Small Business Straight Talk | Productivity, Time Management, Mindset, & Business Strategies – Détails, épisodes et analyse

I sit down with the founder and CEO of Perfectly Kept Books®, Misa Bacon, to dive into the inner workings of your relationship with your bookkeeper and specific strategies to make it a seamless back-and-forth collaboration that's personalized to get the best results for you and your business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Misa Sees Out In The Wild West Of Her Clients' Books

✔ The Nuances Of Business Owners & Good Bookkeeper / Accountant Relationships

✔ What To Do If You're Not Receiving The Reports You're Paying For

✔ How Often You Should Be Talking With Your Bookkeeper

✔ Strategies To Work With Your Bookkeeper To Get The Results You Want

✔ Red Flags To Watch Out For & What To Consider When Hiring / Working With A Bookkeeper

✔ The Best Time Of Year To Hire A Bookkeeper

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/404

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into the crucial difference between being good busy and toxic busy so you can know the warning signs, make better choices, stop feeling so overwhelmed, and be better equipped to achieve success without burnout.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Good Busy Looks & Feels Like

✔ What Toxic Busy Looks & Feels Like

✔ My Natural Tendency & How I Choose To Combat It

✔ The Warning Signs You're Slipping Into Toxic Busy

✔ What To Do Instead

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/403 

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into the five levels of revenue leaks that compound into massive losses year after year and show you exactly why most "fixes" don't actually fix anything.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Separates Successful Business Owners From Those Who Stay Stuck

✔ The 5 Revenue Leaks That Most Business Owners Miss

✔ What Must Be Done To Acquire Lost Revenue

✔ The Time-Money Connection Most Business Owners Miss

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/394

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into how taking time to gain clarity on what hasn't been working in your business  this year and cleaning the slate of that baggage this month can help you start fresh in 2024. 

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ An Easy Way To Reclaim A Lot Of Time & Energy

✔ 3 Powerful Questions To Ask To Gain Clarity 

✔ What You Need To Leave In 2023

✔ Ideas For How You Can Start Fresh in 2024

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/306

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into some of my favorite task management strategies I use in my business and discuss how they can easily be implemented into your personal life to reduce stress and accomplish more.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ 5 Fundamental Task Management Strategies For Your Personal Life 

✔ What Those Strategies Look Like In Your Business

✔ Easy-To-Implement Ideas For Streamlining Personal Tasks 

✔ The 4 D's Of Task Management

✔ Quick Tips For Reducing The Stress Of Running Errands

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/305

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I'm going to share with you a big decision that I recently made in my business and why I made it to help you determine if you are in need of making a big decision. Why? So you can take action to make sure your business goals align with your personal goals in this season.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ My Goals For This Upcoming Season

✔ The Big Decision I Made In My Business

✔ The Impact I Expect That Decision Will Make

✔ What You Can Bet I'll Still Be Doing

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/304.

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with the owner of Growing Your Team, Jamie Van Cuyk, to dive into some effective strategies to help you to grow your team by quickly attracting the right candidates and simplifying the hiring process!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Biggest Hiring Challenge Business Owners Face (And What To Do About It)

✔ Why Business Owners Often Hesitate To Hire

✔ How Long It Takes To Find A Great Hire On Average

✔ What Types Of Open-Ended Questions You Should Ask Candidates

✔ When It Is & Is Not Okay To Compare Candidates

✔ Why Having Two Rounds Of Interviews Is So Important

✔ What Clients Are Looking For Right Now Outside Of Salary

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/303.

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into strategies to organize your workspace effectively so you can significantly increase your efficiency and improve your productivity.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Disorganization Is Costing You

✔ The #1 Reason You're Not Organized… Yet

✔ Positive Proof You Can Get Organized

✔ The Magical Power Of A Reset

✔ How Improved Organization Will Impact Your Productivity

✔ Where To Get Started

✔ My Framework To Create Organization

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/302.

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

Do you want to learn how you can build confidence and harness it to be a more effective, successful business owner? Then tune into today's episode of Productivity Straight Talk in which I sit down with author and leader strategist, Nicole Kalil, to take a deep dive into all things confidence.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Confidence Really Is And How To Build It

✔ What Having Confidence Helps You Achieve

✔ The Impact Of Not Trusting Yourself In Your Business

✔ 5 Confidence Builders & Derailers That Business Owners Can Utilize

✔ How Even Failure Can Effectively Build Confidence

✔ How To Know If You Have Imposter Syndrome

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/301.

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

Well, we made it!

300 episodes of Productivity Straight Talk. Wow!

It seems like only a few short months ago I was coming up with ideas for my very first episode. Yet here we are, six-and-a-half years later, producing our 300th episode. It's been a great ride and I appreciate you being along for part of the journey!

In this special 300th episode, I am going to share with you some thoughts from my heart - my version of an open letter to you, my listeners.

I hope the episode inspires you to enjoy your entrepreneurial journey to the fullest, give yourself grace, ask for help when you need it, and understand that you're doing something AWESOME -  something that many people only dream of!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/300.

P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call