Each week, we come to you with ideas from the Mouse on how you can grow your small business. In this episode, we are sharing how Disney handled hard business moments in the past, and some of our own personal strategies for managing adjusting to our new life under stay at home orders.

Life is very different for everyone right now - but there was a time before this, and there will be a time after this. We hope this little history lesson about Disney and our own strategies for pivoting in life and business will give you a glimmer of hope and bring a smile to your face.

Listen now and discover:

• A little about the history of Disney going through hard events
• Tips and strategies to help you find focus again in your business
• How Disney navigated low park attendance and lower box office revenue around 2004
• The CEO journey and transition from Michael Eisner to Bob Iger
• Our advice on defining a new normal that is still profitable for your business
• The difference between cash value and liquidity
• How Disney is handling their cash flow during the covid-19 pandemic
• How we are balancing and adjusting to quarantine life and making work, life, and being a mom and wife work for us
• The importance of having a support system

Your small business takeaways:

• Extend grace to yourself and your team - we are all dealing with huge adjustments to life and business
• Implementing structure (hear us out!) can help keep you, your family, and your business sane
• If you're not a scheduler or find structure hard to implement, try thinking about your day in buckets - plan by the major tasks you want to accomplish each day (even if it's just cleaning the house!)
• Revisit your goals - they may have to be adjusted, but think about just one thing you can still do to move that goal forward