Free Time with Jenny Blake

“If you build an audience, you can figure out how to build a business.” That has been the guiding mantra behind Brian Clark’s pioneering business-building throughout his career. He is someone I’ve long admired, from his early days founding Copyblogger to his many new ventures. Today, we’re talking about building the audiences that make it all possible.More About Brian: Brian Clark is a writer, traveler, and serial digital entrepreneur. He’s the founder of the pioneering content marketing website Copyblogger, the midlife personal growth newsletter Further, his course Freedom Future, and Unemployable, an educational community that provides smart strategies for freelancers and entrepreneurs. His podcast, 7-Figure Small, highlights entrepreneurs making it big while enjoying a small lifestyle. He’s also co-founder of Digital Commerce Partners, a content marketing and SEO agency for digital business owners. 🌟 3 Key Takeaways: Take your next logical step based on what your audience is interested in. There is always an indication of what they need. Focus on attracting people who are similar to you in worldview and values. Think of your niche as your mission. You are starting a movement, not just talking to a narrow segment of the population. 📝 Permission: You don’t need permission for anything, that’s the beauty of this environment. Do stuff and see what happens. Don’t be afraid to start because of fear of mistakes—mistakes give you answers.✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Survey your audience if it has been a while. Bonus: offer one day of 20- to 30- minute time slots per month for community members to schedule calls with you.   📘 Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself Permission Marketing The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses 🔗 Resources Mentioned:  Brian on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Brian’s Companies and Projects: Copyblogger, Further, Unemployable, Future Freedom, Digital Commerce Partners,  Brian’s Podcast: 7-Figure Small Packy McCormick’s Not Boring On creating for 10,000 “yous” in a stadium: Tim Urban on MeaningRing and Tim Urban on The Tim Ferriss Show Related Podcast Episodes:  012: Generating Personal MBA Momentum with Josh Kaufman 7-Figure Small: How to Find Your Next Big Thing with Jenny Blake REACH: Brian Clark of Rainmaker Digital “It’s Never Too Late to Start”  🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary audiobook access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of April!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/085  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's so much energy and attention that swirls around during a launch, and I cannot thank you enough for helping create the momentum that we did! I've talked a lot about launching with ease and joy, generating magic and serendipity, not muscling through book marketing. I’ve also talked about sprinting through the finish, and the overwhelm that comes from wanting to give a big creative project every last drop of energy to help it succeed.Today I’m sharing my strategy of sending the first 1,000 serendipity seeds out into the world.There are two weeks left for the Buy One, Get One, Give One promotion! Get (and give!) your copies before the end of April.🌟 3 Key Takeaways: Consider how you can generate early momentum with activities that are aligned with your values and strengths, the ones that energize you most. Be interested in and aware of your success metrics, but not obsessed by them. Surrender to the joys of surprise as well. Once you have planted your serendipity seeds—let them breathe. 📝 Permission: To give away more for free than you might be comfortable with at first. Trust that it will revv up your word-of-mouth engine. ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Precrastinate part of your next big project—what steps can you take now to clear up your schedule for surprises (good and bad) during the more intense deadline windows?📘 Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One  Your First 1,000 Copies  Published: The Proven Path From Blank Page To 10,000 Copies Sold 🔗 Resources Mentioned: BFF Community Article: 1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly Tim Grahl’s podcast: The Story Grid Podcast Chandler Bolt’s podcast: Self Publishing School Book Launch Strategist: Courtney Kenney Amazon’s New Releases in Time Management Related Podcast Episodes:  077: Happy Launch Day! Antonio Neves Guest Hosts (Part 1) 079: Behind the Launch with Antonio Neves (Part 2) 076: Seven Elements that Can Amplify Launch Stress 025: The Joys of Precrastination 028: When the Financial Tides Recede Pivot 045: Post-Launch Pivot Point + Visit From the Furry Rest Monster Deep Questions: Jenny Blake, Help Me Do Less! 🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary audiobook access to the audiobook—this offer goes away at the end of April!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/084 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Brain science teaches that even if a prospect knows, loves, and believes in a company’s offerings, after they become a customer, fear, doubt, and uncertainty will plague their thoughts.” That familiar feeling is buyer’s remorse—and if you’re not building systems to directly address it within customers’ first 100 days, you are far more likely to lose them. Regardless of where your business operates, what industry you work in, or the size of your operation, you are likely losing approximately 20 to 70 percent of your newly acquired customers in the first 100 days of the relationship. As Joey Coleman explains in this conversation, most are structured around customer acquisition, not customer experience. Today we’re talking about how to flip the script and never lose a customer again.More About Joey: Joey Coleman is the author of the #2 Wall Street Journal bestseller, Never Lose a Customer Again: Turn Any Sale into Lifelong Loyalty in 100 Days. He helps organizations retain their best customers and turn them into raving fans via his entertaining and actionable keynotes, workshops, and consulting projects. He is an award-winning speaker and co-host of the Experience This! podcast. He’s also a former criminal defense lawyer and one of the most generous, energetic people I know. 