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

I sit down with the founder and CEO of business consulting firm Golden Key Partnership,

Lauren Goldstein, to dive into the world of fractional COOs and discuss what they can bring to the table of a business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Role Of A Fractional COO

✔ The Benefits Of Having One

✔ How To Know If Your Business Is Ready To Hire A Fractional COO

✔ How Long You Should Keep Them On Your Team

✔ A Typical Day In The Life Of A CEO Who Has A Fractional COO

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/299.

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 you can get started creating systems in your business so you can gain more control, diminish overwhelm, and run a more efficient, profitable business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Business System Is

✔ The Results Of Not Having Effective Systems

✔ The Benefits Of Having Business Systems

✔ Where To Start Creating Systems

✔  The Key To Creating Systems

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/298.

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 My guest on today's episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I sit down with the CEO and Founder of Powered by Aspire, Renie Cavallari. Renie is an expert at helping people defeat their head trash so it stops holding them back from reaching their potential in their business and life. Tune in and learn how to dump your head trash that's killing your productivity and sabotaging your success!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Head Trash Affects Our Work And Business

✔ 3 Ways To Deal With It Effectively

✔ How To Make The Necessary Shift To The Other Side Of Your Brain

✔ The 5 Questions That Allow You To Start Your Day On The Connected Side Of Your Emotional Brain

✔ Advice For Self-Motivation And Improving Productivity

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/297.

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 "America's #1 Small Business Tax Lawyer" - the Founder and CEO of Main Street Tax Professionals, Mark Kohler, to dive into how you can utilize little known business tax secrets to keep more of your hard-earned money.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ A Great Summertime Tax Tip That Can Make Yours Better

✔ What Flow Through Taxation Is

✔ Why Converting From An LLC To An S-Corp Can Save You On Taxes

✔ At What Point You Should Convert (Yes, There's A Specific Moment)

✔ The Payroll Action You Should Be Making Quarterly

✔ How To Pay Your Kids Through Your Business

✔ The Crossroads Of Crypto & Small Business

✔ Advice For Creating A Trust

✔ How That Coincides With An LLC & Those Protections

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/393

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

In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into numerous ways you can stay true to yourself and take your marketing and visibility back to the reliable basics, all so you can strategically nurture your past and current client relationships and continue building long-term success.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Most Important Marketing Principle To Remember

✔ Ways To Simplify Your Marketing & Visibility

✔ A Breakdown Of Common Relationship Builders

✔ Marketing Systems That Can Level Up Your Business

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/296.

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 for a indepth client case study interview with the owner of interior design firm Ellen Nystrom Design. Ellen and I take a look back at her successful planning for, execution of, and return from a two-month sabbatical. Like many of us, Ellen had been feeling burned out post-Covid and while stepping away from her business for two months seemed impossible at first glance, her prudent planning and support helped her make it possible and then, her reality. 

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Ellen's Fears She Dealt With Prior To And During The Sabbatical

✔ The Work She Did To Overcome Those Fears

✔ How I Played A Role As Her Business Coach

✔ How Ellen Defines Productivity Now Vs. Prior To Her Time Away From her Business

✔ Ways Taking Her Sabbatical Impacted Ellen And Her Business

✔ What She Learned About The Impossible

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/295.

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

I dive into how you can create an organized digital file system and maintain it with ease so you can optimize the efficiency of you and your team!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Cost Of Keeping A Disorganized File System

✔ The Simple Steps To Create An Organized One

✔ How To Easily Maintain It

✔ Pro Tips For Long-Term Success Of  Your System

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/294.

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

Calling all newbie and seasoned designers, builders, window treatment specialists!

In this episode, I personally invite you to join myself, LuAnn Nigara, and many other top industry experts to LUANN NIGARA LIVE November 5-8, 2023 in Orlando, Florida…⁠

This is a 2 ½ day event that will give you the opportunity to work ON your business, get help solving challenges, and meet other design professionals who you can connect with.  This year LUANN NIGARA LIVE is going to be about Health and Wealth! A Well-Designed Business within a Well-Designed Life.

I'll be there too as a speaker helping you turn your conference "a-ha" moments into wins in your business by making your learning actionable so you can maximize your health and wealth.

