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June 12, 202652 min

Jennifer du Plessis: Success to Significance

Jennifer Du Plessis is America’s Mortgage Mastery Mentor and a Lifestyle Business Master. During her career in the mortgage industry, she has been recognized as one of the top 1% loan officers nationwide, an influencer in the industry, and became a mentor to other mortgage officers. She hosts two podcasts, the TV show Tell Me I Can’t, and is a best-selling author. Jen is also the CEO and Founder of Kinetic Spark Consulting LLC and Cracking the Top Producer Code Coaching. Her passion is to empower business owners through her Masterminds to multiply their results and still have a commanding personal life. Today, Jen shares the moment in her childhood that sparked the inspiration to pursue a better life and what made her switch from wanting to prove herself to making an impact. She reveals how the challenges in her childhood shaped her and the five strategies she developed to help her live a more P.O.W.E.R.-ful life. She shares how she sustains those strategies daily and why living your legacy leads to an epic life. She also shares why working on relationships in your business and personal life is essential and how meditation and prayer help her deal with tough days. “You can have all the mechanics in the world, but if you don’t have the right mindset, you won’t have momentum.” Jen du Plessis This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The moment that inspired Jennifer to pursue a better life What made Jen stop trying to prove herself and switch to making an impact How the difficulties in Jen’s childhood shaped her life The five strategies Jen uses to help her live more The changes Jen made to implement those strategies into her life How Jen sustains practices to make sure she lives an epic life What an average day looks like for Jen How Jen works on self-development The work Jen put into her personal and professional relationships How meditation and prayer helps Jennifer with challenging days Resources Mentioned: Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Readwise Text the word ‘Launch’ to 66866 for a free copy of LAUNCH: Take Your Business To New Heights 7 Strategies to Break Through Your Business Mindset Connect with Jen Du Plessis: Jen Du Plessis’ Website Book: LAUNCH: How To Take Your Business To New Heights Book: Tell Me I Can’t Podcast: Success to Significance Podcast: Mortgage Lending Mastery Jen Du Plessis on LinkedIn Jen Du Plessis on Instagram Jen Du Plessis on Facebook Jen Du Plessis on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Jennifer du Plessis: Success to Significance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

June 5, 202641 min

Heather Waring: Walking, Talking and Staying Accountable

Heather Waring is a walk leader, coach, and the founder of Women Walking: Women Talking, where she aims to help other women ease the pressure of their daily life to avoid burnout and adrenal fatigue. She is a founding member of the Association for Coaching and a regular column writer for Cosmopolitan Magazine and Glamour Magazine. Prior to starting this business, she was the Resident Life Coach at Fish4Jobs and had the privilege to be the career expert on ‘Britain’s Worst Boss’ on channel 5. Heather joins me today to share how she rediscovered herself and how walking has helped her keep her sanity. She shares the beneficial results of walking and how she helps her clients transform their lives through her “walking and talking” practices. She also explains the significance of sharing goals with others and the framework she utilises in prioritising her tasks. “Do the things that need doing first.” – Heather Waring This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Great places to go for a walk Her top values in life How she prioritises her projects and events The importance of having an accountability buddy How she manages her To-Do List How she sets boundaries when managing tasks Why she counts the number of steps she takes per day People who help her get things done Other things she does to stay healthy How reading and good discussions help her unwind and relax What her morning and evening routines include What a perfect day looks like for her Resources Mentioned: Diary Calendar Digital Calendar Pen and Paper Accountability buddy Asana City Mapper Fitbit Virtual Assistant (VA) Mastermind Groups Restorative yoga Books Coach or mentor Connect with Heather Waring: Women Walking: Women Talking Website Heather Waring on Facebook Free tool: Seven Days of Mindful Walking Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Heather Waring: Walking, Talking and Staying Accountable first appeared on POWER to Live More.

