Productivity Straight Talk | How To Improve Personal Productivity & Time Management To Maximize Profits For Entrepreneurs

I sit down with Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc. We take an in-depth look at how she went from being a corporate dropout to a successful small business owner on track to make $1 million in revenue. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Non-Negotiables For Business Owners ✔The Challenges Vita Faced Building Her Team ✔ How Business Owners Should Emulate Athletes ✔ The Mantra That Keeps Vita Learning And Productive ✔ Why She Embraces 50/50 Coaching Partnerships ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/282. P.S. If you are anything like Vita, and know you need help with your: Productivity Time management Business systems Team building Strategic decision making Or mindset … one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Vita did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you and your business. The best way to do that is by scheduling a Discovery Call with me. I invite y

I sit down with life coach David Wood to dive into a healthy structure for approaching tough business conversations you want to avoid, so you can effect positive change, abolish resentment, reduce anxiety, and sleep better. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Common Tough Business Conversations ✔ The 3-D Process That Can Alleviate Your Resistance To Them ✔ Why It’s Important To Name Your “Mouse” ✔ The Upsides To Having Tough Conversations ✔ Why Consent Is A Prerequisite For Having Them ✔ How Taking Risks Can Create Magic In Your Life ✔ Pro Tips For Starting Tough Conversations ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/281. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determi

I dive into some great opportunities that can often be found during slower periods in your business so you can embrace them and benefit from taking action on those hidden opportunities. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Elephant In The Room ✔ What To Do When Business Is Slow ✔ A Beneficial Mindset Shift You Could Make ✔ Where You Should Be Focusing Your Time & Energy ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/280. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call  

I sit down with the Owner of Risk Oversight and Bellehumeur Co., Adrienne Bellehumeur, to dive into six practical steps for navigating process documentation in a way that is effective and non-intimidating. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Problem With The Way Documentation Is Traditionally Taught ✔ How Much Documentation Should SBO’s Strive To Achieve ✔ How & Where To Get Started With Documentation ✔ What Dynamic Documentation Is And How To Utilize It ✔ Common Challenges Small Business Owners Have When Creating Documentation & Processes ✔ How To Overcome Those Challenges ✔  How To Use The Grid SYstem To Make Your Documentation More Appealing ✔ So Much More!   To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/279. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's dis

I dive into the what, when, why, and how of doing a reset so you can get right back on track to achieving your goals after a misstep.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Reset Is ✔ When You Should Do A One ✔ Culprits That Create A Need For A Reset ✔ 3 Steps To Doing A Reset ✔ The Most Important Aspect Of A Reset ✔ Common Opportunities For A Reset ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://amberdelagarza.com/278-magical-power-reset. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call  

I sit down with Anabeth McConnell who is the owner of Inbound Design Partners. We dive into her entrepreneurial journey and pull back the curtain on the work she put in to transition from project manager to business owner who must project manage an entire business. What You’ll DiscoverIn This Episode: ✔ Why Anabeth’s Business Felt All-Consuming  ✔ The Strategically Made Shift She Made To Change That ✔ What Challenges She Faced Personally & Professionally Prior To Joining Leverage Lab® ✔ Her Experience Getting Coached Vs. Watching Others Get Coached ✔ What’s Next For Anabeth: The Pivot She’s Intent On Making ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/277. P.S. If you’re a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidently, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, Leverage Lab® is for you! Check it out at AmberDeLaGarza.co

I dive into how you can Increase your fulfillment beyond running a successful business by setting intentions for each season of your life and choosing to work to live instead of the other way around.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode:  ✔ The Results Of Constantly Going Full-Throttle In Your Business ✔ Why Identifying And Planning Your Seasons Is So Important ✔ What Your Seasons Might Reflect And Why That Matters ✔ How To Schedule For Different Seasons With Intentionality ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on AmberDeLaGarza.com/276 P.S. If you’re a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidentVly, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, I invite you to join us in Leverage Lab® => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab  

I sit down with the owner and founder of Becoming Iconic®️, Jennifer Szpigiel, to dive into business owners’ quest to create work/life balance. We discuss if balance should even be the goal and if not, what to aim for instead in order to become the best, fullest version of yourself. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Pursuing Balance Sets Business Owners Up To Fail ✔ What You Should Be Pursuing Instead ✔ The Shocking Truth About Your Capacity ✔ Why We Allow Ourselves To Live Out Of Alignment ✔ What Feeling Out Of Balance Can Reveal ✔ The Life-Changing Miracle Jen Experienced ✔ The Important Why Me? Lesson She Learned ✔ What It Means To Become Iconic ✔ Actionable Advice For Overcoming Guilt ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/275. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your busines

I dive into the strategy of taking a hard look at your business to recognize that you’ve normalized certain behaviors that aren’t normal at all. Once you identify the behaviors that don’t feel good in your business, you can begin to change the experience of running a business to one that is more joyful. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Common Behaviors Business Owners Normalize ✔ Why Such Behaviors Are Like Death By 1000 Paper Cuts ✔ What You Can Do To Unnormalize Your Normal ✔ The Result Of Taking That Action ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/274. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Cal

I sit down with the Owner of Build Scale Grow, Benjamin Friedman, to dive into 5 practical ways to make scaling your business in uncertain times less daunting, less challenging, less lonely, and quite simply, more achievable! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Action Steps To Grow Your Business ✔ Tips For Effectively Optimizing Those Steps ✔ Advice For Honing Your Priorities In Order To Make The Best Choices ✔ The 1 Reassuring Certainty You Can Always Count On ✔ Strategies For Planning When The Future Is Uncertain ✔ How Founders Can Benefit From A Fractional COO ✔ What Leaders Should Intentionally Move Away From ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/273. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you g

