I revisit a past episode (#51) to give an update on my views about cash flow, debt, and the place that these two things have in entrepreneurship. Instead of letting negative thoughts and fearful perceptions of money control your business and your goals around profitability, consider the in-and-out relationship of cash flow as a normal part of early business ownership and first generation entrepreneurship. 

In this episode, I cover:

• Revisiting the topic of cash flow and debt almost one year later
• Understanding the position negative cash flow and debt has in our lives
• Giving a reality check about where you’re at in your entrepreneurial journey
• Avoiding feeling rushed to reach a certain goal or success benchmark 
• Making peace with spending the money you make

This is Note to Self, a series of mini-lessons from two high-impact entrepreneurs to their former, present and future selves. Expanding off of last week’s concept of confidence regression, my co-host Nicola and I break down what makes the holidays so stressful for entrepreneurs and how to set boundaries with loved ones during this busy season. 

In this mini-lesson, we cover: 

• Validation as a job and responsibility we have for ourselves
• Making more room for rest, dreaming, and practising confidence regression
• Setting the intention of grounded gratitude this holiday season

This is Note to Self, a series of mini-lessons from two high-impact entrepreneurs to their former, present and future selves. Grab your sticky notes and listen up. This week, my co-host Nicola and I talk about resilience and the role it has in our nonlinear journey of confidence.

In this mini-lesson, we cover: 

• Confidence regression and how we’ve experienced it in our lives
• Tools we use to navigate confidence and prevent regression 

I’m joined by client and friend Heather O’Neill, the CEO and Strategic Partner for tech consulting + UX firm, Pixels for Humans, to talk about hiring, firing, and managing micro-teams. With over 20 years of experience in her field, Heather prides herself on her ability to help business owners grow their companies while maintaining the values most important to them and shares with me the many lessons she’s learned about growing and developing strong small business teams. 

In this episode, Heather and I cover:

• Control, trust, and power dynamics when hiring and managing a team
• Transitioning from managing the work to managing the people doing the work
• Learning to be a manager while you're still responsible for certain deliverables
• Hiring with honesty and firing with integrity
• Feedback, introspection, and self-auditing throughout these processes

*Special Episode Alert!* This episode contains both a new concept AND an invitation to a FREE training on it. 

The half-page business plan is a 5-part, living document that helps you prep, prove and review your business (and all of your offers) efficiently and in a way that allows you to gain proficiency in your way of doing business. 

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The Half-Page Business Plan Workshop: 

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, 2-3pm CT

Get the zoom link to join at https://www.calendly.com/haileythomas/bizplan

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Application call deadline for Cohort One of One Year from Now: The Residency: 

Friday, December 3rd, 5pm CT

https://www.brainspaceoptimized.com/residency/ 

I share my answer to the question: What results are you clients guaranteed to get and how do you know? Using my One Year From Now: The Residency program as an example, I walk through the essentials of structure and process, and how they work together to build the guaranteed results I promise to each client within the program. 

In this episode, I cover:

• Guaranteed results and the value they bring to your clients 
• Building structural pillars in a group setting
• Processes that support structure and provide tools 
• Working through triggers and trauma for entrepreneurs of all backgrounds
• Results I guarantee with the Residency and how I measure them

I talk about my top tenets for launching a new product, digital or otherwise, and discuss how to correctly set expectations, whether this is your first launch or your fifteenth. Often we want plans that are more complex than necessary and don't focus on the right parts of the process when performing a product launch. Feel free to use this episode as a guide to help you think through making the transition from service-focused businesses to products. 

In this podcast, I cover:

• Submitting an application to the Residency, which will be open until December 1st
• Defining a launch as selling within a time frame
• Rethinking the concept of digital products as “passive income” 
• Explaining my personal and professional launching experiences 
• Diving into the Dos and Don’ts of your next launch 

I talk with co-owners of Speakerbox Media and producers of the One Year From Now podcast, Ray and Sarah Smith, about their journey in entrepreneurship together and growing the suite of services and products within their podcast production company. 

In this podcast, Sarah and Ray cover:

• Building different business models underneath the umbrella of one company
• Maintaining curiosity and pursuing what’s next 
• Learning to divide their time and money across different projects 
• Entrepreneuring as a couple and accepting challenges together 
• Fostering connectivity and sustainability in their One Year From Now vision 

I interview author, life, and writer coach Zahie El Kouri about identifying as a writer in your career, common experiences she works through with her clients, and actually getting a book written in the midst of a busy and fulfilling work and home life. 

In this podcast, I cover:

• Sharing your work and the trauma associated with it
• Taking steps to get a book published
• Doing the “pre-work” before you beginning writing
• Valuing your time and experiences
• Creating the time you need to write

I interview digital marketing consultant and recent client Melissa Gardner about the transformation she experienced from virtual assistant to specialized digital marketer with the power to self-coach herself through her growth and decision making. 

In this podcast, I cover:

• Experiencing expansion, contraction, and acclimation 
• Hiring a coach and her reasoning why
• Seeming like it “wasn’t working” and feelings around that
• Creating results in the last 6 months
• Focusing on the next year (her OYFN vision)