May 22, 202650 min

Chetna Bhatt: Understanding Stress to Improve Performance

Chetna Bhatt is a part-time in-house employment lawyer, speaker, executive coach, and the co-founder and CEO of Being Lawyers. Being Lawyers is a coaching company specifically designed to help lawyers enhance their performance by increasing their mental clarity and improving their wellbeing. She strongly believes that for lawyers to reach their greatest potential and achieve the next level of success in their careers, the secret lies in establishing a solid foundation in their emotional and mental wellbeing. Chetna joins me today to share her journey of overcoming a chronic illness and how it led to the development of her executive coaching career. She shares how stress impacts your performance and ability to be present, engaged, and creative and how identifying and addressing the “invisible variables” that increase stress can help you manage it more effectively. She also shares strategies she uses to relax her mind to enable her to focus on achieving her goals, why she believes sleep and exercise play a significant role in her ability to stay productive as well as the “non-negotiable” self-care activities she enjoys to help her stay healthy and increase her productivity. [spp-tweet tweet=”“At some point, it’s just going to feel obvious to you what you need to do to move things forward.” – Chetna Bhatt”] This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How stress impacted her professional performance and ultimately led to her chronic illness diagnosis. Identifying and addressing “invisible variables” to effectively understand and manage stress. How understanding her stress and focusing on her wellbeing enabled her to be more present, engaged, creative, and productive. How she finds work-life balance while working part-time and building a business. How she manages and prioritises her daily tasks and to-do lists. Strategies she uses to calm her mind so she can focus on achieving her goals. Her perspective on procrastination. Challenges she faces with delegating tasks and hiring a team. The importance of getting plenty of sleep and exercise. The “non-negotiable” self-care activities that help her stay healthy and productive. Activities she enjoys to help her relax and unwind. The importance of working with a coach or mentor for personal growth. Strategies she uses to learn and improve her skills. How she manages setbacks in her personal and professional life. What “living more” means for her. Resources: Google Drive Mac Calendar LastPass Audio Memos One Note Todoist Connect with Chetna Bhatt: Being Lawyers Twitter LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Chetna Bhatt: Understanding Stress to Improve Performance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

May 15, 202645 min

Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity

Amber Christian is the founder of Wonderly Software Solutions and creator of Bella Scena, which helps freelancers and small business owners create a unified view of their work through a calendar, to-do list, and meeting planning application. Amber drew on her experience of running a treasury consulting firm to build a second business devoted to providing a technical solution that addresses the unique productivity and collaboration challenges faced by freelancers and small companies. Amber is a regular author and public speaker on a variety of technology topics and is currently the Chair of the Managing Information Systems (MIS) advisory board at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Amber joins me today to discuss why she was inspired to create the Bella Scena programme, leading to her running two companies full time to bring her vision for a new productivity product to fruition. She shares her journey from running a service-based consultancy company to building and providing a product and the challenges she has faced throughout the process. She also explains why entrepreneurs need to have a roadmap of where they are going with their business, why she recommends being intentional about tasks, and how to plan your day to take advantage of the peaks and troughs of energy in your day and week. “There is a whole hidden benefit to being intentional about your tasks” Amber Christian This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: What Amber did when she couldn’t find an app to solve her frustrations with tracking tasks How she envisions further developing Bella ScenaWhy Amber never imagined starting a tech companyThe importance of active dialogue with clients and customersWhy Amber values teamwork-centered design and how she uses it in her businessThe benefits of focusing on one critical task per dayHow to build a day that allows you to flex if something unexpected crops upWhy your worst task should be your priorityThe importance of gratitude and reflection to mental wellbeingWhy Amber never schedules meetings after 3pmWhich apps and programmes keep Amber on track and at peak productivityWhy you need to embrace learning new skills as your business iteratesHow to successfully outsource as your business develops Resources Mentioned: Instant MeetingEvernoteGoogle CalendarThe Five Minute JournalBella ScenaAtlassianCoschedule Connect with Amber Christian: Bella ScenaBella Scena on InstagramBella Scena on TwitterBella Scena on FacebookWonderly Software SolutionsWonderly Software Solutions on LinkedInAmber Christian on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity first appeared on POWER to Live More.

