The Balanced Business Owner

By Andrea Scalici

Welcome to the Balanced Business Owner podcast. The world around us isn’t slowing down anytime soon. If you want to avoid trying to keep up and burning yourself out, it’s important to be intentional a... more

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April 17, 2023Preparing Your Business To Hire A Virtual Assistant
If you want to hire a Virtual Assistant (VA) to help you in your business, listen to this podcast episode first. There’s a few things I recommend you do, which will either change your mind about hiring a VA or help you prepare your business and set your new VA up for success.
The process of hiring someone to help you in your business and getting them trained to do so is a sign of business growth and it can be a positive thing. Let this episode guide you.
What You’ll Learn:
Before you hire a VA, you’ll want to simplify your business first (you’ll want to simplify your marketing, sales, product or service, client delivery, and operations) because simplifying may mean you don’t need to hire a VA
After you simplify your business, decide whether or not you want to hire a VA
If you do want to hire a VA, the next step is to create a list of tasks you’d want your new team member to do (you’ll want to create a list of tasks you’d want a VA to do when it comes to your marketing, sales, product or service, client delivery, and operations)
Turn your list of tasks into a checklist or casual job description
Create a simple, yet detailed training video for each item on your checklist or casual job description (5-10 minutes per video maximum or break it up into multiple videos if it’s longer than 10 minutes)
Save everything in one folder on Google Drive, Dropbox, or whatever you use
Create an email address, if necessary, for your VA to use if they’ll be doing customer service or contacting your customers in any way
Create a Google Doc with all the things your VA will have access to, including logins and passwords, so you can reference it for onboarding and offboarding
Set your expectations
How to find, interview, and hire a VA for your business
Why it's important to create a communication plan for you and your VA
Treat your VA with respect and give them constructive feedback as needed
If it isn’t working out, treat your VA with respect in the exit conversation and afterwards
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
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Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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25min
April 10, 2023How To Reduce Decision Fatigue (Guest Kirsten Parker)
You make (what feels like) a bazillion small and big decisions each day - from when to exercise and what to eat for dinner to how to grow your business. All these decisions can feel exhausting!
Listen to this podcast episode as Andrea and guest and Decision Coach Kirsten Parker share a tangible process you can use to make decisions quicker, easier, and less tiresome.
What You’ll Learn:
What decision fatigue is and how to dramatically reduce it in your daily life
When you’re faced with a decision, you want to identify the problem you’re solving or the goal you’re pursuing by asking yourself, “What do I even want?”
Make sure the answer to that question feels true to you and you have compassion for yourself
Decide ahead of time that your problem is a solvable problem
Approach decision making with intentional energy by scheduling a ‘decision session’ with yourself
Make your decision, move forward, and let it be imperfect
Check-in with your decision and adjust things if necessary
Ask for help if you need help
Work With Me:
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Learn More About Kirsten Parker:
Kirsten runs the Decision Masters Program, a membership for brainy high-achievers who want to know what really matters to them and make decisions accordingly, with ease and efficiency (instead of overthinking and angst).
CLICK HERE for Kirsten’s website and download her crash course on “How to Say No.”
CLICK HERE to connect with Kirsten on Instagram.
CLICK HERE to connect with Kirsten on TikTok.
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Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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43min
April 03, 2023The Perfect Weekly Schedule
Your time is limited and precious. The way you spend your time must match your values and priorities as a person, or you will feel like something isn’t right. You will feel like you’re wasting your time. I don’t want you feeling that way, because it’s completely fixable, which is why I created this episode for you.
If you want to create a weekly schedule that feels right to you, and doesn’t have you feeling like you’re wasting your time, hit play and listen to this podcast episode right now!
I share the details of my perfect weekly schedule with you for inspiration and I teach you exactly how to create your perfect weekly schedule. I get very detailed and specific in this episode so you can walk away knowing how to make this happen.
What You’ll Learn:
If you feel like your schedule isn’t right, you can make changes
Things change in your life and business every 3-4 months, so re-evaluating your schedule every 3-4 months and adjusting some things makes sense
Your perfect weekly schedule will look different than mine and everyone else
I give you a detailed example of my current perfect weekly schedule in both my life and business that you can use as inspiration to create your perfect weekly schedule
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Support This Podcast
Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please subscribe, rate, and review!
Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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36min
March 27, 2023My Simple System To Achieve Work-Life Balance
You can achieve work-life balance no matter how busy or overwhelmed you are, and it can be much simpler and quicker than you might think if you are intentional about it.
Listen to this episode to learn my simple system to achieve work-life balance. I don’t hold anything back in this episode. You will hear my entire system with real life examples and you can apply everything you learn to your life and business for immediate relief. I really hope this episode helps you.
What You’ll Learn:
You must consider your values as a person when you’re getting started on the pathway towards work-life balance, because you want your values as a person to match how you spend your time