It's going to be a spectacular event you won't want to miss. But don't just take it from me. Tune in to this episode to hear a message directly from LuAnn Nigara, the host of the event…

And get your tickets here => LuAnnLive.com

I sit down with highly experienced mediator Doug Noll to dive into his work as a highly experienced mediator who is passionate about using proven strategies to help people de-escalate conflicts and even more specifically, calm an angry person in 90 seconds.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Emotional Invalidation Is And How It's Harmful

✔ The Toxic Lie We All Believed Was True

✔ What Emotional Competency Is And Why It Matters

✔ The 3 Basic Emotional Competencies Worth Learning

✔ The 7 Different Negative Emotions People Feel & How To Use Them To De-Escalate Conflicts

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/293.

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

In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into the tendency of many business owners to overcomplicate their businesses and discuss strategies to simplify your business so it is less overwhelming and more enjoyable.

What You Will Discover:

✔ How You're Sabotaging Yourself In The Name Of Efficiency

✔ How I Use The Insights Feedback Loop To Simplify My Business

✔ Important Questions To Ask Yourself

✔ How To Stop Overcomplicating Your Business

✔ So Much More!

I hope you enjoy this week's episode 292 | Are You Overcomplicating Your Business? Now let's get to the straight talk!

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

I dive into a simple method to make your task list more manageable and prioritize the tasks and projects on it, so you can stay focused on the activities that will help you achieve your goals.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why There Is A Need For A Method To Manage Your Tasks & Projects

✔ The Beliefs That Are Clouding Your Decision Making

✔ What The 4 D's Of Prioritizing Your Tasks & Projects Are

✔ How To Apply Them To Your Task List

✔ What Results You'll See When You Use Them Consistently

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/290.

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

I sit down with Work Reinvention Coach & Solopreneur Strategist at Screw The Cubicle, Lydia Lee, to dive into her entrepreneurial journey that started with building a large, successful business that wasn't in alignment with her personal goals and ended with her strategically running a cozy small business she loves that enables her to chase the sun.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Lydia's Motivating Factor To Leave Corporate For Entrepreneurism

✔ Ways Her Business Grew Organically Instead Of Forcing It 

✔ How She Knew The First Business Model She Tried Wasn't In Alignment

✔ Why She Eventually Settled On The Cozy Business Model She Did

✔ The Evident Power Of A Sabbatical

✔  The Importance Of Executing Check-In Points

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/291.

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

I sit down with the Founder and CEO of Talents ASCEND, Robyn Grable, to dive into how AI is being used by businesses all over the world to successfully source, recruit, and hire quality talent.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why Task-Focused Job Descriptions Don't Work

✔ Why Job Boards Are No Longer Cutting It

✔ Where To Find Quality Candidates If Not Indeed.com

✔ Ways AI Can Be Utilized In Hiring

✔ How Robyn's AI For Hiring Business Works

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/289.

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

I dive into the much utilized Pomodoro Technique so you can decide if it would be an effective time management tool to use in your business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What The Pomodoro Technique Is

✔ Why It Can Be A Useful Time Management Tool

✔ The Benefits Of Blocking Your Time

✔ Why I Don't Use The Pomodoro Technique Buy Maybe You Should

✔ What I Do Instead To Block My Time

✔ How To Apply The Pomodoro Technique To Your Your Workflow

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/288.

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

I sit down with trial-attorney-turned coach, Michelle Grosser, to dive into actionable strategies and practical tools to overcome stress, regulate your nervous system, and unlock peak performance in all aspects of your business and life.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Dysregulated Nervous System Looks Like 

✔ How It Impacts Your Business If Left Unchecked

✔ The Primary Function Of Your Nervous System

✔ How To Communicate Safety To Your Body

✔ The Impact Of Your Window Of Tolerance

✔ How To Use Your Breath To Get Out Of Fight Or Flight

✔ Other Tools To Return To Baseline Stress Level

✔ The 3 Easy Habits That Make A Major Difference

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/392

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 President of Paperback Expert, Michael DeLon, to dive into the marketing strategy of writing a book to find new clients and grow your business and discuss ways to get the process started. 

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How I Define Marketing & Visibility

✔ Who Should & Shouldn't Write A Book

✔ Why Michael Sees Most Business Owners As Coffee Beans

✔ What Your #1 Asset In Your Business Is

✔ How To Leverage Writing A Book To Grow Your Business

✔ How Your Voice, Tone, & Message Gets Added In Michael's Writing Process

✔ What Kind Of Marketing Time Commitment Gets Results

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/287.

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

I dive into the long, drawn-out answer to this specific question I get asked by my clients a lot: should I combine my work and personal calendars? The answer, of course, is a detailed one.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Benefits Of Combining Your Work And Personal Calendars

✔ What Would Make The Answer A No

✔ How To Create A Hybrid If You Want To Keep Them Separate

✔ What Would Make The Answer An Absolute Yes

✔ Pro Tips For Combining Your Calendars

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/286.

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

I sit down with the CEO and Cofounder of Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network, Joshua Freedman, to dive into the practice of emotional intelligence and the impact it can have on your outcomes in business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Emotional Intelligence Is 

✔ Why It's Important To Practice It In Business

✔ How To Work Through Your Feelings And Show Up Your Best

✔ What Happens When You Ignore Your Feelings

✔ The Observer State That Can Transform Work Conflicts

✔ How To Be Compassionate But Still Advocate For The Business

✔ When It's Necessary To Pause Vs. Press On

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/285.

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

I dive into the topic of getting unstuck so you can get clarity on the root cause of why you're stuck and start working toward a solution.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Being Stuck Is

✔ What That Can Look Like In Your Business

✔ What Being Stuck Leads To

✔ Why You're Feeling Stuck

✔ 3 Steps For Taking Action To Get Unstuck

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/284.

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

I sit down for an update interview with my past client Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc., to discuss how she navigated a tragic event that heavily impacted her business, gain insight into where her business is now, and find out if she surpassed her $1 million revenue goal. The conversation is an honest, vulnerable one I wanted to highlight because it's so inspirational and the message impactful for small business owners who choose to learn from it.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Vita Navigated The Unknowns After The Fire

✔ Ways Her Robust Project Management System Saved Her

✔ How She Managed Expectations Of Her Team

✔ The Must-Learn Lesson For All Business Owners

✔ What Vita's Business Looks Like Today

✔ What She's Focusing On For The Next Chapter Of Her Business

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/283.

P.S. If you are anything like Vita was, and know you need help with your:

• Productivity

• Time management

• Business systems

• Team building

• Strategic decision making

• Or mindset

… one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Vita did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you and your business. The best way to do that is by scheduling a Discovery Call with me. I invite you to do so by heading over to AmberDeLaGarza.com/Call

I sit down with Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc. We take an in-depth look at how she went from being a corporate dropout to a successful small business owner on track to make $1 million in revenue.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Non-Negotiables For Business Owners

✔The Challenges Vita Faced Building Her Team

✔ How Business Owners Should Emulate Athletes

✔ The Mantra That Keeps Vita Learning And Productive

✔ Why She Embraces 50/50 Coaching Partnerships

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/282.

P.S. If you are anything like Vita, and know you need help with your:

• Productivity

• Time management

• Business systems

• Team building

• Strategic decision making

• Or mindset

… one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Vita did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you and your business. The best way to do that is by scheduling a Discovery Call with me. I invite you to do so by heading over to AmberDeLaGarza.com/Call

I sit down with life coach David Wood to dive into a healthy structure for approaching tough business conversations you want to avoid, so you can effect positive change, abolish resentment, reduce anxiety, and sleep better.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Common Tough Business Conversations

✔ The 3-D Process That Can Alleviate Your Resistance To Them

✔ Why It's Important To Name Your "Mouse"

✔ The Upsides To Having Tough Conversations

✔ Why Consent Is A Prerequisite For Having Them

✔ How Taking Risks Can Create Magic In Your Life

✔ Pro Tips For Starting Tough Conversations

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/281.

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

I dive into some great opportunities that can often be found during slower periods in your business so you can embrace them and benefit from taking action on those hidden opportunities.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Elephant In The Room

✔ What To Do When Business Is Slow

✔ A Beneficial Mindset Shift You Could Make

✔ Where You Should Be Focusing Your Time & Energy

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/280.

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

I sit down with the Owner of Risk Oversight and Bellehumeur Co., Adrienne Bellehumeur, to dive into six practical steps for navigating process documentation in a way that is effective and non-intimidating.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Problem With The Way Documentation Is Traditionally Taught

✔ How Much Documentation Should SBO's Strive To Achieve

✔ How & Where To Get Started With Documentation

✔ What Dynamic Documentation Is And How To Utilize It

✔ Common Challenges Small Business Owners Have When Creating Documentation & Processes

✔ How To Overcome Those Challenges

✔  How To Use The Grid SYstem To Make Your Documentation More Appealing

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/279.

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

I dive into the what, when, why, and how of doing a reset so you can get right back on track to achieving your goals after a misstep. 