May 8, 202643 min

Hazel Addley: Setting Boundaries and Staying Healthy

Hazel Addley is dedicated to helping creative professionals and entrepreneurs feeling stuck or bored in their business or career answer the age-old question: “What’s next?”. She helps people find their meaning and their purpose in their life, business, and career, and transform it into a life they love living through her home-based coaching business. Hazel has a background as a freelance arts manager and a has diploma in Personal Performance Coaching from The Coaching Academy. She is also one of the first EAM (Energy Alignment Method) Mentors in the world. She draws from her personal experiences and challenges to help her clients achieve their goals. Today, Hazel joins me on the show to discuss how running a coaching business compares to working as a freelance arts manager and how she structures her work day to stay productive without sacrificing her free time. She also shares how she ensures she remains healthy as a busy entrepreneur. “If you don’t have a sense of boundaries with how you do your work, then you could feel pressured to work all the time.” [spp-tweet tweet=” Having boundaries helps me protect my wellbeing. @hazeladdleycoac”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Why she chooses to work structured hours Her morning routines and daily structure How planning your workday ahead can help improve your productivity and reduce stress How she uses Microsoft Excel in her business Time management strategies The Power of an Hour strategy – blitzing tasks you don’t enjoy doing Fitting exercise and nutrition into the entrepreneurial lifestyle Investing in self-improvement How she detaches her emotions when things don’t go right How taking a ‘time out’ can benefit your life and your work Mentioned Resources: Trello Color Notes for Android Alison Nixon’s free Smoothie e-book The Miracle Morning book by Hal Elrod Energy Alignment Methods with Yvette Taylor The Power of Now book by Eckhart Tolle Abraham Hicks on YouTube Connect with Hazel Addley: Hazel Addley Coaching Hazel Addley Coaching on Facebook Hazel Addley on Twitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review of the show! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your favourite social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, and follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to connect and interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided brilliantly (my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [spp-transcript] The post Hazel Addley: Setting Boundaries and Staying Healthy first appeared on POWER to Live More.

