Small Business Straight Talk

I dive into the topic of work/life balance and discuss how getting clear on what you don't want and do want to experience can lead you to take action and create the ideal balance for yourself that you desire. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Imbalance Looks And Feels Like ✔ Useful Visualization Techniques For Gaining Clarity ✔ 3 Specific Steps To Create More Balance In Your Life ✔ Why...

I dive into the idea that you should say no to anything that's not serving you so you can free up your time and energy for the activities that do! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Embracing Opportunities Can Be Detrimental To Your Pursuit Of Success ✔ How Overcommitting Outside Your Business Prevents You From Showing Up In It ✔ What Activities You Should Consider Saying No To ✔ So Much...

In celebration of Halloween, I dive into the BIG BAD HABITS of business owners to help you identify which ones are the main villains in your business sabotaging your success so you can take action to transform them into habits that positively impact your business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Bad Business Habits Are  ✔ Some Of The Most Common Ones Affecting Business Owners ✔ How Al...

I sit down with the Owner of Lacey & Co. Consulting, Lacey Updegraff, for an insightful discussion on the ins and outs and do's and don'ts of working with independent contractors so you can learn how to work with them effectively and get the results you want.       To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/252 . P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get...

I dive into an alternative strategy to focusing your time and efforts on what could work.  And that's leveraging what's working already! Doubling down on what's already working is a simple but powerful goal achievement strategy that's underutilized but could prove very beneficial. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Goals ✔ The Simple But Powerful Questions Yo...

I sit down with the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand, Carol Cox to dive into her expertise of helping entrepreneurs evolve from experts in their fields to thought leaders so they can deliver their message and stories in a way that's compelling to their audience and supports their business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Thought Leadership Is ✔ How It Can Be Of Value To Your Bus...

I'm going to discuss 15 actions to take to lead your team effectively so you can retain them and get the results you want! A few might sound familiar. Others might sound crazy (crazy awesome, that is!). Hopefully some will be total game changers for your business! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What You Should Work On Building ✔ Who Should Solve Your Team Members' Problems ✔ What You Need...

I sit down with the organizational psychologist, behavioral scientist, and charter member of the International Positive Psychology Association, Mike Rucker to dive into what it takes to stop chasing elusive happiness and instead, find joy and fun in the here and now whether you're at work or off "the clock." What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Strategies To Find Pleasure In Your Life ✔ How Par...

I dive into how you can find clarity on making your next hire so you can move easily and confidently through the hiring process when it's time. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ When You Need To Hire ✔ Who Should Be Your Next Hire ✔ How Self-Limiting Beliefs Can Hold You Back ✔ The Insight You Can Take Away From Every Hire ✔ A Big Hiring No-No To Avoid ✔ So Much More! To access resources and...

I sit down with Certified Public Accountant Anne Gannon to dive into the valuable insights your P&L can provide in an effort to help you understand what yours is trying to tell you so you can make better, more profitable decisions in your business.  What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Profit & Loss Statement (P&L) Is ✔ Where The Numbers Come From  ✔ How Often You SHould Look AT Your P&L...

I dive into how I spent my summer and discuss how my business and life were impacted when I made the intentional choice to slow down. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Belief I Had Around Slowing Down ✔ Why I Wanted To Give it A Try Anyway ✔ What I Had To Say No To So I Could Slow Down ✔ How Slowing Down Got Uncomfortable ✔ What I Got Out Of The Experiment ✔ So Much More! To access resou...

In this episode, I walk you through the brainstorming session I had with one of my team members which ended with us moving forward with a brand new podcast (Accidental Business Owner - go subscribe today!). I give you a behind-the-scenes look at my thought process throughout the session which forced me to talk through different scenarios, weigh outcomes, and make some pretty tough calls. What You'...

I sit down with the Founder & President of Evolve Leadership, Alex Resnick, to dive into his world of emotional intelligence. We discuss its correlation with success and how you can raise your EQ to the point it becomes a superpower that helps you improve your personal and professional life in every way. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Emotional Intelligence Is ✔ Ways A High EQ Helps...