🌟 3 Key Takeaways: Ask your customers “What should I stop doing, what should I start doing, and what should I continue doing?” Make sure you get at least two responses—the second one will tell you the most. Acknowledge where your customer is. If you have made a mistake, say so, and that you understand the harm it has caused. Do this before trying to fix things. “It’s almost impossible to expect a team member to ‘wow’ a customer if they have never personally experienced being wowed. The impact of an experience has very little to do with the cost of the experience. It’s not about the dollars; it’s about the thoughtfulness.”  📝 Permission: Be more gentle with yourself.✅ Do or Delegate this next: Design a check-in for the early stage of a new customer’s journey with you, one that can preempt or reassure them during the inevitable buyer’s remorse phase.📘 Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Never Lose a Customer Again: Turn Any Sale into Lifelong Loyalty in 100 Days Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Retention The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts 🔗 Resources Mentioned:  Joey on the Web, Twitter, LinkedIn Joey’s Podcast: Experience This! Related Podcast Episodes: 069: Epic Evergreen Sequences with Allan Dib, Experience This! Revisiting, Refining and Revising🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary audiobook access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of April!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/083  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a favorite time-saving strategy from listener Liron on keeping a Mess Page at your desk to free your mind during deep work sprints.Now that Liron has kicked off this series, I encourage you to submit your favorite time-saving tip so that we can all continue learning from each other and freeing time together!You can record a voice memo on your phone and send it to hi@itsfreetime.com or visit itsfreetime.com/ask.📝 Permission: To be messy while you work! Not to put pressure on yourself to file perfectly as you go.✅ Do or Delegate This Next: Set-up the Delegation Task Tracker (in the Free Time Toolkit) and keep it open in the background as you work, observing what you could delegate, even if you don’t know how or to whom yet.📘 Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business, Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One 🔗 Resources Mentioned: Morning Pages from The Artist’s Way Jenny’s favorite Moleskine notebook Task Tracking and Project Management Apps: Notion, Asana, Trello Submit your favorite Time-Saving Strategy Free Time Toolkit (includes Delegation Task Tracker template) Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business 🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary audiobook access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of April!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/082  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leadership and org design always involve tradeoffs. Which ones are you willing to make? Are you building traffic lights in your business or roundabouts? Do you want to maintain power and control, deriving identity from your role, or are you interested in exploring and creating a self-managing organization where there is no CEO?Today we’re talking about the new wave of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), bolstered by the blockchain, but something Aaron Dignan has been practicing for over a decade.More About Aaron: Aaron Dignan is the author of Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization?, host of the Brave New Work podcast, founder of The Ready, and his new company Murmur, a collaborative decision-making tool that gives everyone a voice in how to make work better, no meetings required. He is also a cofounder of Responsive.org, an investor in purpose-driven startups, and a friend to misfit toys. He lives in Colorado with his wife and son, and their dog Kaiser.🌟Key Takeaways: Prioritize progress over perfection, the adjacent possible. Decide what you are creating from the outset. Is it a community garden, a whole foods, a living room? What you want to create should dictate how you organize it. Aim for solutions that are safe to try. Ask, “What will it cost us to find out?”  📝Permission: To not have all of the answers. Ask more, listen more, talk less. ✅Do (or Delegate) This Next: Instead of trying to get 100% buy-in for your next group decision, ask if a proposal is safe to try. 📘Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Brave New Work: Are you Ready to Reinvent Your Organization? 🔗Resources Mentioned:  Aaron on the web, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn Aaron’s Podcast: Brave New Work Video: The Murmur Method and Walkthrough Company: Basecamp, Article: Basecamp Blowup: Banning Politics At Work Prompts Over A Dozen Employees To Quit Company: Outdoor Voices, Article: Ty Haney Speaks Out About Outdoor Voices’ Missteps - and What Comes Next HBR Article: Who’s Got The Monkey? Related Podcast Episodes: 039: Permission to Glow with Kristoffer (KC) Carter)🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of April!