May 1, 202641 min

Faye Watts: Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness

Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness with Faye Watts of FUSE Accountants LLP. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Salesforce, a CRM and Sales Platform – “In the office we use a thing called Salesforce, which is an on-line platform. All of our software is on-line based, web based, so that we can have access anywhere. That means that it gives me and the rest of the staff the opportunity to work from home or elsewhere at any time with instant access.” Rightmove – for inspiration “is my other favourite app because that gives me the inspiration. I love property and I love architecture and it just gives me the inspiration to want to achieve more and get a bigger house. It helps me focus … It’s almost like looking at my dream houses and that helps wire me and gets me working towards goals.” Books More Balls Than Most by Lara Morgan Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Music Country Music – “For me, I’d rather turn the music up loud in my downtime. I like country music so I turn that up as loud as I can and just get into my zone.” Tips Really important to stick to a routine “Well, I have to stick to a routine because I’m rubbish otherwise. If I don’t, I don’t keep my day on track. I schedule everything I do. I have a routine in the mornings, I catch up on emails. Then, I always make sure before lunch I work on one job to get it out the door. That might be a client’s tax return, some accounting, some advice, whatever that might be.” Schedule telephone calls including with clients – “I tend to schedule phone calls with clients for half an hour, an hour, if I know that they want to discuss something in detail rather than get into the habit of allowing phone calls to interrupt the day and then you lose momentum.” Minimise distractions, especially when working at home – “I don’t like distractions in terms of when I’m at work. I think when you’re working it’s important not to use the time to put washing on in between or decide to do an hour of ironing. I think it’s key that when you’re working you’re working, no matter what environment you’re in, that you still have dedicated time slots.” Being clear about what’s work and what isn’t and how to switch between the two – “When I go home I go home. That’s it. Time out. I have a personal trainer that I train with twice a week and I do that within working hours. I have a 9am on a Friday morning and a 5pm on a Monday evening. The point of that is they’re in working hours because they really are a disciplined time of my day. They’re an appointment that I can’t reschedule so that my evening time is my evening time. I have a very clear line between what is work and what is life.” Planning and goal setting is essential – “I diarise everything wherever I can and I’ve got to-do lists in every part of my life. I’ve got to-do lists personally. I even have a list of all the restaurants I want to go to, and all the things I want to do, and the countries I want to go to, and the hotel I want to stay in. Also, from a daily point of view, I break my task list down into today’s to-do list and maybe this month’s or this year’s so I have clear goals. Though using the word ‘to-do list’ I think is a little bit harsh and it can be a bit draining. You think, “I’ve got to do that.” Whereas, perhaps having a year’s goal list or a goal plan or having today’s priorities, try and avoid the to-do list because I think that’s really onerous.” Self Care is key to business success – “ I looked at my health, my diet, my weight, managed to lose some weight, and really focused this year on mindfulness and stepping back from work and saying, ‘Okay, my health is just as important as my work because it effectively has a knock on effect on what I do and how I work.’ My job’s very taxing, for want of a better cliché.” Eating healthily is really important and it’s about working out what works for you – “Mentally, I used to suffer with a lot of brain fog and confusion if my diet was poor. I found that if I changed my way of eating, and my patterns of eating, my diet, and my whole exercise routine, that I managed to eliminate the negatives of that. I’m a bit of a low carb girl, a bit of a high protein and veg. I know what works for me. I know what doesn’t work for me and my weakness right now is coffee gelato. Then, I’m in real trouble. Work on improving your habits – “You lose habits really quickly if you have the right mindset. It’s just forming habits. I think you just have to be really conscious of habits that you’ve formed and the ones that make you feel positive and the ones that make you feel negative. It’s strange to me to have such discipline, but it’s discipline that forms a habit and then once you’ve got the habit it just becomes part of your life.” Comment from Jo “I was reading something the other day. I think it’s from the book, “The One Thing.” It was talking about how habits are formed through little pockets of self-discipline. People think that successful people are really disciplined 24/7 sort of thing. It was making the point that that isn’t necessarily the case. It’s just about having enough discipline to do that one thing and to do that one thing on a regular basis to the point it then becomes a habit. Then, you don’t need the self-discipline because you just do it. Then, you use that discipline for something else, which I thought was really interesting.” Doing meditative things for mindfulness Faye is improving her weight dead lifting “it’s also really amazing on your mind because you cannot think of anything else. You’re in the zone where you’re just pushing your body to its limit. Even though it’s not physically relaxing, it’s mentally relaxing because your brain can’t think about anything else and you just switch off”. And Faye also sings “There’s a lot of focus, and you’re thinking about the words, you’re thinking about the sounds, you’re thinking about the vowels, and everything when you’re singing. Again, there’s no place to think of anything else. Also, it’s so deeply relaxing and enjoyable if you make a nice sound.” I want to learn anything new. I like the idea of stretching my brain, not in terms of more education, but more knowledge and power and more … I think it helps you improve strength of character and your own emotional intelligence. That’s probably more important. Turning your phone off – “when I do get home the phone goes upside down on the hall room table. I mean, I check it occasionally because my work and my personal phone are the same. I couldn’t deal with two phones. I do just come and look at it, but I won’t look at my emails because my emails will only ever be work related, but I’ll check my texts or whatever.” Pets – “I’ve also got a kitten so I love to come home to my little kitten. He gives me a lot of pleasure.” “I have certain rules. I won’t put my mobile phone on charge in my bedroom and I don’t have a TV in my bedroom because I think the bedroom and sleeping is … It’s for two things, the bedroom. We’ll leave it at that. I like that to be a zen. It’s a very, very neutral zen.” Websites Pinterest – “I love Pinterest. It’s my obsession actually because I create a mood board and all the things that inspire me. Actually, I learn from that as well. Visually I’m learning things. I think everything you learn from if you just open your mind to it.” To Contact Faye Twitter @taxandtea FUSE Accountants FayeWatts.com LinkedIn The post Faye Watts: Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness first appeared on POWER to Live More.

