In this episode I’m sharing some of the biggest productivity mistakes I made over the course of my business. Not only do I share mistakes I made in the past, but also some that I just realised I’m currently making in my business. This is the 10th year since I started my business initially as a blog, and I made a lot of productivity mistakes along the way. And looking back, perfectionism was often the cause of these mistakes. I hope chatting about them with you today will help you see where you could be improving your productivity, particularly if you’re making the same mistakes that I made. Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode394. In This Episode You’ll Learn:   12 of the biggest productivity mistakes I made in my business   The surprising way I’ve been misusing my time the most   How putting pressure on yourself can hinder your productivity   The importance of the skill of seeing when your work is complete   Why Power Planning is planning in a way that works for you     Featured In The Episode:   Episode 336: Getting Your Work Done Early + Easily (Part 1: Content Creation)   Episode 337: Getting Your Work Done Early + Easily (Part 2: Pre-Launch Period)   Episode 338: Getting Your Work Done Early + Easily (Part 3: Launch Period)   Episode 160: How To Be More Productive When Working From Home   Episode 381: How I Found The Courage To Create A Bigger Vision For My Business   Episode 393: My Growth Goal Quarterly Review For Q1 2023   Kristen’s youtube: @KristenCainStyle   Join the waitlist for Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (PGSD) - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd   Sign up for daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - samlaurabrown.com/power   Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject  

Ep 394: 12 Of My Biggest Productivity Mistakes

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In today’s episode, I want to talk to you about clear financial goals for your business and having lifestyle parameters around them. I cover why this is so important for perfectionist entrepreneurs (and why we tend not to set them). I’ve been having conversations with people about this topic - and we discuss this a lot in my program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - so I hope you find this episode helpful. When you listen to the end, you’ll learn about how a clear financial goal and lifestyle parameters help you go all in on your business without sacrificing work-life balance.  Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode463. In This Episode You’ll Learn:   Why you need a clear financial goal   What happens when you don’t have a financial goal for your business   Why perfectionists tend not to set a clear financial goal   How to set lifestyle parameters so you can show up fully without burning out     Featured In The Episode:   Free training: How To Plan Properly As A Perfectionist with Power Planning   Sign up for Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (PGSD) - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd   Take The Perfectionism Quiz: samlaurabrown.com/quiz   Sign up for daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - samlaurabrown.com/power   Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject     Work With Me: My coaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (aka PGSD) teaches you how to plan properly as a perfectionist so you can get out of your own way in your business. To find out more about the program and sign up today, visit: samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.

Ep 463: How To Fully Pursue Your Financial Goals Without Sacrificing Work-Life Balance

In this episode I’m sharing a detailed behind the scenes look over a $250k launch, because this is such a great example of the advanced work that you can do on releasing your perfectionism handbrake. This will help normalise the ups and downs of launching (regardless of what kind of business you have) and demonstrate the next-level mindset work perfectionists need to do once you’re showing up and putting yourself out there. Tune in to listen to ‘real-time’ updates that I recorded as we prepared for this launch and through the launch period. I talk through the launch plan and strategy, advanced Power Planning, advanced troubleshooting and more! What you will hear in this episode is an example of what we’re going to be doing in the PGSD Advanced Coaching Group. In PGSD Advanced, you're going to be working closely with me and a group of other like-minded perfectionist entrepreneurs to get out of your own way in a whole new way. I'm so excited because I haven't actually taught what I do behind the scenes for my mindset work before. I've been demonstrating it through podcast episodes like this launch debrief episode that so many people love, but I haven't actually had a way for you to do that work with me. We have already done early enrollment for the PGSD Advanced Coaching Group and spots have started filling, but we will announce the official enrollment dates soon. If you are ready for the advanced work, then stay tuned to the podcast. You’ll get all the details so you can decide whether or not it’s for you.  Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode462. In This Episode You’ll Learn:   What our goal was for the PGSD launch and how I decided what our launch strategy would be   What I’m doing differently compared with our last launches   What my self-coaching looks like during launch week   The mindset shifts that kept me committed to my goal   The statistics we were tracking and why   What our final numbers were (sign ups, revenue, podcast ep downloads etc)     Featured In The Episode:   Free training: How To Plan Properly As A Perfectionist with Power Planning   Sign up for Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (PGSD) - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd   Take The Perfectionism Quiz: samlaurabrown.com/quiz   Sign up for daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - samlaurabrown.com/power   Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject     Work With Me: My coaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (aka PGSD) teaches you how to plan properly as a perfectionist so you can get out of your own way in your business. To find out more about the program and sign up today, visit: samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.