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/081 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a few days after launch, Free Time is already topping many Amazon charts . . . although "making the lists" is not something I lose sleep over, it does go a long way toward raising awareness and generating lasting launch momentum. Here are some early category stats—I couldn't do any of this without you! #1 New Release in Time Management #1 New Release in Small Business #1 New Release Organizational Change #1 New Release Business Structural Adjustment Enormous thanks to all of you who have read the book and posted reviews on Amazon and Goodreads already! Every one has warmed my heart. ❤️In Free Time, I share operating principles to help you run a more agile business. Each chapter is a call to action—ways of working smarter, teaching ourselves and team members to operate with greater joy, ease, and efficiency.There are ten vital guiding principles that can transform your business. These will free up hours of time and energy each week, multiplied by every team member in your ecosystem—that’s what I’m sharing with you today.Key Takeaways: Make a list of how you’re spending your time for a week. If you see repeated tasks — those are prime candidates for automation. Notice the mortifying moments in your business. We all have them, and as uncomfortable as they are, they are great chances to fix our systems. Are your processes and systems ready for a big break? If Oprah came out of retirement and wanted to talk to you tomorrow — could you meet the increase in demand that would ensue? ⭐️ Permission:  Relinquish your role as all-seeing question answerer. Let someone else answer the questions (and maybe your email!) — you are juggling way too much to remember all of the little things.⭐️ Do (or Delegate) This Next:  Double it! Double how much you delegate. What is your comfort zone for allowing other people to take things over? Stretch it to accommodate more. 📘Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One  The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity The Four-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich  The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey  The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd 🔗 Resources Mentioned:  Review Writing Quick Start chat Leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads Free Time Dashboard VIP Group Free Time Coach: Chris Wilson Podcast: Entrepreneurs On Fire Podcast: Deep Questions with Cal Newport Article: The Saturday Morning Test by Neil Pasricha Podcast Production: One Stone Creative Related Podcast Episodes:  Free Time Episode 62: Made By Monday On Content “Frog” Batching Deep Questions Episode 157: JENNY BLAKE: Help Me Do Less! 🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of March!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/080 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you all so much for the incredible book launch support this week!! Because of you, Free Time is topping the Amazon charts! Here are some early stats:#1 New Release Organizational Change#1 New Release Business Structural Adjustment#1 Best Seller in Office Automation Business#1 Most Wished For in Office Automation Business#1 New Release in Office Automation Business#3 New Release in Systems and PlanningToday my friend Antonio Neves hosts part two of our launch week conversation (listen to episode 077 first if you haven’t already). In this second half, we’re talking about evolutions in business and personal revolutions in parallel. This is diving deep into the real personal realm, and it is the most vulnerable I have been in over six years of podcasting. I am so grateful to Antonio for holding this space, and to you for listening—I hope it serves you in some way.More About Antonio: Antonio Neves is the author of four books including Stop Living On Autopilot: Take Responsibility for Your Life and Rediscover a Bolder, Happier You (Penguin Random House/Rodale Books, 2020) He’s also the host of The Antonio Neves Show podcast where he reminds people that no matter where they stand today, their story is far from over. He’s an award-winning journalist, keynote speaker at companies, conferences, and events, and is the father of twins. Key Takeaways: You can take control of your time by shaping your week. Having specific days and times when you do what needs to be done for your business. Stand by your prices. They are what they are, and if that means a certain client or opportunity isn’t a fit, so be it.  Are there demons you are ignoring? Muster up your courage and invite them to sit down for a conversation, they have something to teach you. ⭐️ Permission: To share what scares you, too. Whatever secret you are terrified people will find out — or are embarrassed to say out loud — let it surface; it’s freeing to let the light in. ⭐️ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Good friends remind you to bet on yourself. Who in your circles might need a word of encouragement today? Reach out and be the friend you want for yourself.📘Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Life After College Stop Living on Auto Pilot: Take Responsibility for Your Life and Rediscover a Bolder Happier You 🔗Resources Mentioned: Antonio on the web, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Antonio’s Podcast: The Antonio Neves ShowRelated Podcast Episodes: Free Time Episode 77: It’s Launch Day with Antonio Neves🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of March!!