Productivity, Networking, Planning, Development and Evernote with Rob Catalano, Co-Founder of Worktango Inc Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Business and Marketing – Learning – Books – Entrepreneurial There’s this really great book that takes about 20 minutes to read. It’s called ‘What Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast’. It’s something that I read five or six years ago and thought it was something I wanted to add into my routine. I’m reading a book called ‘The Organized Mind’ by Daniel Levitson. It’s all about the digital onslaught now with everything being 300 miles an hour and always on. What was really interesting was that he says that having unread email in your inbox can reduce your IQ by as much as 10 points. (comment from Jo) Productivity Planning the Day Before – I review my top five from the night before. What that means is that every day after work I write a top five things I’m going to focus on doing the next day to help me prioritise, especially when there are a lot of things going on. I do review that in the morning just to make sure it aligns with what I created after work the day before and nothing has changed from then. Email Time – I do like to catch up on my emails before around 10:00 am but I don’t touch my emails for the next two hours afterwards and really focus on one or two of those important things from my top five. Planning Travel – When I’m traveling, I’ll try to book flights at 6:00 AM or 7:00 AM so I can still get caught up at the airport on the day and just start the day right. Daily Goal Setting – It’s something we started doing daily when I was working at Achievers. The way we always looked at it was there was a top three but you didn’t want to limit it to top three so there was a stretch goal of something you found you wanted to get done, that was the fourth one. The fifth one was always something from a personal development standpoint. It had nothing to do with work but it was something you personally needed to do. It’s still top three productivity at work cloaked with a fourth stretch goal and a fifth personal one. Shut off Distractions – That is why literally between 10:00 and before lunch, I do try and shut off email, shut off the distractions. I don’t put the phone on airplane mode so to speak but if someone really needs to get hold of me they can call me but it’s focused from 10-12 to try to do that top one thing. Then when something urgent does come up, you can take care of it the rest of the day and feel a bit productive that you focused on the most important thing first. WorkTango – our tool is built to help managers have more accountability on what they are doing for their organisation and for their team. I actually use WorkTango as a tool to prioritise the things I need to get done for my team to make sure that they are successful. Personal Development Learning [spp-tweet tweet=”A big one is not just learning from books but just connecting with people.”] You meet new people and you learn about new approaches and ideas and thoughts and ways that they do things. It’s a great way to learn and respect what other people do. From a learning and improvement standpoint, the ability to chat with new people is just a good opportunity. I do it whenever I can. Goal Setting – I always try to think do I have a goal on the wealth side of things, the self side of things, and the health side of things. That’s how I structure what are my future goals personally. Personal Development – Motivation Living More [spp-tweet tweet=”Am I Living More? One thing that comes to mind is, did I do something that I’ve never done before.”] What I mean by that is, have I engaged in some level of new experience that I learned something or something I can have as a memory moving forward. Yesterday actually was a great example, it was the first time I was actually on a sailboat and drove it and didn’t know what I was doing but it was a cool experience. When I do something like that, I feel I’ve kind of lived more, right? Organisation – Evernote I have one list in a tool called Evernote which I’m sure people have heard about. I have work tasks, personal tasks but outside of the top five there’s always a running list of other things that I have going on. Some might be things I want to get accomplished next week or if I have an idea and I want to do it, I write it in something I want to do someday. I kind of keep a list of personal and work stuff outside of the top five so that I don’t forget things. Wellbeing – Meditation and Mindfulness Headspace – They actually have this little thing in there called SOS. Literally, it’s this quick, three-minute kind of ‘just stop’. There have been times where I have been super stressed and not sure how to move forward on something and I have used the head space SOS tool. Just again, three minutes of just stopping, coming up for air goes a long way in terms of trying to fix some things that don’t go right. Wellbeing – Stress I think health is not only the physical part of it but just kind of this state of mind. What I try and do is I really try and be in my days. It’s really easy to get bogged down in a lot of different things and tasks and to lose a day or a week. Sometimes I really try and just focus. Thursdays would most exclusively be about our product or Mondays are on marketing or Fridays are more about writing because I do a lot of columns and blogs. I think healthy isn’t just your physical state but also mentally as well. How do you keep yourself on track? To Contact Rob People can reach out to me anytime. Rob Catalano is the Twitter handle that I have. Obviously, that’s my name on LinkedIn. [email protected] is my email address and you can reach me there. If you went to the worktango.io website, you can email the company and it’ll get routed to me