273: Balancing Work and Time Off: How to Take a Break Without Falling Behind
Release Date: 07/25/2024
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Do you ever find yourself feeling frustrated and unfocused in your business to the point where you know you aren't doing the things that need to be done in order to get you to your big business goals?
This can be especially prominent in the summer.
So, instead of giving you a list of things you can do to "keep up", in this episode, I want to share how you can balance work and time off. How you can take a break without falling behind, and the ONE practice I have put in place in my business that ensures that I'm staying focused and on track towards achieving my goals... even during the summer.
Even if you do nothing else for your business over the summer apart from this, you will be MORE than okay.
We are here to keep things simple and strategic, to create success on your terms. You’re here because you want more freedom, more flexibility, and more impact - you want to be able to create your own definition of success.
But one of the biggest challenges I hear from you is: we set those big dreams and goals at the beginning of the year, but a few weeks or months in, we find ourselves off track. We find ourselves struggling with those shiny objects that keep asking for our attention, begging for our attention, and as a result, we're not getting where we need to go.
Sound familiar? Do you relate to that feeling of sitting down at your desk and just feeling completely unsure of where your time and energy should be focused each and every day?
Well, if that's you, you're in luck because I’ve got you covered today.
The one practice I have that helps me stay focused each and every week in my business is... (drumroll please)... my Weekly Prep Meeting.
Here's what we cover in this episode:
- The purpose of having a weekly CEO date in your business (plus how to carve out the time for it)
- Two major parts of this weekly self-accountability session that mean you can work through this in 30 minutes or less
- The only two metrics you need to track in your business (and how to identify them for you specifically)
- All the steps we go through for the Weekly Prep Meeting, and what tasks and projects you need to be laying out for the week ahead
This episode takes you through this step-by-step (it's truly one of mine and my clients' favourite parts of running our businesses!
To making it happen,
Holly
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