The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms

108. Business Owner Finances with Shanna Skimore

Jul 28, 2025

Shanna Skidmore, a business strategist and former Fortune 100 financial advisor, empowers entrepreneurs through financial literacy. She explains how time and finances intersect for business owners, emphasizing the importance of defining your 'enough' number. Shanna discusses balancing client management with personal well-being and the significance of processes in enhancing efficiency. Her insights help listeners navigate financial hurdles and create business strategies that align with their lifestyles.

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ANECDOTE

Shanna's Business Origin Story

Shanna Skimore started her own finance practice to support local business owners with financial strategy and planning.
Her personal decision was driven by a desire for flexibility and connection to women entrepreneurs around her.

INSIGHT

Value of Knowing Your Enough Number

Knowing your "enough number" helps define how much revenue you need to live your desired life.
It brings peace of mind and focus, balancing ambition and contentment.

ADVICE

Use Time Tracking to Price Right

Track your actual time spent on tasks to align your schedule and pricing with your desired work hours.
Adjust pricing and services based on time commitments to protect your valuable time and avoid burnout.

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This episode is geared toward the business owner (e.g., attorneys running their own firms, physicians or therapists running their own practices, architects or interior designers running their own businesses) – though I suspect everyone can get something out of it.

As business owners, how we spend our time has an impact on how much revenue and profit we experience. To discuss that with far more expertise than I have, I'm thrilled to have Shanna Skidmore—a business strategist and former Fortune 100 financial advisor—on the podcast to talk about how to build a business in a way that honors your time, your energy, and your life outside of work.

We get into:

How time and finances intersect in business
How to define what “enough” looks like for you—and how to use that to guide your business decisions
How to shift how you use your time in light of your "enough" number and where your time and finances currently stand
How building processes to help you with workflows and client communications can help – even if you don't want to raise your rates, and so much more.

To learn more about Shanna Skidmore & her wonderful work:

Here website: shannaskidmore.com,
More about her podcast, Consider the Wildflowers: shannaskidmore.com/podcast
Watch her free webinar: shannaskidmore.com/watch

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Kelly's Free 5-Day Time Management Program Get five short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.

📱 Follow Kelly on Instagram Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women—like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

✨ The full Bright Method™️ program If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time—and their peace of mind.