Today I’m taking you all the way behind the scenes on what a full client transformation (on the time management side) looks like – not just a coaching snippet, but the full shebang.
This is what happened to the backend of Tami’s #mompreneur life after she spent 6 months coaching with me. (And yes, she had her own business, house, and kids to deal with!)
For reference, Tami’s an in person service provider with 2 kids and a very successful, 15-years’-experience-in-business behind her.
But she just felt very overwhelmed, lost, like she was missing something in her mom-with-a-business life, so the moment she heard what I was offering, she was in.
I had the privilege of assisting these 5 transformations in her:
Number one, she learned why she needed margin in her schedule (and how to add it). This was key to her not feeling stressed and overwhelmed with her everyday life (especially with small kids still at home!).
Number two, Tami realized that with everything going on, *her* personal to-do list needed to get cut to 1-2 tasks per day.
Yes, it didn’t sound like a lot – but she just didn’t have room for more in her personal life. Not after taking care of the house, getting her son to school, and running her own successful business with tons of clients.
Number three, in the process of making all these (very much needed) changes to her schedule, Tami learned how to stand up for herself, advocate for her needs to her family, and have productive discussions with her husband while sticking to her point of view.
Because they were so used to her always picking up the slack for them, always being available to short herself on sleep or rest and do more work, that they kind of expected her to keep going that way.
(While at the same time, pointing out when she had a lack of energy! Haha, guys, that part’s your fault….)
Number four, we found multiple easier shortcuts to productivity tasks in her business that felt hard. Things like launches, updating email databases, setting up routines to connect with clients, etc.
Those kinds of nitty gritty details weren’t Tami’s strong suit – in fact, that’s what she had a whole team of people for – but she still had some stories in her head about needing to do all the “hard parts” herself.
Once we discovered that thinking and suggested it didn’t have to be true, she visibly brightened up about working on her business. (All the behind-the-scenes stuff she did like to do was suddenly now hers!)
And number five, totally a bonus one, Tami discovered the easiest way to increase positive cash flow in her business. We found this really easy tweak which had the potential to majorly increase her income generated from this business.
Two of them, actually – she needed to raise her prices ‘cause she was giving too much, and she had a whole roster of clients waiting to see her – so we just added a few more slots to her daily schedule (at the exact right times for her) and poof, her revenue went up.
Bye, bye, budget stress! See, even successful 15-year-entrepreneurs need a cash injection boost every now and then. 😉
Oh, and a sixth thing – Tami was able to rearrange her mornings and weekends so that she wasn’t working when she wanted to spend weekend time with family OR when she needed that morning peace and quiet by herself.
In short, it was a schedule that was designed around herself. Her best work hours, her son’s school time, her energy needs, and her project or task time slots.
All customized to her. And that’s the beauty of time management coaching – ‘cause everything in your life that’s to do with your daily calendar or to-do list should be personalized to you.
Tami’s sum-up sounds like this: “Now I’m functioning as a grateful and present mom & entrepreneur – even with a service-oriented business!”
Now that’s what I like to hear.
Next, here’s a bonus interview for you with a 2nd client!
Shannon’s a very disciplined, productive business owner (and mom) already, with a thriving agency – but here’s what happened when she identified her “I’m too crunched and it’s stressing me out” problem and signed up for 6 months of time management coaching
She describes it as going from overwhelmed with life to never behind again – with plenty of margin for her kids’ activities, too!
Shannon says, “I loved the idea Alyssa shares about not having to wait ’til your kids are grown to actually enjoy your life. I started to think that maybe something better was possible for me.
Before I was feeling overwhelmed by my life as a work at home mom of two kids with special needs. I had too much going on and didn’t feel like there was anything I could cut.
I love that I have now set the standard that I should have two hours in the middle of the day for “me” time. It helps me see how many activities we can add and how much work I can take on.
The idea of clearing out a couple of margin time blocks a week, so that I have some extra white space for things that inevitably pop up, has been huge.
I can easily shift things around when my kids get sick or one of their therapists has to cancel or an unexpected appointment pops up without getting behind on my other commitments.
Plus, I’ve drastically simplified the way I cook dinner. Now, I just batch cook very simple meals three times a week – my husband helps on the weekend – and we eat leftovers the rest of the time.”
‘Cause what Shannon needed *most* was the ability to hone in again and again on the essentials in her life – aka, keeping money from her agency flowing in *and* creating enough time in her schedule to handle all her kids’ appointments (remember, they’re special needs), plus she needed to have enough downtime during the day to recover from switching between these 2 very different roles (so she didn’t exhaust the mom resources or the business owner ones!).
So we came up with lots of ways to creatively crunch her schedule, delete things she didn’t need to be doing (on both the client side and the home life side), and make *sure* she was taking enough downtime for herself.
(‘Cause she had her own health issues, to boot!)
Oh, and one more case study – I can’t help it. ‘Cause I want you to have *every* example possible of real women who succeed.
This is Lucy, and she’s a 3-kid homeschooling mom who works out of her house as a gut health coach.
After just one session with me, she said, “I have to give you some quick feedback – the past 24 hours since our session have been so good! I was able to completely prep dinner and read for hours to the kids during my housework hours, plus get the laundry done! It was fantastic knowing when to focus on the house and kids and when I had the time set aside for business work. My husband, without even being asked, told me how much he was liking my new schedule!”
See? Those are exactly the kinds of nitty-gritty results I want for you.
And guess what?
Lucy had all kinds of perks she wasn’t leveraging in her day-to-day life – like an office where she could close the door! – plus her kids were older, so she didn’t need to supervise them every second of the day.
But sometimes – a lot of times – it takes an outside perspective to show you what can be changed up about your ordinary work-from-home schedule.
And that’s exactly what I love doing for you – bringing you that outside viewpoint.
And in the next episode, we’re diving into what my 3-part time management framework actually is, ‘cause I can’t keep the goods from you any longer. Have a wonderful day, and I’ll see you in the next episode!
Got q’s? See you in the DMs or on email or in a call!
What if you could run your work-at-home business, manage the kids and house, and get a break every single day – without being a bad mom? What if you had a mompreneur life you didn’t need a vacation from?
Here’s your working-from-home-with-kids solution: delegate 65% of your chores, set up a 3-item daily to-do list, and get 3 hours back for your business every day!
‘Cause guess what? You don’t need another time management program or productivity system as a work-from-home mom. What you need is a way to turn your daily mompreneur life around from crazy-busy hustle-with-kids mode to actually-like-my-life (and bring in money!) mode.
‘Cause hustle wasn’t meant to be normal. Not when you’re a mom with a business.
