Better Life, Better Business

special guest today is Joel Bash

http://joelbash.com/

Special guest Julie Davis with Payton Davis Business Services

What’s one thing you wish you had known when you began your business?

·  Having various different business owners

·  Having a bigger network of individuals

What’s your biggest challenge right now?

·  Finding funding

What are some of the best resources that have helped you along the way?

·  The contacts that I have made along the way

What role does delegating play in your business?

·  Having an assistant

·  Business contacts

how do YOU prioritize?

·  Deadlines

·  Prioritizing my workload

As a business owner you have lots of responsibilities, what do you do to make sure everything gets done?

·  Creating lists

·  Using my calendar

Only 3% of people have written goals for their business and life. How do you handle goal setting?

·  I create a one-year goal

·  I create a three-year goal

·  I create a five-year goal

How are you adapting to the COVID 19 environment?

·  No real effects on me personally

Who are some people who have been the most influential to you?

·  My aunt

·   My children

·  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

·   Oprah Winfrey

·   Steve Jobs

Where can our listeners connect with you online?

·  My website at www.paytondavis.com

·  Office phone number 925.775.4912

·  Email: [email protected]

Special Guest: D'Ann Hayes with InkItUpDesigns

Value comes from my love of marketing

Help clients be successful & profitable so they can make memories with their families because all

we can take with us is our memories, knowledge, & learning

One thing I wish I had known when I started--have a pocket full of experts to delegate to

best resources--industry experts, BNI family, coaches

build trust with your experts so that you feel confident delegating to them

write down everything that needs to be done for the week, prioritize, delegate, & include goals & fun activities

Love my lists & crossing them off

Goals--write them down, strategy to achieve the, vision board to envision them

most influential--my hubby who says Yes, let's do it with a smile, my biggest supporter, my family, coaches, & business associates

[email protected]

www.InkItUpDesigns.com

Special guest today: Karl Pontau

How to network effectively

Darren Hardy

Doing a ton of reading. I made a list for people to use:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10pg-ctuY5fxRwlA8ZNCC38VEEQkQAGnamjHPChYHOl0/edit#gid=0

I’ve been working on scaling my business during the past few months. Delegating is essential to that. On two of my current projects, I’ve delegated all of the production work, and am only doing project management and creative direction.

We all only have 24 hours in a day, and can’t do everything ourselves. Delegating is a must for any entrepreneur who wants to succeed.

Covey’s quadrant method

Not everything gets done. I have to say no to some things. Or delegate them.

I’m very coachable, and have benefited from working with coaches as I’m growing my business. By working with somebody who helps hold me accountable, I’m much better at setting goals that will not just force me to grow, but also actually take the steps to achieve them.

Already worked from home. Lots of networking on Zoom.

www.squashandstretch.net

Is there a part of your life or business that you feel is out of control or for which there is never enough time? Or that if you had, just a few more hours that everything would be great? If so, keep listening.

So the first step is to look at your life in detail, all 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week. How should we organize those days and hours carefully? You should be aware that you can increase your productivity and your efficiency by about 25 percent when you have a schedule for every day. By carefully doing so, you actually will have enough time to do most, if not all the things that you need to do. Therefore, the key is to plan and develop an extremely detailed schedule for every day.

One of my mentor coaches suggests that you pick one set time a week, say Friday before you close the office, to block 30 minutes to plan the coming week. Include all the things that you have to do for your job, your family, social and other things. Make it comprehensive, including absolutely everything, and the more detailed you are, the easier it is to follow. This allows you to begin the weekend with peace of mind, knowing exactly what the coming week looks like.

Those of you in industries where you at time have to put out fires, allow for oops time, a 1-2 hour window that’s open, nothing is scheduled for it. This way, if a true emergency arises – and it is up to you to decide if the incident needs your immediate attention – then you can stop what you’re doing and take care of this emergency. During the oops time, you can finish the task you were working on when this incident interrupted. However, make sure to keep these incidents to an absolute minimum.

Taking a lunch break, away from the computer and phone, could be a simple start. People who do this are much more productive in the afternoon than those who don’t. It will take discipline and commitment and you need to put it on your schedule, but eventually, it’ll become a habit.

Have date night monthly, ideally weekly, block it on your calendar, treat it with same importance as client appointment. You can always make more money but not more time.

Let me know what you’ll do differently after listening to this podcast, email me [email protected]

https://balance6.biz/

Special guest today is

Michael Liebowitz

Special guest Victor Mataraso with Reliable Receptionist and Victory Workspace in Walnut Creek

entire business model is predicated on supporting business owners and entrepreneurs, assist them in becoming more professional, productive and profitable. Receptionists allow them to enhance their professional image, improve customer service and manage their workload. Victory Workspace gives them a physical place to base their business, be more productive with their work and a professional place to meet with clients.

