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Journaling, Books, Films, Notebooks and Paper Based Planning with Paula Gardner, PR Consultant and Marketing Coach at Paula Gardner PR. Listen to the Show Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Apps Insight Meditation – a meditation app (really!) Zazen Meditation – another mediation app that Paula recommends Monefy.me  – an app to enable you to manage your money via your smartphone Duolingo – an app to enable you to learn a language via repetition and regular daily practise; also available via their website Tools Autofocus by Mark Forster – we mentioned this as a productivity process that Jo used in the past where you have just one paper list that you work through and update all the time Books The Artist’s Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron that was originally meant to be about ‘unblocking’ for creatives. She suggests an exercise called ‘Morning Pages’. You get up and first thing you do is handwrite write three pages of anything. Paula says “it works on a on a psychological level, it’s like a brain dump, can get rid of all the rubbish. It works on a creative level, because I find it just gets things flowing”. Before than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life by Gretchen Rubin Getting Things Done (GTD) by David Allen – a well-known and established productivity system, often referred to as GTD Therese Raquin by Emile Zola – a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society Pollyanna by Eleanor H Porter – classic children’s literature Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Films Lawrence of Arabia The Godfather Woody Allen films Tips Routines – Routines are important: Paula really enjoys doing a bit of yoga and meditation in the morning Notebooks – Paula says that she’s “quite old school and I like notebooks” for her to do lists. She uses a desk diary and a notebook for each client project and recommends buying them from Waterstones’ Stationery or Liberty’s Mindfulness – Paula talked about how she swims to create an opportunity for mindfulness We discussed how important sleep is for health and wellbeing Paula said that “other people telling you how your business should be is not the way to go. You’ve got to look inside and see how you want it to be”, not do what somebody on a bookshelf says. Paula talked about a concept she has heard of being able to “stop at the first arrow”, so letting things go rather than ‘replaying’ the issue over and again and feeling the pain each time. Living More for Paula is all about ‘balance and actually being very content’ Podcasts Happier with Gretchen Rubin Websites Spider Solitaire online Food and nutrition – Deliciously Ella Primal Blueprint To Contact Paula https://www.scarletthinking.com Free e-course – ‘Start your Love Affair with the Press’ Tweet: “That stuck with me actually, that whole thing of ‘stop at the first arrow” @paulagardnerpr https://ctt.ec/81j1E+ Tweet: I’m a big fan of notebooks, I have a notebook for each individual client, a notebook for each individual project. https://ctt.ec/n696f+ Tweet: I’ve recently come across an app called ‘Duolingo’, which I’m really loving. I’m doing a bit of Italian every day. https://ctt.ec/zWx7n+ [spp-transcript]The post Paula Gardner: Journaling, Books, Films, Notebooks and Paper Based Planning first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Louise Goss is an Award-winning Journalist and Founder of The Homeworker. Louise had a varied career in media – working in radio, TV, digital and print, as well as newsrooms for over a decade. In 2019 she founded The Homeworker, a healthy mind, body, and business resource for people working from home. It’s all about supporting and inspiring people to help them make positive changes to improve their work-from-home lifestyle. The magazine and other resources provide information on a holistic approach to working from home – covering mindset, wellbeing, and the home working environment. Today, Louise joins me to share her journey in the media industry and the inspiration behind launching The Homeworker. She reveals how she is making the magazine successful in a tough time for print media and how a writing project helped develop her interviewing skills. She shares how she manages her busy family life and running her business and how time-blocking helps her get everything done. Louise also shares how she maximises her alone time and how she applies her holistic approach for working from home to her self-development. “It’s that balance between taking time for yourself and doing things you enjoy that really nurture you, versus sometimes you just have to be really disciplined.” Louise Goss This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Louise chose to set up The HomeworkerHow Louise is making the publication a success in the challenging market of print mediaAn exciting writing project that helped Louise develop her interviewing skillsHow Louise manages her time running the business and caring for her familyHow time-blocking helps Louise to manage her workload effectivelyThe ways Louise maximises her alone time and prepares for her dayHow Louise applies her holistic work approach to her self-developmentLouise’s approach to challenging daysWhat ‘living more’ looks like for Louise Resources Mentioned: Indie Publishing MastersYoga with Adrienne on YouTubeMeet You At the BarreClubhouse AppBook: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating by Brian TracyBook: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of LessBlinkist Connect with Louise Goss: The HomeworkerThe Homeworker on InstagramThe Homeworker on FacebookThe Homeworker on TwitterLouise Goss on LinkedIn Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Louise Goss: A Holistic Approach to Working from Home first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Loretta Breuning founded the Inner Mammal Institute with the aim of guiding people in naturally rewiring their brain chemistry. She has also penned a number of books that have brought her knowledge and expertise of the subject to the public consciousness, including the best-selling Habits of a Happy Brain.  She has been featured in numerous media outlets and online publications, such as Forbes, NPR, Fox, The Wall Street Journal, NBC, Psychology Today, Cosmopolitan, Inc, Men’s Health, Fast Company, and Dr. Oz.  Loretta joins me today to discuss her research and published work with regard to how brains work in animals and in human beings. She shares her insights on how society has shaped our idea of happiness, how animal behavior is reflected in human behaviour, and why it’s important to set short-term, middle-term, and long-term goals. She explains the functions and effects of neurotransmitters (dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin) on the human body, and how and why they affect our behaviour. She also shares some tips on how to control our impulses and achieve a state of happiness in our day-to-day activities.  “Many people are effectively motivated by big dreams, but the problem is often that the dream is too big, and then the person doesn’t see progress.” Loretta Breuning This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  What Loretta does for a living, working from her home office.  Why she decided to do extensive research and write books in the field.  The fallacy about happiness that we’re conditioned to believe.  How understanding animals can also help us understand why we make ourselves miserable.   How the animal brain reacts to stimuli in the environment, affecting the chemicals it releases into your body.  Understanding how neurotransmitters such as dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin affect our moods and bodies.  The hierarchical tendencies of animals and how that reflects in human society.  The field of ethology — the science of animal behavior.  The core thing that we need to focus on when studying human behaviour.  The endless self-criticism that is often marketed in the mindfulness world – and why Loretta isn’t a fan of it.  The capacity to anticipate consequences which sets us apart from animals.  Why it’s hard to build a new pathway in adulthood — and what it takes to successfully do that.  The need for a long-term goal, a short-term goal, and a middle-term goal.  How our unrealistic expectations lead to the dissolution of trust and the emergence of disappointment.  Taking small steps towards happiness and personal wellbeing.  Tips and ideas for people to rewire their brains and return to a happier state.  The concept of creating “self-soothers” that could cheer you up at a bad moment.  The sense of threat and how you can avoid it.  The idea of “victim olympics” and how society rewards anxiety instead of handling it the right way.  Why you should model the behaviour you want.  What Loretta does when she has a bad day, from a rational perspective.  What a day of “living more” looks like to her.  Connect with Loretta Breuning:  Inner Mammal Institute  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC  Insert Call to Action The post Loretta Breuning: The Science of Happiness first appeared on POWER to Live More.

After graduating from university with a degree in business management, Linda Harris knew that she wanted to do work she felt passionate about. She had done a fair bit of travelling during her university years and ended up taking a job in travel. When COVID started, Linda found herself furloughed and eventually made redundant. Instead of seeing her unemployment as a setback, Linda took the opportunity to reevaluate her priorities, discover her strengths, and look to move into an industry that would challenge her and allow her to give back. After months of reading, reflection and fine-tuning her CV, Linda landed a job as the Head of Marketing and Communications for a children’s charity. This new opportunity has also granted her the ability to return to her home in Wales. Today Linda and I discuss her journey from travel expert to charity worker and YouTuber. She shares how the challenges of the pandemic helped guide her into a more balanced life. Linda offers some tips on creating room for the things that bring you joy while still being a productive employee or business owner. She also discusses her tendency to be an “achiever” and why being passionate about her work has helped to vitalise her personal interests. “It feels quite nice to have ticked off something that is just for me, that was not something that I had to do but something that I wanted to do.” Linda Harris This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Linda prioritises tasks and stays organisedWhy losing her job gave her a chance to discover her super-strengths and align them with her valuesThe importance of making space for the things that fulfill you and respecting your limitsThe joy Linda’s received from creating her YouTube channel, “Better you Books”How taking time to prepare and prioritise what she wanted led her to the right jobWhy Linda prioritised quality over quantity when it came to job huntingWhy you should pay attention to your energy and what you can actually achieve each dayLinda’s daily gratitude practice and how it has affected her perspective over the past yearHer approach to life as an “achiever” and someone always wanting to be challenged Resources Mentioned: Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie ForleoThe Pomodoro TechniqueThe Squiggly Career by Helen Tupper & Sarah EllisHelp Me! by Marianne Power Connect with Linda Harris: Better you Books on YouTubeBetter you Books on InstagramLinda Harris on LinkedIn Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Linda Harris: Finding Room for Your Fulfillment first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Michael Greenberg is the founder of Gentleman Of Technology LLC, a consultancy company that focuses on venture creation and growth consulting in the business-to-business arena. They specialise in advising serial entrepreneurs and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers. In 2017, Michael launched his independent venture, Call For Content, which is a full-service podcasting agency for content marketing, audience growth, and monetisation strategies. Michael is now excited to launch his most recent venture, South Africa Talent, which is devoted to helping small businesses outsource to professionals in South Africa. In his time off, Michael loves to combine working from home with baking bread and enjoys reading biographies, visiting museums, and being part of online business communities. Michaels joins me today to discuss how he became a serial entrepreneur due to his family background as well as his passion for taking an idea and running with it to solve his own problems and those of his network. He shares the importance of authority marketing and how podcasts fit into a content strategy that is focused on lead generation and making connections with other businesses. Michael shares why he has created his new business, which helps entrepreneurs keen to outsource to find great people, streamline, and manage the onboarding and training process. He also explains how to recognise that sometimes you’re not the right person for the job and need to outsource to someone with complementary skills.  “If you see an idea that’s really good, you have to act on it.” Michael Greenberg This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How podcasts help create authority and build trust in your businessWhy it takes research to create an effective content strategy Why Michael outsources to professionals around the world How he took advantage of spotting a gap in the market and built a location-independent businessWhy he started South Africa Talent and how a difficult experience with managing a remote team inspired Michael to find a better wayThe positives and negatives of working across time zones and with VAs from other countries The importance of a bulletproof onboarding processWhat kind of tasks you should outsource Why Michael gives himself a treat on days that have been challenging The tools and apps Michael finds useful in his business  Resources Mentioned: Daniel PriestleyBrendan BurchardMonday AsanaTrelloDynamite Circle community 10x Factory community Otterdot.aiDriftGotomeetingZoomRev Connect with Michael Greenberg: Call for ContentLinkedIn Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Michael Greenberg: Why Outsourcing Has Gone Global first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dr. Grace Lee is a neuroscience expert, career mentor, speaker, and educator who relishes in helping career-driven women joyfully be more, love more and have more in their professional and personal lives. She is location-independent by choice and her movement Career Revision focuses on redefining modern education, unlocking vocational confidence and mastering professional destiny. With her considerable experience in helping professionals advance their careers, Grace has deep empathy for those navigating change and loves to share her knowledge on her YouTube Channel and her Career Revisionist Podcast.  Grace joins me today to share how the loss of her mother impacted her early life and how her change of circumstance was ultimately why she chose to pursue formal education. She discusses how her interest in converting traditional knowledge into a way to make a living and earn money evolved while she was studying for her Ph.D., and why she began to offer workshops and seminars on determining what you’re looking for from your career and life. She also discusses why she prefers not to talk about ‘days that go wrong’ but instead to see them as opportunities to learn as well as simply part of her journey.  “Have clarity. What are your career goals? Where do you want to be?” Dr. Grace Lee This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Grace saw formal education as a way to achieve fulfillment and why her views have changed Why she began to coach and mentor other educated, career-driven women  How she established her initial career workshops  Why it’s important to have clarity on where you’re starting from professionally, and where you intend to go  Why you don’t necessarily have to have formal education to have a fulfilling career Why she loves helping people go from good to great not only in their career but in all areas of their life Why it’s critical to figure out the purpose of your life How Grace works with her clients, and her process of teaching and mentoring Why she considers the process of mentorship so important in becoming the person that you want to become The tools and apps Grace uses to keep on top of her day-to-day tasks  How she keeps herself moving forward professionally Why she thinks that non-traditional career paths are on the upswing  Resources Mentioned: Zoom Telegram Trello Teachable  ClickFunnels Google Calendar One Note Connect with Dr. Grace Lee: Instagram Website LinkedIn Facebook YouTube Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Grace Lee: Getting Clear on Your Professional Purpose & Mission first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Sam Redman is an Executive Coach and Change Consultant at Sam Redman Consulting for those committed to being successful in senior executive roles, where she focuses on organisational culture change initiatives and bespoke development solutions for senior leaders. After ten years at Pret a Manger leading the global agenda on Culture, Leadership, and Talent, Sam decided to start her own business to feed her passion for helping individuals achieve their true potential and explore their authentic career and personal aspirations. Sam is also a Group Director at the prestigious, industry-leading OSS Retail, where she is leading the conversation on transformational leadership in the retail industry. Sam joins me today to discuss her three-pillar growth mindset for senior leaders and why she trained as an Insight Discovery Practitioner and NLP Practitioner to support her coaching methods as a Change Consultant. She discusses why she made the transition from a prestigious senior role at Pret a Manger to working to unlock the potential in senior leaders through one-to-one coaching and workshops and the advantages she has found in her new professional life as an entrepreneur. Sam also shares her insights on the true value of pro bono work and how she structures her working day to be able to find time to support the charities that she works with alongside her corporate and one-to-one clients. “Ask yourself which direction you’re facing and if it’s the direction you want to be facing in.” Sam Redman This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why a bereavement was the catalyst to Sam going back to collegeWhy she decided to take the leap into entrepreneurshipWhat her five-month trial period was forThe importance of nurturing relationships with your professional networkHow she prepared for her recent conference keynote speechHow and why she pushed herself out of her comfort zoneWhy it’s critical to be intentional with your timeThe value of self-reflection and setting goalsHer three pillars of change and how they help create conversations with her clientsHow to remain authentic and keep in mind what’s important to your businessThe tools Sam uses to keep her day organisedThe two mantras that keep Sam focused on her purpose Resources Mentioned: Outlook calendarPomodoro Tracker Connect with Sam Redman: Sam Redman websiteEmail: [email protected] Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Sam Redman: Focusing on Development and Change first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Laura West, the founder of Joyful Business, is a business coach, author of several books and a sought-after speaker who is passionate about creativity in business. Laura has helped thousands of entrepreneurs embrace creative marketing strategies and develop signature products and programmes to successfully share their story with a broader audience. She is also a visual graphic facilitator, using hand-drawn visual mural and info-doodles in webinars and keynote speeches to educate and inspire. Laura joins me today to discuss why she left her prestigious corporate role in marketing to become an entrepreneur and why she loves coaching creative clients who want to change the world with their work. She shares the secrets of being in tune with your energy and how finding your ‘flow-mentum’ helps you find your authentic marketing style while enjoying that part of your business. Laura also shares the tools she uses to stay productive, and why she decided to create her own printable planner, the Joyful Business Planner. “Scattered energy gets scattered results. Focused energy gets focused results” Laura West Today on the Power to Live More Podcast: The three key things Laura does for her clients How blocking time in her day helps her to focus The importance of understanding your natural rhythms What ‘Creative Cafe Time’ is and why it’s critical to creativity Why authenticity in your core marketing method is the key to success Why she loves making connections with her informal networking challenges How Laura cultivates optimism and how she keeps in alignment with happiness Laura’s love of podcasts and books and how they help keep her moving forward How to re-prioritise when your day doesn’t go as planned Why she encourages her clients to write a ‘joy list’ Resources Mentioned: Otter transcription tool The Pursuit of Happiness by Dr. Barbara Fredrikson Google Calendar Sticky Note Planning Method Asana Ayoa Evernote Creative Pep Talk Podcast  Rock the Podcast Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast Engage for Success Podcast Connect with Laura West: Joyful Business Joyful Business Plan Fun Fabulous Follow Up Challenge Facebook: Joyful Business Community Pinterest  LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Laura West: Secrets of Joyful Marketing first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Michelle Lynne is the owner of ML Interiors Group, a successful design firm based for over ten years. She started her business in 2008, alongside working in a corporate role, getting married, and buying a home. She is also the owner and founder of Designed for the Creative Mind, where she teaches fellow interior designers how to manage the day to day operations of their company while leaving them with more time for the creative design process. Michelle currently works from home in Dallas, Texas, where she lives with her toddler daughter and her husband. Michelle joins me today to share her journey from Corporate America to supporting and inspiring creative entrepreneurs to build a successful business. She discusses the lack of support she received from her peers at the beginning of her entrepreneurial journey and why she created courses to help fellow designers manage their business with intention so they can attract clients that are right for them. Michelle also dives into the processes, systems, and tools she uses to drive and develop her businesses and how she manages her personal and professional workload. “It’s much easier to sleep at night when you know you’re taking care of your clients and your team”Michelle Lynne This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Michelle knew it was time to move on from her corporate role, even amid a recessionWhy she was inspired to move from ML Interiors to sharing knowledge and support other designersHow Michelle avoids overwhelm professionally and personallyWays she shares her roadmap for running a successful design businessThe positives of having a timetable during this quarantine timeTools Michelle values for remote workingTips for wellbeing and productivity while working from homeImportance of building a professional network and connecting with othersHow being intentional with your business attracts positivity and investmentWhat she does on days when everything has gone wrong Resources Mentioned: ZoomDropboxGoogle CalendarAudible Connect with Michelle Lynne: ML Interiors Group WebsiteDesigned For The Creative Mind WebsiteML Interiors Group on InstagramDesigned For The Creative Mind on InstagramML Interiors Group on Facebook Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Michelle Lynne: Managing Your Business with Intention first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Karen Williams is one of the leading Book Mentors in the UK. Through her company, Librotas, she helps business experts who want to stand out from the crowd to write a non-fiction book that allows them to grow their business, raise their credibility and get more clients. Karen originally trained as a coach, but after the success of her own book The Secrets of Successful Coaches, and understanding the impact a book can have on a business, she began to mentor others through the process. Karen is a Member of the Association for Coaching (MAC), and her company is a Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), where Karen is also a regular contributor to the blog. Karen joins me for the second time on the show to discuss how her business has evolved since we last spoke on Episode #48, and why she has embraced technology to advance and develop Librotas as a business. She shares her ten principles for writing and publishing a business book and how to avoid stalling during the writing process. Karen also shares details of her brand-new signature online program, the Smart Author System, and how she took it from concept to complete course available on her website during the recent period of quarantine.  “You create results from making the decision to write your book now, then building your profile and expert status as you write it.” Karen Williams This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why it isn’t necessary to have everything perfect before you start your book How writing a book helps you develop and growThe biggest block to writing a book and how to overcome itHow she encourages clients to be productiveHow she works with her clients virtuallyKaren’s signature system and how it has altered her businessThe benefits of writing a book to position yourself as an expert in your nicheThe value of outsourcing so you can do what you enjoyKaren’s thoughts on ghostwriters in the business nicheHow Karen ensures she meets her daily business goalsWhy it is so important to take breaksHow she learns and moves forward with her skillsHow writing a book helps Karen’s clients to live more Resources Mentioned: Episode 48: Living More through Flexibility and Boundaries with Karen WilliamsZoomLess Annoying CRMYouCanBookMeKartraThinkificNotes on iPhoneLisa SasevitchBernadette DoyleLucy Whittington Connect with Karen Williams: LibrotasSmart Author SystemKaren Williams’ BooksKaren Williams on LinkedInKaren Williams on InstagramLibrotas on FacebookFree Masterclass Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Karen Williams: How A Book Mentor Can Help You Build Your Business first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Productivity, Networking, Planning, Development and Evernote with Rob Catalano, Co-Founder of Worktango Inc Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Business and Marketing – Learning – Books – Entrepreneurial There’s this really great book that takes about 20 minutes to read. It’s called ‘What Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast’. It’s something that I read five or six years ago and thought it was something I wanted to add into my routine. I’m reading a book called ‘The Organized Mind’ by Daniel Levitson. It’s all about the digital onslaught now with everything being 300 miles an hour and always on. What was really interesting was that he says that having unread email in your inbox can reduce your IQ by as much as 10 points. (comment from Jo) Productivity Planning the Day Before – I review my top five from the night before. What that means is that every day after work I write a top five things I’m going to focus on doing the next day to help me prioritise, especially when there are a lot of things going on. I do review that in the morning just to make sure it aligns with what I created after work the day before and nothing has changed from then. Email Time – I do like to catch up on my emails before around 10:00 am but I don’t touch my emails for the next two hours afterwards and really focus on one or two of those important things from my top five. Planning Travel – When I’m traveling, I’ll try to book flights at 6:00 AM or 7:00 AM so I can still get caught up at the airport on the day and just start the day right. Daily Goal Setting – It’s something we started doing daily when I was working at Achievers. The way we always looked at it was there was a top three but you didn’t want to limit it to top three so there was a stretch goal of something you found you wanted to get done, that was the fourth one. The fifth one was always something from a personal development standpoint. It had nothing to do with work but it was something you personally needed to do. It’s still top three productivity at work cloaked with a fourth stretch goal and a fifth personal one. Shut off Distractions – That is why literally between 10:00 and before lunch, I do try and shut off email, shut off the distractions. I don’t put the phone on airplane mode so to speak but if someone really needs to get hold of me they can call me but it’s focused from 10-12 to try to do that top one thing. Then when something urgent does come up, you can take care of it the rest of the day and feel a bit productive that you focused on the most important thing first. WorkTango – our tool is built to help managers have more accountability on what they are doing for their organisation and for their team. I actually use WorkTango as a tool to prioritise the things I need to get done for my team to make sure that they are successful. Personal Development Learning [spp-tweet tweet=”A big one is not just learning from books but just connecting with people.”] You meet new people and you learn about new approaches and ideas and thoughts and ways that they do things. It’s a great way to learn and respect what other people do. From a learning and improvement standpoint, the ability to chat with new people is just a good opportunity. I do it whenever I can. Goal Setting – I always try to think do I have a goal on the wealth side of things, the self side of things, and the health side of things. That’s how I structure what are my future goals personally. Personal Development – Motivation Living More [spp-tweet tweet=”Am I Living More? One thing that comes to mind is, did I do something that I’ve never done before.”] What I mean by that is, have I engaged in some level of new experience that I learned something or something I can have as a memory moving forward. Yesterday actually was a great example, it was the first time I was actually on a sailboat and drove it and didn’t know what I was doing but it was a cool experience. When I do something like that, I feel I’ve kind of lived more, right? Organisation – Evernote I have one list in a tool called Evernote which I’m sure people have heard about. I have work tasks, personal tasks but outside of the top five there’s always a running list of other things that I have going on. Some might be things I want to get accomplished next week or if I have an idea and I want to do it, I write it in something I want to do someday. I kind of keep a list of personal and work stuff outside of the top five so that I don’t forget things. Wellbeing – Meditation and Mindfulness Headspace – They actually have this little thing in there called SOS. Literally, it’s this quick, three-minute kind of ‘just stop’. There have been times where I have been super stressed and not sure how to move forward on something and I have used the head space SOS tool. Just again, three minutes of just stopping, coming up for air goes a long way in terms of trying to fix some things that don’t go right. Wellbeing – Stress I think health is not only the physical part of it but just kind of this state of mind. What I try and do is I really try and be in my days. It’s really easy to get bogged down in a lot of different things and tasks and to lose a day or a week. Sometimes I really try and just focus. Thursdays would most exclusively be about our product or Mondays are on marketing or Fridays are more about writing because I do a lot of columns and blogs. I think healthy isn’t just your physical state but also mentally as well. How do you keep yourself on track? To Contact Rob People can reach out to me anytime. Rob Catalano is the Twitter handle that I have. Obviously, that’s my name on LinkedIn. [email protected] is my email address and you can reach me there. If you went to the worktango.io website, you can email the company and it’ll get routed to me at some point. From my end, I love connecting with different people and learning how they do things and, if some other productivity hack has worked for you I’d love to hear about it. It’s just great to connect with people. [themedy_alertbox icon=”download” colour=”red” font_awesome_att=”” custom_colour=””] Download my Stress Reduction Checklist here [/themedy_alertbox] [spp-transcript] ingThe post Rob Catalano: Productivity, Networking, Planning, Development and Evernote first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Jack Stafford is a singer-songwriter and podcast host. After living a toyboy lifestyle in Amsterdam running a fashion business, he became a nomadic troubadour visiting 45 countries. Playing house concerts in exchange for a bed for the night, Jack met many incredible people and had many life-altering experiences. He writes songs inspired by his struggles and uses them to help others deal with their life issues. Through his Podcast Podsongs, he interviews activists, professors, campaigners, and other inspirational people and creates a song for each guest inspired by their work and story. When not making music, he is a meditation teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner, cyclist, student of metaphysics, and Italian representative of The Aetherius Society. Today, Jack shares his journey from running a business in Amsterdam to touring the world doing house concerts. He reveals how he turned his passion for music into his podcast and the process he uses to create the songs for each episode. He shares the things he does to stay focused on his work and how he maintains a balance between his career and life. He highlights Ayurveda’s impact on his life and how he became involved with the Aetherius Society. He also shares the most unusual things he has written songs about and how he got people worldwide to participate in one of his songs. “Now we are in the age of service to others; you have to go among the people and be of service.” Jack Stafford This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Jack became a travelling musician How Jack turned his passion for music into a podcast The process Jack uses to create songs about each of his guests What a typical day looks like for Jack  How Jack focuses on his podcast work What Jack does to maintain a balance in his life and career How Jack organises himself to make sure everything gets done How having a clear vision for Podsongs is naturally developing a strategic approach to work How Ayurveda has helped Jack in many aspects of his life The most unusual things Jack has written songs about How Jack got people from around the world to participate in one of his songs What Jack does to stay healthy and energised What the Aetherius Society is and how Jack is involved with it How Jack deals with tough days Resources Mentioned: Amanda Palmer TED Talk – The Art of Asking Spotify Trello Asana Aetherius Society The Great Barrington Declaration Connect with Jack Stafford: Podsongs Podsongs on Facebook Jack Stafford on Instagram Jack Stafford on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Jack Stafford: Forging Deeper Connections Through Music first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Gary Gorman is a negotiation specialist and the author of 30 Days Sales Challenge: Get To Love Selling For The Non Sales Person and Inside The Entrepreneur’s Mind: What Makes The Real Life Business Owner Want To Risk It All?  