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/079 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I love mastermind groups, and how they create the space to support and learn from fellow business owners. They come in all shapes and sizes, paid and unpaid, and illuminate ideas and questions we might not always find simply from reading books and attending conferences. Today, I’m sharing some of the forms these groups can take, and how you can initiate powerful small-group connections with other professionals. Key Takeaways: You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on mastermind groups — invite peers at a similar level Be the one to curate cool peeps and send the invitations ⭐️ Permission: Invite people you admire from your industry to a small-group round table, virtual or in person, even if you’re not sure if they’ll say yes. ⭐️ Do (or Delegate) This Next: A Brilliance Barter (an exchange of 30 minutes each of insight and advice) — even better, join us in BFF!📘Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One  You’re Invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence by Jon Levy 🔗 Resources Mentioned: Jon Levy, Dorie Clark, asynchronous communication apps: Voxer, Marco Polo🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of March!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a podcast BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/078 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today kicks off another exciting chapter of life and business because the Free Time book is officially out! There’s no one I’d rather hand over hosting duties to than my long-time friend, fellow author, and podcast host, Antonio Neves, to take the lead on this celebration conversation. We’re talking about creating art, investing in yourself, and the incredible journey of going all-in on something you’re passionate about.More About Antonio: Antonio Neves is the author of four books including Stop Living On Autopilot: Take Responsibility for Your Life and Rediscover a Bolder, Happier You (Penguin Random House/Rodale Books, 2020) He’s also the host of The Antonio Neves Show podcast where he reminds people that no matter where they stand today, their story is far from over. He’s an award-winning journalist, keynote speaker at companies, conferences, and events, and is the father of twins. Key Takeaways:  Consider sharing the true costs, financial and otherwise, that go into doing what you do— it’s a gift to fellow business owners.  Go for the ribbon. Something doesn’t need to be strictly necessary to be valuable. The ribbon in Free Time represents key values behind the message. Consider: When is something an investment rather than an expense? ⭐️ Permission: Go all in. As Antonio and several of my friendtors told me: Be your own biggest angel investor. ⭐️ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Order a copy of Free Time! If you already have one: it would be a huge help to build launch week momentum if you could leave a rating and a review on Amazon! 📘Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business  Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One  Life After College Stop Living on Auto Pilot: Take Responsibility for Your Life and Rediscover a Bolder Happier You 🔗Resources Mentioned:  Antonio on the web, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn  Antonio’s Podcast: The Antonio Neves Show Article: Investments and Expenses by Seth Godin Together Agency Related Podcast Episodes: The Antonio Neves Show Episode 28: What You Can Learn from a Pandemic 076: Seven Elements that Amplify Launch Stress 004: Take a Stand with Antonio Neves Pivot 241: Get Off Autopilot & Be Your Own Benefactor with Antonio Neves 045: Behind the Free Time Brand with Adam Chaloeicheep 🎁 Last call! Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time: Order your copy and submit proof of purchase to get complimentary access to the audiobook — this offer goes away at the end of March!!❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Consider becoming a BFF and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny, a private feed, and access to a community forum with fellow Heart-Based Business Owners.💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter: http://itsfreetime.com/join💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey🗣 Submit a voice question or comment for future episodes: http://itsfreetime.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts📝 Check out full show notes and links from this episode and share it with a friend! https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/077 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi friends! Just a quick four-minute thank you message to celebrate the official launch day for my brand new book—the one that you've all been listening to! Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business. 📝 If you have a few extra minutes to spare, I would be super grateful if you could leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads today — these go such a long way toward informing future readers (and the Amazon algo') about whether or not Free Time is worth their precious time and energy :) Bonus: Take a shelfie! Include a video or photo with your review.👉 If you need help jogging your thoughts, try this handy Review Writing Quick Start bot that I created :)I hope your copy arrives in the mail soon, and huge thanks again for helping give me and this book such a burst of energy by listening early!! As I share at the end of Pivot, in Shadow of the Wind, author Carlos Ruiz Záfon writes:“Every book . . . has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs [their] eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”Thank you Penney Peirce who first surfaced this beautiful line, and to you for helping nurture the early spirit and momentum behind this book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices