Feeling stuck in the “What should I do?” loop is exhausting—and it quietly drains momentum from your day. We kick off the year with a clear decision-making filter built around five practical questions that cut through noise, reduce overthinking, and get you moving with intention. Instead of chasing perfect answers, we reframe choices around context, impact, and alignment so your actions match your goals and your time works for you.

We start with ease: how to strip friction from complex tasks, break work into smaller moves, ask for help, and define “good enough” to unlock throughput. Then we recalibrate effort by asking what’s truly at stake, so minor decisions stop eating major energy. We zoom out with a future-focused lens, weighing short-term comfort against long-term cost, and explore why choosing discomfort now prevents resentment later. Along the way, we dive into alignment as a daily filter for high performers who see opportunities everywhere—because a good opportunity that doesn’t serve your goals is still a distraction.

We also confront avoidance head-on. Naming the thing you’re dodging—tough conversations, stale projects, unsexy systems—releases you from the spin cycle and puts you back in control. You’ll leave with a simple, usable framework: keep these questions visible, let overwhelm be your trigger, ask just one, and act on the honest answer. No extra data dump needed—just better prompts and the courage to follow through.

If this helps, share it with a friend who’s stuck in the spin. Subscribe for more practical strategy, and leave a quick review to tell us which question you’re adopting this week. Your clarity starts with a better question—what’s the one you’ll use today?

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

Ready for a candid debrief from the trenches? Jenn opens up about five mistakes that cost time, money, and peace of mind - and the practical tools she’s now using to steer with more clarity and less chaos. If you’ve ever said yes to shiny opportunities, hopped from strategy to strategy after a few weeks, waited too long to hire, tried to outwork burnout, or moved the goalpost so fast you forgot to celebrate, this conversation will feel like a mirror and a map.

We dig into a simple three-question filter to evaluate opportunities - aligned with where you’re going, resentment check, ego vs mission - so you can protect focus and say no without guilt. From there, we unpack why strategies don’t fail in three weeks; they fail when we abandon them in three weeks. You’ll hear how sticking with a single platform and process creates compounding results, what inputs to measure when the outputs lag, and how to resist trial churn and comparison traps that drain momentum.

The episode also tackles delegation and rest with hard-won honesty. Hiring before you’re desperate safeguards decision quality and opens room for deeper client work, better content, and scalable systems. Rest becomes a non-negotiable because creativity, patience, and judgment all depend on it. Finally, we talk about celebration as a strategic practice. Marking small wins teaches your brain that progress counts, keeps motivation steady, and turns growth into a repeatable habit rather than a sprint to nowhere.

If these themes resonate, share the episode with a friend who needs to hear they’re not alone in the messy middle. And if you’re ready to make changes but don’t know where to start, subscribe, leave a review to help others find the show, and join the weekly email at solutionsforscale.com so we can figure it out together.

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

Remember that 90-day plan from October?

The one where you picked your one professional goal and one personal goal. Where you committed to blocking your calendar, building systems, protecting your energy, and showing up strategically for the final quarter of the year.

How's that going?

If you crushed it—amazing. If you started strong and then life happened—you're not alone. If you listened and thought "great idea" but didn't actually do anything—no judgment.

Here's what matters now: you've got 22 days left.

In this episode, I'm checking in on where you are, connecting it back to our conversation about self-trust, and giving you a practical plan for finishing the year as someone who keeps their word to themselves.

Because January 1st isn't a magic reset button. The patterns you're running right now are the same ones you'll carry into the new year—unless something changes.

Let's use these 22 days to change something.

What you'll learn in this episode:

Why the last 68 days matter less than the next 22

How broken promises to yourself erode your confidence and your ability to execute

The real cost of not following through (hint: it's not about the goal)

Why self-trust is the foundation that everything else gets built on

How to reframe these final weeks as an opportunity to rebuild

A simple 5-step plan for finishing the year strong

Why who you become matters more than what you accomplish

This week's action plan:

Do a quick audit of the last 68 days—what promises did you keep? What promises did you break?

Pick one small, specific, achievable thing to do every day for the next 22 days

Tell someone your commitment and ask them to check in with you

Track it daily—a simple checkmark is enough

Take your CEO hour this week to review and plan

Key takeaways:

Every decision is a vote for or against the person you're becoming

You can't build a business or a life on a foundation of broken self-trust

These 22 days aren't about cramming—they're about rebuilding

The goals take care of themselves when you become someone who trusts themselves

January 1st isn't a fresh start—you carry yourself into the new year

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

You set the goal. You make the plan. You feel motivated. And then... you don't follow through.

Sound familiar?

Most people think they have a discipline problem or a motivation problem. But what if the real issue is that you've stopped trusting yourself?

In this episode, we explore why every decision you make - even the small ones - is actually a vote for the person you're becoming. Jenn breaks down why broken promises to yourself create a self-trust deficit that's quietly sabotaging your business, and shares a practical framework for rebuilding that trust starting today.

You'll learn why choosing the hard thing in the moment makes everything easier over time, the difference between strategic rest and avoidance, and the CEO identity shift that separates entrepreneurs who scale from those who stay stuck.

If you've ever wondered why you can't seem to stick to your own plans, this episode is for you.

In this episode:

• Why your brain keeps score of every commitment you make to yourself
• How self-trust compounds over time (for better or worse)
• The "start stupid small" strategy for rebuilding broken trust
• Why strategy doesn't matter if you don't trust yourself to execute

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

The holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between magic and meltdown. We get honest about why so many of us abandon self-care this time of year, how that choice ripples through our homes and teams, and what it looks like to lead with a regulated nervous system instead of white-knuckling for perfect moments. You’ll hear a candid story of snapping, apologizing, and noticing how depletion breeds reactivity—and how a small pivot toward calm changes the entire room.

We unpack a simple framework to reset your mornings and your mindset: SAVERS from Miracle Morning—Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, and Scribing. No heroics required. Start with minutes, not hours. Learn how present-tense affirmations tied to your why stick, why visualization primes the brain like a rehearsal, and how even light movement boosts mood and focus. We also share easy, free body check-ins: scheduled reminders to unclench your jaw, drop your shoulders, and take a deep breath that flips your system from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest.

This conversation is about presence over perfection. Say no without guilt. Lower standards that don’t matter—cards, flawless decor, scratch-only bakes—so you can raise the ones that do: patience, warmth, attention. Your family won’t remember whether the cookies were homemade; they’ll remember your tone and your laughter. Your clients don’t need you 24/7; they need you clear and present when you are there. Stop waiting for January to feel human again. Choose one boundary and one ritual today, and let your steadier energy set the tone for everyone around you.

If this resonated, tap follow, share it with a friend who needs permission to rest, and leave a quick review. What’s one thing you’ll do differently to protect your energy this season?

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

You have seventeen brilliant business ideas in your notes app right now. Every single one of them is good. Legitimately good.

But your business isn't growing the way you want it to.

The problem isn't that you need better ideas—it's that you have too many good ones. In this episode, I'm breaking down the entrepreneur's curse: being brilliant enough to see opportunities everywhere, but not strategic enough to know which ones are actually yours to take.

We're talking about why more ideas don't equal more growth, the hidden cost of pursuing every opportunity, and the three-question filter that will help you choose which ideas deserve your focus (and which ones belong on your "not now" list).

If you're ambitious, creative, and spread way too thin, this episode is your permission slip to finally focus on the one thing that will actually move your business forward.

WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS

For ambitious entrepreneurs struggling with:

• Too many ideas and not enough execution
• Scattered focus and lack of momentum
• Revenue plateaus despite working harder
• Team confusion about priorities
• Feeling busy but not productive
• Analysis paralysis from too many options
• Opportunity FOMO (fear of missing out)
• Building multiple businesses at once

This episode will help you understand why strategic focus beats scattered execution—and how to finally choose the right opportunities instead of trying to pursue them all.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER:

✅ Why having too many good ideas is sabotaging your business growth
✅ The hidden cost of every new opportunity you say yes to
✅ Why diversification works for investing but kills early-stage businesses
✅ The difference between what's possible and what's actually aligned with your vision
✅ The three strategic questions that separate good ideas from aligned ideas
✅ How to create a "not now" list so good ideas don't go to waste
✅ Why strategic patience is a competitive advantage
✅ The CLEAR Process framework for evaluating opportunities
✅ How to choose your one big focus (and commit to it for 6 months)
✅ Why saying no to good ideas is actually the most ambitious thing you can do

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

Ever feel the high-performance version of you walk through the front door and start running the house like a meeting? We unpack how a powerful CEO identity can drift into every corner of life and unintentionally crowd out warmth, play, and ease. Rather than flipping a mythical “work off” switch, we walk through a practical approach to integration—bringing all of who we are while choosing the right facet to lead with, moment by moment.

We share simple, real-world tools to shift from strategy to presence without losing your edge. You’ll learn how a two-minute threshold ritual can dissolve work intensity before it hits the dinner table, why a three-second pause can transform conversations, and the exact consent-based question that prevents unasked-for coaching: “Do you want help thinking this through, or do you want me to just listen?” We also map a weekly reflection practice to spot where you made someone feel managed instead of loved and set a small intention to course-correct.

Across the episode, we reframe ambition as an asset that needs more gears, not fewer. At work, lead with solutions and foresight; at home, lead with curiosity and connection while keeping your competence available in the background. This shift builds trust, reduces reactivity, and actually sharpens your leadership because real rest returns. If you’ve ever heard “you’re going to make it homework,” this conversation will help you respond with empathy instead of a plan. Press play, try one practice tonight, and tell us what changed at your table. If this resonated, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more leaders can grow power and presence together.

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

You're really good at solving problems. And that's exactly why your business is still chaos.

Every time you swoop in and fix something, every time you're the hero who saves the day, you're building a dependency instead of a business. In this episode, I'm breaking down why your problem-solving superpower is secretly your kryptonite—and what to do about it.

We're talking about the identity trap that keeps capable entrepreneurs stuck in firefighter mode, why being needed feels so good (even when it's destroying you), and the three specific steps you can take this week to shift from solving problems to preventing them.

This one's going to challenge you. But if you're ready to stop being everyone's emergency contact and start being an actual CEO, let's dig in.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

✅ Why being good at solving problems keeps your business dependent on you
 ✅ The identity trap that makes letting go feel like losing your value
 ✅ The difference between firefighter mode and CEO mode (and which one you're actually in)
 ✅ How to shift from reactive problem-solving to strategic problem prevention
 ✅ Three practical steps to break the addiction to being needed
 ✅ Why your team will never develop judgment if you keep giving them answers
 ✅ How to build systems that scale instead of staying the bottleneck

WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR

This episode is perfect for you if:

• You're constantly solving the same problems over and over
• Your team asks permission for everything
• You can't take a day off without everything falling apart
• You know you should delegate but you're faster at doing it yourself
• You feel guilty when you're not solving problems
• Your business growth is stuck because you're the bottleneck
• You're working 50+ hours a week but revenue isn't growing
• You want to build a business that runs without you

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

After listening, ask yourself:

1. When was the last time I solved a problem that someone else could have handled?
2. What am I afraid will happen if I stop being the person who fixes everything?
3. If I'm honest with myself, am I a firefighter or a CEO?
4. What's one recurring problem I could build a system for this month?
5. Am I solving this problem, or am I feeding my need to be needed?

SHARE THIS EPISODE

Know an entrepreneur who's amazing at solving problems but stuck in their business? Send them this episode. Sometimes we all need permission to stop being the hero.

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

Your revenue isn’t just a sales problem; it’s a nervous system problem. When every ping jolts you into fight or flight, strategic thinking goes dark and your business runs on emergency mode. We trace how emotional reactivity shows up in everyday decisions—saying yes to the wrong clients, chasing quick fixes, freezing on follow-through—and how those micro-moments add up to missed proposals, stalled ideas, and a drained bottom line.

We break down a practical operating system for calm: the CLEAR framework. You’ll hear how to cast a concrete vision of control, locate repeating patterns of chaos, evaluate the gap without blame, align resources with simple SOPs and communication protocols, and build a roadmap that scales clarity as you grow. This is resilience by design, not a pep talk. Expect real examples of decision trees, escalation rules, and the kind of calendar “white space” that lets you think before you act.

To help you start now, we share three moves you can implement today: a daily decision audit to find what didn’t need you, an interruption log to expose process gaps, and one protected hour a week for strategic work with zero inbox time. The result is a flywheel—calm creates better decisions, better decisions create profit, and profit funds stronger systems. If you’ve been the system for your business, it’s time to build one that serves you. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s stuck in whack-a-mole mode, and leave a quick review so more builders can trade chaos for control.

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout

The first week of a 90‑day sprint feels electric—until reality shows up with sick kids, client fires, and that familiar wall where enthusiasm dies. We dig into a simple truth that changes everything: success favors systems over motivation. Instead of trying to “be stronger,” we design commitment architecture—environment, schedule, and accountability—that makes the right choice easier than quitting.

We start by choosing a single non‑negotiable anchor that keeps you tethered to your goal on the hardest days. Then we run a friction-and-momentum audit to remove hidden blockers and add smart boosters: peak‑energy scheduling, consolidated tracking, silenced notifications, accountability pings, and visual streaks that make progress obvious. You’ll get a no‑drama recovery protocol to stop spirals after a missed day, plus a three‑level progress system—daily checks, weekly reflection, and monthly comparisons to your starting point—to build momentum that sustains itself.

We also tackle the crucial judgment call: are you in a dip or a dead end? With clear questions for each, you’ll know when to push through and when to pivot. To keep your fire lit, we revisit your true why and normalize asking for help so you’re not carrying the goal alone. This isn’t about chasing a finish line—it’s about becoming the person who shows up, especially when the work stops being exciting. If you’re ready to finish the year strong with less willpower and more design, this conversation gives you the tools, language, and structure to do it.

If this resonated, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s in the dip, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people build systems that stick.

Thanks for listening!

Connect With Me:

📩 Join my email list: https://www.solutionsforscale.com/subscribe
📱 DM me on Instagram: @solutonsbyjenncody

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend who needs to hear this message!

🎧 Subscribe to and Review The Create Your Day Podcast on:
📌 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Buzzsprout