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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

Working from home feels like a dream. You get to work in your pyjamas, commute down the hall, and eat snacks whenever you want.

No more team meetings. No more grabbing a limp sushi roll at some wretched food court. No more pencil skirts. But working from home has its own challenges. How many times a day do you find yourself heading to the fridge for inspiration? How do you deal with the endless interruptions? And how do you create separation? On today's show, I chat with a dad of three teens about working from home, how he stays productive, his business why, how he deals with parent guilt and so much more. It's a great honest look at what it really takes to be a business-owning parent.

Tune in to learn:

• Russell's family dynamic

• How Russell approaches parenting

• How Russell started his business and adapted to working from home

• Russell's approach to managing parent guilt.

• Why treating yourself as your best client is key to an organised diary

• How to have open, healthy communication with your kids

• Why it's important to balance both the physical and the mental, and the impact it has on your business

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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

Hello, my name is Kate Toon, a business mentor, digital marketing coach, and an okayish parent.

As a fellow human trying to balance parenting and running a business, I know how hard it can be, and I wanted to share some tips I've picked up along the way. These are shorter, snappier episodes to give you quick wins in your day.

Following on from our previous tip about burnout, I want to give you some tips on how to avoid burnout, or recover if you've been through it.

The stages of burnout Now that I've listed them out, the signs of burnout might seem obvious. But in my experience, it kinda sneaks up on you. For me the phases run something like this: 1. Buoyant phase: I'm full of energy, optimism and enthusiasm.

2. A whiff of stress phase: The buoyancy dwindles, and I start to feel a slight edge of stress. I find it a little harder to focus, I jump from task to task, and I find myself waking up during the night.

3. Full-on stress phase: I feel stressed most of the time, get snappy with my family, burst into tears, and find it hard to work through anything for longer than 20 minutes.

4. Burnout phase: This is when I've reached my limit and I'm obsessing over everything. The self-doubt is high, and I start to get headaches, tummy upsets, and a tight feeling in my chest.

5. Ongoing burnout: I know that if I start feeling this way and don't make change, I could sink into genuine depression, and my family and business life would start to suffer.

Catch the episode to hear how I deal with these stages.

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2. Productivity Cheat Sheet

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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

Ah money, it's a funny old thing. We worship at the money altar while knowing we should appreciate the more down-to-earth things in our life. The giggle of our toddler. The family dinner.

But the truth is that most of us start our businesses with money as a partial goal.

At first, we hope to match the income from our previous job. Then perhaps we want to exceed that. After a while, we're consumed by dreams of six-figure revenues, six-figure gross profits, and six-figure net profits. But when it all comes down to it, it's not just about the money we earn, but the money we save. It's about managing our expectations and our desires. In today's episode, I'm chatting with a dad of two, a financial whizzkid and a smart business human who's working hard to maintain balance in his business and family life. And one who always keeps his office door open.

Tune in to learn:

• John's parenting style

• How John manages to work long hours, and have quality family time

• John's biggest work/family struggles working from home

• How John manages parental guilt

• John's tips for time management

• John's money tips for turning profit into personal wealth

• How John involves his family in the business

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Buy your copy of Six Figures in School Hours

Freebies:

1. Personal Branding Workbook

2. Productivity Cheat Sheet

3. Join the Misfit Entrepreneurs on Facebook

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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

As a fellow human trying to balance parenting and running a business, I know how hard it can be, and I wanted to share some tips I've picked up along the way. These are shorter, snappier episodes to give you quick wins in your day

Today's episode is all about recognising the signs of burn out.

As business-owning parents, we're often so busy running about after everyone else that we find it hard to spot the signs that something isn't quite right.

Furthermore, we often dismiss these signs as 'just part of being a parent'.

We're meant to be permanently exhausted, right?

Drinking a bottle of wine every other night is 'normal'.

And all parents are grumpy and snappy.

Nope.

It's important to spot the signs of burnout early so you can (hopefully) head them off at the pass.

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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

When it comes to parenting, cracking your own code for why you do what you do, can be challenging and a little bit scary.

Today's guest was not only a younger parent but also founded multiple businesses to support parents, including her latest venture, ParentTV.

Today we talk about how free ranges kids often become entrepreneur types, the importance of being rather than doing, letting your kids be bored, and running a business with ADHD. Also the concept of love bombing, which I think you're going to enjoy.

This is a deep dive into the neural pathways of parenting with some awesome productivity, self-care and money tips thrown in.

Let's get stuck in.

Tune in to learn:

• Sam's parenting style

• Why Sam thinks being present is so important

• The power of planning

• How risk-taking has influenced Sam's business

• Why parents struggle to let their kids be bored

• How to love-bomb

• The importance of structure

• How Sam balances parenting and her business

• Sam's self-care strategies

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Buy your copy of Six Figures in School Hours

Freebies:

1. Personal Branding Workbook

2. Productivity Cheat Sheet

3. Join the Misfit Entrepreneurs on Facebook

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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

As a fellow human trying to balance parenting and running a business, I know how hard it can be, and I wanted to share some tips I've picked up along the way. These are shorter, snappier episodes to give you quick wins in your day

Today's episode is all about creating recurring income.