Great resource: California Employers Association, business networking groups.

All our core business functions are essentially delegated. I don’t answer phones very well, nor am I fit for sitting in an office 8 hours a day, so I’ve hired good people who do those things better than I.

distinguish between the Urgent and Important. It’s essential to carve out focus time to do those things that are essential to running the business, but may not be flashing red in your face.

Try to limit my roles to the things I enjoy. Assign key roles to others and do regular check-ins.

I’m a believer in a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln that says: Plans are worthless, but planning is priceless. Anyone who set goals for 2020 has likely thrown that page out the window. Nevertheless, I believe the process of creating strategy and communicating it clearly to your people is essential.

Covid has been particularly challenging for a large segment of our business. Operating a shared workspace during a pandemic when nobody wants to be within 6 feet of another is more challenge than I bargained for. However, uniquely positioned to benefit from a recession and an increase in remote work once the fear of the virus subsides.

https://reliablereceptionist.com

https://www.victoryworkspace.com

I am saddened when a potential new client comes to me & I see that their company is

either a sole-proprietor or an LLC. This saddens me because their CPA or tax professional hasn’t

had the conversation with them about converting to an S-Corp. I am saddened because CPA’s

know better & tax professionals should know better, but nope, they are allowing their client to

over pay their taxes. You see, sole-proprietors and/or LLC’s pay an additional 15% SE tax on

their net income & If their net income is over $18k, they are giving too much to the IRS out of

their pocket. If they were in a S-Corp, they wouldn’t have to give it away. I help small

businesses understand this and reposition themselves for thousands of dollars in savings each

year.

I wish I had known about S-Corporations & why there is such a huge tax advantage to operating

as one. For years I overpaid my taxes.

It’s a struggle but at the same time it is rewarding to groom someone to take care of my clients

the same way I would take care of them. It less about delegating, it’s more about team building.

Unfortunately the adage “the best laid plans...” is true in my case. Sometimes I prioritize by logic and then I have to re-prioritize by fire & often that is in the same day. In my profession, I am deadline driven.

Lists, lots of lists, write it down. In my office we use slack to communicate lists to each other.

I also look at a task at hand & ask myself, who else can do this task?

We start with long term goals:

1. Overall desire for the company

2. 2 year goal for the company

3. What do we want this time next year as a company

4. What do we have to do now to reach goals set for the beginning of next year

With the advancement & availability of connecting through technology, I am able to provide my

clients with the same high quality service I provided prior to COVID. I serve clients worldwide,

so I have used screen-sharing technology and secure client portals for some time. On a rare

occasion when a client just must come into see me, we sanitize and social distance and wear

masks if need be.

Not enough hours in the day. I am very passionate about helping people and that takes time.

#1 by far is Spencer Johnson, author of “Who Moved My Cheese.”

He wrote one line that changed my professional life & that I still draw on to this day:

“What would I do if I wasn’t afraid?”

Another one is T.Harv Eker - Enlightened Warrior Training:

Courage is not action without fear, Courage is action in the FACE of fear.

Our website is: www.carisenterprises.com

and you can search us in yelp, google and LinkedIn

set an appointment for a FREE 1 hour consultation HERE

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-e-wood/

A Conversation with Diane Labazio from Creative Solution Consulting

Diane Labazio founded Creative Solution Consulting for small businesses and non-profits who wanted to make a significant impact but were too small to have a dedicated web design and brand strategy department. Creative Solution Consulting is unique because of who we are. Diane knows there is no one easy answer or technological widget in this day and age that will make your business instantly grow. Creative Solution Consulting works because we listen to your concerns, study your business practices, and implement practical yet innovative, marketing, and sales solutions. We do not throw away what has worked for you in the past; we implement it as part of a better plan for the future. Whether you are a “Solopreneur” just launching your brand, a non-profit trying to scale, or a business that has been around for years – Creative Solution has the knowledge and experience you need to take your brand strategy to the next level. With over fifteen years of successful experience, including direct sales, business to business sales, email campaigns, WordPress web design, print and online advertising, and creating copy content for brochures, blogs, newsletters, and websites. Creative Solution Consulting provides solutions that help you gain measurable results based on what you need prioritizing in your business right now – whether it is print, in person, or on the internet. Finally, Creative Solution Consulting helps you find direction and a cohesive message that you can confidently present to your clients and peers. We inject energy and a new perspective on your sales and marketing goals. And we help you market your enterprise with integrity, which helps to gain the best results – long term success.

Contact Diane Labazio if you would like to learn more:

[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/creativesolutionconsultingllc