You built the Lego robot with your son, but now the site rebrand is going to ooze into after hours.
It seems like you just can’t win.
Either the kids want another story from you, or they’re asking why you’re always on your phone (when you’re on a roll with the rebrand stuff).
And you’re sick of this “failing at one side or the other” version of work-at-home life.
Feeling the heaviness of disappointing your 7-year-old daughter, who really wanted to watch Frozen with you (NOT while you’re messaging clients)….
But also feeling like a sell-out on your multi-five-figure-month revenue goal, ‘cause you just can’t squeeze in the number of clients that would take.
(You’ve priced it all out, and you could technically take on that many clients… if it weren’t for your kids.)
How in the world do you reconcile the “great mom” time suck with truly scaling your business??
Ironically, by ditching the present vs. productive binary.
It’s not an either/or; it’s a both/and.
See, if you ASSUME that you can be present with your kids, while knocking those branding assets out of the park, you’ll pick the closer park, yell “race you to the van!” when it’s time to leave, eat the frozen pizza you slid in the oven first thing when you got home….
And go set up your laptop, camera, and mike while the kids are scarfing up their last bites of pizza crust so you’re all ready for your call (after a quick counter wipedown).
Whereas if you EXPECT that your kids’ storytime is going to conflict with your client intake call (you know, the super important one where you get the real scoop on what she’s wanting out of this rebrand), supper’s going to stretch out, the kids won’t stop talking, and kitchen cleanup’s going to take forever….
Till you’re trying to get on Zoom and switch on your branding brain at 2 minutes till call time (again).
But that’s no way to have confidence that everything your business needs from you – whether by clients or sales calls – is getting done.
So instead, when you’re in my time back program, I’m going to teach you how to lean on scheduling.
‘Cause it’s not just Outlook reminders or Zoom pop-ups; it’s way more than that.
And if you have the SCHEDULE in place that gives you enough time for that client call?
You’re going to nail it, every time.
And for ME these days, this looks like letting my teens know ahead of time that I’m going to be needing them to cook supper – so I’m not popping out between client calls, trying to remind them to start the spaghetti.
No.
I gave them the timer, told them when I recommended starting the water boiling, and THEY can take responsibility for getting supper going on time.
Or we can eat 20 minutes late. I don’t care.
What’s MORE important is that I didn’t have to fracture my focus. Even if it was “just” a coaching call (where *I* was the client).
Because *I* deserve uninterrupted time to process, too.
Bottom line: if you start looking for ways to have both the family time and the multi-6-figure business, guess what?
Your brain dutifully presents solutions to you that INCLUDE both.
- Like getting a housekeeper to handle your laundry for you (while you take the kids to the creek to float stick boats and throw rocks, in between your deep work blocks).
- Or calling a mother’s helper to come watch the kids for 90 minutes each weekday and start supper (so you can fit in enough client sessions to hit your next revenue target).
- Maybe paying for a subscription to the one learning app your kids actually use, so you can hand them the iPad for 22 minutes (and go off and film next week’s reels, interruption free), then come back and start baths and bedtime stories.
See where presence AND productivity fit in, for each of these scenarios?
- You were present with your kids at the creek, but productive during your deep work blocks before and after.
- You were present with your kids during supper, but productive while the mother’s helper supervised food prep.
- You were present with your kids for their bedtime routine, but productive while they had their tech time.
All you had to do was take one thing OFF your plate, and go delegate it – and you got to have that work/life balance both/and.
- You delegated the laundry.
- You outsourced the supper prep.
- You handed off the kid entertaining.
And everything magically fit into the time allotted.
So next time you catch yourself saying “I can’t” (take on another client, hit that sales goal, do another launch before spring break), look for your opportunity to delegate.
Because I bet you COULD – if you handed several tasks off and just did the kid-and-clients stuff.
So see what changes about your business growth (and parenting happiness!) when you look at everything through the “delegateable” lens.
You don’t have to put off that hiring decision (‘cause you’re not confident it’ll fit with your family situation).
DM me when you’re ready to hit those goals AND be more present with your family.