Define what work-life balance means to you, so you know what you’re trying to achieve (visualize your ideal work day and your ideal non-work day)
Find the biggest tension points in your life and business and create a plan to smooth those tension points out (look at the time you’re spending on your health, money, relationships with other people and yourself, boring adult responsibilities, marketing, sales, product or service, client delivery, and business operations)
Implement your plan into your life and business, while getting the mindset support you need
Maintain your work-life balance by adjusting your schedule and your mindset every 3-4 months as things in your life and business naturally evolve
You can implement my simple system in 30 days and either achieve work-life balance in that timeframe or be on your way to achieving it
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Support This Podcast
Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please subscribe, rate, and review!
Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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38min
March 20, 2023When To Throw Your Schedule In The Trash
Unexpected things happen in life sometimes that force us to throw our schedules in the trash. Sick kids, us getting sick, accidents, issues with our cars or houses, emergencies, whatever. It’s no fun when these things happen, but we still need to find a way to deal with it.
In all honesty, I had a different topic planned for this episode today, but one of my sons was sick and had to stay at home from school, which meant I had to adjust my schedule and my expectations for my work day. In this episode I share the details of the decisions I made to adjust my schedule and my mindset. Use my experience as inspiration for yourself.
What You’ll Learn:
Acknowledge, validate, and allow yourself to feel what you’re feeling, which may be frustrated, disappointed, and annoyed
How to adjust your schedule and your mindset when something unexpected happens on your work day (determine your non-negotiables and how you’ll make them happen, but allow for things to be imperfect)
Do your best to avoid task switching or thought switching, because that will produce mental exhaustion
Make sure you set yourself up for success for that day as best as you possibly can
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Support This Podcast
Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please subscribe, rate, and review!
Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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17min
March 13, 2023Is Work-Life Balance A Myth?
Is work-life balance a myth? I think my answer to this question will surprise you, because it's not a simple yes or no. There are so many nuances to this.
Listen to this episode to hear my thoughts about this topic and its nuances. You'll gain a new perspective on work-life balance and how you can realistically achieve it in your life.
What You’ll Learn:
Work-life balance isn’t a perfect balance everyday, instead it’s more of an average over time
Work-life balance looks different for everyone, so it’s important to define for yourself
Work-life balance can be achieved by changing your schedule and your mindset
The idea of achieving work-life balance may feel complicated in your mind, but when you keep it simple and doable in your mind, you’ll be able to actually achieve it
You must believe it's possible for you to achieve work-life balance in order to make it happen
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Support This Podcast
Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please subscribe, rate, and review!
Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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16min
March 06, 2023My Story
Before you take any advice from me, I think it's important you know who I am and why I help my clients to stop overworking and create more balance in their lives. It's important to me that you know a little about my background and experience with this topic. But telling my story is not my favorite thing to do. So let's get through this episode together and move on to future episodes where I'l be helping you design your ideal life and actually create it.
What You’ll Learn:
What it was like for me as a child growing up with an entrepreneurial parent who traveled a lot and worked long hours.
After I graduated college, I worked in the investment banking world and almost fell into the overworking corporate trap.
In my late 20’s, I met and fell in love with my (now) husband and I found myself at a crossroads with my career - where I had to choose between the corporate world and my true life and work passions.
The balance I’ve created in my life as a business owner with a family.
How I help my clients define what work-life balance means to them and create it in their lives and businesses.
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you’ll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Support This Podcast
Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please subscribe, rate, and review!
Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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21min
March 06, 2023Trailer
Welcome to the Balanced Business Owner podcast. The world around us isn’t slowing down anytime soon. If you want to avoid trying to keep up and burning yourself out, it’s important to be intentional about setting your own pace.
In this podcast, you’ll learn practical tools to manage your schedule and mindset, so you can reconnect with your business, your family, and yourself, and feel good about your life. Listen to this trailer to learn more about the topics we'll cover in this podcast. Subscribe, rate, and review!
Work With Me
Want to work with me? Click here to learn how to work with me.
Want my free training? Click here to get my free training Simple Shifts. Inside you'll learn a mix of simple scheduling and mindset shifts that will help you get on the roadmap to work-life balance.
Support This Podcast
Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please subscribe, rate, and review!
Subscribing, rating, and reviewing this podcast will help other people discover it and will motivate me to create more episodes. I really appreciate you taking time to do that.
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3min

FAQs about The Balanced Business Owner:

How many episodes does The Balanced Business Owner have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.