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131: Scaling Joy While Streamlining Business Overhead and Navigating ADHD with Kaneisha Grayson


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Would earning $1 million dollars in revenue this year solve all of your problems? It might, but it could also cause a whole set of new ones, inspiring you to scale back. That’s the story behind the business of today’s guest, Kaneisha Grayson. She shares how she built a seven-figure business, and why she later restructured to one that better honors her energy and goals. 

More About Kaneisha: Kaneisha Grayson is the founder of The Art of Applying, an agency that aids graduate school applicants get accepted into top-tier schools and achieve funding. She is the author of Be Your Own Boyfriend: Decide to Be Happy, Unleash Your Sexy, and Change Your Life and host of the Scale Your Joy podcast. Kaneisha is dedicated to sharing her journey with like-minded people who are ready to forge their own path, creating a life and business that brings them joy instead of suffering through the corporate grind. 


🌟3 Key Takeaways:

  • Be mindful of what financial metrics matter most on the route to your broader business goals. What is more important: high top-line revenue, or profit and owner take-home pay?
  • Facebook Ads can be a great fit for people selling high-ticket programs that later roll into a recurring revenue model; but buyer beware—they may not be your most profitable channel.
  • Set up a “body double”: Kaneisha has learned that for those navigating ADHD, having real-time support and accountability, such as virtual coworking, makes a huge difference.

  • 📝Permission: Ignore business advice that doesn’t work for you, or that—for whatever reason—you just can’t do. Stop internalizing failures you’re experiencing without further investigation about alternate routes.


    ✅Do (or Delegate) This Next: What are you tracking to tell you whether or not you’re successful? Are those metrics aligned with what is making your life joyful? Re-evaluate the metrics you monitor and match them to what you value most. 


    📘Books Mentioned:

    • Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business
    • Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
    • Be Your Own Boyfriend

    • 🔗Resources Mentioned

      • Kaneisha on the web, Instagram: @kaneishagrayson, LinkedIn, Facebook
      • Kaneisha’s podcast: Scale Your Joy
      • Flow Club Get it Done Zoom Sessions for ADHD women 
      • The Flow Tribe
      • Marie Forleo’s B-School

      • 🎧Related Podcast Episodes

        • The Get Paid Podcast: Kaneisha Grayson: Hitting 7 Figures and Reducing Your Revenue Goal
        • Hello Seven Podcast: A Masterclass in Million Dollar Mindset with Kaneisha Grayson 
        • 053: Facilitated Focus with Jake Kahana
        • Pivot: 115: "People are People" — Exploring Neurodiversity with Mark Rufino
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