April 24, 202641 min

Eric Partaker: Achieving Peak Productivity Performance

Eric Partaker is a Peak Performance Coach helping CEOs and founders in the tech industry to fulfill their productivity and leadership potential. Eric began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and went on to help build Skype before selling it to eBay in 2005. After the success of Skype, Eric wanted to get back to doing something that would fulfill him personally and decided to combine his love of restaurants and Mexican culture to start a Mexican restaurant chain. Although they seem varied, Eric’s career choices have always been influenced by his desire to be challenged and inspired. His current endeavour as a Peak Performance Expert has allowed him to share his unique set of skills and knowledge with others in the business world and to continue pursuing his own version of his best self. Eric was named “CEO of the Year” at the 2019 Business Awards and one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK” by Startups Magazine. His book, The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever, was released in 2020. In today’s episode, Eric and I discuss his unusual path to coaching and why he believes that the road to success is different for everyone. He shares what inspired him to begin his own journey to “peak performance” and why he constantly strives to be among the best in whatever he does. He provides insight into the 80/20 rule for productivity and how it has helped him simplify his to-do list. Eric also shares the three most important things to implement into your routine for better productivity and how he has used them to achieve a life of significance and success. “Peak performance is simply operating at your highest level in the areas of life that matters most.” Eric Partaker This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why so many of us focus on the wrong things in life and how to find success with significanceWhat “peak performance” means to Eric and why he’s driven to reach his full potentialHow Eric’s various careers are all connected by his desire to be challenged, inspired and happy with his workAn explanation of the 80/20 rule in evaluating your job or business productivityWhy you should reach out to others with more experience when starting a new ventureHow Eric’s coaching has evolved and expanded to include more self-guided coursesWhy Eric keeps his organsation and task lists simple The three things to implement into your routine for better productivity Resources Mentioned: Asana Google Docs Google Sheets Book: The 3 Alarms by Eric Partaker Connect with Eric Partaker: Eric Partaker’s WebsiteEric Partaker on LinkedIn Eric Partaker on Instagram Eric Partaker on Facebook Eric Partaker on YouTube Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership program! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership program and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Eric Partaker: Achieving Peak Productivity Performance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

April 17, 202641 min

Karen Williams: Living More through Flexibility and Boundaries with Karen Williams

If you want to write and publish your own book because you have great ideas that can make a difference in the world, then what you need is a book mentor. A book mentor is someone who will help and guide you through the process of writing your own book – from the planning stage, writing, and even publishing and marketing. My guest today is Karen Williams, a book mentor for Librotas. She creates structure, comes up with strategic plans, and sees things from a different perspective. These skills allow her to mentor and work with clients from all over the world. Karen joins me to share how to find the balance between setting boundaries and being flexible so you can be most productive in your personal and professional life. She also shares some practical tips on how you can have the power to do more in your business by knowing when to invest in outsourcing. She does her best to live in the moment as she points out the impact that her project called ‘A Year to Live’ has made on her life. “For me it’s about the flexibility and building into the life I want to lead.” – Karen Williams This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Weekly routine over morning routine The challenge of working too hard or not working enough Benefits of using post-its and a CRM (customer relationship management) system Details of the writing retreat she organises in Spain The significance of having regular breaks Why having a mentor is important Why outsourcing is a great way to get support in your business Common problems with startup businesses Finding the secrets to the success of other coaches and business people How journaling helps when things go wrong Karen’s Advice for Professional and Business Development: Be realistic when scheduling tasks. Learn to step up by having a coach or a mentor. Know what your expertise is and get support to help you in areas where other people are the experts. Find three ways of marketing your business and do it well. Know who your ideal clients are. Set up a system. Resources Mentioned: Less Annoying CRM Evernote Hootsuite A Year To Live Book by Stephen Levine The Big Leap Book by Gay Hendricks Connect with Karen Williams: Librotas Website Karen Williams on Facebook Karen Williams on Twitter The Secrets of Successful Coaches Book How to Stand Out in Your Business Book The Mouse That Roars Book Book Marketing Made Simple Book Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Karen Williams: Living More through Flexibility and Boundaries with Karen Williams first appeared on POWER to Live More.