I sit down for an update interview with my long-term coaching client, Tim Clothier, CEO of Illusion Projects, to gain insight into the inner-workings of an entrepreneur who has greatly stepped up his CEO game and now owns a few successful businesses. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Tim Makes Time Blocking Work Even When His Roles Are Changing Fast ✔ The Project That Pulled Him Far Outside His Comfort Zone ✔ How Tim’s Team Is Structured So The Business Moves Forward In His Absence ✔ The Fundamental Business Strategies He Holds On To ✔ Why He Holds His CEO Day Sacred  ✔ What’s Up Next For Tim  ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/272. P.S. If you are anything like Tim, one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Tim did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you and your business. The best way to do that is by scheduling a Discovery Call with me. I invite you to do so by heading over to AmberDeLaG

I sit down with my long-term client and the CEO of Illusion Projects, Tim Clothier, to discuss how he’s been stepping up his CEO game during our years of working together. We cover his magic power of jumping back and forth between creative and CEO, what hadn’t been working in his business, what he had to release to see better results, and what he’s doing to stay on top of his game and run a successful international business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Your Time Blocks Need A Makeover ✔ The Secret To Preventing Your Passion From Getting Pushed To The Bottom Of The Pile ✔ How CEO Days Can Help You Flush Out Your Ideas ✔ The Principles That Could Benefit Your Hiring Process ✔ What Going To The “Business Gym” Can Do For You ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/271. P.S. If you are anything like Tim… one small action you can take in the right direction is to do what Tim did and explore what getting coaching support could do for you a

I dive into how doing just this one damn thing will make everything else in your business easier, help you stay in your focused zone for much longer, and increase your efficiency. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What You’re Doing To Sabotage Your Focus ✔ How That’s Affecting Your Ability To Get Work Done ✔ The One Strategy You Can Implement Immediately To Combat It ✔ All The Do’s And Don’ts You Must Know To Get It Right & See Results ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/270. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with Improv Edutainer, Failfluencer, and Professional Zoombie Erin Diehl to dive into how failing to process your failures can negatively impact your ability to show up for yourself and your team. Erin discusses how you can confront your failures, move on from them quicker, and heal your body in the process.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What F-Bomb You Need To Move On From & Why ✔ The Mind-Body Connection Too Often Ignored ✔ How Dissociation Impacted Erin & Her Business ✔ How Erin Healed Her Mind Which Healed Her Body ✔ Erin’s Methodology To Help You MOVE ON From Failures ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/269. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, red

I dive into the topic of scheduling white space on your calendar so you can minimize the chaos that ensues when you don’t. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Whitespace Is ✔ How It Affects Your Workday ✔ How To Schedule White Space Effectively ✔ What To Do When Your Day Doesn’t Go As Planned ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/268. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with the Cofounder and CEO of Scribe, Jennifer Smith, to dive into the world of SOPs and processes. We discuss how Scribe’s innovative software can automatically create SOPs, complete with screenshots, instructions, and clicks in just 56 seconds, thus making every business professional who uses it more efficient and their days run more smoothly.  What You Will Discover: ✔ Why It’s Important To Document Your Processes ✔ How Key Man Risk Comes Into Play ✔ How To Lower Your Resistance To Creating SOPs ✔ Best Practices For Rolling Out SOPs With Your Team ✔ How Scribe Helps You Create & Update SOPs ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/267. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuc

I sit down with best-selling author Melody Wilding to discuss imposter syndrome and the many ways to break free from it so you can find the confidence to lead and run your business effectively and live up to your full potential! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Imposter Syndrome Really Is ✔ The 5 Primary Ways It Shows Up ✔ The Ironic Thing About Imposter Syndrome ✔ How It Can Stop Your Productivity in Its Tracks ✔ Preventative Measures To Combat Imposter SYndrome  ✔ Why It’s Worthwhile To Keep A Brag Folder ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/266. P.S. If you’ve been entertaining the idea of working with me and want personalized coaching, strategy, and accountability that will help you level up your business in 2023, I want to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to meet your goals! Schedule your Discovery Call

I go behind the scenes of my business to show you exactly how I’ve been creating operational efficiency so you can gain insights on how and where to create more operational efficiency in your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Operational Efficiency Is & Why It’s Important ✔ Where I Created Operational Efficiency In My Business ✔ Best Practices For Creating Operational Efficiency In Yours ✔ My Top Strategy For Preventing Unnecessary Fires ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/265. P.S. If you’re a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidently, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, I invite you to join us in Leverage Lab® => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I dive into ways to create operational efficiency in the areas that will provide the biggest impact so you can increase profits and reduce the stress of running your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Operational Efficiency Is ✔ Where To Create It In Your Business ✔ The Link Between Operational Efficiency & Profitability ✔ The One Change That Will Have The Biggest Immediate Impact ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/264. P.S. If you’re a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidently, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, I invite you to join us in Leverage Lab® => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with Business Strategist, Coach, and Mentor, Diann Wingert, for an in-depth conversation about the intersection of ADHD and business ownership. We dive into Diann’s acceptance of her own diagnosis and how she effectively manages her ADHD daily so it doesn’t sabotage her success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode:c b  ✔ How ADHD Shows Up In Your Business ✔ Why Unmanaged ADHD Can Prevent Your Success ✔ Ways Diann Has Successfully Managed Her Traits ✔ What Time Blindness And Time Optimism Are ✔ Why ADHD Is Not A Superpower As Is Often Said ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/263. P.S. If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased p