Small Business Straight Talk

I discuss how to quickly gain traction in your business, not by starting something, but by stopping certain activities that are hindering your success and will fail to serve your business over the long haul. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ How You're Habitually Sabotaging Your Success ✔️ Why Doing Less Can Make You More Money ✔️ The Things You Should Stop Doing Immediately ✔️ How Just Do...

I sit down with the ghostwriter of my future book, Katie Cross. Katie owns a book-producing and ghost-writing boutique that specializes in thinking up creative solutions to driving your message home to your audience. She walks us through the exciting path of writing a book, from having an idea to production, and weighs on the myriad of factors that will influence your success. What You'll Discover...

I sit down with documentary director, Hollywood film & television editor, productivity nerd, and the creator of the Optimize Yourself program, Zack Arnold. We take a look at how he blended his knowledge of athletics and creative performance to build a business he's crazy about and deep-dive into ways to optimize yourself and your business using productivity tools. What You'll Discover In This Epis...

This an exciting episode because it's my 100th episode of Productivity Straight Talk! To celebrate, I decided to do something different and take you on a journey through some of the silliest bloopers I've made in my business along my 7-year entrepreneurial journey. Don't worry though, you'll get more than just a good laugh. You'll also get some inspiration and takeaways to help you recover quickly...

I sit down for an on-air strategy session with one of the Financial Advisors of Raymond James, Laura Cook, to tackle her challenges with productivity in the entrepreneurial space. We cover how Laura's interactions with her clients could be systemized to decrease disruptions to her workflow while providing a superior level of client servicing and reclaim time for more productive activities. What Yo...

I walk you through some pit stops you should consider making throughout the course of your work to kick your productivity up a notch and enable greater growth in your business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ How Your Entrepreneurial Journey Is Like A Road Trip ✔️ 5 Productivity Pitstops You Could Benefit From Today ✔️ Simple Ways To Shave Minutes To Hours Off Every Day ✔️ App Suggestions...

I sit down with the CEO of DiscoverED Consulting, Chanie Wilschanski, who helps school leaders build schools of excellence. We walk through Chanie's well-oiled systems, processes, and routines that transform everyday chaos into teachable moments, growth, and revenue-generating opportunities. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ Best Practices For Integrating Your Business & Personal Life ✔️ Wh...

I sit down with therapist, Kayce Hodos, who specializes in providing support to moms adjusting to their crazy new life with baby. I guide Kayce through a Strategy Session to take her challenges with task mismanagement head on so she can live a less flustered life and run a more productive business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️Insight Into Creating A Solid Task Management System ✔️How T...

I sit down with Wade Foster, the CEO and Co-Founder of Zapier, whose mission is to help everybody be more productive at work by connecting all the different tools you use. We deep-dive into Wade's entrepreneurial journey in the tech space, from Zapier's inception to employing 200 productive, remote workers. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️The Pros Of Having A Remote Virtual Team ✔️How To G...

I sit down with my eight-year-old son, Erik De La Garza, to discuss why he's been having a hard time turning in his homework lately. We dissect his habits to get to the root cause of his issue and determine disorganization has been holding him back, but not in the way you think. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️Ways Disorganization Could Be Holding Your Back ✔️How Being Disorganized Comes D...

I sit down with the Co-Owner of Window Works, LuAnn Nigara, who has been in business since 1982 and is thriving in the interior design space. We discuss the ways she infused structure, systems, and processes into her company which helped her scale to become a $2 million business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ How Structure Fosters More Freedom ✔️ Ways To Create Structure In Your Busines...

I sit down with my long-term client and CEO of Illusion Projects, Tim Clothier, to discuss how he's been stepping up his CEO game during our years of working together. We cover his magic power of jumping back and forth between creative and CEO, what hadn't been working in his business, what he had to release to see better results, and what he's doing now to stay on top of his game and run a succes...

I sit down with Financial Advisor Libby Greiwe who runs a 7-figure solo practice while working just 25 hours a week. We take a deep dive into the intricacies of running her business efficiently, with client experience as her guiding star, all while maintaining balance in her home life. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️The Efficiencies That Enabled Libby To Quadruple Her Income While Working...

