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Episode 29 A Planning & Productivity Philosophy for Side-Hustlers with Josephine Brooks

I thought it was about time I shared with you a planing and productivity philosophy for side-hustlers. This episode is essentially a dive into 4 of my core vales around planning and productivity with some tips on where to get started in each of these areas.

 I’m talking through the 4 planning and productivity pillars of building a business. From my experience of 8 years of side-hustling and from the conversations I have with my clients I know that without these 4 pillars in place, it’s going to be REALLY difficult to build your business.

Gemma is a podcaster, blogger and speaker on all things curing loneliness and finding new friends. I love what Gemma’s doing to open up the conversation on loneliness and making female friendships as an adult. This feels like something we don’t talk about enough and growing a business in particular can feel like quite a lonely endeavour so it felt like a good time to share an episode on the topic of business friendships.

There are bad days and there are tough times and it takes a lot to be a business owner and it’s great to make connections with other business owners that get it - Gemma Scopes

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Barbora’s Instagram account is one of my favourites, full of creativity and inspired ideas. In this episode I chat to Barbora about how she finds the time for her side-hustle alongside her full time 9-5.

One of Barbora’s many talents is taking self-portraits and I knew this was something I had to chat with her about. She shares her tips on how to get comfortable in front of the camera and how to take your own portraits.

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In this episode Fiona and I share our experience of dealing with anxiety and our coping tools in the hope that we can help more people who are struggling with anxiety feel less alone.

If you or anyone you know deals with anxiety, I hope this really honest conversation helps you feel less alone and gives you a few tips and ideas for managing your anxiety.

• When we both started dealing with anxiety and our experience with anxiety and depression

• What anxiety feels like for both of us and what triggers it

• How Fiona manages her workload and routine when she’s working through a tough patch of anxiety

• How Fiona designs her lifestyle to manage her anxiety

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In this episode Natalie shares so much knowledge and wisdom on selling digital products which is something she knows more than just a think or two about. She’s been blogging for 14 years over at Baggage Reclaim and sold numerous digital products from that platform. Natalie’s now also branching out in to helping other creative business owners with figuring out how to harness their secret sauce to build platforms and create digital products.

This episode is absolutely packed with tips on selling digital products and we also talk about giving away freebies and using opt-ins to build your email list so this really is a go-to episode for all things digital.

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This episode I chat to The Overthinker’s Coach Gabrielle Treanor about how over thinking can prevent us from growing our businesses and how to tackle it. This chat came at a perfect time for me because I found, in my 2018 review that all of the challenges I’d had over the past 12 months came from mental struggles - dealing with self-doubt, the fear of pushing outside of my comfort zone and struggling with anxiety.

Gabrielle knows what it’s like to be an over thinker with it having held her back in the past. She shares lots of actionable ways to tackle your overthinking and foster more positive self talk in this episode.

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In this episode I’m talking about what it takes to get serious about your side-hustle and take it to the next level. I’m sharing the 5 key things, that I believe, are essential for going after what you really want with your side-hustle.

Over the last 12 months especially I’ve learned so much about what it takes to up-level a business on the side of a job and I share my learnings from this experience in this episode. I hope that it will get you inspires and excited for the opportunities ahead of you and your side-hustle.

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As this episode is coming out around Christmas it seemed a great time to share a bit of family history with you. In this episode I’m chatting with my grandma, who is now 91 but she spent her early years growing up in Shanghai and later in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. She shares her story of growing up in Shanghai and being in the prisoner of war camp, which is a real insight into a totally different time.

This conversation also served as a healthy reminder for me of how grateful I am to not have had to grow up in a time that was affected by war or lack of food where I live. The other thing I feel grateful for, having listened to my Grandma’s story is my freedom. The freedom to make things happen like growing my business and carving out ways to live life on my own terms, which is something I’ll always be grateful for.

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This episode is all about community. How you can make connections with other business owners and build a support network of like minded people around you. Anna also talks about how to arrange meet ups so that you can bring together your own tribe of business buddies.

Anna also talks about taking the leap from side-hustle to full time, which is something she did in April 2018. She’s really honest about her experience and it makes great listening if taking the leap is also on your mind.

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You may have come across Kate on instagram as Grace and Flora, that’s where I started following her and her business quite a few years ago now. I love her natural, rustic style and beautiful floral flat lays which incorporate her beautiful nature-inspired jewellery.

A while ago Kate blogged about her take on planning for creative business and she brought up some really interesting points around planning in tune with your own seasons and reflecting on your achievements so I had to get her on the podcast to talk a little more about this. You might not know that Kate is also a therapist so we also chatted about how she juggles her two businesses alongside being a mum and very importantly, a dog owner.

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