danny Phee as he walks us through how he leverages his time, shares his journey of hiring a virtual assistant, and discusses the lesson he learned from thinking he was the best person for every job. We also talked about his task delegation system that works, the top three tasks he'll never outsource, and how you can create something that will benefit others for years to come. This was an awesome discussion with Danny I hope you'll enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: How To Gain More Hours In Your Workday The Secret To Attracting Clients And Compelling Them To Do Business With You What You Can Do To "Get Over The River" Why The Genre You Categorize Your Business As Affects Your Ability To Grow It So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: Frank Salas Virtual Assistant Academy Onion Juice Podcast 003 | Your BIG Why Not Just Another Stupid Exercise ScreenShotMonitor.com TheProductivitySpecialist.com Danny Phee (Instagram) Danny Phee (Facebook) Danny Phee (SnapChat)

In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Linda Fogg Phillips as she walks us through her transition from consulting for Facebook to becoming the director of Tiny Habits Academy®, discusses her brother's evidence-based, breakthrough method of creating habits without relying on willpower, and talks about exactly what you should attach to new habits to make them stick. We also discussed the steps to creating Tiny Habits®, the maximum length a habit should be, and the affirmation Linda starts every morning with to set herself up to be a victor instead of a victim. This was an awesome discussion with Linda I hope you'll enjoy. Now let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: The Tiny Habits® Method Of Habit Origination What Habits Have To Do With Molecular Biology How Creating The Right Habits Can Change Both Your Business And Personal Life Why Implementing Big Habits (Just Like New Year's Resolutions) Don't Work How To Design Your Own Tiny Habits® Recipes Important Resources & Links From This Episode: TinyHabitsAcademy.org

In this episode, I introduce the seven steps to creating a time blocking success schedule along with my top eight tips to aid in its creation, discuss the foundational strategies to maximize productivity, and talk about why it's important to go slow to go fast when it comes to productivity. I also revealed the secret to not double-book yourself, what you need to hold sacred in order to be successful with time blocking, and which activities you absolutely need to plan for because they tend to creep in and take over your entire day. I hope you'll enjoy my episode on time blocking and make the effort to execute on the steps it will take to have your own success schedule. Now let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: What Time Blocking Is And Why It Works So Well To Improve Productivity Strategies For Planning And Scheduling Your Time Blocks How To Overcome Common Time Blocking Challenges So Much More! Parkinson's Law Pomodoro Technique ScheduleOnce Episode 002 Episode 004 Episode 006 Episode 008 One on One Coaching And Group Coaching

In this episode, I sit down with Erik Fisher, host of the Beyond The To Do List podcast, as he walks us through the importance of focus, the habits he's implemented to keep his focus and energy up, and the solution that kept him from occasionally crashing. We also talk about the productivity philosophy that keeps Erik feeling competent and confident, the lesson he learned from the most stressful period in his life, and the tool he uses to kill his fight or flight mechanism so he can maintain focus. I hope you'll enjoy our interview on focus and hope you'll decide to heed Erik's great advice. To find out about and his hidden agenda to begin podcasting and more, let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: Techniques To Maintain Focus On The Task At Hand What You're Unknowingly Doing That Causes Your Inability To Focus How Your Circadian Rhythms Affect Your Work Old And New Technologies That Promote Focus So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: BeyondTheToDoList.com Ready Aim Fire! A Practical Guide For Setting and Achieving Goals Focus Booster: Have More Clarity Make Better Decision Live a Better Life Focus@Will Pomodoro Technique 12 Pomodoro Timer Apps That Will Boost Your Productivity Productivity Pub Crawl

In this episode, I share with you the power of affirmations and how they're essential to reprograming your mind for success. I also share my own personal affirmations and elaborate more on why I have chosen those specific affirmations to reprogram my own negative self-talk. You will get to meet my son Erik as he shares with us his personal affirmations and how they have helped him in school and Jiu Jitsu. I hope you'll enjoy my episode on affirmations and I encourage you to take action and create your own customized affirmations. What You'll Discover In This Episode: The Power Affirmations Have Over Your Success The Link Between Your Thoughts And Your Results How To Create Transformative Affirmations Why It's Necessary To Reprogram Your Negative Self-Talk So Much More! Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk!

In this episode, I sit down with Denis Asamoah who is better known as Mr. Work Smarter. He is an international speaker on the topic of time management, a consultant, and a productivity coach who left the world of banking to embark on his entrepreneurial journey. Most recently, Mr. Work Smarter wrote his first book in only three weeks! We discuss how he used a learning difficulty as a catalyst to work smarter instead of letting it hold him back, why winning a contest and Instagram gave him the confidence to build his career, and how being a fan of learning insightful and valuable information sabotages his productivity. We also talk about the well-known time management strategies of getting up early, working from to-do lists, and strategic planning and how those strategies can actually prevent you from being productive. I know you'll enjoy our interview on productivity myths and hope you'll strive to only implement productivity tips, tools, and strategies that are true to your working style. To find out about the snowball effect that creates opportunities and more, let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: Why 3 Common Productivity Tips Are Total Myths The Tasks That Will Give You The Biggest Return On Your Time How Self-Awareness Can Make You More Productive Which Red Lines Keep Mr. Work Smarter Motivated How Being A Night Owl Can Work To Your Advantage And So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: MrWorkSmarter.com @MrWorkSmarter on Twitter @MrWorkSmarter on Instagram MrWorkSmarter on YouTube The Truth About Time Management 10 Top Productivity Minds Deliver Their #1 Productivity Tip Productivity Straight Talk Episode 001