Nearly every business owner I speak to says their first goal is to 'replace the income' they had in their old job. And I get this. While we love the freedom and autonomy of working for ourselves, we miss the regular salary.

A steady, regular income allows us to feel safe and secure, creating predictability and leaving us knowing we've got our rent/mortgage payments and the basics covered. Here are a few forms of recurring income that have worked for my clients and for me.

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Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

We all know the early years of being a business parent are an impossible struggle.

The late nights up with kids, the early mornings trying to build your business.

But what happens when your business is a success, your kids are teenagers and you want to shift gears and enjoy life a little more?

When you've been 'go go go' for a long time and told yourself the story that you're working hard for your kids, how do you know if now is the right time to stop, take stock and start enjoying life a little?

I'm talking to one of Australia's most successful entrepreneurs about the challenges of being a younger dad, working with his partner, powering through productivity and mastering his money.

But we also dig deeper into why many business-owning parents feel they're not good enough, push themselves too hard and fail to prioritise their health and well-being.

This is just a fabulous podcast episode with someone who I personally admire hugely.

I think you're going to love it.

Tune in to learn:

• Dale's mindset towards business and family

• Why we fall into the martyr trap in our business choices

• Dale's parenting style

• How Dale shifted from focusing on success to focusing on joy

• Challenges Dale has faced as a young parent

• Dale's biggest productivity tactic

• How Dale handles his financials

Useful resources:

• Die with Zero

• Profit First

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Buy your copy of Six Figures in School Hours

Freebies:

1. Personal Branding Workbook

2. Productivity Cheat Sheet

3. Join the Misfit Entrepreneurs on Facebook

Join the Digital Marketing Collective membership

Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

As a fellow human trying to balance parenting and running a business, I know how hard it can be, and I wanted to share some tips I've picked up along the way. These are shorter, snappier episodes to give you quick wins in your day

Today's episode is all about your evil, evil inbox.

Most people begin their day by opening their inbox, and, generally, this either:

1. Throws them into a state of panic as an 'urgent thing' has come up.

2. Makes them feel overwhelmed and demotivated.

3. Prompts them to focus on minor, unimportant tasks rather than the important chunky things that will move their business forward.

Listen to all tip episodes here

Buy your copy of Six Figures in School Hours

Freebies:

1. Personal Branding Workbook

2. Productivity Cheat Sheet

3. Join the Misfit Entrepreneurs on Facebook

Join the Digital Marketing Collective membership

Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

Today we're starting right at the beginning by asking the question, what is a good parent anyway? Is there really such a thing? Because of course, before we have kids we all have pretty strong ideas about how we're going to parent our child. But then reality and our businesses get in the way. So how do you maintain a great relationship with your kids while running your business? We'll dig into the different parenting styles, nature versus nurture, historical parenting styles, and understanding how little control we have.

We'll also cover how to set boundaries and give your kids the emotional intelligence to handle life's challenges. It's a deep dive that really helps you examine why you parent how you parent and how to forgive yourself for not having all the answers.

Tune in to learn:

• How to discover your parenting style

• The history of parenting as a concept

• How to set healthy boundaries with your kids

• Communication tips and advice

• What to do if you and your partner have different parenting styles

• Balancing your business why with parenting

• Why Jodie isn't giving up on being a perfect parent

Head to episode notes

Buy your copy of Six Figures in School Hours

Freebies:

• Personal Branding Workbook
• Productivity Cheat Sheet
• Join the Misfit Entrepreneurs on Facebook

Join the Digital Marketing Collective membership

Six Figures In School Hours Episode:

It's called Six Figures in School Hours

And it's all about helping you run a successful business and still be a good parent..

Because in my experience most business owning parents don't want to build a global empire or make a gazillion dollars a year. I mean it would be nice but it's not their top priority. They just want to earn a decent income and have time to read their kids a bedtime story without having a meltdown in the process.

Yes, we know running a business can be rewarding. However, it can also seep into every life crack, eat up your energy and leave you exhausted, stressed and snapping at your small humans.

In Six Figures in School Hours, me, Kate Toon award-winning digital marketing coach and business mentor will be sharing practical and doable tips for parents to run a successful business, make serious money and not burn themselves to a frazzle in the process. We'll be chatting with real life parents about their experiences of managing the juggle, as well as experts in parenting, finance, productivity, mindset, communication and more.

We'll cover off topics such as what is a good parent? Ways to involve your family in your business Strategies to improve money management And passive income ideas. I'll show you how to turn that six-figure profit dial up or down depending on the compromises you're willing to make.

As well as that we'll be sharing tools and tactics to manage your money, be more productive and focus on what matters, along with inspiring stories from other successful business parents who know exactly how it feels.

Six Figures in School Hours is a smart, honest business self-help podcast that gives you the skills, the tools and the confidence to never again need to choose between a successful business and a happy family life.

I hope you're going to love it.