I dive into the three big O's in your business that lead to overwhelm and discuss what you can do about them to keep them from robbing you of joy and productivity. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Big Unnecessary O's In Your Business ✔ How To Recognize When You're Suffering From Them ✔ What To Do About Them To Reduce Overwhelm ✔ Questions To Ask Yourself ✔ So Much More! To access resour...

I sit down with my friend and owner of Freedom Driven Success, business strategist Jessica Rodriguez, to have an honest conversation about navigating the intersection between mental health and entrepreneurship. We discuss how we identified that we struggle with different aspects of mental health and what our journeys have looked like as we created businesses that support our healing. What You'll D...

I dive into the concept of firefighting in your business, get to the bottom of who is at fault for many of the fires taking up your time and energy, and offer solutions so you can stop being a part-time firefighter IN your business and get back to working ON your business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Types Of Fires You're Often Putting Out In Your Business ✔ Why & How They're Are H...

I sit down with Kinesiologist and Certified Sleep Science Coach, Tanessa Shears, to dive into the concept of biohacking your way to better sleep and less brain fog so you can show up with more energy, focus, and stamina in your business and life. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Brain Fog Is & How It Shows Up To Plague Your Business ✔ How To Combat Immense Brain Fog ✔ What BioHacking I...

I dive into a simple yet impactful strategy to turn your task list into an action list that is guaranteed to reduce stress, manage your time, and get shit done! What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Your Task List Is Failing You ✔ What You Can Do About It ✔ The Magic Of Verberizing Your Tasks ✔ My Capitalization Trick ✔ How Verberizing Can Impact Your Business & Life ✔ So Much More! To acces...

I sit down with Ron Price, a business advisor, executive coach, speaker, and author who specializes in helping leaders enhance individual and organizational effectiveness, profitability, and growth. We dive into strategies for leading your team effectively and explore the concept of thinking deeply to ignite possibilities and get results.  What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How To Become A Be...

You may be a great visionary full of intelligent ideas but only you can choose to use your gifts to bring a great product or service into the world. Great ideas are worth nothing unless you execute on them. Stop robbing the world of your contributions by failing to execute. Gold stars are not given for intelligence or great ideas alone. In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk , I dive into t...

I sit down for an entrepreneurial case study with my client Robyn Howard. We dive into Robyn's journey as an entrepreneur that led her to want a productivity coach and walk through how her business, team, and personal life transformed since hiring one and choosing to work ON her business instead of IN her business. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Challenges Robyn Faced In Marketing & S...

I dive into the fear of failure and the less common but still damaging fear of success that often plague business owners. I break down what such fears look and feel like in your business and how you can combat them, shift your beliefs, and fuel your actions to better align with your goals. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How A Fear Of Success And Failure Sabotages Your Business ✔ Why You M...

I sit down with the Founder of The MindFix Group, Erin Pheil, to discuss how many people are living life with one foot on the gas and the other foot on the brake, allowing uninvited head trash to control their actions and sabotage their progress. Erin lays out strategies to get unstuck and live a full, high-achieving life by eliminating such invisible roadblocks standing between you and success. W...

I dive into strategies to recognize red flags in both potential clients and current clients and lay out what to do about them to make sure you're not sabotaging your business and personal life. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Potential Client Red Flags To Watch Out For ✔ Current Client Red Flags Not To Ignore ✔ Why You're Turning A Blind Eye To Red Flags ✔ The Repercussions Of Ignoring The...

I sit down with the founder and CEO of Healthpreneur®, Yuri Elkaim, to dive into how he built an amazing team of stars and seeds who support his vision and goals and discuss strategies you can use to do the same. What You'll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Designing Your Company Culture Is So Important ✔ The Most Impactful Skill Sets To Look For In Potential Hires ✔ How Self-Awareness Shows Up In...