Ep 462: Behind The Scenes Of A $250k Launch (best of the podcast)

In today’s episode, I’m sharing a recent travel experience I had (spoiler alert: my worst flight experience ever), because it’s a good example of how to approach your plans in business and life. You’ll hear me cover how to take care of yourself so you can be resilient in the face of challenges, how to ask for and receive support, and ultimately how to get to where you want to go. You have the power to create your own experience and your story about that experience, in a way that empowers you to achieve your goals. Listen in to learn how you can do that. Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode461. In This Episode You’ll Learn:   How to approach things that don’t go to plan in an empowered way   Why taking care of yourself helps you be more resilient   How to use self-coaching to overcome challenges and fears   The value of asking for the support you need as you take action   Why you have the power to transform your experiences (and an example of how to do it)   How to own your experiences and learn from them     Featured In The Episode:   Free training: How To Plan Properly As A Perfectionist with Power Planning   Sign up for Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (PGSD) - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd   Take The Perfectionism Quiz: samlaurabrown.com/quiz   Sign up for daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - samlaurabrown.com/power   Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject     Work With Me: My coaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (aka PGSD) teaches you how to plan properly as a perfectionist so you can get out of your own way in your business. To find out more about the program and sign up today, visit: samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.

Ep 461: Taking Care Of Yourself So You Can Be Resilient + Other Lessons From My Worst Flight Experience Ever

In this episode I’m talking to one of our PGSDers, Rachel, all about using Power Planning to get into creative flow. Rachel is an artist that enjoys capturing people and characters in her illustrations and loves to share her creative journey with others. She joined PGSD because she had spent years dreaming of pursuing art full time but was too afraid to put her work in front of potential customers and start selling. With the help of PGSD and Power Planning, Rachel finally opened her online art store and made her first sales – all while working fewer hours than she had before. I’m excited for you to hear how Rachel used Power Planning to grow her business and become the artist she wanted to be (without feeling stressed). Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode460. In This Episode You’ll Learn:   How to never feel pressured or stressed when Power Planning   Rachel’s honest experience when she first started Power Planning   The practical things that Rachel does with her Power Planning to keep it flexible   What Rachel does when she feels inspired to create during her clean rest   How to stop resenting the time your full-time job is taking from your business   How to accurately estimate how long a creative task will take you   When Rachel checks in on her calendar and why it’s never stressful if she’s behind     Featured In The Episode:   Rachel’s instagram account: instagram.com/showherwork   Rachel’s website: showherwork.com   Free training: How To Plan Properly As A Perfectionist with Power Planning   Sign up for Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (PGSD) - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd   Take The Perfectionism Quiz: samlaurabrown.com/quiz   Sign up for daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - samlaurabrown.com/power   Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject   Episode 342: How To Plan Properly As A Perfectionist with Power Planning     Work With Me: My coaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (aka PGSD) teaches you how to plan properly as a perfectionist so you can get out of your own way in your business. To find out more about the program and sign up today, visit: samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.

Ep 460: Using Power Planning To Get Into Creative Flow with Rachel Brown (best of the podcast)

Two of my clients inside my program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (aka PGSD) have given me permission to share this coaching call excerpt with you. In this call we are talking about emotional capacity and how to expand your emotional capacity so that you can do the things you need to do to build your business. If you resist and avoid doing things that are uncomfortable, this is for you. When it comes to taking action we perfectionists get really frustrated when we have all of the knowledge but we aren’t able to do the things we need to do. Why aren’t we able to follow through? Because there is a difference between your knowledge and what you’re physically capable of doing (e.g. typing words on a computer) and your ability to experience the uncomfortable emotions that are required to get shit done. Inside PGSD we support you fully with getting out of your own way and this call is a great example of some of the mindset and emotional work required to become someone who is taking consistent action towards their business goals without burning out. If you find this episode helpful I want to invite you inside my program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done. We have just opened enrollment at the time of this episode being released and I will be teaching a live bonus workshop to those inside PGSD called Your First Power Hour to help you start Power Planning. It’s happening this Sunday 21 April at 7pm New York Time. To find out more about the program and sign up visit samlaurabrown.com/pgsd. Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode459. Featured In The Episode:   How to deal with overwhelm about the amount of work you have to do   Allowing and generating feelings so getting out of your own way feels safe   How to untangle your worthiness from your capability   Increasing your mental and emotional capacity to execute your plans     Featured In The Episode:   Sign up for Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (PGSD) - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd   Take The Perfectionism Quiz: samlaurabrown.com/quiz   Sign up for daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - samlaurabrown.com/power   Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject     The doors to Perfectionists Getting Shit Done are now open: My coaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done (aka PGSD) teaches you how to plan properly as a perfectionist and get out of your own way in your business. To find out more about the program and sign up today, visit: samlaurabrown.com/pgsd.

Ep 394: 12 Of My Biggest Productivity Mistakes

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