When we struggle with following through on what we want to do, we tend to ask ourselves "What's wrong with me?"

In this episode, I walk you through why focusing on that question often isn't helpful, and what you could ask yourself instead to find better answers – and solutions.

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Are you setting goals – or making wishes?

That's what I'll dive into in today's podcast episode. You'll learn 3 reasons why traditional goal setting can set us up for disappointment, and a different way to set goals that you have more control over.

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What if instead of feeling bad about not being productive on your first days back from vacation, you’d take the opportunity to improve how you operate?

In this episode I talk about a couple of things that can make it hard to settle back into work, even if you're generally someone who's ambitious and gets things done. Then I'll share 8 ideas for how you could ease back into work while preparing for the coming months – before you're back in a routine.

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This week I’ve got something special for you – I’ve asked a few fellow business owners to come on the podcast to share a tip that helps them spend their work time more productively, so that you can pick up what sounds good to you and save yourself some time.

You'll hear from...

KINSEY STRIBE, social media marketing expert and host of the Feel Good Social podcast****

Website: Whttps://feelgoodsocial.com/

Freebies: https://feelgoodsocial.com/freebies

STACIE MITCHELL, coach and host of the Something Even Better podcast

Website: https://www.staciemitchell.com/

SEO cheatsheet: https://www.staciemitchell.com/seo

DEVIN LEE, Online Business Manager

Website: https://www.devinlee.com/

Elevated client journey workbook: https://cheerful-knitter-5221.ck.page/cab42e3100

CASSIE PATON of Mettle&Tonic, copywriter

Website and free home page assessment: https://mettleandtonic.com/

SOLVEIG PETCHY aka Petchy, brand strategist and host of the Brand it! with Petchy podcast

Website: https://petchy.co/

Branding checklist: https://petchy.co/checklist/

And then there's me – JENNA HELLBERG, coach and host of Building Balance

Website: https://jennahellberg.com/

Free weekly task planning template: https://jennahellberg.com/weekly

What if there was a simple way you could shift your thinking, so that you would feel more capable as you grow your business?

Psychologist Jenna is by the mic today!

I’m going to share a mindset tool that you can use to set yourself up for resilience in your business – and well, in your life. And in case you’re worried that this will be one of those icky toxic mindset things… Well, this is not that. Please stick with me.

The article I referred to in the episode: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/04/psychologist-shares-the-top-skill-that-sets-mentally-strong-kids-from-those-who-give-up-easily.html

Ecosystem episode: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/057-increase-productivity-as-small-business-owner

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I’m going to share a few things that I wish I had known about being a solopreneur. I probably still would’ve started my photography business even if I knew these things up front – but I would’ve approached business differently. At least knowing these things now helps me think about business and the things I do differently – and I hope they’ll be helpful to you too.

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 045: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/045-productivity-for-entrepreneurs-and-creatives

Episode 049: https://jennahellberg.com/episodes/049-frustrations-of-a-business-owner-results-dont-match-efforts

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This episode is part 1 of a conversation I had with Stacie Mitchell (Something Even Better podcast). In part 1, we discuss how social media marketing is costing small business owners in a few other ways than just time. Read shownotes here: https://jennahellberg.com/blog/social-media-marketing-and-the-true-costs-for-small-business-with-stacie-mitchell

In part 2 we talk about how you can figure out where your marketing time is best spent, whether that’s on social media or elsewhere. We also dive into what we’ve found works best for us and why –– super helpful to listen to especially if you’ve been feeling a bit crappy about or disappointed in social media lately.

Find part 2 on the Something Even Better podcast or Stacie’s blog:

https://www.staciemitchell.com/blog/how-to-market-yourself-without-social-media-with-jenna-hellberg

Stacie's SEO cheatsheet and training: https://www.staciemitchell.com/seo

Stacie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/staciemitchell/

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If you often find that things don’t go to plan, or that you’re not getting to the work you’d actually *like* to do, there are a few little things you can shift in the way you plan that could make a big difference.

I didn’t want to bring you just another episode with planning or productivity tips that you’ve heard a bazillion times before or that you can easily find on Google. I wanted to instead talk about a few things that I haven’t, or that have been very rarely mentioned in productivity or time management resources I've seen.

A side note: even though the title of the episode is “common planning mistakes”, I’m not here to say that you’re doing something “wrong”. The three things I’m about to share with you are things that are the result of how planning and time management are often talked about, especially in in hustle culture, which is what many of us have been subjected to and thus it’s the way we think we should be doing things.

So I’m hoping that you don’t feel like I’m pointing fingers at mistakes, but rather shining a light on just a few key things you could shift to make planning, and sticking to plans, work better for you.

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Feeling the pressure to get things done can actually make us less productive, not more. So what can we do to reduce the pressure?

In the episode, you'll learn an uncommon approach to batching, tips for making your to-dos feel manageable, and a trick that helps you feel less pressure even if you don't change anything in your plans as a result.

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So far in the summer refire, I’ve talked about how you can create a schedule that works for you, and I’ve hopefully helped you shift our thoughts from feeling like schedules and plans are boring to seeing just how helpful they are in making it possible for you to spend time on the things you actually want to spend time on.

I wanted to bring in this episode, as I 100% believe that it’s important for your productivity that you feel enjoyment in your workweeks – not just on the weekends or not just when you get to go on your once-a-year vacation.

The topic of enjoyment falls under the WHOLENESS part of the productivity ecosystem, because research shows that when we feel well, when we’re happy, we do so much better with everything we put our energy into.

And if you have no idea what I’m talking about when I mention the productivity ecosystem, you can go back a few episodes (to episode 31) to get the basics, or read the blog post:

https://jennahellberg.com/blog/increase-productivity-solo-business-owner

**Giveaway**

You can win a one-hour pick-my-brain session with me. You can ask me aaaanything when it comes to your productivity, schedule, work-life balance – anything within the realm of things I usually talk about here on the podcast – and get personalized advice.

There are two ways you can enter the giveaway:

1. Share about the podcast with a friend or on your social media, and either send a screenshot of the share to my email [email protected] or DMs, or share about in IG story and tag me @thejennahellberg so that I can see. (If your account is private I may not see the story; in this case, send a screenshot of it to my DMs)

2. Write a review about Building Balance on Apple podcasts, and send me a screenshot of the review. If you don't have access to Apple podcasts, you could leave me/the podcast a note here: https://jennahellberg.com/note

If you do both, you get two draft spots in the giveaway.

Out of everyone who shares and/or reviews within the month of June 2022, I’ll pick a winner on July 1st and get in touch with them (hopefully you!) by July 5th  to schedule the pick-my-brain session.

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