April 10, 202646 min

Scott McCarthy: The Power of Delegation

Scott McCarthy is the founder of Moving Forward Leadership, a leadership consulting company and podcast that offers coaching services to business owners, government and nonprofit organisations as well as stay-at-home parents. He is passionate about helping people move forward and become better leaders. In addition to working as a leadership coach, he is also a Senior Canadian Army Officer, commanding a logistics squadron of 200 soldiers. Scott joins me today to share the power of delegation as he wears different hats throughout the day. He discusses how he empowers others to level up their leadership skills as he trains them to make better decisions as well as the tools he uses to manage his tasks given his diverse roles. He also shares the necessary mindset change that makes things move forward faster and how helping and inspiring others is his picture of a perfect day where he gets to live more. [spp-tweet tweet=”“Push your decision-making to the lowest level because what happens is the decision-making process speeds up.” – Scott McCarthy”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Scott’s workstations and how he manages to work at eight different locations The driving factors that inspires him to do what he does How he prioritises his tasks and things to do Why he doesn’t need cutting-edge technology to get the job done Who helps him get things done How he empowers his team Why lunchtime is his favourite time of the day Why he believes in quality over quantity Resources he uses for personal development How compartmentalising helps him when things don’t go right How he uses his alone time in the evening to get over the day’s challenges Resources Mentioned: G Suite Google Calendar Google Docs Calendly Zoom Fit Man Project Podcast Kwik Brain Podcast The Power of When Book by Michael Breus It’s Your Ship Book by D. Michael Abrashoff Smart Couples Finish Rich Book by David Bach Connect with Scott McCarthy: Moving Forward Leadership Website Moving Forward Leadership Podcast Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Scott McCarthy: The Power of Delegation first appeared on POWER to Live More.

April 3, 202651 min

Amanda Davie: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling

Amanda Davie began her career working in client services with online advertising companies and digital media startups. After sixteen years of helping to build small businesses and honing her customer relations skills, Amanda decided to branch out on her own and use her unique qualifications to help cultivate inclusive and equitable workplaces. She is an executive coach and co-founder of Equal Talent, a company that provides group coaching to encourage a more balanced and high-performing work culture. She is also the co-founder of She Has No Limits, which supports and uplifts women through coaching, personal development and community building. Today Amanda and I discuss the road map of her career and how hitting the glass ceiling as a feminist in the business world compelled her to start a new career path. She provides insight into the underlying patriarchy of our culture and how to move beyond it with confidence. Amanda shares her personal journey and the challenges she has faced as a feminist and an empath. She also discusses the ways in which COVID-19 has affected women in particular and offers some guidance on practising self-care and self-compassion. “There is power in the sisterhood. When you bring women together as a collective, powerful things happen.” Amanda Davie This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The role of the “Queen Bee” in the repression of women in businessHer journey from client services to coaching and how hitting the glass ceiling propelled her to pursue a new challengeHow her core values influence her approach as a coachThe art of connection as a tool for combating lonelinessHow COVID-19 has exposed the deep-rooted issues in gender equalityThe role that mothers take on and why it feeds the patriarchyHow she prioritises her time and practices self-compassionThe challenges of being a feminist in the business worldThe logistics of running a business in partnership with othersHow the challenges and trauma from her family of origin influenced her professional journey Resources Mentioned: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia NagoskiBrené BrownUntamed by Glennon DoyleWOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby WambachTogether: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek Murthy Connect with Amanda Davie: Equal Talent WebsiteShe Has No Limits WebsiteEqual Talent on LinkedInEqual Talent on InstagramEqual Talent on FacebookEqual Talent on TwitterShe Has No Limits on InstagramShe Has No Limits on FacebookShe Has No Limits on TwitterAmanda Davie on LinkedInAmanda Davie on InstagramAmanda Davie on FacebookAmanda Davie on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Amanda Davie: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling first appeared on POWER to Live More.