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EPISODE · Oct 27, 2025 · 47 MIN

How to Take Time Off and Scale a Business That Runs Without You | Don't Work Harder

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Imagine taking the entire month of August OFF your business, to enjoy spending time with family, friends, and doing the things you love.And imagine that being something that you do EVERY August?Alice Benham just wrapped her fifth consecutive year doing just that - taking the full month of August off while going through a complete rebrand and sustaining a successful membership program ✨We recorded this actionable episode to teach you how you can do the same... and a lot more. Alice is a business strategist, facilitator, bestselling author, and founder who's helped over 1,000 one-to-one clients achieve their big visions 🚀In this super practical episode of Don't Work Harder, Alice reveals:- How she manages to take a full month off every year, WITHOUT sacrificing her business' success- How she partly detaches from her business to build her own identity, outside of work ✨- Why she decided NOT to scale with a big team - and how she is running a profitable, growing business with lean operations- How she wrote her full book in just five days - and some powerful productivity tactics that you can do to complete a LOT in a short amount of time 💪- One huge thing that she sees that separates the most successful business owners, with those that are stuck 👀- How to know if an opportunity is worth saying yes to- The moment when she lost a LOT of money overnight due to banking complications, and how to bounce back from massive setbacks 🙏And plenty more.Alice got REALLY practical and actionable in this episode, and we cannot wait for you to watch this, and soak up all of her super valuable lessons.If you think you always need to be in work mode if you want to be successful, this conversation will completely reframe how you think about building a life as a successful, fulfilled business owner 🚀--------This episode is brought to you by our Sponsors:Constant Contact is the all-in-one marketing platform for small businesses. Create professional email and social campaigns in minutes with AI, automation and intuitive templates.Try it now free – https://www.constantcontact.com/uk?utm_source=ost-atomic&utm_medium=sponsored-content&utm_campaign=uk_p_aw_di_so_bt_ost-atomic-q32025&cc=clk_uk_p_aw_di_so_bt_ost-atomic-q32025------Find Alice Here: ON IT Waitlist - https://www.alicebenham.co.uk/onit Website - www.alicebenham.co.uk Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alice_benham Podcast & vlogs - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-g8fdp69A3YwDrWBe-XzJg?view_as=subscriber ----Steal our Sales Call Success Template and convert more of the right people on calls and get more ‘YESES’ than ever before without feeling salesyAccess our FREE Sales Call Success Template, to help double your conversation rate call, forevermore.https://atomic.site/sales-script/------#DontWorkHarder #BusinessGrowth #SalesandMarketing

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Imagine taking the entire month of August OFF your business, to enjoy spending time with family, friends, and doing the things you love.And imagine that being something that you do EVERY August?Alice Benham just wrapped her fifth consecutive year...

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