With over 30 years’ of experience, he has helped countless organisations around the world improve their negotiation skills, land better projects and contracts, and increase their profits, including DHL Logistics, Siemens, Advanced Electronics, and Volkswagen. When he’s not training teams in the art of deal-making, he enjoys a quiet life in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where he unwinds by watching sports games and listening to music.  Gary joins me today to share his fascinating experience as a freelancer and how it vastly differs from his earlier years in the corporate world working full-time for various companies. He discusses his various approaches to balancing personal and professional matters, taking the bulk of his workload off his shoulders, and making sure that he takes good care of himself. He also shares why in spite of having to put in more work than before, he honestly believes that he truly has the ‘power to live more’.  “If you’re setting up your own business, it isn’t easy- certainly initially. But the benefits are more than worth it once you push through that.” Gary Gorman  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  How Gary went from having “proper jobs” to becoming a negotiation specialist. How redundancy opened up a whole new world for him. Why he still enjoys what he does, despite having to work harder than he used to. How his profession of choice has instilled a stronger sense of discipline in him. How he balances work with family life and why it’s easier for him now than when he was starting out. His attitude towards making promises to his kids and keeping them regardless of his workload. The current state of LinkedIn and the changes on social media in general. How outsourcing helps him conserve and more effectively utilise his greatest asset: time. How he found and selected the best people to outsource his work to – and why they’ve been working together for almost a decade. Gary’s experience with severe health problems in the past and the day he resolved to take better care of himself.  His daily fitness regimen and how he approaches self-care. How he relaxes and de-stresses with sports and watching TV. His outlook on reading books and attending marketing conferences. What his typical day looks like and how he deals with a bad one. How Gary now has the ‘power to live more’ because he is doing something that, as a young man growing up in Chesterfield, he never thought he would do.  Resources Mentioned:  Microsoft Outlook Capsule Postfity Missinglettr Netflix Known: The Handbook for Building and Unleashing Your Personal Brand in the Digital Age  by Mark Schaefer  Connect with Gary Gorman:  Gary Gorman’s official Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Gary Gorman: Exploring the World of Freelancing first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Jennifer Du Plessis is America’s Mortgage Mastery Mentor and a Lifestyle Business Master. During her career in the mortgage industry, she has been recognized as one of the top 1% loan officers nationwide, an influencer in the industry, and became a mentor to other mortgage officers. She hosts two podcasts, the TV show Tell Me I Can’t, and is a best-selling author. Jen is also the CEO and Founder of Kinetic Spark Consulting LLC and Cracking the Top Producer Code Coaching. Her passion is to empower business owners through her Masterminds to multiply their results and still have a commanding personal life.  Today, Jen shares the moment in her childhood that sparked the inspiration to pursue a better life and what made her switch from wanting to prove herself to making an impact. She reveals how the challenges in her childhood shaped her and the five strategies she developed to help her live a more P.O.W.E.R.-ful life. She shares how she sustains those strategies daily and why living your legacy leads to an epic life. She also shares why working on relationships in your business and personal life is essential and how meditation and prayer help her deal with tough days. “You can have all the mechanics in the world, but if you don’t have the right mindset, you won’t have momentum.” Jen du Plessis This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The moment that inspired Jennifer to pursue a better life What made Jen stop trying to prove herself and switch to making an impact How the difficulties in Jen’s childhood shaped her life The five strategies Jen uses to help her live more The changes Jen made to implement those strategies into her life How Jen sustains practices to make sure she lives an epic life What an average day looks like for Jen How Jen works on self-development The work Jen put into her personal and professional relationships How meditation and prayer helps Jennifer with challenging days Resources Mentioned: Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Readwise Text the word ‘Launch’ to 66866 for a free copy of LAUNCH: Take Your Business To New Heights 7 Strategies to Break Through Your Business Mindset Connect with Jen Du Plessis: Jen Du Plessis’ Website Book: LAUNCH: How To Take Your Business To New Heights Book: Tell Me I Can’t Podcast: Success to Significance Podcast: Mortgage Lending Mastery Jen Du Plessis on LinkedIn Jen Du Plessis on Instagram Jen Du Plessis on Facebook Jen Du Plessis on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Jennifer du Plessis: Success to Significance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Heather Waring is a walk leader, coach, and the founder of Women Walking: Women Talking, where she aims to help other women ease the pressure of their daily life to avoid burnout and adrenal fatigue. She is a founding member of the Association for Coaching and a regular column writer for Cosmopolitan Magazine and Glamour Magazine. Prior to starting this business, she was the Resident Life Coach at Fish4Jobs and had the privilege to be the career expert on ‘Britain’s Worst Boss’ on channel 5. Heather joins me today to share how she rediscovered herself and how walking has helped her keep her sanity. She shares the beneficial results of walking and how she helps her clients transform their lives through her “walking and talking” practices. She also explains the significance of sharing goals with others and the framework she utilises in prioritising her tasks.  “Do the things that need doing first.” – Heather Waring This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Great places to go for a walk Her top values in life How she prioritises her projects and events The importance of having an accountability buddy How she manages her To-Do List How she sets boundaries when managing tasks Why she counts the number of steps she takes per day People who help her get things done Other things she does to stay healthy How reading and good discussions help her unwind and relax What her morning and evening routines include What a perfect day looks like for her Resources Mentioned: Diary Calendar Digital Calendar Pen and Paper Accountability buddy Asana City Mapper Fitbit Virtual Assistant (VA) Mastermind Groups Restorative yoga Books Coach or mentor Connect with Heather Waring: Women Walking: Women Talking Website Heather Waring on Facebook Free tool: Seven Days of Mindful Walking Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Heather Waring: Walking, Talking and Staying Accountable first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dr. Russell Thackeray works with organisations to achieve enhanced performance and results by aligning culture, leadership, and people and he helps embed change that creates organisational resilience. He draws on his varied professional background – from his time as a professional musician in London’s West End to subsequent iterations as an entrepreneur, corporate CEO, Non-Executive Director, Operations Manager, therapist and coach to deliver strategies and skills to improve performance and facilitate change. Russell is also the host of the popular Resilience Unravelled podcast that gathers guests who share stories of their challenges and learnings to provide an overview of how building resilience can make a real difference and help people facing similar challenges. Russell joins me today to discuss how he moved into his fifth and current career as a coach and the links between all of the roles he has had that have led to him sharing his expertise and empowering others to enhance their lives. He shares his commitment to lifelong learning and why he enjoys challenging himself and developing his skills by continually undertaking programs of formal education and gaining new qualifications. Russell also shares his opinion on how the disruption and challenges of the pandemic have changed the way we operate in business, how people have coped from a resilience point of view, and how that will continue moving forward. “We’re going to fail, we’re going to pick ourselves up, and we’re going to reinvent ourselves on a constant basis.” Dr. Russell Thackeray This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Russell has found the transition to working online so easy and how he avoids the dangers of ‘Zoom bottom’ Whether there are certain types of people who are better at being resilient and tips on boosting your resilience Why it is critical to look after yourself physically to support your mental health The dangers of spending too much time absorbing negative media stories and why we get addicted to bad news How Russell works with his clients across multiple time zones and what a typical day looks like for him  Why he enjoys social contact with people and supporting them to help themselves The two things Russell designs his day around How Russell filters out the tasks that he doesn’t enjoy doing in his business The importance of intellectual challenge and being pushed to examine your ideas What a great day includes for Russell and where he would spend it The benefits of a coach who has a different specialty to you Connect with Dr. Russell Thackeray: QED website Dr. Russell Thackeray on Linkedin Dr. Russell Thackeray on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Dr Russell Thackeray: Empower Your Resilience first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Chetna Bhatt is a part-time in-house employment lawyer, speaker, executive coach, and the co-founder and CEO of Being Lawyers. Being Lawyers is a coaching company specifically designed to help lawyers enhance their performance by increasing their mental clarity and improving their wellbeing. She strongly believes that for lawyers to reach their greatest potential and achieve the next level of success in their careers, the secret lies in establishing a solid foundation in their emotional and mental wellbeing. Chetna joins me today to share her journey of overcoming a chronic illness and how it led to the development of her executive coaching career. She shares how stress impacts your performance and ability to be present, engaged, and creative and how identifying and addressing the “invisible variables” that increase stress can help you manage it more effectively. She also shares strategies she uses to relax her mind to enable her to focus on achieving her goals, why she believes sleep and exercise play a significant role in her ability to stay productive as well as the “non-negotiable” self-care activities she enjoys to help her stay healthy and increase her productivity. [spp-tweet tweet=”“At some point, it’s just going to feel obvious to you what you need to do to move things forward.” – Chetna Bhatt”]  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How stress impacted her professional performance and ultimately led to her chronic illness diagnosis. Identifying and addressing “invisible variables” to effectively understand and manage stress. How understanding her stress and focusing on her wellbeing enabled her to be more present, engaged, creative, and productive. How she finds work-life balance while working part-time and building a business. How she manages and prioritises her daily tasks and to-do lists. Strategies she uses to calm her mind so she can focus on achieving her goals. Her perspective on procrastination. Challenges she faces with delegating tasks and hiring a team. The importance of getting plenty of sleep and exercise. The “non-negotiable” self-care activities that help her stay healthy and productive. Activities she enjoys to help her relax and unwind. The importance of working with a coach or mentor for personal growth. Strategies she uses to learn and improve her skills. How she manages setbacks in her personal and professional life. What “living more” means for her. Resources: Google Drive Mac Calendar LastPass Audio Memos One Note Todoist Connect with Chetna Bhatt: Being Lawyers Twitter LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Chetna Bhatt: Understanding Stress to Improve Performance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Amber Christian is the founder of Wonderly Software Solutions and creator of Bella Scena, which helps freelancers and small business owners create a unified view of their work through a calendar, to-do list, and meeting planning application. Amber drew on her experience of running a treasury consulting firm to build a second business devoted to providing a technical solution that addresses the unique productivity and collaboration challenges faced by freelancers and small companies. Amber is a regular author and public speaker on a variety of technology topics and is currently the Chair of the Managing Information Systems (MIS) advisory board at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Amber joins me today to discuss why she was inspired to create the Bella Scena programme, leading to her running two companies full time to bring her vision for a new productivity product to fruition. She shares her journey from running a service-based consultancy company to building and providing a product and the challenges she has faced throughout the process. She also explains why entrepreneurs need to have a roadmap of where they are going with their business, why she recommends being intentional about tasks, and how to plan your day to take advantage of the peaks and troughs of energy in your day and week. “There is a whole hidden benefit to being intentional about your tasks” Amber Christian This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: What Amber did when she couldn’t find an app to solve her frustrations with tracking tasks How she envisions further developing Bella ScenaWhy Amber never imagined starting a tech companyThe importance of active dialogue with clients and customersWhy Amber values teamwork-centered design and how she uses it in her businessThe benefits of focusing on one critical task per dayHow to build a day that allows you to flex if something unexpected crops upWhy your worst task should be your priorityThe importance of gratitude and reflection to mental wellbeingWhy Amber never schedules meetings after 3pmWhich apps and programmes keep Amber on track and at peak productivityWhy you need to embrace learning new skills as your business iteratesHow to successfully outsource as your business develops Resources Mentioned: Instant MeetingEvernoteGoogle CalendarThe Five Minute JournalBella ScenaAtlassianCoschedule Connect with Amber Christian: Bella ScenaBella Scena on InstagramBella Scena on TwitterBella Scena on FacebookWonderly Software SolutionsWonderly Software Solutions on LinkedInAmber Christian on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Hazel Addley is dedicated to helping creative professionals and entrepreneurs feeling stuck or bored in their business or career answer the age-old question: “What’s next?”. She helps people find their meaning and their purpose in their life, business, and career, and transform it into a life they love living through her home-based coaching business. Hazel has a background as a freelance arts manager and a has diploma in Personal Performance Coaching from The Coaching Academy. She is also one of the first EAM (Energy Alignment Method) Mentors in the world. She draws from her personal experiences and challenges to help her clients achieve their goals. Today, Hazel joins me on the show to discuss how running a coaching business compares to working as a freelance arts manager and how she structures her work day to stay productive without sacrificing her free time. She also shares how she ensures she remains healthy as a busy entrepreneur. “If you don’t have a sense of boundaries with how you do your work, then you could feel pressured to work all the time.” [spp-tweet tweet=” Having boundaries helps me protect my wellbeing. @hazeladdleycoac”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Why she chooses to work structured hours Her morning routines and daily structure How planning your workday ahead can help improve your productivity and reduce stress How she uses Microsoft Excel in her business Time management strategies The Power of an Hour strategy – blitzing tasks you don’t enjoy doing Fitting exercise and nutrition into the entrepreneurial lifestyle Investing in self-improvement How she detaches her emotions when things don’t go right How taking a ‘time out’ can benefit your life and your work Mentioned Resources: Trello Color Notes for Android Alison Nixon’s free Smoothie e-book The Miracle Morning book by Hal Elrod Energy Alignment Methods with Yvette Taylor The Power of Now book by Eckhart Tolle Abraham Hicks on YouTube Connect with Hazel Addley: Hazel Addley Coaching Hazel Addley Coaching on Facebook Hazel Addley on Twitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review of the show! