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

I dive into the three big O’s in your business that lead to overwhelm and discuss what you can do about them to keep them from robbing you of joy and productivity. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Big Unnecessary O’s In Your Business ✔ How To Recognize When You’re Suffering From Them ✔ What To Do About Them To Reduce Overwhelm ✔ Questions To Ask Yourself ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/242. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with my friend and owner of Freedom Driven Success, business strategist Jessica Rodriguez, to have an honest conversation about navigating the intersection between mental health and entrepreneurship. We discuss how we identified that we struggle with different aspects of mental health and what our journeys have looked like as we created businesses that support our healing. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Jessica Discovered She Created A Business That Felt Like A Prison ✔ My Challenge With Mental Health & How I Navigate It ✔ The Ridiculous Thing I Said At My First Therapy Session ✔ How Jessica Balances Her Pursuit Joy & Happiness With Being Successful ✔ What Your Business Could Look Like If You Don’t Address Your Mental Health ✔ Why It’s Ultra Important To Prioritize Your Mental Health ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/241. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountabilit

I dive into the concept of firefighting in your business, get to the bottom of who is at fault for many of the fires taking up your time and energy, and offer solutions so you can stop being a part-time firefighter IN your business and get back to working ON your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Types Of Fires You’re Often Putting Out In Your Business ✔ Why & How They’re Are Happening ✔ Who Is At Fault For Many Of Them ✔ What You Can Do To Prevent Those Fires ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/240. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with Kinesiologist and Certified Sleep Science Coach, Tanessa Shears, to dive into the concept of biohacking your way to better sleep and less brain fog so you can show up with more energy, focus, and stamina in your business and life. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Brain Fog Is & How It Shows Up To Plague Your Business ✔ How To Combat Immense Brain Fog ✔ What BioHacking Is & How To Get Started ✔ What Vision You Need To Be Selling Yourself On ✔ The Magical Result When You Maintain A Consistent Bedtime ✔ How “Social Jet Lag” & REM Sleep Affect Your Mood & Patience ✔ Ways To Improve Your Sleep Right Away ✔ How Long It Takes To Biohack Yourself Out Of Sleep Deprivation ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/239. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I dive into a simple yet impactful strategy to turn your task list into an action list that is guaranteed to reduce stress, manage your time, and get shit done! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Your Task List Is Failing You ✔ What You Can Do About It ✔ The Magic Of Verberizing Your Tasks ✔ My Capitalization Trick ✔ How Verberizing Can Impact Your Business & Life ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/238. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with Ron Price, a business advisor, executive coach, speaker, and author who specializes in helping leaders enhance individual and organizational effectiveness, profitability, and growth. We dive into strategies for leading your team effectively and explore the concept of thinking deeply to ignite possibilities and get results.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How To Become A Better Leader ✔ What Thinking Deeply Entails & How It’s Different For Everyone ✔ Why Thinking Deeply Is Important To Leadership ✔ The Single Idea That Changed Ron’s Leadership Journey Forever ✔ Questions Leaders Should Be Asking Themselves ✔ The Benefits Of Optimizing Strategy ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/237. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

You may be a great visionary full of intelligent ideas but only you can choose to use your gifts to bring a great product or service into the world. Great ideas are worth nothing unless you execute on them. Stop robbing the world of your contributions by failing to execute. Gold stars are not given for intelligence or great ideas alone. In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into the concept of executing and focus on the importance of moving your best ideas forward, step by step, all the way to the finish line. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Happens In Your Business And Life When You Don’t Execute ✔ Ways To Execute More Often And Consistently ✔ Why Execution Matters Over Great Ideas ✔ The Cost Of Having A Great Idea You Don’t Execute On ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/236. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to t

I sit down for an entrepreneurial case study with my client Robyn Howard. We dive into Robyn’s journey as an entrepreneur that led her to want a productivity coach and walk through how her business, team, and personal life transformed since hiring one and choosing to work ON her business instead of IN her business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Challenges Robyn Faced In Marketing & Sales ✔ How She Found Her CEO Voice Through Exploration ✔ The Hang-Ups She Had To Get Over For Her Team & Agency To Evolve ✔ How She Utilizes The Addition By Subtraction Method ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/235. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I dive into the fear of failure and the less common but still damaging fear of success that often plague business owners. I break down what such fears look and feel like in your business and how you can combat them, shift your beliefs, and fuel your actions to better align with your goals. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How A Fear Of Success And Failure Sabotages Your Business ✔ Why You Might Be Experiencing Such Fears ✔ Strategies To Overcome Those Fears ✔ The Result Of Shifting Your Beliefs To Positive Ones ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/234. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with the Founder of The MindFix Group, Erin Pheil, to discuss how many people are living life with one foot on the gas and the other foot on the brake, allowing uninvited head trash to control their actions and sabotage their progress. Erin lays out strategies to get unstuck and live a full, high-achieving life by eliminating such invisible roadblocks standing between you and success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Your Plate Really Feels So Full ✔ How To Keep Your Mental Lens From Crushing You ✔ What Determines Your Behavior & How To Change It From The Roots ✔ 3 Steps To Making A Really Big Shift In Your Life ✔ Why You Need To Stop Labeling Yourself ✔ The Million Dollar Question You Need To Be Asking Yourself ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/233. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLa

I dive into strategies to recognize red flags in both potential clients and current clients and lay out what to do about them to make sure you’re not sabotaging your business and personal life. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Potential Client Red Flags To Watch Out For ✔ Current Client Red Flags Not To Ignore ✔ Why You’re Turning A Blind Eye To Red Flags ✔ The Repercussions Of Ignoring Them ✔ Strategies For Saying No To Red Flag Clients ✔ Tips For Firing Red Flag Clients ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/232. P.S. Interested in working with me to reduce stress, reclaim time, and increase profits?  I’ve created ways of working together with the various needs of small business owners in mind. Let’s get to work improving your time management and elevating your productivity via 1:1 Peak Performance Coaching or my Leverage Lab® Business Coaching Training Program!

