Building Balance

A little behind-the-scenes update about taking a break from podcasting.

This episode is more of a personal update than a lesson, but hopefully it can serve as a bit of inspiration if there’s a part of your business you want to take a break from.

In the meantime, please say Hei and stay in touch on Instagram:

⁠https://www.instagram.com/thejennahellberg

If you feel resistant toward doing something differently or less frequently in your business, even when you know it would be beneficial, this episode is for you.

Find the reflection prompts in the show notes: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/107-on-prioritizing-experiences-over-metrics

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PRODUCTIVITY AND BALANCE RESOURCES

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Depending on your business model and where you’re at in business, it can be challenging to take time off. Especially if you’re a solopreneur serving clients 1:1.

Even if you're going to be working for most of summer, it doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy this season throughout your workdays.

So if you're worried that summer is just going to fly by without having time to enjoy it (a worry I had a few days before recording!), I hope the exercise in this episode helps.

P.S. If it's not summer where you are right now, but you want whatever season you're in to feel a bit more special and like time didn't just fly by, this episode/exercise probably still applies.

Find the prompts in the show notes: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/106-hot-solopreneur-summer-aka-how-enjoy-it-even-during-workweeks

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PRODUCTIVITY AND BALANCE RESOURCES

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Do you ever struggle to identify with the term “multi-passionate”, even if you've got a few different things going on?

In this episode, I'm offering an alternative that has positively impacted how I see and describe myself.

Join the conversation in this Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CtEuQHvr75G/

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PRODUCTIVITY AND BALANCE RESOURCES

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Ever think that being a high achiever might slow you down in business?

In this training, you’ll learn about

✔︎ 6 traps you can fall into having grown up in an environment that values high achievers
✔︎ how these traps affect your progress in business, and
✔︎ what you can do about them, so you can make sustainable progress without having to push yourself too hard

Watch the Zoom recording and/or grab the slides here: ⁠https://jennahellberg.com/high-achiever-training⁠

Recorded this training in Oct 2022 with the help of a few cool business owner friends – thank you Danbee, Cassie, Brian, Victoria, and Tiffany!

Worries are products of a brain that's trying to protect you. The tricky thing is they can lead you to not take the actions that would help you make progress in your business.

(Note: Your brain produces these thoughts; it's not "self-sabotage")

If you have worries about productivity or taking action in your business, I hope this episode

1) gives you tools that you can use to move past those worries, or

2) helps those worries become less intense.

Episode 032 on different types of pauses you can leverage as a business owner: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/032-4-types-of-pauses-to-leverage-as-a-business-owner

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If you ever feel like you have to push through your work to see progress, I’ve got an alternative approach for you.

When it comes to achieving success or making progress in business, many business experts emphasize the importance of hard work, commitment, and sacrifice.

But I don’t hear them talk about the importance of willingness, which plays a significant part in your ability to keep doing the business thing long term. Or even short term!

Mentioned in this episode:

My productivity ecosystem framework summary: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jennahellberg.com/ecosystem⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Episode 056 on why it's hard to do "important, not urgent" tasks: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/056-hard-to-focus-on-important-tasks-in-small-business

Blog post version of episode 056: https://jennahellberg.com/blog/focus-important-tasks-project-small-business

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Our high-achiever tendencies don’t always have our best interests in mind. But does that mean that we have to let go of them completely?

We can find a middle ground that allows for a more sustainable approach to business.

In the episode, I share

✔︎ a different way to think about being a high achiever

✔︎ where our high-achiever behaviors come from

✔︎ why we don't need to unlearn all behaviors associated with being a high achiever or action taker

✔︎ three things that can help in the process of learning how to make intentional choices (instead of default ones based on high-achiever wiring)

You might also like:

Episode 099 with client Danbee Shin talking about how leveling up isn't motivating enough: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/099-when-leveling-up-isnt-motivating-enough-with-client-danbee-shin

Episode 029 on the truth about being a high achiever: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/029-the-truth-about-being-a-high-achiever

Minimum Viable Effort blog post: https://jennahellberg.com/blog/minimum-viable-effort-for-small-business

My productivity ecosystem framework summary: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jennahellberg.com/ecosystem⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Business has felt a bit heavy in the past few months – not in terms of an excessive worklaod, but on the mental and emotional side.

But I’ve had a few realizations that have brought me relief, and solopreneuring is feeling less heavy.

I hope they are helpful to you, too.

The original Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsFZ2zkJiqy/

The research article on the gap between income earned through a regular job vs starting a business: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/262131

The episode with Stacie on truths about entrepreneurship: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/046-truths-about-entrepreneurship-and-reaching-success-with-stacie-mitchell

Everyone's Talkin' Money podcast with Curtis May: 5 Principles of Personal Finance to Become Financially Free (Dec 16, 2022)

Everyone's Talkin' Money podcast with Eric Brotman: Build Your Path To Financial Freedom & Retirement at Any Age with Eric Brotman (Mar 2, 2021)

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If you...

➤ feel like you’re not making progress as quickly as you "should"

➤ worry about whether or not your business is a viable option for you, or you

➤ feel like changing your business (or moving on from it) would mean you’ve failed somehow

... I hope this episode helps you feel less alone with those thoughts. 

In this 100th episode, I share what’s been going through my mind in the past little while, and what that means for the Building Balance podcast and my business(es.)

This includes:

- the struggles I've been feeling in the past few months

- thoughts about moving on from this business to something else

- what I think might free up brain space and capacity for more creative things and thought leadership

- something new I've been playing around with outside of my businesses

- wisdom I picked up from an exercise instructor who reminded me of a helpful way to view business/work/adulting

Episodes mentioned:

030 on Failure Fatigue: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/030-reducing-the-risk-of-business-burnout-part-1-failure-fatigue

080 on worries around what others will think if you change things in your business: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/080-worried-about-the-optics-of-tweaking-your-business

My productivity ecosystem framework summary: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jennahellberg.com/ecosystem⁠⁠⁠⁠

Grab a screenshot of the episode and share/say Hei on IG: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thejennahellberg⁠⁠⁠

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