at some point. From my end, I love connecting with different people and learning how they do things and, if some other productivity hack has worked for you I’d love to hear about it. It’s just great to connect with people. [themedy_alertbox icon=”download” colour=”red” font_awesome_att=”” custom_colour=””] Download my Stress Reduction Checklist here [/themedy_alertbox] [spp-transcript] ingThe post Rob Catalano: Productivity, Networking, Planning, Development and Evernote first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Jack Stafford is a singer-songwriter and podcast host. After living a toyboy lifestyle in Amsterdam running a fashion business, he became a nomadic troubadour visiting 45 countries. Playing house concerts in exchange for a bed for the night, Jack met many incredible people and had many life-altering experiences. He writes songs inspired by his struggles and uses them to help others deal with their life issues. Through his Podcast Podsongs, he interviews activists, professors, campaigners, and other inspirational people and creates a song for each guest inspired by their work and story. When not making music, he is a meditation teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner, cyclist, student of metaphysics, and Italian representative of The Aetherius Society. Today, Jack shares his journey from running a business in Amsterdam to touring the world doing house concerts. He reveals how he turned his passion for music into his podcast and the process he uses to create the songs for each episode. He shares the things he does to stay focused on his work and how he maintains a balance between his career and life. He highlights Ayurveda’s impact on his life and how he became involved with the Aetherius Society. He also shares the most unusual things he has written songs about and how he got people worldwide to participate in one of his songs. “Now we are in the age of service to others; you have to go among the people and be of service.” Jack Stafford This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Jack became a travelling musician How Jack turned his passion for music into a podcast The process Jack uses to create songs about each of his guests What a typical day looks like for Jack  How Jack focuses on his podcast work What Jack does to maintain a balance in his life and career How Jack organises himself to make sure everything gets done How having a clear vision for Podsongs is naturally developing a strategic approach to work How Ayurveda has helped Jack in many aspects of his life The most unusual things Jack has written songs about How Jack got people from around the world to participate in one of his songs What Jack does to stay healthy and energised What the Aetherius Society is and how Jack is involved with it How Jack deals with tough days Resources Mentioned: Amanda Palmer TED Talk – The Art of Asking Spotify Trello Asana Aetherius Society The Great Barrington Declaration Connect with Jack Stafford: Podsongs Podsongs on Facebook Jack Stafford on Instagram Jack Stafford on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Jack Stafford: Forging Deeper Connections Through Music first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Gary Gorman is a negotiation specialist and the author of 30 Days Sales Challenge: Get To Love Selling For The Non Sales Person and Inside The Entrepreneur’s Mind: What Makes The Real Life Business Owner Want To Risk It All?  With over 30 years’ of experience, he has helped countless organisations around the world improve their negotiation skills, land better projects and contracts, and increase their profits, including DHL Logistics, Siemens, Advanced Electronics, and Volkswagen. When he’s not training teams in the art of deal-making, he enjoys a quiet life in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where he unwinds by watching sports games and listening to music.  Gary joins me today to share his fascinating experience as a freelancer and how it vastly differs from his earlier years in the corporate world working full-time for various companies. He discusses his various approaches to balancing personal and professional matters, taking the bulk of his workload off his shoulders, and making sure that he takes good care of himself. He also shares why in spite of having to put in more work than before, he honestly believes that he truly has the ‘power to live more’.  “If you’re setting up your own business, it isn’t easy- certainly initially. But the benefits are more than worth it once you push through that.” Gary Gorman  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  How Gary went from having “proper jobs” to becoming a negotiation specialist. How redundancy opened up a whole new world for him. Why he still enjoys what he does, despite having to work harder than he used to. How his profession of choice has instilled a stronger sense of discipline in him. How he balances work with family life and why it’s easier for him now than when he was starting out. His attitude towards making promises to his kids and keeping them regardless of his workload. The current state of LinkedIn and the changes on social media in general. How outsourcing helps him conserve and more effectively utilise his greatest asset: time. How he found and selected the best people to outsource his work to – and why they’ve been working together for almost a decade. Gary’s experience with severe health problems in the past and the day he resolved to take better care of himself.  His daily fitness regimen and how he approaches self-care. How he relaxes and de-stresses with sports and watching TV. His outlook on reading books and attending marketing conferences. What his typical day looks like and how he deals with a bad one. How Gary now has the ‘power to live more’ because he is doing something that, as a young man growing up in Chesterfield, he never thought he would do.  Resources Mentioned:  Microsoft Outlook Capsule Postfity Missinglettr Netflix Known: The Handbook for Building and Unleashing Your Personal Brand in the Digital Age  by Mark Schaefer  Connect with Gary Gorman:  Gary Gorman’s official Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Gary Gorman: Exploring the World of Freelancing first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Jennifer Du Plessis is America’s Mortgage Mastery Mentor and a Lifestyle Business Master. During her career in the mortgage industry, she has been recognized as one of the top 1% loan officers nationwide, an influencer in the industry, and became a mentor to other mortgage officers. She hosts two podcasts, the TV show Tell Me I Can’t, and is a best-selling author. Jen is also the CEO and Founder of Kinetic Spark Consulting LLC and Cracking the Top Producer Code Coaching. Her passion is to empower business owners through her Masterminds to multiply their results and still have a commanding personal life.  Today, Jen shares the moment in her childhood that sparked the inspiration to pursue a better life and what made her switch from wanting to prove herself to making an impact. She reveals how the challenges in her childhood shaped her and the five strategies she developed to help her live a more P.O.W.E.R.-ful life. She shares how she sustains those strategies daily and why living your legacy leads to an epic life. She also shares why working on relationships in your business and personal life is essential and how meditation and prayer help her deal with tough days. “You can have all the mechanics in the world, but if you don’t have the right mindset, you won’t have momentum.” Jen du Plessis This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The moment that inspired Jennifer to pursue a better life What made Jen stop trying to prove herself and switch to making an impact How the difficulties in Jen’s childhood shaped her life The five strategies Jen uses to help her live more The changes Jen made to implement those strategies into her life How Jen sustains practices to make sure she lives an epic life What an average day looks like for Jen How Jen works on self-development The work Jen put into her personal and professional relationships How meditation and prayer helps Jennifer with challenging days Resources Mentioned: Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Readwise Text the word ‘Launch’ to 66866 for a free copy of LAUNCH: Take Your Business To New Heights 7 Strategies to Break Through Your Business Mindset Connect with Jen Du Plessis: Jen Du Plessis’ Website Book: LAUNCH: How To Take Your Business To New Heights Book: Tell Me I Can’t Podcast: Success to Significance Podcast: Mortgage Lending Mastery Jen Du Plessis on LinkedIn Jen Du Plessis on Instagram Jen Du Plessis on Facebook Jen Du Plessis on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Jennifer du Plessis: Success to Significance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Heather Waring is a walk leader, coach, and the founder of Women Walking: Women Talking, where she aims to help other women ease the pressure of their daily life to avoid burnout and adrenal fatigue. She is a founding member of the Association for Coaching and a regular column writer for Cosmopolitan Magazine and Glamour Magazine. Prior to starting this business, she was the Resident Life Coach at Fish4Jobs and had the privilege to be the career expert on ‘Britain’s Worst Boss’ on channel 5. Heather joins me today to share how she rediscovered herself and how walking has helped her keep her sanity. She shares the beneficial results of walking and how she helps her clients transform their lives through her “walking and talking” practices. She also explains the significance of sharing goals with others and the framework she utilises in prioritising her tasks.  “Do the things that need doing first.” – Heather Waring This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Great places to go for a walk Her top values in life How she prioritises her projects and events The importance of having an accountability buddy How she manages her To-Do List How she sets boundaries when managing tasks Why she counts the number of steps she takes per day People who help her get things done Other things she does to stay healthy How reading and good discussions help her unwind and relax What her morning and evening routines include What a perfect day looks like for her Resources Mentioned: Diary Calendar Digital Calendar Pen and Paper Accountability buddy Asana City Mapper Fitbit Virtual Assistant (VA) Mastermind Groups Restorative yoga Books Coach or mentor Connect with Heather Waring: Women Walking: Women Talking Website Heather Waring on Facebook Free tool: Seven Days of Mindful Walking Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Heather Waring: Walking, Talking and Staying Accountable first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dr. Russell Thackeray works with organisations to achieve enhanced performance and results by aligning culture, leadership, and people and he helps embed change that creates organisational resilience. He draws on his varied professional background – from his time as a professional musician in London’s West End to subsequent iterations as an entrepreneur, corporate CEO, Non-Executive Director, Operations Manager, therapist and coach to deliver strategies and skills to improve performance and facilitate change. Russell is also the host of the popular Resilience Unravelled podcast that gathers guests who share stories of their challenges and learnings to provide an overview of how building resilience can make a real difference and help people facing similar challenges. Russell joins me today to discuss how he moved into his fifth and current career as a coach and the links between all of the roles he has had that have led to him sharing his expertise and empowering others to enhance their lives. He shares his commitment to lifelong learning and why he enjoys challenging himself and developing his skills by continually undertaking programs of formal education and gaining new qualifications. Russell also shares his opinion on how the disruption and challenges of the pandemic have changed the way we operate in business, how people have coped from a resilience point of view, and how that will continue moving forward. “We’re going to fail, we’re going to pick ourselves up, and we’re going to reinvent ourselves on a constant basis.” Dr. Russell Thackeray This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Russell has found the transition to working online so easy and how he avoids the dangers of ‘Zoom bottom’ Whether there are certain types of people who are better at being resilient and tips on boosting your resilience Why it is critical to look after yourself physically to support your mental health The dangers of spending too much time absorbing negative media stories and why we get addicted to bad news How Russell works with his clients across multiple time zones and what a typical day looks like for him  Why he enjoys social contact with people and supporting them to help themselves The two things Russell designs his day around How Russell filters out the tasks that he doesn’t enjoy doing in his business The importance of intellectual challenge and being pushed to examine your ideas What a great day includes for Russell and where he would spend it The benefits of a coach who has a different specialty to you Connect with Dr. Russell Thackeray: QED website Dr. Russell Thackeray on Linkedin Dr. Russell Thackeray on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Dr Russell Thackeray: Empower Your Resilience first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Chetna Bhatt is a part-time in-house employment lawyer, speaker, executive coach, and the co-founder and CEO of Being Lawyers. Being Lawyers is a coaching company specifically designed to help lawyers enhance their performance by increasing their mental clarity and improving their wellbeing. She strongly believes that for lawyers to reach their greatest potential and achieve the next level of success in their careers, the secret lies in establishing a solid foundation in their emotional and mental wellbeing. Chetna joins me today to share her journey of overcoming a chronic illness and how it led to the development of her executive coaching career. She shares how stress impacts your performance and ability to be present, engaged, and creative and how identifying and addressing the “invisible variables” that increase stress can help you manage it more effectively. She also shares strategies she uses to relax her mind to enable her to focus on achieving her goals, why she believes sleep and exercise play a significant role in her ability to stay productive as well as the “non-negotiable” self-care activities she enjoys to help her stay healthy and increase her productivity. [spp-tweet tweet=”“At some point, it’s just going to feel obvious to you what you need to do to move things forward.” – Chetna Bhatt”]  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How stress impacted her professional performance and ultimately led to her chronic illness diagnosis. Identifying and addressing “invisible variables” to effectively understand and manage stress. How understanding her stress and focusing on her wellbeing enabled her to be more present, engaged, creative, and productive. How she finds work-life balance while working part-time and building a business. How she manages and prioritises her daily tasks and to-do lists. Strategies she uses to calm her mind so she can focus on achieving her goals. Her perspective on procrastination. Challenges she faces with delegating tasks and hiring a team. The importance of getting plenty of sleep and exercise. The “non-negotiable” self-care activities that help her stay healthy and productive. Activities she enjoys to help her relax and unwind. The importance of working with a coach or mentor for personal growth. Strategies she uses to learn and improve her skills. How she manages setbacks in her personal and professional life. What “living more” means for her. Resources: Google Drive Mac Calendar LastPass Audio Memos One Note Todoist Connect with Chetna Bhatt: Being Lawyers Twitter LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Chetna Bhatt: Understanding Stress to Improve Performance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Amber Christian is the founder of Wonderly Software Solutions and creator of Bella Scena, which helps freelancers and small business owners create a unified view of their work through a calendar, to-do list, and meeting planning application. Amber drew on her experience of running a treasury consulting firm to build a second business devoted to providing a technical solution that addresses the unique productivity and collaboration challenges faced by freelancers and small companies. Amber is a regular author and public speaker on a variety of technology topics and is currently the Chair of the Managing Information Systems (MIS) advisory board at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Amber joins me today to discuss why she was inspired to create the Bella Scena programme, leading to her running two companies full time to bring her vision for a new productivity product to fruition. She shares her journey from running a service-based consultancy company to building and providing a product and the challenges she has faced throughout the process. She also explains why entrepreneurs need to have a roadmap of where they are going with their business, why she recommends being intentional about tasks, and how to plan your day to take advantage of the peaks and troughs of energy in your day and week. “There is a whole hidden benefit to being intentional about your tasks” Amber Christian This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: What Amber did when she couldn’t find an app to solve her frustrations with tracking tasks How she envisions further developing Bella ScenaWhy Amber never imagined starting a tech companyThe importance of active dialogue with clients and customersWhy Amber values teamwork-centered design and how she uses it in her businessThe benefits of focusing on one critical task per dayHow to build a day that allows you to flex if something unexpected crops upWhy your worst task should be your priorityThe importance of gratitude and reflection to mental wellbeingWhy Amber never schedules meetings after 3pmWhich apps and programmes keep Amber on track and at peak productivityWhy you need to embrace learning new skills as your business iteratesHow to successfully outsource as your business develops Resources Mentioned: Instant MeetingEvernoteGoogle CalendarThe Five Minute JournalBella ScenaAtlassianCoschedule Connect with Amber Christian: Bella ScenaBella Scena on InstagramBella Scena on TwitterBella Scena on FacebookWonderly Software SolutionsWonderly Software Solutions on LinkedInAmber Christian on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Hazel Addley is dedicated to helping creative professionals and entrepreneurs feeling stuck or bored in their business or career answer the age-old question: “What’s next?”. She helps people find their meaning and their purpose in their life, business, and career, and transform it into a life they love living through her home-based coaching business. Hazel has a background as a freelance arts manager and a has diploma in Personal Performance Coaching from The Coaching Academy. She is also one of the first EAM (Energy Alignment Method) Mentors in the world. She draws from her personal experiences and challenges to help her clients achieve their goals. Today, Hazel joins me on the show to discuss how running a coaching business compares to working as a freelance arts manager and how she structures her work day to stay productive without sacrificing her free time. She also shares how she ensures she remains healthy as a busy entrepreneur. “If you don’t have a sense of boundaries with how you do your work, then you could feel pressured to work all the time.” [spp-tweet tweet=” Having boundaries helps me protect my wellbeing. @hazeladdleycoac”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Why she chooses to work structured hours Her morning routines and daily structure How planning your workday ahead can help improve your productivity and reduce stress How she uses Microsoft Excel in her business Time management strategies The Power of an Hour strategy – blitzing tasks you don’t enjoy doing Fitting exercise and nutrition into the entrepreneurial lifestyle Investing in self-improvement How she detaches her emotions when things don’t go right How taking a ‘time out’ can benefit your life and your work Mentioned Resources: Trello Color Notes for Android Alison Nixon’s free Smoothie e-book The Miracle Morning book by Hal Elrod Energy Alignment Methods with Yvette Taylor The Power of Now book by Eckhart Tolle Abraham Hicks on YouTube Connect with Hazel Addley: Hazel Addley Coaching Hazel Addley Coaching on Facebook Hazel Addley on Twitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review of the show! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your favourite social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, and follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to connect and interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided brilliantly (my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [spp-transcript] The post Hazel Addley: Setting Boundaries and Staying Healthy first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness with Faye Watts of FUSE Accountants LLP. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Salesforce, a CRM and Sales Platform – “In the office we use a thing called Salesforce, which is an on-line platform. All of our software is on-line based, web based, so that we can have access anywhere. That means that it gives me and the rest of the staff the opportunity to work from home or elsewhere at any time with instant access.” Rightmove – for inspiration “is my other favourite app because that gives me the inspiration. I love property and I love architecture and it just gives me the inspiration to want to achieve more and get a bigger house. It helps me focus … It’s almost like looking at my dream houses and that helps wire me and gets me working towards goals.” Books More Balls Than Most by Lara Morgan Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Music Country Music – “For me, I’d rather turn the music up loud in my downtime. I like country music so I turn that up as loud as I can and just get into my zone.” Tips Really important to stick to a routine “Well, I have to stick to a routine because I’m rubbish otherwise. If I don’t, I don’t keep my day on track. I schedule everything I do. I have a routine in the mornings, I catch up on emails. Then, I always make sure before lunch I work on one job to get it out the door. That might be a client’s tax return, some accounting, some advice, whatever that might be.” Schedule telephone calls including with clients – “I tend to schedule phone calls with clients for half an hour, an hour, if I know that they want to discuss something in detail rather than get into the habit of allowing phone calls to interrupt the day and then you lose momentum.” Minimise distractions, especially when working at home – “I don’t like distractions in terms of when I’m at work. I think when you’re working it’s important not to use the time to put washing on in between or decide to do an hour of ironing. I think it’s key that when you’re working you’re working, no matter what environment you’re in, that you still have dedicated time slots.” Being clear about what’s work and what isn’t and how to switch between the two – “When I go home I go home. That’s it. Time out. I have a personal trainer that I train with twice a week and I do that within working hours. I have a 9am on a Friday morning and a 5pm on a Monday evening. The point of that is they’re in working hours because they really are a disciplined time of my day. They’re an appointment that I can’t reschedule so that my evening time is my evening time. I have a very clear line between what is work and what is life.” Planning and goal setting is essential – “I diarise everything wherever I can and I’ve got to-do lists in every part of my life. I’ve got to-do lists personally. I even have a list of all the restaurants I want to go to, and all the things I want to do, and the countries I want to go to, and the hotel I want to stay in. Also, from a daily point of view, I break my task list down into today’s to-do list and maybe this month’s or this year’s so I have clear goals. Though using the word ‘to-do list’ I think is a little bit harsh and it can be a bit draining. You think, “I’ve got to do that.” Whereas, perhaps having a year’s goal list or a goal plan or having today’s priorities, try and avoid the to-do list because I think that’s really onerous.” Self Care is key to business success – “ I looked at my health, my diet, my weight, managed to lose some weight, and really focused this year on mindfulness and stepping back from work and saying, ‘Okay, my health is just as important as my work because it effectively has a knock on effect on what I do and how I work.’ My job’s very taxing, for want of a better cliché.” Eating healthily is really important and it’s about working out what works for you – “Mentally, I used to suffer with a lot of brain fog and confusion if my diet was poor. I found that if I changed my way of eating, and my patterns of eating, my diet, and my whole exercise routine, that I managed to eliminate the negatives of that. I’m a bit of a low carb girl, a bit of a high protein and veg. I know what works for me. I know what doesn’t work for me and my weakness right now is coffee gelato. Then, I’m in real trouble. Work on improving your habits – “You lose habits really quickly if you have the right mindset. It’s just forming habits. I think you just have to be really conscious of habits that you’ve formed and the ones that make you feel positive and the ones that make you feel negative. It’s strange to me to have such discipline, but it’s discipline that forms a habit and then once you’ve got the habit it just becomes part of your life.” Comment from Jo “I was reading something the other day. I think it’s from the book, “The One Thing.” It was talking about how habits are formed through little pockets of self-discipline. People think that successful people are really disciplined 24/7 sort of thing. It was making the point that that isn’t necessarily the case. It’s just about having enough discipline to do that one thing and to do that one thing on a regular basis to the point it then becomes a habit. Then, you don’t need the self-discipline because you just do it. Then, you use that discipline for something else, which I thought was really interesting.” Doing meditative things for mindfulness Faye is improving her weight dead lifting “it’s also really amazing on your mind because you cannot think of anything else. You’re in the zone where you’re just pushing your body to its limit. Even though it’s not physically relaxing, it’s mentally relaxing because your brain can’t think about anything else and you just switch off”. And Faye also sings “There’s a lot of focus, and you’re thinking about the words, you’re thinking about the sounds, you’re thinking about the vowels, and everything when you’re singing. Again, there’s no place to think of anything else. Also, it’s so deeply relaxing and enjoyable if you make a nice sound.” I want to learn anything new. I like the idea of stretching my brain, not in terms of more education, but more knowledge and power and more … I think it helps you improve strength of character and your own emotional intelligence. That’s probably more important. Turning your phone off – “when I do get home the phone goes upside down on the hall room table. I mean, I check it occasionally because my work and my personal phone are the same. I couldn’t deal with two phones. I do just come and look at it, but I won’t look at my emails because my emails will only ever be work related, but I’ll check my texts or whatever.” Pets – “I’ve also got a kitten so I love to come home to my little kitten. He gives me a lot of pleasure.” “I have certain rules. I won’t put my mobile phone on charge in my bedroom and I don’t have a TV in my bedroom because I think the bedroom and sleeping is … It’s for two things, the bedroom. We’ll leave it at that. I like that to be a zen. It’s a very, very neutral zen.” Websites Pinterest – “I love Pinterest. It’s my obsession actually because I create a mood board and all the things that inspire me. Actually, I learn from that as well. Visually I’m learning things. I think everything you learn from if you just open your mind to it.” To Contact Faye Twitter @taxandtea FUSE Accountants FayeWatts.com LinkedIn The post Faye Watts: Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness first appeared on POWER to Live More.