School Hours or Less: The Podcast for Mums & Moms Building Profitable Businesses Around Family Life

Ok so today we are talking about escaping the NOW.  Which really means - you aren't accepting where you are at. The reality of your life right now. And the reality of you. Who you are right now in this minute.  And I touched on this briefly before when I talked about hustling… But I want to dive deeper and spend a whole episode on it because you guessed it, one of the reasons you won't be fitting...

So last week we talked about effectiveness. And that always comes first. Before efficiency - that is important to note. So if you haven't listened to that episode before this one, go back and listen to that episode.  There is a saying that I will never forget hearing from a guy called Peter Drucker  -  And that is that "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done...

Ok so today we are talking about lack of effectiveness. Or ineffective action taking.  So one problem I frequently see behind you not fitting it all in - is that you are ineffective with your action taking. The actions you are taking are not effective at creating the results you want. And so you are essentially having to do twice as much to get the same results. Or even 3 times as much, or 4 times...

Ok so today we are talking about having an "all or nothing" mindset when it comes to time and the cost of it as it pertains to time.  Now I will probably do another podcast episode at some point on the "all or nothing" mindset in other areas of your business and life - but today I just want to focus on it in relation to why you aren't fitting it all in… So how will you know if you have the "all or...

Ok so today we are talking about how much time you spend on that dreaded social media…and how it is impacting on you and your business… So you probably already know why you don't want to be spending so much time on it, but I really want to flesh this out first - because this, if nothing else, will reinforce that desire to actually make a change - so let's dive in to why it's a problem…  

So, today we are talking about impostor syndrome and more specifically, the impact that is having on your time and productivity - and what you can do about it.

So I'm carrying on with the theme of your emails and I'm going to take this episode to give you some ideas, some strategies, tools, hacks, rules, that you can take away to test and play with, to help you manage your inboxes, but be warned, these won't stick long-term or won't even work initially if you don't address the underlying dopamine seeking/emotion avoiding reasons for you diving in to your...

So last week I talked about emails - and how they might be sucking up your time and affecting your productivity, and why you do it - even though you know you have other more important things to do.    This week, in Part B, I want to help you understand what needs to happen in order to combat your email addiction - the solutions essentially, and I'll share some aspects of the process I work with my...

So today we are talking about emails. And this is going to be a two-part episode. Because emails are likely to be one of the big reasons why you might not be fitting everything else into your week and why you aren't as productive as you want to be…and I want to cover both why it's a problem, and why you do it, AND I want to give you some actionable strategies and tools to help you spend less time...

What is the story that you tell yourself about time and how is that impacting your business and life? Find out in this episode!

So in this episode we are going to be talking about goal setting and of course, as I am recording this at the beginning of 2022, I feel like I have to address the elephant in the room (New Year's Resolutions). 

In this week's episode, I go into the importance of having both a short and long-term vision for your life and business. I explore the reasons behind why you need one and the link between having one and taking effective action in your business today. I give you a number of exercises to do and helpful hints and tips for developing your 2022 vision and beyond.  I also dive into the resistance you mi...

Today I look at why it's so important to take the time to reflect on your past year in business as you look ahead to next year, even when it hasn't gone to plan. I take a deep dive on how to evaluate it in a way that will serve you as you start thinking about planning goals you want to be achieving moving forward. I discuss the danger of self-judgement when it comes to analysing past results, and...

So today we are talking about people-pleasing. Because people-pleasing is often, you've guessed it, one of the reasons as to why you might be struggling to fit it all into your week.  And the trouble with people-pleasing is that it shows up in both areas - your personal life and within your business. The good news with this, however, is that if you learn how to overcome it in one area, it will be...

So there are two things that perfectionism does that impact what you are fitting into your week.  The first is it puts you off from starting, so the task or project ends up just being sneakily moved, to the following week, and then the next week, and then the next week after that…etc. until you actually are able to force yourself to start it. So really you do have time to fit it in, but you end up...

So last week we looked at the reasons why you keep starting new projects, before you have finished the ones you've already committed to. I gave you some examples of what that probably looks like in your business and I talked about the problems associated with that habit too.  This week - we are going to be focused on the solutions available to you, and the process you have to go through in order t...

This episode I am talking to you about the urge to start new projects, before you have finished the ones you currently have got.  So one of the things a lot of my clients have in common when they come to me, is that most of them have a million things on their to do list, and they feel they simply aren't getting to enough of them during the week. And the reason why they have a million things on the...

I want to talk to you briefly about knowing your client's journey within your marketing strategy. Because not knowing what that looks like, and not being intentional with what we want it to look like - is one of the reasons why a lot of my clients find themselves doing ALL the things to get in front of people, to sign more clients - and why all those things are not fitting into their week. 

So this week is going to be an important one. It's going to be all about giving yourself permission.  Because one of the reasons that you might not be fitting it all in - is that you might not be giving yourself permission to do your business YOUR way. This could mean potentially the offers you are selling, the ways you are marketing and selling those offers, the price points of your offers, the t...

So last week I talked about all the areas where you might be resistant to constraining and what that is likely costing you. And today I want to talk to you about the reasons why you are resistant in those areas, and then I'm going to share with you the process through which I take my clients through, to help them become the person who is able to exercise constraint. 

What does lack of constraint look like? and what is it costing you / how is it impacting your business?  Find out with me here today!

So last week I talked about being addicted to hustling…and this week I wanted to carry on with the hustling theme, because it is a major reason why many of my clients, when they first come to me, are struggling with fitting it all in. And there were two reasons I didn't talk about last week that I wanted to mention this week.    The first of which is when you are hustling to outrun your doubt, and...

I want to talk today about being addicted to the hustle, the overworking, the juggle struggle of trying to fit everything in. Because this might be one of the reasons why, no matter what strategic changes we talk about you making to your week, to your business, no matter what I teach you about how to master your time, you will always be struggling with not being able to fit it all in.   Not becaus...

Another one of the reasons why a lot of my clients are struggling to fit everything in each week, is that they aren't maximising upon/optimising their existing efforts. That means they aren't getting the return they should be on the time invested, and so they are having to double down on doing more. They are having to repeat things they already have done. Or they are having to spend more time work...

Wearing too many hats - or commonly, all the hats in your business is going to lead you to not being able to fit it all in.  If you are doing every single task for your business, for whatever reason, you are going to come across stumbling blocks such as procrastinating on tasks you aren't good at or dislike, learning to do things that you don't want to do - that could be outsourced and also things...