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Reset Is

✔ When You Should Do A One

✔ Culprits That Create A Need For A Reset

✔ 3 Steps To Doing A Reset

✔ The Most Important Aspect Of A Reset

✔ Common Opportunities For A Reset

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://amberdelagarza.com/278-magical-power-reset.

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

I dive into the real reason you're always 'so busy,' digging deep into the underlying beliefs that keep you in this frantic, reactive cycle. I go into how society has programmed us to believe that being busy equals being virtuous, productive, and secure, talk about why those beliefs are a trap, and divulge how to make the necessary shift from reactive to intentional.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Underlying Beliefs Making You Feel Like You Must Always Be "Busy"

✔ How "Toxic Busy-Ness" Impacts Your Health, Relationships & Business

✔ Ways Constant Busy-Ness Is Undermining Your Expertise

✔ How Shifting To Intentionality Requires Changing Your Mindset & Business Model

✔ Strategies To Notice Your Default Response & Create Space For What Matters

✔ What True Success Is Really About

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/391

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 Anabeth McConnell who is the owner of Inbound Design Partners. We dive into her entrepreneurial journey and pull back the curtain on the work she put in to transition from project manager to business owner who must project manage an entire business.

What You'll DiscoverIn This Episode:

✔ Why Anabeth's Business Felt All-Consuming 

✔ The Strategically Made Shift She Made To Change That

✔ What Challenges She Faced Personally & Professionally Prior To Joining Leverage Lab®

✔ Her Experience Getting Coached Vs. Watching Others Get Coached

✔ What's Next For Anabeth: The Pivot She's Intent On Making

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/277.

P.S. If you're a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidently, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, Leverage Lab® is for you! Check it out at AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I dive into how you can Increase your fulfillment beyond running a successful business by setting intentions for each season of your life and choosing to work to live instead of the other way around. 

What You'll Discover In This Episode: 

✔ The Results Of Constantly Going Full-Throttle In Your Business

✔ Why Identifying And Planning Your Seasons Is So Important

✔ What Your Seasons Might Reflect And Why That Matters

✔ How To Schedule For Different Seasons With Intentionality

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on AmberDeLaGarza.com/276

P.S. If you're a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidentVly, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, I invite you to join us in Leverage Lab® => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with the owner and founder of Becoming Iconic®️, Jennifer Szpigiel, to dive into business owners' quest to create work/life balance. We discuss if balance should even be the goal and if not, what to aim for instead in order to become the best, fullest version of yourself.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why Pursuing Balance Sets Business Owners Up To Fail

✔ What You Should Be Pursuing Instead

✔ The Shocking Truth About Your Capacity

✔ Why We Allow Ourselves To Live Out Of Alignment

✔ What Feeling Out Of Balance Can Reveal

✔ The Life-Changing Miracle Jen Experienced

✔ The Important Why Me? Lesson She Learned

✔ What It Means To Become Iconic

✔ Actionable Advice For Overcoming Guilt

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/275.

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

I dive into the strategy of taking a hard look at your business to recognize that you've normalized certain behaviors that aren't normal at all. Once you identify the behaviors that don't feel good in your business, you can begin to change the experience of running a business to one that is more joyful.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Common Behaviors Business Owners Normalize

✔ Why Such Behaviors Are Like Death By 1000 Paper Cuts

✔ What You Can Do To Unnormalize Your Normal

✔ The Result Of Taking That Action

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/274.

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

I sit down with the Owner of Build Scale Grow, Benjamin Friedman, to dive into 5 practical ways to make scaling your business in uncertain times less daunting, less challenging, less lonely, and quite simply, more achievable!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Action Steps To Grow Your Business

✔ Tips For Effectively Optimizing Those Steps

✔ Advice For Honing Your Priorities In Order To Make The Best Choices

✔ The 1 Reassuring Certainty You Can Always Count On

✔ Strategies For Planning When The Future Is Uncertain

✔ How Founders Can Benefit From A Fractional COO

✔ What Leaders Should Intentionally Move Away From

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/273.

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

I sit down for an update interview with my long-term coaching client, Tim Clothier, CEO of Illusion Projects, to gain insight into the inner-workings of an entrepreneur who has greatly stepped up his CEO game and now owns a few successful businesses.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Tim Makes Time Blocking Work Even When His Roles Are Changing Fast

✔ The Project That Pulled Him Far Outside His Comfort Zone

✔ How Tim's Team Is Structured So The Business Moves Forward In His Absence

✔ The Fundamental Business Strategies He Holds On To

✔ Why He Holds His CEO Day Sacred 

✔ What's Up Next For Tim 

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/272.