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your favourite social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, and follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to connect and interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided brilliantly (my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [spp-transcript] The post Hazel Addley: Setting Boundaries and Staying Healthy first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness with Faye Watts of FUSE Accountants LLP. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Salesforce, a CRM and Sales Platform – “In the office we use a thing called Salesforce, which is an on-line platform. All of our software is on-line based, web based, so that we can have access anywhere. That means that it gives me and the rest of the staff the opportunity to work from home or elsewhere at any time with instant access.” Rightmove – for inspiration “is my other favourite app because that gives me the inspiration. I love property and I love architecture and it just gives me the inspiration to want to achieve more and get a bigger house. It helps me focus … It’s almost like looking at my dream houses and that helps wire me and gets me working towards goals.” Books More Balls Than Most by Lara Morgan Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Music Country Music – “For me, I’d rather turn the music up loud in my downtime. I like country music so I turn that up as loud as I can and just get into my zone.” Tips Really important to stick to a routine “Well, I have to stick to a routine because I’m rubbish otherwise. If I don’t, I don’t keep my day on track. I schedule everything I do. I have a routine in the mornings, I catch up on emails. Then, I always make sure before lunch I work on one job to get it out the door. That might be a client’s tax return, some accounting, some advice, whatever that might be.” Schedule telephone calls including with clients – “I tend to schedule phone calls with clients for half an hour, an hour, if I know that they want to discuss something in detail rather than get into the habit of allowing phone calls to interrupt the day and then you lose momentum.” Minimise distractions, especially when working at home – “I don’t like distractions in terms of when I’m at work. I think when you’re working it’s important not to use the time to put washing on in between or decide to do an hour of ironing. I think it’s key that when you’re working you’re working, no matter what environment you’re in, that you still have dedicated time slots.” Being clear about what’s work and what isn’t and how to switch between the two – “When I go home I go home. That’s it. Time out. I have a personal trainer that I train with twice a week and I do that within working hours. I have a 9am on a Friday morning and a 5pm on a Monday evening. The point of that is they’re in working hours because they really are a disciplined time of my day. They’re an appointment that I can’t reschedule so that my evening time is my evening time. I have a very clear line between what is work and what is life.” Planning and goal setting is essential – “I diarise everything wherever I can and I’ve got to-do lists in every part of my life. I’ve got to-do lists personally. I even have a list of all the restaurants I want to go to, and all the things I want to do, and the countries I want to go to, and the hotel I want to stay in. Also, from a daily point of view, I break my task list down into today’s to-do list and maybe this month’s or this year’s so I have clear goals. Though using the word ‘to-do list’ I think is a little bit harsh and it can be a bit draining. You think, “I’ve got to do that.” Whereas, perhaps having a year’s goal list or a goal plan or having today’s priorities, try and avoid the to-do list because I think that’s really onerous.” Self Care is key to business success – “ I looked at my health, my diet, my weight, managed to lose some weight, and really focused this year on mindfulness and stepping back from work and saying, ‘Okay, my health is just as important as my work because it effectively has a knock on effect on what I do and how I work.’ My job’s very taxing, for want of a better cliché.” Eating healthily is really important and it’s about working out what works for you – “Mentally, I used to suffer with a lot of brain fog and confusion if my diet was poor. I found that if I changed my way of eating, and my patterns of eating, my diet, and my whole exercise routine, that I managed to eliminate the negatives of that. I’m a bit of a low carb girl, a bit of a high protein and veg. I know what works for me. I know what doesn’t work for me and my weakness right now is coffee gelato. Then, I’m in real trouble. Work on improving your habits – “You lose habits really quickly if you have the right mindset. It’s just forming habits. I think you just have to be really conscious of habits that you’ve formed and the ones that make you feel positive and the ones that make you feel negative. It’s strange to me to have such discipline, but it’s discipline that forms a habit and then once you’ve got the habit it just becomes part of your life.” Comment from Jo “I was reading something the other day. I think it’s from the book, “The One Thing.” It was talking about how habits are formed through little pockets of self-discipline. People think that successful people are really disciplined 24/7 sort of thing. It was making the point that that isn’t necessarily the case. It’s just about having enough discipline to do that one thing and to do that one thing on a regular basis to the point it then becomes a habit. Then, you don’t need the self-discipline because you just do it. Then, you use that discipline for something else, which I thought was really interesting.” Doing meditative things for mindfulness Faye is improving her weight dead lifting “it’s also really amazing on your mind because you cannot think of anything else. You’re in the zone where you’re just pushing your body to its limit. Even though it’s not physically relaxing, it’s mentally relaxing because your brain can’t think about anything else and you just switch off”. And Faye also sings “There’s a lot of focus, and you’re thinking about the words, you’re thinking about the sounds, you’re thinking about the vowels, and everything when you’re singing. Again, there’s no place to think of anything else. Also, it’s so deeply relaxing and enjoyable if you make a nice sound.” I want to learn anything new. I like the idea of stretching my brain, not in terms of more education, but more knowledge and power and more … I think it helps you improve strength of character and your own emotional intelligence. That’s probably more important. Turning your phone off – “when I do get home the phone goes upside down on the hall room table. I mean, I check it occasionally because my work and my personal phone are the same. I couldn’t deal with two phones. I do just come and look at it, but I won’t look at my emails because my emails will only ever be work related, but I’ll check my texts or whatever.” Pets – “I’ve also got a kitten so I love to come home to my little kitten. He gives me a lot of pleasure.” “I have certain rules. I won’t put my mobile phone on charge in my bedroom and I don’t have a TV in my bedroom because I think the bedroom and sleeping is … It’s for two things, the bedroom. We’ll leave it at that. I like that to be a zen. It’s a very, very neutral zen.” Websites Pinterest – “I love Pinterest. It’s my obsession actually because I create a mood board and all the things that inspire me. Actually, I learn from that as well. Visually I’m learning things. I think everything you learn from if you just open your mind to it.” To Contact Faye Twitter @taxandtea FUSE Accountants FayeWatts.com LinkedIn The post Faye Watts: Habits, Goal Setting, Self Care, Weight Lifting, Singing and Mindfulness first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Blinkist, My Fitness Pal, Trello, Pocket, reading, productivity and learning with Darren Bandoo, Personal Performance Coach, Photographer, blogger, volunteer board member for the International Special Events Society and Business Development Executive for PRG XL Video. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps MotionX – “I actually use this app called MotionX. It’s a bit of a sleep app. It’s got this wind down where you will put it on and it will sort of play ocean sounds and you can just lie there. It’s a bit like a head space, mindfulness strategy just to stop or to slow down, and that sort of drifts me off. Blinkist –  précises of books to read and listen to. “You’re familiar with the app Blinkist as well. I know we’ve talked about that in the past, and sometimes listening to a book where your eyes aren’t active. It’s just you can just close your eyes and just listen to something and let the information settle in, and that sometimes drifts me off as well.” MyFitnessPal – “That’s something I use more. It gave me a good understanding of what I was eating because you can scan barcodes. I’m quite a healthy guy. I’m not overweight or anything, but I had no idea how or what concept a calorie was. Never counted them ever, and I thought, “Okay. Well, I’m trying to put weight on.” I’m in a body building phase. I’m not going to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I had to get a grip of good calories, bad calories, and that’s what led me onto the whole nutrition path as well. It gives you a better idea and fact about what is actually happening here.” Lightroom – “I use Lightroom now for my photography Final Cut – “for any editing” Logic Pro – “for audio” Trello – “is my to-do list. I’m very visual, so I find I like moving things from left to right once they get done. It’s great for that. It’s great for just sliding things across without too much effort. Trello I use as a task board, but also the ideas board. I’ve got boards for Aroha in terms of client management and things we’ve done which I share with my business partner. Then I have one for Drgnfly360.” Evernote – “I’m a big fan of Evernote. It’s sort of my brain outside of my head as I’ve heard it referred to once and I refer to it myself. I do all my thinking and capture all my ideas and notes that relate to anything that I’m dealing with in any of my projects. I love the search facility within Evernote and the [filing 00:20:48], so we use that a lot for any content. We draft up contracts, agreements, ideas up, our processes sometimes are even labelled out there. That then gives us a resource because I can share that folder. I’m a premium user so I’ve got a lot more capabilities. Then I share that folder again with my business partner. I even share a folder with my wife which we call our home folder, so all the shopping lists get created in there, and we take snapshots of our bills. It’s a nice one stop shop where you can go search things out and go from there. My top two would be that first one, compartmentalising by having a notebook, then breaking your life into categories that you want to work on, contexts as they’re called. The second is studying. Every time I’m learning something I’ll start a notebook, and for every chapter topic within there I have a note, and the great thing I lucky about Evernote is you can then turn all of those notes into a table of contents at the top. You go into there and it creates these hyperlinks, so you just read through, boom, and then go straight to that notebook. It’s got a lot, a lot of features that I love and use daily. Jo said “When I am in a meeting I love the fact that I can take notes straight into Evernote which means I never have to write them up again, and I can find them again, and I can even create checklists and to-do lists from them without having to use anything else, and just thinking back a long time since I’ve not used it, but to writing handwritten meeting notes and then looking at them day in, day out in my in-tray while I kept telling myself I needed to type them up but never got round to it. I don’t need to anymore.” Pocket – “It’s my favourite reader, and the one thing I love about it is that the articles are available offline, so if you send anything to it say from Feedly, you can actually have a good read offline, underground. We’re always underground on a train or anything like that. It’s all there and you can then forward it to any of the other apps that you want for storage like Evernote. That’s one of my favourites that I’m using at the moment.” Other Resources MacProVideo – “I have access to a website called macProVideo, and that basically gives you tutorials on every bit of software that’s out there in the world. It’s like Lynda.com. You might have heard of that.” Music “I’m a very big fan of Motown, soul, anything all the way up to the high BPMs of the electronic dance music today like jungle and drum and bass, but what I really like is it’s definitely got to be the Motown. I’ve got a record collection. I don’t know. People don’t use those anymore, but I’ve got a vast, a vast record collection sitting right behind me, and I like to pull them out and just dust off anything from Earth, Wind, and Fire. Don’t laugh. Films “I love a good movie. I like my horrors. I like edgy things like some of Guy Ritchie’s films or Quentin Tarantino. I like the edgy. [inaudible 00:30:11] with people that take the intros very seriously with the artwork and that really … That’s my creative edge.” Tips “I’m a big fan of lemon tea in the mornings to sort of kick start my digestive system before I eat.” “Getting up that early sort of gives me that time to look at my day, see what I’ve got to do, and then get mentally prepared for it” “I like to just stick with one topic so that I will make a lot of progress in one evening, whether I’m writing articles for the blog or touching photos up and doing the albums. I like to do a bulk load of work and then I’m happy with where that project is, and I find that I move a lot faster that way rather than spending an hour then shifting topics.” “As you can imagine task management is crucial here, and I like to organise my days so the middle of the week, so Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday I call project nights, so Monday and Friday is just relax, get into the week and spend some time with my wife in the evenings. Tuesday through to Thursday are project nights, so I pick a day to focus on each of those projects just so that I know I’ve got that time to do that. It keeps me on top of everything.” “One of my early revelations was I just want to be happy, and it’s not a destination, it’s the journey, so one day I just started thinking about, “Okay. Well … ” I was in a bad place and a bit of a turbulent childhood. I thought, “This is it. I’m just going to be happy.” The next morning, woke up. Made myself the best cup of tea. It just starts from the simple things. You know?” “Healthy mind, healthy body, and if you’re not making time for health, you’re making time for sickness. Isn’t that right?” “On the whole sort of nutrition tip I steer away from white rice, white pasta, white breads. I’ve learned a bit more about gluten free and I’m trying to incorporate that in terms of prevention of later degenerative effects.” “It’s about like having a 360 look at your world, your situation, and quantifying how satisfied you are with various areas, whether it’s health, work, your hobbies, your relationships, et cetera. I actually have a quantified system where it gives you a number at the end of it and then you can work on your lowest satisfaction rating. I urge your readers have a look at it. It’s on my website and any questions I can always answer them. I’m more than happy to do that.” “To relax. The reading does take me down. I like to surf around on the net a lot in terms of travel. My wife and I we just recently qualified as scuba divers, so I’m constantly on the net trying to find good locations to dive. I’m definitely a warm water fan though. I can’t stand the cold water.” “Because of obviously the progresses that I’ve made now from my early days of being a milk runner. It was my first ever job was running milk to people’s doors and collecting the tokens. When things don’t go right for me I always just think of the progress that I’ve made, and progress. I remind people if they’re in the same position about the progresses they’ve made, and things could always be worse, Jo. They can always be worse.” “The trick is how you take it on board, what you learn from it, and how then are you going to turn this into a success. Again, everything is always a work in progress, but without your failures you don’t learn the greatest lessons, and winning isn’t as good if you don’t fail.” To Contact Darren “First step if you haven’t, check out my website, Drgnfly360. That’s dragon without the vowels, so just D-R-G-N-F-L-Y 360.com, and interact with me through there. We’ve got a comments page. My email is also [email protected]. I’m on Twitter @DBandoo, so say hi.” Tweet: “The trick is how you take it on board, what you learn from it, and how then you’re going to turn it into a success” https://ctt.ec/2VF84+ Tweet: “I’m a big fan of Evernote. It’s sort of my brain outside of my head” @dbandoo https://ctt.ec/2f5pu+ Tweet: “I’m a big fan of lemon tea in the mornings to sort of kick start my digestive system before I eat.” @dbandoo https://ctt.ec/WPaXt+ [spp-transcript] The post Darren Bandoo: Blinkist, My Fitness Pal, Trello, Pocket, reading, productivity and learning first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Page to View Diary, ValueAddon, Living your Dream and a Whiteboard with Roy Carter of IM Income Builders Club. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Page a Day Diary – “I’ve been in corporate life and all the rest of it, in the long, distance past now, but I’ve never really found a better way of organising myself than the good old-fashioned page-a-day diary that I use. What I’ll usually do is I’ll have like three main, what I call PFA tasks, so I call them prime focus activity tasks, that I want to get done as a priority each day. They’re prime focus activities because they bring money in, so they get done first. As long as I get those, usually three main PFA tasks done in a day, I’m happy. Whiteboard – “I’ve got a whiteboard in front of me as I speak now, I’m looking at that on the wall. I know at any given time what the income is for the month, the number of members this month compared to last month of my main IM Income Builders Club. I have other membership programmes as well. It’s all in front of me at a glance.“ AWeber and GetResponse “I use them to send out emails, and broadcast emails, and sequential emails that go out with lessons for my membership programmes, things like that. I rely heavily on that, and that’s magic. I just think they’re a major part of my business, the autoresponders.” ValueAddOn – “The membership tool that I’ve just starting using, which I run my main membership programme IM Income Builders Club from. It’s all run from this one tool, which is an online. It’s so simple and easy to use. Intuitive to use right from the get go, which is good for me because I’m a complete technophobe. It does everything I want it do. I have video lessons in there for my members, because most of my training’s done by videos, step-by-step videos. All the videos are hosted in there by them too, so I don’t have worry about hosting. It’s a brilliant tool if you want to run your own membership programme. It’s really way too inexpensive for what it does. I think it’s about $37 a month or something ridiculous like that. It’s quite incredible. I mean, it does everything I need it to do, and it’s making me an awful lot of money in terms of my membership programme.” Dropbox – “Then I’d have to say probably Dropbox where I can save everything, you know, all my work and files. I access that anywhere I happen to be in the world.” Books “Well, obviously everyone obviously has to read a book called, ‘Can A Beer Mat Change Your Life?’ Yeah, that’s a great book, it’s called, ‘Can A Beer Mat Change Your Life?’ It’s a really good book. It’s available on Amazon. It’s by a really clever and a very hugely handsome guy called Roy Carter!!” “I tend to like books by entrepreneurs who kind of think outside the square a bit. One of the very first books that I remember reading when I was younger, of that type, of somebody who really thinks outside the square, was a book called, ‘The Lazy Man’s Way To Riches’. It’s by a guy called, Joe Karbo. Obviously the title is ‘The Lazy Man’s Way to Riches’ or whatever, but it’s much more than that. He tells how, during the Great Depression in America, he made a lot of money in a lot of quite ingenious ways. Even during that Great Depression time, when everyone was suffering.” “As for probably the best book I’ve ever read, fairly recently actually, probably only a few months ago, it was recommended to me by my mentor, and the book is called, ‘Straightline Leadership’. and it’s by a guy called Dusan Djukich and it honestly is superb. I read it in one sitting, I couldn’t actually put it down. It was an absolute epiphany to me. I actually now recommend every consulting client that comes on with me, I recommend that they read that book, because it’s such an eye opener. Yeah, without a doubt, it’s the best book I’ve ever read. It’s not just about leadership. If you think about leadership, it’s also about leading yourself rather than leading others, or as well as leading others. It simplifies things down when you really look at it, because it gets yourself to ask yourself questions about your own business. For example, you know, it’s so simple, like he does a 4 step thing where he says, “Okay looking at your business, so what you’re really looking at is what’s working. What’s not working. What’s missing and what’s next.” You know, that’s just a simple example of how he breaks things down in one respect. Then he’ll say things like, “Okay a decision about this particular activity – do you do it, do you drop it or do you delegate it?” When you look at the book, I’m going to read it again and again, because it was just a bit of an epiphany for me. I’m big on simplifying things for other people, and trying to make things easy for my consulting clients and members, and everything else like that. I like to keep things simple. This book, when you read it, Straightline Leadership, it just opened my eyes, to think about things in a different way. I would recommend anyone who runs their own business or feels that they’re an entrepreneur in any way, get that book and read it, because I think you’ll be glad you did.” Music “I’ve got a really varied taste in music. I like people like Jason Mraz, pretty much anything by Jason Mraz. He’s great. “Diana Krall, I don’t know if you’re familiar with Diana Krall? She’s amazing. I just love her stuff. It’s so smoky and jazzy and relaxed. She’s really great.” Films “The Shawshank Redemption would probably be one of my favourites. You know, that’s ages old now, but a classic I think.” “I’m a bit of a romantic so, Clint Eastwood did one called, ‘The Bridges of Madison County’, which is a real great, sort of weepy thing, you know, showing my romantic side.”  Tips Planning the Day Before – “Before I stop work, or in the afternoon or whenever it is, I’ll actually note down in the diary the things that I want to get done the following day. It’s classic time management stuff really. You don’t wake up in the morning and think, “Okay well what am I going to do today?” and waste the first hour wondering what you’re going to do, it’s already there and laid out for you.” Three Monthly Planning – “I don’t look much more than about three months ahead because I think a lot can happen in three months and things can change a lot, you know. I’ll say, “Okay, this is where I want to be in three months’ time. This is where I want to be in a month’s time.” Generally, what I tend to do is I’m working month to month, so I know what I want to achieve this month Fishing to Relax – “I find that when I’m fishing I can just empty my head of anything really. Everything else just goes and I’m completely sort of in the moment and at peace when I’m fishing.” Learning and Personal Development – “I spend a lot of money on different programmes just to keep abreast of what people are doing in the marketing online industry. I spend a lot of money on that just keep myself up with most things, but really, I’ll usually be working with a mentor. Very expensive in one sense, I mean, I’ve worked with a couple of mentors, two or three mentors, and they’re extremely good and at the top of their profession at what they do. It’s not cheap, it’s very expensive in one sense to be with them and learn from them, but unbelievably inexpensive really, when you look at what you learn and how you that can contribute vastly to your bottom line and your profits. From my mentors alone, I know that I’ve learnt a lot from my mentors. I’ve very nearly been about to make a major maybe and they’ve said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, don’t do that. Do it this way”. Just that one like thirty-minute conversation has changed the entire bottom line for me over the next God knows how many months.” When Things Go Wrong – “I think the older you get, you put things in perspective a little bit better. For me, now when things don’t go right, and that happens you know, the fact is, I always think, well tomorrow’s another day. Life is always full of highs and lows really, as we know, as everyone knows. Sometimes, if it isn’t going right, I’ll usually step completely away from it, and I’ll just go for a walk or I’ll take myself off fishing, take the day off. Sometimes I’ll just say to Lin, “Do you know what? Blow this, let’s go get some lunch somewhere and forget the day.” That’s what we’ll do. Then what I’ll then is, I’ll come back to the problem with a completely fresh mind. That’s the way I handle it.” Dealing with Problems – One piece of advice I have given to my mentoring clients and consulting clients is, when you’ve got a problem, it doesn’t matter whether it’s health or financial worries or someone you love or care for, whatever it is, the one thing I will say is, that you will always, always start to feel better about things the minute that you start to take action, some form of action and doing something about the problem. The moment you start doing something to actually take action and resolve the problem, however little that action might be, you’re doing something.” Living your Dreams – “A client said to me recently, “Oh I’d love to live on an island.” I said, “Look, it’s not as difficult to live on a tropical island as you think it is. What you have to do is, just decide that that’s what you’re going to do and go ahead and make it happen”. It’s not as difficult as people think. Helping Clients – “I call it, shining the light on their pathway to success, kind of thing. What you are, is you’re really just a cog in the wheel that shows them the right way really.” To Contact Roy “I write a monthly newsletter, which is a subscription newsletter. The newsletter is called, ‘Letters from A Small Island’. It’s a monthly newsletter that gets delivered to your inbox in pdf format. If you go to https://www.lettersfromasmallisland.com. People seem to like it. I enjoy writing it every month. It sort of keeps people in touch with what I’m doing. Tweet: “I just feel like when you enjoy what you do, then it doesn’t really seem like work really, does it?” @RoyCarterEbooks https://ctt.ec/aaz10+ Tweet: “Mentoring clients – I call it, shining the light on their pathway to success” @RoyCarterEbooks https://ctt.ec/7Ou7Y+ Tweet: “I find that when I’m fishing I can just empty my head of anything really. I’m completely sort of in the moment” @RoyCarterEbooks https://ctt.ec/WErR7+ [spp-transcript] The post Roy Carter: Page to View Diary, ValueAddon, Living your Dream and a Whiteboard! first appeared on POWER to Live More.

The mind is a very powerful tool that contributes in the direction you’re headed, whether it’s with productivity at work, with the life decisions you make or when forming habits. Engaging the mind is an essential step in creating, breaking, maintaining, and reinforcing habits, whether good or bad. Knowing the truth about habit formation helps you understand how your brain works and allows you to pursue healthy habits. Today, I talk about how your good habits can lead you to success by making them the magic potion for your mind. I also share a list of tips on habit formation as well as some tricks you can use to create good habits as done by successful people. I identify helpful apps and support groups that can help you track the habits you want to develop that reinforce the steps you take in engaging your mind in creating good and lasting habit changes. [spp-tweet tweet=”Good habits are the mind’s magic potion.”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: The role the subconscious mind plays in habit formation Things you can do to allow your good habits to lead you to success Defining commitment and how it helps prevent the subconscious mind from interfering with your plans Several ways you can be specific when planning Best time of the day to speak affirmations to yourself Tracking the habits you want to develop Myths and truths about forming good and bad habits The scientific explanation behind habit formation Why baby steps are effective over giant leaps in habit formation Tips to Habit Formation: Change one habit at a time. Take baby steps. Seek help. Don’t be discouraged. Reward yourself for milestones. References Mentioned: Psycho-Cybernetics book by Maxwell Maltz Get Stuff Done with Power Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTIunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your social mednia channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Forming Habits first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Mary Hyatt is a life and business mindset coach who is passionate about helping high achieving female entrepreneurs move from living a life of burnout back to their enoughness, wholeness, and femininity. She coaches successful women who feel they are missing something in their life. She also runs group and one to one coaching programmes as well as shares her knowledge and experience on the Living Fully Alive podcast, where she helps her listeners learn to embody a life fully lived. As a trained Hypnotherapist and Kundalini Yoga Instructor in Nashville, Tennessee, Mary is committed to bringing a level of consciousness and soul focused inner work to everything she does. Mary joins me today to discuss her belief in the power of mindset, why she spent so much time delving into the research around women in the workplace, and how it helped her to understand her own misgivings and be more open to using her feminine soft skills professionally. She shares how she found her path in life after being coached in her own business and why she pivoted to become a life and business mindset coach. Mary also discusses how being in quarantine due to COVID-19 has given many people space to reflect on how their life looks and think about making changes when they see a better way of doing things. “When we are operating solely out of our masculine energy as women, we can’t sustain it.” Mary Hyatt This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How to get out of the hustle and get into your flowWhy you should be approaching your business from a feminine perspectiveWhat prompted Mary to embark on her voyage of self-discoveryHow she works with her clients and creates her programmesWhy she focuses on guiding women in ‘how to be enough’How she finds time to fit everything inThe value of repurposing contentWhy she batches her daysWhy you don’t have to be like a man to be successfulWhat a woman in her power looks like to MaryHow to find feminine alignment and connect with your purposeWhy it is critical to create boundaries and find time for self-careWhat Mary does when it all goes wrongThe tools and apps Mary uses in her coaching business Resources Mentioned: CalendlyEvernoteCanvaWavveBulletproof Mind Connect with Mary Hyatt: Mary Hyatt WebsiteMary Hyatt InstagramLiving Fully Alive Podcast Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Mary Hyatt: Embracing Your Feminine Energy first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Carole Railton FRSA is a behaviourist who specialises in business body language and helps others become excellent communicators by learning about different personalities. She has worked in 47 countries and has traveled to 100 to study the different cultures and behaviours of people around the world. Despite her dyslexia, Carole has written two books, including the best-selling The Future of Body Language. She also speaks with global companies such as IBM, Google London, and KPMG Singapore and has recently become an award-winning photographer.  Carole joins me today to share the significance of knowing and understanding body language, especially in business dealings and meetings. She discusses the difference in body language between men and women in the boardroom and how women can convey their authority through body language. Carole also shares why processes are not her thing as well as the three things that keep her motivated each day to live more.  “When we don’t use body language or can’t see body language, what happens is we get quite frustrated.” Carole Railton  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  The work she does with stockbrokers and investors  Why she prefers to work at a coffee shop rather than at home  Identifying what open behaviour is and how to do it  What her book The Future of Body Language is about  Her journey from being a computer programmer to a revolutionary behaviourist  The one critical factor that the so-called body language experts did not take into account  Why she chooses to be minimalistic in her ways and to start her day with gratitude  How to change what you perceive as not okay into something okay  Why she thinks body language should be taught in school  How powerful the breath is in improving the body language  How she prioritises and keeps track of her to-do list for the day  Resources Mentioned:  Apple Systems  Connect with Carole Railton:  Life After Branding Website  The Future of Body Language Book  LinkedIn  Instagram  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC  The post Carole Railton: Learning Business Body Language first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Paul and Emily Hughes have both made the leap from public sector teaching into entrepreneurship and now run the Parent Guide to GCSE, a website where they support parents whose children are in Year 11 and are preparing to take their first set of important exams. They met in 2003 as trainee teachers assigned to the same school after completing their Master’s studies in Information Management and Computing, and Maths and Education, respectively. They enjoy working from separate rooms at home and relish the freedom that their business has given them. Emily also runs a Pop Choir in her spare time and loves the opportunity that it gives her to connect with other like-minded people. Paul and Emily join me today to discuss their membership website for parents who want to help their children prepare successfully for their GCSE exams and how they were inspired by a parent chat on WhatsApp to start their business. Emily discusses her love of reading and researching and how she used this ‘superpower’ to plan the website that shares their professional knowledge with parents who are struggling to understand how to help their children get exam-ready in a way that also supports their mental health. Paul and Emily also dive into how they manage their days now that they are working on their own business and no longer have the day timetabled by the school bell, and why they make time for prioritising their family with regular ‘Fri-dates.’ “A lot of the stress of exams is caused by not feeling in control.” Emily Hughes This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Paul and Emily began to feel that teaching was no longer a long-term option for themOther business ventures that paved the way for The Parent Guide to GCSE websiteThe similarities and differences between education and entrepreneurshipHow Paul and Emily plan and organise their tasks to work together successfullyHow they brainstorm the future of their business and the areas in which they plan to expand their conceptHints and tips on how to talk about exams and revision with your teenage childrenWhy it’s vital to support mental health and promote wellness strategiesThe importance of prioritisingWhy they outsource some of their business tasks to a VAHow they deal with situations that don’t go their way and challenging daysWhat their day looks like when they’re ‘living more,’ and how they prioritise family-time Resources Mentioned: Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You by Daniel PriestleyCopywriting for Creatives CourseFree to Focus by Michael HyattThe 1% Club with John LamertonBig Ideas for Small Businesses by John LamertonMy World Domination Plans by John Lamerton Connect with Paul and Emily Hughes: The Parent Guide to GCSEsThe Parent’s Guide to GCSEs on FacebookThe Parent’s Guide to GCSEs on TwitterEmily Hughes on LinkedIn Paul Hughes on LinkedInNEW BOOK GCSE Survival Guide for Parents Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Paul & Emily: Helping Parents Help Teens Prepare for Exams first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Lorraine Hamilton PCC is a Speaker, Author, Coach, and CEO of the Coach School Academy, where she supports life coaches in making a living from making a difference. As an engineer designing mobile phone networks, Lorraine started a coaching business, then leapt into coaching full time. Lorraine has over 15 years of experience and is a Certified Professional Coach. She is the creator of the S.W.I.T.C.H Coaching Method to help coaches in their practice as well as the D.A.N.C.E framework to help clients. Her latest book, Dye Your Hair Purple Sooner, helps people transform their lives into technicolour. Today, Lorraine shares her journey from an engineering career to starting her coaching business. She reveals how her own experiences help her to help others and why she also chose to work with coaches. She shares why the way we live today has increased the need for external help and the inspiration for her latest book. She also shares why we develop avoidance patterns for uncomfortable situations, what living a life in technicolour means and how you can do it. “Getting into a technicolour life, becoming that legendary leader, comes back to putting yourself in those uncomfortable situations and recognising that you don’t need to fix it, that you can just experience it.” Lorraine Hamilton This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The journey that led Lorraine to start a career in coachingHow Lorraine uses her own experiences to help other peopleWhy Lorraine chose to move into coaching other coachesThe shift in attitudes over the years about coachingHow the change in the way we live has fostered a need for external helpThe inspiration and meaning behind Lorraine’s new book, Dye Your Hair Purple SoonerWhat living a technicolour life means and how you can do itWhy we develop patterns of avoiding uncomfortable situationsThe systems Lorraine uses to work with her clients to help them achieve their goalsHow Lorraine manages her self-developmentHow Lorraine approaches challenging daysWhat an ideal day of ‘living more’ looks like for Lorraine Resources Mentioned: ZoomCoachAccountable AccessAllyWordPressActiveCampaign Connect with Lorraine Hamilton: Lorraine Hamilton’s WebsiteCoach School AcademyBook: Dye Your Hair Purple SoonerLorraine Hamilton on LinkedInLorraine Hamilton on InstagramLorraine Hamilton on Facebook Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Lorraine Hamilton: Becoming the Legendary Leader of Your Technicolour Life first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Siobhan McKeown is the Director of People Operations at the internationally distributed web development agency, Human Made. She is the author of A Life Lived Remotely, a book on how the internet and technology have changed the way we work in a digital world. She is an event organiser, public speaker, and advocate and contributor for free software and has written numerous articles on topics ranging from remote work and technology to web development and free software. Siobhan joins me today to discuss how she finds balance while working remotely. She explains the importance of setting boundaries around your work schedule and tips on how to prioritise your daily tasks so you feel focused, motivated, and productive. She also explains why she believes building trust and developing your company’s culture is critical when working with a remote team and how it impacts the company’s overall working environment as well as performance. [spp-tweet tweet=”“It is so important to create boundaries between when you are working and when you’re not working.” – Siobhan McKeown”] This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How the world of work has evolved over the last several decades How she finds balance while working remotely The importance of creating boundaries around your time How she manages her time to ensure she completes her daily tasks Why she prioritises tasks to be completed within a two-week window How delegating tasks helps her stay productive Why she believes learning to delegate is critical to step into leadership roles Why building trust with remote employees and contractors is critical How her company builds trust with their remote teams How company culture impacts the working environment and team performance Challenges she faces to stay fit and healthy while working remotely and the strategies she uses to overcome them Techniques she uses to relax and unwind Why she believes reading fiction books is one of the best self-improvement strategies How she handles challenges and setbacks in her personal and professional life What “living more” means to her Resources Mentioned: Mindful Chrome Add-On Bear Writing App Slack Zoom Scrivner Goodreads Connect with Siobhan McKeown: Human Made siobhanmckeown.com A Life Lived Remotely book Twitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Siobhan McKeown: Finding Balance Whilst Working Remotely first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dr. Allen Lycka was a leading cosmetic doctor for over 40 years, pioneering many modern cosmetic procedures that have become so routine today. His passion for his practice was apparent in the holistic approach he took to his patients and the many accolades he received throughout his career. In 2003, everything changed when he began experiencing drop foot. After numerous doctors and tests, he was diagnosed with ALS and told to get his affairs in order. Dr. Lycka, however, was not convinced. With his health declining, he continued to run his practice while trying to find answers for his mysterious ailment. He finally found a doctor who was able to confirm his suspicion – that he had been misdiagnosed. He is currently being treated for long-term Lyme disease and has turned his experience into a way to give back. He has written several books and now spends his time as a transformational speaker and coach. Today, Dr. Lycka shares his experience of going through the five stages of grief after his ALS misdiagnosis. We discuss the transformative power of choosing happiness and how living enthusiastically can impact your place in the world. He shares his experience as a top cosmetic surgeon and why he felt that his role went beyond changing his patients’ aesthetics. He offers some advice for allowing our grief to become gratitude and why it can be a powerful blessing. He also shares some of the “Golden Pearls” that he writes about in his book, The Secrets to Living a Fantastic Life. “It’s not what happens to you. It’s what you do with what happens.” Dr. Allen Lycka This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How his illness changed his perspective and inspired him to give backThe “Golden Pearls” that help us survive personal traumas and setbacksWhy 2020 can be seen as a blessing if we choose to prioritise our non-negotiablesWhy moving from his role as a top cosmetic surgeon to an inspirational speaker and author felt like a natural transitionThe importance of consciously creating gratitude for the things and people who are important to youHow being a cosmetic doctor was about more than changing physical appearancesThe power of choosing happiness and paying it forward every dayHow he transformed his grief into joy and thankfulness Resources Mentioned: On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-RossPsycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz   Connect with Dr. Allen Lycka: Dr. Allen Lycka Website Book: The Secrets to Living a Fantastic LifeDr. Allen Lycka on LinkedIn Dr. Allen Lycka on Instagram Dr. Allen Lycka on Facebook Dr. Allen Lycka on Twitter Dr. Allen Lycka on YouTube  Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Dr Allen Lycka: Choosing Joy After Trauma first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Christine Morrison is a former Merseyside Police sergeant and specialist crime prevention advisor with Greater Manchester Police who established her own business, CMA Training, in 2003. She delivers training workshops in personal safety and crime prevention to clients in the public, private, and voluntary sectors in the UK and internationally. When Christine isn’t at work, she enjoys walking up or skiing down mountains, or if the weather doesn’t allow getting out in the great outdoors, she enjoys curling up with a good book. Christine joins me today to discuss how her work patterns have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and how she is productively using the time that she used to spend on the road. She shares how she feels about the change in work style and why she reached out to other trainers in her quest to go virtual and continue serving her clients. Christine also discusses her intrinsic learning style, her Masters in Business Administration qualification (MBA), and how she ensures that she stays up to date professionally by reading and engaging with leaders she admires. “Looking after your clients has to be your number one priority.” Christine Morrison This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Christine felt inspired to start a business to offer personal safety and crime prevention trainingChristine’s work with the Suzy Lamplugh TrustTips for people moving their business onlineThe value of forming a networkWhy it’s important to embrace technology but not rely on itChristine’s tips for nurturing business relationshipsThe importance of getting and providing useful feedback after facilitating training sessionsHow Christine keeps fit and healthyWhy Christine believes in outsourcing some tasks to the expertsChristine’s mantraWhat Christine does on days where it all goes wrong Resources Mentioned: Suzy Lamplugh TrustThings appThe Law of Attraction Life PlannerJoe Wicks 90 Day ChallengeEat That Frog: 21 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian TracyLife Leverage: How to Get More Done in Less Time, Outsource Everything & Create Your Ideal Mobile Lifestyle by Rob MooreThe Squiggly Career: Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career by Helen Tupper and Sarah EllisAmazing IfRadical Candour: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim ScottDanielle Mcleod’s Remarkable Women Connect with Christine Morrison: CMA TrainingChristine Morrison on LinkedInChristine Morrison on TwitterEmail: [email protected] Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Christine Morrison: Staying Client-Focused first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Ellen Goodwin is a TEDx Speaker, Author, and Productivity Expert who uses neuroscience practices to help businesses and individuals overcome procrastination struggles. After struggling with motivation issues, Ellen created tools and empirically-based systems to amp up productivity and resist procrastination. She now uses the things she learned to help entrepreneurs build stronger habits, increase focus to leverage their energy to grow their business, and have more time for the things that matter most. Ellen also co-hosts the Faster, Easier Better podcast, where she shares quick, actionable ideas to make your life better. Today, Ellen joins me to share her journey into coaching and why she decided to write her book to help people with productivity. She reveals why energy management is essential for everyone and the tools she uses to maintain high productivity levels. She shares tips for increasing productivity and prioritising tasks. She also shares how you can plan distractions so they don’t eat up your time and some practices that help her deal with challenging days. “You can plan out your day to the minute, but if you don’t have the proper energy, it means nothing.” Ellen Goodwin This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The experience that led Ellen into productivity coachingWhy Ellen decided to write her bookHow Ellen delivers her work to her clientsWhy energy management is so importantTools Ellen uses to help her stay productiveTips for prioritising tasks and increasing your productivityPlanning your distractionsHow Ellen makes sure she has the energy to do the things she needs to doPractices Ellen uses to deal with difficult days Resources Mentioned: Book: The War of Art By Steven PressfieldBook: Turning Pro By Steven PressfieldBook: Atomic Habits By James ClearBook: The Red Thread By Ann Hood Connect with Ellen Goodwin: Ellen Goodwin’s WebsiteBook: DONE How to Work When No One is Watching Podcast: The Faster, Easier, Better ShowEllen Goodwin on LinkedInEllen Goodwin on FacebookEllen Goodwin on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ellen Goodwin: Squashing Procrastination Through Energy Management first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Ali Godding, now Farrell is a business owner, Founder and Creator of The Career Leap. After a year of selling someone else’s programme, Ali decided to create her own product. She based it on an online model for both delivery and marketing, and she uses webinars to share her three steps to accelerate your career. Ali joins me today to share how having a home office for work helps create a separation between work time and non-work time. She talks about the importance of her family and her morning routine and her methods for coping with energy management, relaxation, meditation, and long-term illness as well as her tips for getting work done and keeping motivated. This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Her end-of-day routine Distractions and having a “bright shiny objects” file The joy and usefulness of having a nice paper planner How Ali tries to maintain balance and uses juicing to maintain weight She is practicing Qi Gong which is a cross between exercise and energy work What a “career angel” is and how it helps keep her motivated and willing to keep going Her product pricing strategy to encourage users to take action Consuming information that creates positive energy Mentioned Resources: Zoom Go To Webinar Leonie Dawson Planners Brian Tracy Britify HiFutureSelf New Scientist Ted Talks Tiffany Shlain films 5 Languages of Love Lean In Connect with Ali Farrell: Ali Farrell on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ali Farrell: Separating Work-Life from Home-Life first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Vanessa Vallely, OBE, is one of the UK’s most well-networked women and is a prominent figure in gender equality who guides government and corporate organisations seeking to attract, develop, and retain their female talent. In 2008 she launched the award-winning WeAreTheCity website to help women progress in their careers. The site now has over 120,000 members and provides resources, facilitates events, and sponsors awards to support women in business across the UK. Vanessa is author of Heels of Steel: Surviving and Thriving in the Corporate World, a book that details her career and experience of being a high-achieving woman in the workplace and shares tips on how to get ahead in your career. Vanessa joins me today to discuss her passion for supporting women to progress in the corporate world and how her team has pivoted to be able to provide digital support so women can continue to learn and network throughout the period of quarantine. She shares her experience of talking to young women in schools and colleges and why she feels it is vital to foster the can-do attitude they have to manage their careers. Vanessa also discusses her plans for the second half of 2020 and why they include plans to take some time for herself away from work to replenish her energy and enjoy being in the great outdoors. “Women shouldn’t have to hit a glass ceiling or be stuck on a sticky floor.”Vanessa Vallely This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Vanessa wanted to keep women motivated during quarantine by