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The Obvious Choice

287 | How to Balance Your Full-Time Job While Growing a Coaching Business (HOT SEAT)

Oct 23, 2024
20:20

Do you ever feel like you’re biting off more than you can chew–juggling a full-time job, family, and trying to grow your business?

We’ve all been there. But here’s the thing: scaling your online coaching business isn’t about hiring more people immediately. It’s about reclaiming your time through smarter time management and delegation. 

In this week’s The Obvious Choice Podcast (Hot Seat Edition), we chat with Anne Brady, a kinesiology professor, online fitness coach, and one of our recent students in the Online Trainer Mentorship. 

Anne opens up about her biggest challenge: figuring out how to grow her coaching business without dropping the ball on her other responsibilities.

Join us as I break down strategies on task delegation, using “seasonality” in business, and pacing yourself for sustainable business growth.

Let’s jump right in!


Key Takeaways:

(00:00) Introduction 

(00:13) Balancing a full-time job and coaching business 

(01:09) Taking a quantum leap isn’t easy 

(01:58) A look at Anne Brady’s schedule

(05:34) The difference between on-time and off-time

(06:32) Biggest mistake people make when scaling their business 

(08:46) How to delegate tasks effectively 

(12:27) Don’t look for someone as good as you at everything 

(13:53) How to eliminate time restrictions as a business owner

(17:47) Growing your business too fast can lead to burnout


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Hosts:

@itscoachgoodman

@fitnessjonestraining

@amberreynolds.me

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