P.S. If you are anything like Tim, one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Tim did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you and your business. The best way to do that is by scheduling a Discovery Call with me. I invite you to do so by heading over to AmberDeLaGarza.com/Call

I sit down with my long-term client and the 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 to stay on top of his game and run a successful international business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why Your Time Blocks Need A Makeover

✔ The Secret To Preventing Your Passion From Getting Pushed To The Bottom Of The Pile

✔ How CEO Days Can Help You Flush Out Your Ideas

✔ The Principles That Could Benefit Your Hiring Process

✔ What Going To The "Business Gym" Can Do For You

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/271.

P.S. If you are anything like Tim… one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Tim did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you and your business. The best way to do that is by scheduling a Discovery Call with me. I invite you to do so by heading over to AmberDeLaGarza.com/Call

I dive into how doing just this one damn thing will make everything else in your business easier, help you stay in your focused zone for much longer, and increase your efficiency.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What You're Doing To Sabotage Your Focus

✔ How That's Affecting Your Ability To Get Work Done

✔ The One Strategy You Can Implement Immediately To Combat It

✔ All The Do's And Don'ts You Must Know To Get It Right & See Results

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/270.

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

I sit down with Improv Edutainer, Failfluencer, and Professional Zoombie Erin Diehl to dive into how failing to process your failures can negatively impact your ability to show up for yourself and your team. Erin discusses how you can confront your failures, move on from them quicker, and heal your body in the process. 

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What F-Bomb You Need To Move On From & Why

✔ The Mind-Body Connection Too Often Ignored

✔ How Dissociation Impacted Erin & Her Business

✔ How Erin Healed Her Mind Which Healed Her Body

✔ Erin's Methodology To Help You MOVE ON From Failures

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/269.

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

I dive into the topic of scheduling white space on your calendar so you can minimize the chaos that ensues when you don't.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Whitespace Is

✔ How It Affects Your Workday

✔ How To Schedule White Space Effectively

✔ What To Do When Your Day Doesn't Go As Planned

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/268.

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

Jude Charles runs a video production company that helps entrepreneurs tell their stories via video documentaries that pull back the veil on both their business and the person behind the business. In this special Behind The Biz episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with Jude Charles to pull back the curtain on his life and business, and dive into the journey that took him from severe burnout to establishing boundaries that work for him.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Jude's Genesis Story That Started In Grade School

✔ The Lesson He Really Needed To Learn As A Young Entrepreneur

✔ The 3 Rules For Authentic Storytelling

✔ Jude's Experience With Burnout That Led To The Need For Boundaries

✔ The Time-Off Cadence He's Learned That Works For Him

✔ The Most Important Story You Tell & Why

✔ What's Next For Jude 7 His Company

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/390

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 Cofounder and CEO of Scribe, Jennifer Smith, to dive into the world of SOPs and processes. We discuss how Scribe's innovative software can automatically create SOPs, complete with screenshots, instructions, and clicks in just 56 seconds, thus making every business professional who uses it more efficient and their days run more smoothly. 

What You Will Discover:

✔ Why It's Important To Document Your Processes

✔ How Key Man Risk Comes Into Play

✔ How To Lower Your Resistance To Creating SOPs

✔ Best Practices For Rolling Out SOPs With Your Team

✔ How Scribe Helps You Create & Update SOPs

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/267.

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

I sit down with best-selling author Melody Wilding to discuss imposter syndrome and the many ways to break free from it so you can find the confidence to lead and run your business effectively and live up to your full potential!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Imposter Syndrome Really Is

✔ The 5 Primary Ways It Shows Up

✔ The Ironic Thing About Imposter Syndrome

✔ How It Can Stop Your Productivity in Its Tracks

✔ Preventative Measures To Combat Imposter SYndrome 

✔ Why It's Worthwhile To Keep A Brag Folder

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/266.

P.S. If you've been entertaining the idea of working with me and want personalized coaching, strategy, and accountability that will help you level up your business in 2023, I want to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to meet your goals! Schedule your Discovery Call

I go behind the scenes of my business to show you exactly how I've been creating operational efficiency so you can gain insights on how and where to create more operational efficiency in your business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Operational Efficiency Is & Why It's Important

✔ Where I Created Operational Efficiency In My Business

✔ Best Practices For Creating Operational Efficiency In Yours

✔ My Top Strategy For Preventing Unnecessary Fires

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/265.

P.S. If you're a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidently, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, I invite you to join us in Leverage Lab® => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab