Small Business Straight Talk | Productivity, Time Management, Mindset, & Business Strategies

In this episode, I divulge some of the hiccups I've been experiencing during my month on the road and how I coped with them in order to achieve balance and keep plugging away at my goals. I also offer my favorite strategies for staying productive in any zip code and provide tips on how to apply them. Finally, I weigh in on the important aspects of planning, expectations, boundaries, checklists, batching, and so much more! I hope you enjoy my episode on staying productive on the road and encourage you to try out my tips the next time you travel. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ My Top 7 Tips For Staying Productive On The Road ✔️ How Establishing Clear Expectations Can Make Or Break Your Trip ✔️ Why What You Do BEFORE Your Trip Determines Your Productivity ON It ✔️ How To Best Deal With Your Surprise Travel Companion ✔️ So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: TaskRabbit

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 Geoff Woods, Vice President of The ONE Thing, one of highest-rated business books in the world. We dive into the meaning of the book, the limiting beliefs that almost held him back from his destiny, and the pain in his life that compelled him to take action and achieve his dream. We also talk about why you must get comfortable being uncomfortable, leveraging the different roles people serve in your life, and how I've set myself up for possible humiliation. Finally, Geoff turns the tables and coaches me through pinpointing my ONE Thing. This was an awesome discussion with Geoff I hope you enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ The #1 Reason People Fail To Live The ONE Thing Over Time ✔️ How The 5 People Closest To You Determine Your Future ✔️ Ways The Mentor-Mentee Experience Can Evolve And Should ✔️The Power In Being A Super-Connector ✔️ How Showing Up To Give Instead Of Get Opens Doors ✔️So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: The ONE Thing Podcast The ONE Thing Book 66-Day Challenge Calendar The Mentee Podcast Eps. #57 HabitBull

Planning your day does not have to be a huge, fully orchestrated, drawn out event. When done right, planning your day will save you hours of time and relieve loads of stress. In this episode, I walk you through the 5 Daily Planning Pavers that will help you pave your way to a successful day every day. I touch upon why your well-intentioned plans might not be coming to fruition, what happens when you let your day depend on your feelings, and how I utilize mind sweeping and triggers to aid in my daily review. I also clue you in to the advice you may have received from other productivity "experts" that are absolutely pointless and the secret to making your plans really stick. I go on to divulge what I keep at my fingertips throughout the day so I can swiftly tackle my daily review and the appropriate length of time you should commit to planning each day. I hope you'll enjoy my episode on the 5 Daily Planning Pavers and encourage you to start planning each of your days utilizing them. Now let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: Why Planning Your Day Is Essential To Maximize Your Productivity Tips To Lay The Groundwork For A Productive Day An Effective Strategy To Capture Your Thoughts And Ideas Important Resources & Links From This Episode: Rick Mulready's Podcast Parkinson's Law Episode 005 |Creating BIG Goals Worth Pursuing Episode 007 |Tackling Your Goals With Tactical Precision Episode 011 | How To Get Sh!t Done: Time Blocking Strategies That Work How To Conquer Your Day Using The 5 Daily Planning Pavers

In this episode, I give you a behind-the-scenes tour of my productivity toolbox so you can benefit from the awesome tech, tools, and tips I use to run my business. I also give you the straight talk on why apps don't make you productive, discuss the important difference between efficiency, organization, and productivity, make suggestions on implementing new apps and programs, and offer tips to help you take advantage of some lesser known functions of my favorite tools. I hope you enjoy this episode about my toolbox and encourage you to implement apps that will increase your effectiveness in your business. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️Programs That Create Efficiency ✔️Apps That Aid Your Productivity ✔️Websites That Can Clone You (It's a good thing!) ✔️ Chrome Extensions That Make Life Easier ✔️Tips To Use Them All Effectively ✔️So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: My Toolbox Outlook Training Interest List Trello Interest List

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 app-heavy episode, I sit down with Zachary Sexton, a business productivity coach who specializes in helping entrepreneurs create simple systems to save time at work. Zachary and I discuss how you can use automation as a powerful tool to gain leverage, how to automate routine processes using simple software, and why you can't just keep doing things with brute force, the old-fashioned way. We also talk about Zachary's favorite automation apps that save him time, money, and energy, the effectiveness of theme days and batching activities, and tips for using automatic scheduling, follow-up, and lead capture. This was an awesome discussion with Zack I hope you enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️The Benefits Of Automation ✔️Some Of The Must-Have Automation Apps ✔️How To Reclaim Time Using Templates ✔️My Hack For Effective Follow-Up ✔️So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: AutomateYourBooking.com Boomerang Contactually SingBox Followup Close.IO ConvertKit Grammarly Calendly MeetingBird ScheduleOnce TextExpander

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 introduce eight common misconceptions about productivity, discuss how believing in and abiding by those myths actually hinders your productivity, and talk about how real productivity can seriously grow your business. I also discuss how tweaking productivity strategies to work for you can help you maximize your success and answer the question What's your favorite productivity app? I hope you'll enjoy my episode on productivity myths and hope you start taking the necessary actions to make effective changes in your business today. Now let's get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: The true meaning of productivity Why some of your behaviors are preventing you from being productive How following strict rules for productivity is often counterproductive How working against your natural tendencies keeps you from maximizing your productivity So much more! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: There's No App For That ProductivityCommunity.com

In this episode, I sit down with productivity author, speaker, and host of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast, Jeff Sanders, as he walks us through how practicing productivity by default forced him to transition from being a "last minute guy" to a productivity expert. He dives into his mental shift that made him look at his time, calendar, tasks and projects differently, how he reverse-engineered his schedule to accomplish more, and his strong opinion on our abundance of free time. We also talk about methods to take back control of your time, ways to take advantage of theme days, and how taking care of yourself will result in taking better care of your business and everything else in your life by default. This was an awesome discussion with Jeff I hope you enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ How To Go From Victim To Victor Of Your Time ✔️ Why You Have Way More Free Time Than You Think ✔️How To Be Busy By Choice Instead Of Letting Busyness Define Your Life ✔️The Importance Of Having Margin In Your Calendar ✔️ So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: The Free Time Formula (Book) JeffSanders.com The 5 AM Miracle (Book) The 5 AM Miracle (Podcast)