I sit down with the owner of Problem Solvers School, Stefanie Krievins, who lives for coaching professional troublemakers and helping those recovering perfectionists and over-achievers show up with integrity and authenticity. We discuss how powerful focus can be in helping you achieve, well, just about anything. And as always, we dish out tips and strategies to improve yours. What You'll Discover...

I offer some pointers on how to keep your fresh start ignited by the new year rolling through every month of the year, so you can keep the momentum going strong and accomplish your goals. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ The Surest Way To Derail Your Success ✔️ How To Most Easily Avoid Burnout ✔️ Why Your Next Hire Or Fire Could Determine Your Success ✔️Tips For Staying On A Growth Traject...

I provide strategies for creating, implementing, and abiding by a Word Of The Year so you can consistently take intentional action on your goal throughout the new year and beyond. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️Why You Need A Word Of The Year ✔️ What To Do Once You've Chosen It ✔️ Strategies For Getting The Most Out Of Your Word ✔️ Tips For Staying Laser Focused On It ✔️So Much More! I ho...

In this episode, I sit down with world traveler, minimalist, and founder of Time Zillionaire, Matt Sandrini, who teaches founders how to achieve more by doing less. We dive into the world of time management to share and discuss multiple strategies to refrain from being busy and start being productive. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️The 3 Major Reasons You're Tempted To Be Busy ✔️Ways To O...

I sit down with the owner and principal designer of Blakely Interior Design and self-proclaimed workaholic, Janelle Blakely, who has established a reputation for creating beautiful, livable, residential interiors. During our one-on-one, on-air coaching session, we dive into Janelle's world of running a profitable business while raising three kids and ultimately, trying to be everything to everyone...

In this episode, I sit down with entrepreneurial relationship and intimacy experts Marla Mattenson and Julian Colker who work with entrepreneurial couples to transform their negative habitual patterns. We discuss the ins and outs of partnering in love and business and how to work together to breed phenomenal results in both. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ The Winning Combination You Need...

I sit down for an on-air coaching session with co-owner Emerald City Productions, Danny Ozment. Danny is a podcast producer and consultant, who helps other entrepreneurs drop masterfully engineered episodes each week, including my own. We dive into Danny's daily schedule to determine where he needs to make a few shifts to create better blocks of time to complete needle-moving work. What You'll Dis...

I sit down with business strategist Jessica Rodriguez who helps her clients escape the 1:1 / DFY reliant income roller coaster with scalable offers so they can amplify their impact and profit. We dive into how she leveraged her own time to totally rework her business model in order to service more people in the same amount of time. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ What Happened When Jessic...

I sit down with yoga consultant, trainer, and podcast host, Shannon Crow, for a special one-hour, on-air coaching session in which we confront her avoidance of accounting matters. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️Ways Avoidance Is Stymieing Your Success ✔️How Profitability Should Be Looked At From Both Sides ✔️Tips For Reconciling Receipts Productively ✔️How To Best Tackle Your Backlog ✔️Wa...

In this episode, I sit down with Trivinia Barber, the founder of Priority VA, who matches elite level entrepreneurs with highly skilled virtual assistants. We discuss best practices for hiring and working with virtual assistants who can help accelerate your business. This was an awesome discussion with Trivinia I hope you enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Dis...

In this episode, I uncover some of the best but most underutilized features of webpage bookmarks, to help you power through your online work more efficiently. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔️️ The Benefits Of Using Webpage Bookmarks ✔️  How To Best Utilize Them To Increase Efficiency ✔️  My Preferred Bookmark Structure ✔️  Pro Tips For Maximizing Bookmarks ✔️So Much More! I hope you enjoy...

In this episode, I sit down with Biz Women Rock founder Katie Krimitsos who recently embraced her calling to guide women through meditations to help them live extraordinary lives. We discuss how surrendering to your season is always more productive than fighting it. This was an awesome discussion with Katie I hope you enjoy. Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You'll Discove...