I sit down with the founder and CEO of Healthpreneur®, Yuri Elkaim, to dive into how he built an amazing team of stars and seeds who support his vision and goals and discuss strategies you can use to do the same. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Designing Your Company Culture Is So Important ✔ The Most Impactful Skill Sets To Look For In Potential Hires ✔ How Self-Awareness Shows Up In Your Business ✔ The Hard Lessons Yuri Learned During His Journey ✔ How He Put His High Quickstart Energy In Check ✔ Ways To Utilize Visual Clarifiers For Communication ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/231. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I give you a behind-the-scenes tour of my personal, color-coded calendar as I divulge the detailed strategies I use to schedule my time that helps me keep my life in balance and my business running smoothly. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ My Underlying Scheduling Methodology ✔ Why I Schedule In Three-Month Increments ✔ The Crucial Time Block Preventing Me From Being A Bottleneck ✔ The Holding Days & Bonus Days Tricks I Use ✔ Inspiration From My Business Model That Might Work For You ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/230. P.S. Inspired by this episode? Download my FREE Ideal Week Template and use it to create and tweak your ideal week, then lay it over your digital calendar so you can start implementing your enhanced schedule. 

I sit down with Coach, Speaker, & Entrepreneur Rob Cressy to discuss how you can show up with the intention to live by design instead of by default and make everything you do a creation-of-you instead of a have-to-do, thus accomplishing self mastery which can only benefit your business and overall life. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Self Mastery Is & Why It’s A Huge Component Of Your Success ✔ The Drivers Of All Your Results ✔ What We Have The Power To Create & Cultivate ✔ How Energy Affects Your Self Mastery, Productivity, & Ultimately, Living Your Best Life ✔ What People Tend To Overlook With Self Mastery ✔ Tips For Creating The Best Version Of Yourself Every Day ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/229. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I dive into strategies to fall back in love with your business because let’s be honest… just like a romantic relationship, your love for your business can fizzle out if you don’t put the work in. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why It’s Important To Love Your Business ✔ How To Create A Business You Want To Be In Every Day ✔ What You Should Be Focusing On Changing Up ✔ The Secret Sauce To Loving Your Business✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/228. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with Luxe Your Business Mentor and creator of the LuxeSales System, Shayla Boyd-Gill, to dive into how you can truly sabotage your business if you fail to equip yourself with a CEO mindset and couple it with sound business strategy. We go on to discuss having radical faith in your ability to succeed to open up all sorts of possibilities and desired outcomes for your life and business.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A CEO Mindset Is  ✔ The Impact Your Mindset Has On Your Business ✔ 3 Limiting Myths CEOs Must Confront ✔ What Will Happen If You Believe In Yourself ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/227. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab® to get business coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I dive into the topic of habits, how they show up in your life and business, and go on to discuss how to identify whether the habits in your rinse & repeat routines are serving you well or sabotaging your success and what to do about it. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why It’s Necessary To Get Off Auto-Pilot ✔ The Best Way To Determine If Your Habits Are Serving Or Sabotaging You ✔ How To Easily Set A Better Tone For Your Day ✔ Slip-In Habits To Consider Adding To Your Routines ✔ How To Get Into The “Paradise Zone” ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/226. P.S. Give me just 30 minutes and I’ll show you how to get back 30+ minutes every day. Grab my FREE Take Back Your Time Mini Training!

I dive into one of the biggest reason business owners are constantly overwhelmed - they’re simply taking on too many projects, meetings, partnerships, team members, and clients that aren’t a ‘hell yes,’ which forces them to spend too much time, energy, and money trying to make them work - and discuss what to do instead.  In this episode of Productivity Straight Talk, I dive into the issue of taking on too many projects, meetings, partnerships, team members, and clients that don’t align with your vision of success’ and talk about raising your standards by setting the bar at ‘hell yes’ for everything you choose to undertake. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How To Raise Standards In Your Business And See Immediate Results ✔ What Happens When You Settle For ‘I’ll Make It Work’ ✔ Tips For Hiring Your Next Team Member ✔ What To Do When A ‘Hell Yes’ Becomes A ‘Hell No’ ✔ How My Client Sidestepped A Potential Disaster ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaG

I sit down with Certified Life Coach Victoria Albina to discuss how to stop codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing thought patterns from making you feel anxious and stuck and how to transform such thoughts to improve your relationships and your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Codependent Thinking & How It Shows Up In Your Business ✔ Ways To Break Free From Codependent, Perfectionist, & People-Pleasing Thoughts To Reclaim Joy ✔ How Expressive Journaling Can Help You Tap Into Feelings & Change Behaviors ✔ Simple Ways To Set Empowering Boundaries ✔ Steps You Can Take To Be More Intentional WIth Your Time ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/224/ P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab™ to get coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

I sit down with the Co-Founder of MeasurementMarketing.io, Chris Mercer, to dive into the world of analytics and discuss how you can effectively measure your marketing to tune into exactly what your customers want.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Metrics You Should Be Measuring & Why ✔ Strategies For Arming Yourself With Analytics ✔ Why To Use Google Analytics Specifically ✔ The Most Important Step People Skip in Analyzing Data ✔ How To Have The Best Grasp Of Your Marketing Machinery ✔ Chris’ #1 Productivity Tip: TBV ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/223/. P.S. Grab your spot in Leverage Lab™ to get coaching, training, and accountability to take your business and life from surviving to thriving => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab