Staying Solo

The Antidote to Overwhelm and Overwork When You Work With Clients


Listen Later

Have you ever started your Monday morning with a strong sense of existential dread and wondered how you could get all of your client work done… let alone any work ON your business? Next thing you know, the week has flown by, and it feels like the to-do list is just as long—if not even longer—than when you started.

The overwhelm is real and it's time for something to change, starting with getting a handle on what you can actually do in a week.

In this episode, we're talking about managing your capacity in a realistic way that doesn't mean firing all your clients or starting an entirely new business. (And yes, I know that bookstore/coffee shop idea is appealing!)

Topics discussed in this episode include:

  • Why working with clients can be so challenging.

  • What is capacity planning why you need to stop ignoring it, even if it feels tricky to manage.

  • An easy, no BS way to figure out your capacity.

  • Why you should track your time even if you don't want to and hate doing it.

  • Questions for every service business owner to answer about their capacity.

For detailed show notes and links to everything in this episode, please visit bsfreebusiness.com. To stay in the loop by email, sign up for updates at https://bsfreebusiness.com/newsletter/

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Staying SoloBy Maggie Patterson, BS-Free Business

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

74 ratings


More shows like Staying Solo

View all
BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast by BiggerPockets

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

16,730 Listeners

Social Media Marketing Podcast by Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner

Social Media Marketing Podcast

1,451 Listeners

The Side Hustle Show by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation | YAP Media

The Side Hustle Show

1,595 Listeners

Make Marketing Suck Less for Expertise-Driven Solo Businesses by Dr. Michelle Mazur

Make Marketing Suck Less for Expertise-Driven Solo Businesses

83 Listeners

The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business by Jenna Kutcher

The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business

12,117 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,401 Listeners

The Jasmine Star Show by Jasmine Star

The Jasmine Star Show

2,608 Listeners

Chill & Prosper with Denise Duffield-Thomas by Denise Duffield-Thomas

Chill & Prosper with Denise Duffield-Thomas

212 Listeners

Duped: The Dark Side of Online Business by Michelle Mazur and Maggie Patterson

Duped: The Dark Side of Online Business

91 Listeners

We Can Do Hard Things by Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

We Can Do Hard Things

41,516 Listeners

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen by Elise Loehnen

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

1,100 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

20,620 Listeners

Good Content with Shannon McKinstrie by Shannon McKinstrie

Good Content with Shannon McKinstrie

152 Listeners

AI Explored by Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner—AI marketing

AI Explored

95 Listeners

Sequence Over Strategy by Michelle Warner

Sequence Over Strategy

16 Listeners