creating free webinars through WeAreVirtualHow Vanessa initially built WeAreTheCity as a side business, then found investors to develop it furtherThe importance of supporting the female pipeline in the corporate arenaHow and why women’s professional networks were expanded in the UKVanessa’s experience of talking to young women in schoolsWhy women’s confidence in the workplace gets chipped awayHow Vanessa manages her business and her personal lifeHow Vanessa takes time out from work to relaxVanessa’s opinion on how people’s work-life balance will look after COVID-19What Vanessa misses about being out in the world and face-to-face with peopleHow Vanessa flexes her timetable to ensure she gets all her tasks doneThe tools and apps Vanessa uses to help her be productiveHow Vanessa learns and keeps up to speed with her industryWhat Vanessa does on down days to help her get back on trackWhy Vanessa was nominated for an OBE and what it meant to her to be honoured Resources Mentioned: MS TeamsAlexaDrinkawareZoomThe Lord Davies Review Connect with Vanessa Vallely: WeAreTheCity WebsiteVanessa Vallely on LinkedInWeAreTheCity on InstagramWeAreTheCity on FacebookWeAreTheCity on PinterestWeAreTheCity on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Vanessa Vallely OBE: Helping Women Drive Their Careers Forward first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you open your email inbox? Whether it’s your personal email or business account, it can be easy to begin feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of email you receive every single day! Email has helped businesses grow much faster today than in the pre-internet days. It has helped keep people connected – for work and play – in a much easier way. It has even helped improve productivity for businesses, but if you’re not managing your email properly, it can quickly begin to feel more like a ‘time-suck’ than a productivity and communications tool. Today, I want to share with you some of the tips, strategies, and tools that I use every day to help me manage my email and get more done so I can live more. “I have always worked on the ‘inbox zero’ philosophy.” Inbox Zero Strategy to Help You Live More: Consolidate all your emails into one. Use rules, filters, folders, and labels. Read and respond to emails that require your immediate response. Sort the rest. Check email at specific times of the day. Be free with the delete key and forward reference materials to an external programme (like Evernote!) Create templates for frequently asked questions – or create a FAQs page on your website. Keep your responses short and sweet. POWER to Live More Resources: Google for Business (G-Suite) Sanebox Evernote Todoist FocusTime Last Pass Short Keys (for PC users) Text Expander (for Apple users) Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Managing Your Emails to Avoid Overwhelm first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Ronan Leonard is the founder of Eccountability, a mastermind platform where entrepreneurs can get the support they need as they navigate the ups and downs of the business. Since he loves watching and helping people succeed, he connects business owners to their “tribe” so they can learn from others while also having the necessary accountability they need to thrive. Being part of this community is especially helpful for those who don’t have a co-founder, mentor, or business coach. Ronan joins me today to share how to stay grounded and centred as you define and remember your “why.” He emphasises the significance of knowing and understanding your purpose as well as how this knowledge allows you to keep going. He also shares how he prevents decision fatigue, how habits and rituals help you achieve your goals, and how a gratitude list gives him the power to live more each day. “When you go back to your “why “ and really have a strong motivation to do something, all those excuses tend to fade away.” – Ronan Leonard This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: What most professionals strive for these days regarding their place of work How he discovered his “why” Why he made the change to be location independent How he gave his brain some breathing space What you imply when you say “I don’t have time” How visual reminders help him manage his time and tasks Tools and apps he uses to get things done Why he’s planning on hiring a virtual assistant (VA) A great way to get processes done How he makes sure he’s healthy enough to do the things he needs to do Why he does the hard and most important things first Resources Mentioned: Audio books Tim Ferriss Books The Five Minute Journal Boomerang Gmail RescueTime Unique Ability Book by Catherine Nomura Power Nap Psycho-Cybernetics Book by Maxwell Maltz The Dot System Connect with Ronan Leonard: Eccountability Website Eccountability on Facebook Eccountability on Twitter Ronan Leonard on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ronan Leonard: Staying Grounded and Centred with your Why first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Sharon Gaskin is the founder of The Trainers Training Company, a company she set up in 2009 to help freelance trainers thrive in their careers and their business. With years of experience in training and development, she has become the go-to person for those who wish to take their professional lives as freelance trainers to the next level. Sharon joins me today to share how she created power in her life by pursuing a freelancing business despite it being an unfamiliar field to her while supporting her children in their endeavours. She shares her driving force to continue doing what she does, how to accomplish tasks especially when your company is getting bigger, and her go-to programme for motivation and encouragement so she could create the power to live more. “When you feel less than your best, you can choose to say, ‘This is going to be hard today, but I’m going to plough through it.’” – Sharon Gaskin This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: How Sharon became the go-to person for freelance trainers How her business coped with the different phases of her life Tools she uses to organise and prioritise tasks The people who help her get things done Activities she does to relax Why reading books and listening to podcasts help her grow Two options business owners have when they’re going through a terrible day Resources Mentioned: Google Calendar Gmail Pen and Paper Subject Notebook Zoom Meet Edgar Missinglettr Virtual Assistant Copywriter Mentor Goodreads Creating Power Connect with Sharon Gaskin: The Trainers Training Company Website Membership Programme for Trainers Sharon Gaskin on Facebook The Trainers Training Company on Facebook Sharon Gaskin on LinkedIn Sharon Gaskin on Instagram Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Sharon Gaskin: Creating Power first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Miracle Morning, Time Blocking and Think and Grow Rich with Alexis Kingsbury, serial entrepreneur and business consultant. Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Tools & Apps iThoughts app – a mind mapping application. “It’s probably the best app and most powerful app that I use, and it’s the one I’m asked about most often when I’m at conferences because I take all my notes into iThoughts.” My Fitness Pal app – fitness and food app for tracking data like meals, calories and exercise. WordPress app – for blogging straight into a blog from a phone or tablet. Intercom – a customer communication platform. “I have an application called ‘Intercom’, which is used by my software business for one of our support tech teams, so I can keep an eye on what conversations people are having.” Buffer – for scheduling tweets. Other Resources People that Alexis admires – Richard Branson, Robert Kiyosaki from Rich Dad, Poor Dad Books Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod – essentially sets out six activities for you to do every morning. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Live It by Jairek Robbins – Alexis says “in the book it says to identify your perfect day, because the more you bring that to life in your head, the closer you’ll get to actually achieving it in your life”. How Will You Measure Your Life? – Clayton M. Christensen – one of the things he highlights is that he went to a very reputable university, and as he went to the reunions he saw that initially people were extremely successful. After about the fourth decade of reunions or whatever, suddenly some of them are on their own and lost their relationships, some are in prison, and some have lost it all, some have committed suicide, and so on. He just reflects on the fact that intelligence doesn’t prevent that. The problem is that we tend to get the goals wrong and we tend to prioritise a particular thing, so at the end of the rainbow, then the dreams will come true. I think actually you have to start living the dream now. Tips Eat that Frog – Brian Tracy ie doing the worst thing you need to get done on a day in the morning so that it’s out of the way. “I’ve got it as part of my visioning in the morning that I make sure that I have gone to bed before eleven.” From Think and Grow Rich – “invent a council of people who you would almost like as coaches, alive or dead, that you know enough, perhaps by reading their autobiographies or knowing them through basically whatever, that you can almost give yourself advice through their lens.” “What could I meaningfully do today/this week/this month to achieve that?” Using this question on a short and long term basis to ensure that work is meaningful and taking you to wherever you plan to be, rather than just ‘being busy’. Relative prioritisation is really important; what is most important at any given time. Time blocking on your calendar to achieve tasks and reach goals Planning and ensuring that the right stuff gets done so that there is no ‘guilt’ of not achieving what needs to be done. Exercise “baking it into my life. It’s not trying to have it as this crazy add on and decide, “Oh, I’m going to run in the mornings even though I don’t want to. I’m going to go to the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but then feel fed up that I’m not seeing my family. Instead, it’s built into my life that it’s just part of it now.” “If I realise I’ve had a really inefficient day, I’ve not eaten that frog, I’ve not done the exercise or whatever, if I catch it I will talk to myself out loud. I think it’s like a pattern break, which I believe comes from the world of NLP, and Derren Brown, and so on. ‘Alexis, you haven’t done anything productive this morning…’.” To Contact Alexis Alexis’ Twitter Making Greatness Blog Email: [email protected] The post Alexis Kingsbury: Miracle Morning, Time Blocking and Think and Grow Rich first appeared on POWER to Live More.

The late Simon Jordan was a coach, mentor, branding, and design consultant and founder of Simon Jordan Marketing. He worked with coaches and consultants internationally to help them to build profitable and powerful brands that make a difference in the world. We lost Simon just before Christmas 2021. It was a shock as he was always so lively and full of energy. About ten years ago Simon lived with us for a few weeks between houses. We were close and I miss him loads. It was lovely to hear his voice again though when I listened back. This is the first show I did with him; there was another closer to his death that you can listen to here. Google Calendar, Timetrade, Pinterest and Inspirational Tips from Simon Jordan of SimonJordan.com Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Simon uses his Get More Done Today system to stay organised and get stuff done. It’s a day planner, with the planning completed the night before, free to download. Google Calendar – for diary scheduling and planning Google Translate – as he lives in France and is learning the language! TimeTrade – to allow people to schedule calls and meetings automatically into his diary Simon uses his iPhone extensively to run his business – even from the side of the lake! Pinterest – to search for inspiration or motivation to find ideas and people to connect with Tips Charity – Silver Line – Simon regularly volunteers through this charity, speaking with lonely people Simon tries to exercise most mornings, outside. “Gets the blood pumping and it’s my time” He recommends no tech for the last hour before bed Simon eats a good quality clean diet and is vegan “I only work four days a week now, every Wednesday is family time because the kids’ school is closed on a Wednesday. April and I down tools and we spend the day. It’s good, because you’re still more productive. You’re just as productive on the other days, in fact you’re probably more productive because you know you’ve only got four days, so it’s good. When I started using this system, I think I got more done in three hours focused work than I did in two days. It’s phenomenal how much time you waste, especially on social media. When it’s all ‘going wrong’ “I have to think, in a day’s time, a week’s time, will it really matter? No, not really. What can you do? If you can’t fix it right now, don’t give it too much energy”. “Gratitude is the language of the truly rich. When you come from that place, energy flows.” “I only check my emails at 10 o’clock in the morning and at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.” Time blocking is key in managing Simon’s diary, scheduling blocks of time in for the week in advance, like for coaching or other projects “I love the line that Jim Rohn wrote, don’t wish it was easier, wish that you were better’. “I love the line, true success is knowing that someone else has breathed more easily because you’ve been there.”  To Contact Simon Jordan SimonJordan.com Simon’s Twitter Simon’s Facebook Simon’s Instagram One Planet One Place One Planet One Place on Facebook The post Simon Jordan: Google Calendar, Timetrade, and Inspirational Tips first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Cindy Bidar works with 7-figure marketing teams and numerous profitable online businesses to set up and manage marketing and sales funnels. Through training programmes and coaching, she helps clients scale their business by assisting them to create automated systems that improve conversion rates and increase sales. Cindy’s company has been entirely online in one guise or another for the last nine years, and she enjoys helping her clients put their marketing on autopilot and carve out time away from their desks. Cindy joins me today to discuss how she made the transition from a traditional office-based role into entrepreneurship. She dives into the philosophy of taking opportunities as they appear and how that has benefited the development of her business. She discusses what it’s like to work with her husband and shares the tools she uses to automate different processes that keep her business running smoothly. Cindy also shares what she does with her precious time away from her desk and how she uses this time to refocus if she has a day full of frustrations.  “Work on the tasks which are in your zone of genius and let other people do what they are really good at” Cindy Bidar This Week on the Power to Live More Podcast: Why you need to learn to say noWhere Cindy is moving her business focus nextWhat it’s like to work with her husbandHow automating saves her clients timeThe benefits of outsourcingThe drawbacks of working from home and how she deals with them Why she loves learning but has to be disciplined in what she takes on Resources Mentioned: Active Campaign AppInfusion Soft AppTodoist AppEvernoteGoogle TasksRemember the Milk AppThe Big Leap book Connect with Cindy Bidar: Cindy Bidar’s websiteFacebookTwitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Cindy Bidar: Take‌ ‌More‌ ‌Time‌ ‌Away‌ ‌from‌ ‌Your‌ ‌Desk‌ ‌by‌ ‌Automating‌ first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Paula Gardner is a Business Psychologist, Executive Coach, and the Founder of Scarlet Thinking, a visibility coaching company based in London specialised in helping executive professionals and brands gain more visibility and raise their professional profile. She is the author of Do Your Own PR and Get Noticed and the creator and facilitator of several workshops and mastermind groups, including Your Archetype Workshop and The Hot House Business Mastermind Group. Paula joins me today to share how she finds fulfilment by making connections and building relationships with her friends, family, and professional colleagues. She explains how she prioritises her tasks to achieve her goals and how she manages to find a work-life balance that suits her lifestyle. She also explains how blocking time in her schedule to allow her to focus on herself, the things she values most, and the connections she’s made with others allow her to have the power to live more. “One of the beauties of working for yourself is that, quite often, your clients or the people you meet through networking become friends.” – Paula Gardner This Week on the Power to Live More Podcast: How she helps clients overcome fear and anxiety around building visibility and raising their profile. How she prioritises her personal and professional tasks and responsibilities to achieve her goals. Time-management strategies she uses to balance her personal and professional life. How she incorporates technology into her business. How she used video to train new hires. Why prioritising “deep-thinking” time is important to her. How she manages her health and wellbeing while travelling and running her business. The importance of being intentional about how you spend your time and understanding when to say ‘no.’ How she gets motivated to stay fit and active. How she finds time to relax and unwind. Learning from mistakes and failures. Why building relationships and connecting with others is her idea of living more. Resources Mentioned: Episode #2 – Journaling, Books, Films, Notebooks and Paper-based Planning with Paula Gardner Canva Notepad ACR Audible The Power book by Naomi Alderman Be More Pirate book by Sam Conniff Connect with Paula Gardner: Scarlet Thinking The Hot House Business Mastermind Group in London Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Finding Fulfilment by Making Connections: with Paula Gardner first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Kari DePhillips is a full-time digital nomad who makes the most of her time and her life by traveling the world – mixing remote work and vacationing. Kari is the founder and CEO of the digital marketing agency, The Content Factory, a company built on SEO with a website that produces over $1-million worth of organic traffic each year. Kari is also the co-host of The Workationing Podcast – a podcast that has been featured on Fast Company and Glamour – where she and her best friend and podcast co-host, Kelly Chase, shares their travel adventures.  Kari joins me today to share how she transitioned from corporate to freelance to full-time entrepreneur and digital nomad. She discusses the perks of working remotely, how she became an expert in her industry, and what to do if you want to be an expert at something. Kari also shares how she provides her employees the same freedom she enjoys as well as how she gives herself experiential gifts so she can live more and make the most out of each day.  ”If you can do it from home, you can probably do it from everywhere.”Kari DePhillips  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  What urged Kari to do her work from home. How one blog post generated $1 million in revenue to her company. Her favourite thing about SEO. The more important question to ask yourself aside from “Can I rank for this?” The criteria to be a part of her team. The goal for every piece of content and how it impacts the clients. The system she uses internally and with her clients to ensure a smooth workflow. Factors she considers when managing her time. The structure and primary goals of each podcast episode. Where to start looking for remote work and which remote jobs to stay away from. Why the SEO curriculum taught in schools does not reflect real-life SEO principles and challenges. How her employees save 500 hours by working from home. How a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson helps her get through a tough day. How to make procrastination productive.  Resources Mentioned:  SEMrush Slack Skype Google Hangout Trello Google Drive Mixmax  Connect with Kari DePhillips:  The Content Factory Website The Workationing Podcast Workationing Facebook Group Workationing on Instagram Kari DePhillips on Twitter  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC  The post Kari DePhillips: The Perks of Being a Digital Nomad first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Nick Davies is a business and career coach, who uses his 20 years of experience in financial services and personal development to mentor other people to progress personally and professionally. Over the last four years, Nick has focused on creating and evolving his purpose and now helps individuals and businesses through the coaching company, ProAdvisor Coach. He uses his knowledge of the Tony Robbins coaching method and experience as a certified health coach to help clients rediscover their passions and grow their business. Originally from Essex, in the UK, Nick has also lived and worked all over the world, but currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife and daughter. Nick joins me today to share how he helps people find their purpose by uncovering their fears and aligning their intentions with their passions. He discusses why we should be working consistently to achieve our goals. He shares his insights on the importance of recognising and avoiding succumbing to fear-based thinking and understanding the implications of the amygdala hijack ‘Fight, Flight or Freeze’ response. Nick also discusses the importance of being intentional about your purpose and taking consistent action to progress to where you want to be. “If you want to be different, if you want to break out a little bit you’ve got to do things consistently different.” Nick Davies This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How and why Nick transitioned from financial services to coachingWhy it’s essential to be intentional about your actionsHow Nick has been coaching clients through this challenging timeWhy you should have a split-focus that enables you to have an overview of your purpose while also being able to recognise when it’s time to take actionWhy we have the power to choose what we prioritise in our livesThe danger of analysis paralysisHow Nick ensures he takes action to get to where he wants to go professionallyWhat the AAA approach is and why Nick always comes back to itHow to avoid ‘shiny object syndrome’How Nick keeps moving forward and improving his skillsWhere Nick’s sweet spot is and what he does on days when he’s ‘living more’ Resources Mentioned: One Man’s Balance website Connect with Nick Davies: Proadvisor Coach WebsiteNick Davies on LinkedIn Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Nick Davies: Finding Your Purpose first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Susan Stutzel is a CPA and Mindset & Productivity Coach. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Coe College. Following a successful corporate career, she started her own CPA business. Using her own experiences of balancing a busy home life and business, she became a certified coach. Susan is passionate about helping women work less so they can live a life they love. Susan works with professional women and CPAs through one-on-one coaching, group sessions, and training. She helps clients go from overwhelm to success by finding their voice and rebuilding their expectations and habits.  Today, Susan joins me to share her story of the inspiration behind starting her coaching and CPA companies and how she balances her busy home life while running two businesses. She shares how she structures her day and why being able to say ‘no’ is an essential skill for everyone.  Susan highlights the importance of creating your own definition of success and the tools she uses to manage her everyday tasks. She also shares why she is a big advocate of delegating and why daily rituals are essential for creating the right mindset. “We really have to be intentional with our ‘Yes’ so that we can be intentional with our ‘No.’” Susan Stutzel This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Susan’s own experiences led her to start her businessesHow Susan effectively manages two businessesHow Susan balances her work and home lifeHow Susan structures her day to ensure everything necessary gets doneWhy learning to say ‘no’ is importantWhy you need to create your own definition of successThe tools Susan uses to manage her task listWhy Susan is a big advocate for delegatingHow Susan continues with her education and self-developmentThe importance of a morning ritualHow Susan deals with challenging daysWhat an ideal day of living more looks like for Susan Resources Mentioned: OutlookCanva Connect with Susan Stutzel: S Stutzel CoachingS Stutzel Coaching on FacebookSusan Stutzel on LinkedInSusan Stutzel on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Susan Stutzel: The Art of the Intentional ‘No’ first appeared on POWER to Live More.

In March 2018, Madeleine Black won the Amazing Strength award at the No. 1 Magazine Amazing Women Awards and, in October of the same year, was asked to be the Patron for Say Women, the Scottish organisation that supports survivors of sexual abuse. She is a TEDx speaker, a storyteller for The Forgiveness Project, and has recently become involved with their programme RESTORE, sharing her story in prisons. Madeleine recognises that she was a victim of a crime that left her silent for many years but has now found her voice and intends to use it, not just for her, but for so many who can’t find theirs yet. Madeleine joins me today to discuss why she eventually decided to share her story of sexual violence publicly and let go of what she saw as her shame. She explains how she uses her experience to help others and how her memoir, Unbroken, and her talks can help others realise that it isn’t healthy to hide or fight trauma. She shows that with work, it is possible to have a fulfilled life. Madeleine also shares why she decided to leave her job as a psychotherapist behind and make being a full-time speaker her primary role.  “When we don’t speak out, we hold ourselves back.” Madeleine Black This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Madeleine looked for a sign to guide her and confirm she was on the right path when she decided to transition into being a full-time speakerHow not to get ‘zoomed out’ in the new way of working during the COVID-19 pandemicWhy she decided to start her new podcast, Unbroken, and the message she hopes to shareWhy forgiveness was crucial in allowing her to move past her traumaHow Madeleine integrates her business and her work life while quarantinedWhy it’s important to understand that self-care isn’t selfish and why it’s critical to set boundariesThe importance of letting go of perfection when on webinars and Zoom callsHow Madeleine cares for and grounds herself in natureHow Madeleine’s background trauma helps her in her speaking and connecting with othersTips for staying resilient in challenging times Resources Mentioned: If You Sit Very Still by Marian Partington Connect with Madeleine Black: Madeleine Black websiteUnbroken: One Woman’s Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope by Madeleine BlackUnbroken the PodcastMadeleine Black on InstagramMadeleine Black on TwitterMadeleine Black on FacebookMadeleine Black on YouTube Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Madeleine Black: Broken and Unbroken first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Kim Ades is the Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and an expert in the field of thought mastery. She has coached respected business leaders across a variety of fields. Kim uses her experience as an entrepreneur and a unique philosophy to help her clients shift their thinking to yield extraordinary results in their business and personal lives. Kim is an author and keynote speaker who has been featured at the World Business and Executive Coach Summit amongst other prestigious events and is the founder of JournalEngine Software, a popular journalling tool for entrepreneurs.  Kim joins me today to discuss her coaching philosophy and why your mindset is so critical in achieving your goals. She shares her enthusiasm for the processes of reflection and self-awareness as a business leader and highlights the relationship between emotional resilience and your goals as an entrepreneur. Kim also shares the reason she doesn’t recommend seeking a work/life balance and why entrepreneurs should instead focus on managing the highs and lows of life.  “Emotional resilience is the ability to get back up from adversity – and that requires the type of thinking that is significantly different from the average population.” Kim Ades Today on the Power to Live More Podcast: Why the coaches at Frame of Mind Coaching are so committed to their clientsWhy the coaching process is one of collaborationHow she discovered the key strength of successful entrepreneursThe coaching journey and how it unlocks mindset factors that help or hinder you as a leaderWhy it’s important to journal and record coaching calls How she recommends her clients unload negative energy and redirect their energyHow she uses the analogy of a maths problem to show people how they can align their goals and their mindsetWhy action follows thought in achieving goalsHow to uncover your true goalsWhy Kim values taking time for herself and how she deals with bumps in the road Resources Mentioned: 3 Minutes of TimeCrafting with Mike Vardy  podcastZoom app Connect with KimAdes: Frame of Mind CoachingLinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Kim Ades: How Your Mindset and Emotional Resilience Affects Your Goals first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Brian Jones is the Founder and CEO of VA Platinum, a team of experts in outsourcing and offshoring for business owners. When Brian found the 70-hour work week he was doing just wasn’t working for his work/life balance, he decided to use virtual team members to lighten the load. After drastically reducing his work hours and giving himself more time for the things he loves, he wanted to do the same for others. He founded VA Platinum to help other business owners take back their time by utilising his superstar team of staff based in the Philippines. Today, Brian shares the story of what inspired him to transform his work-life with virtual assistants and the lessons he learned when starting out. He shares the resources he uses to help clients build a virtual team and how business gurus, inspirational leaders, and mentors have helped him along the way. He reveals his average working day and how he stays organised to make sure everything gets done. Brian shares tips and tools that can help you work with a virtual team and help clients overcome the fears of outsourcing. He also shares why he uses a Mindset Mentor, what he does to help him deal with days when things go wrong, and what makes him feel like he is living more. “I had to learn a lot about developing structures, systems, templates, ways to check-in with teams.” Brian Jones This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The journey that led Brian to start his home-based businessThe inspiration that helped Brian make the transformation from office to remote workingSome of the lessons Brian learned while setting up his virtual teamHow Brian’s business has evolved over the yearsHow Brian helps his clients set up their virtual teamHow following the teachings of other successful entrepreneurs has helped Brian build his businessWhat an average work day looks like for BrianHow Brian stays organised during his work dayHow the COVID pandemic has changed Brian’s daily life and businessTips for outsourcing elements of your businessHow Brian helps clients overcome fears of hiring a virtual assistantWhat Brian does to keep learning and the resources he usesWhy Brian chose to use a Mindset CoachHow Brian copes with days when things don’t go according to planWhat a day of ‘doing more of the things you love’ looks like for Brian Resources Mentioned: ● The 4-hour Workweek By Tim Ferriss● The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber● The Lean Startup by Eric Ries● Loom● Skype● Time Doctor Connect with Brian Jones: ● VA Platinum Website● VA Platinum on LinkedIn● VA Platinum on Facebook● VA Platinum on Twitter● Brian Jones on LinkedIn Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organized and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organized, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: ● Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business● Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’● Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership program! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership program and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm and quote MY1TRIAL to get your first month for £1. Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Brian Jones: Recognising Your Own Business Opportunity first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Amit Raj is the founder of Amit Digital Marketing, an SEO agency that specialises in link building and digital PR that works with a range of clients from across the globe. Amit initially trained as a pharmacist, but subsequently grew interested in internet marketing and began to teach himself the principles of SEO. He later turned his side-hustle into his full-time career and started his agency. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Amit enjoys working from his co-work-based office for the social integration and networking opportunities as well as the fact it allows him a separation between work and home. Amit joins me today to discuss why he loves both the technical aspect of link building and the creative process of connecting with other entrepreneurs. He shares the history and philosophy behind link-building strategies and why it is vital to build authentic connections by sharing useful content with other businesses in your niche. Amit also dives into how to develop and support a successful team so you can provide extra impact for your customers and exceed their expectations for your service, and how he stays on top of the fast-moving trends in digital marketing to be at the top of his game. “With link building, you have to have the right content.” Amit Raj This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How to avoid spam and build authentic connectionsThe history of how to work with search engines and bring traffic to your websiteMisconceptions of what SEO isWhite Hat and Black Hat SEO: what they are and why you shouldn’t try to trick search enginesWhy Google updates its algorithms and what that means for youHow to build relationships with quality contentWhy SEO isn’t deadHis experience with buying an established business, why it went wrong and what he learnedWhat search engine rankings are and how they workWhat we should and shouldn’t be doing when link buildingThe importance of foundation work on your own business, including producing great contentWhy you should find out where your audience hangs out onlineWhat measures he has in place to allow him to ‘live more’ and do the things he lovesWhy a routine is essential to him for his physical and mental healthHis process of learning and improving his skillsWhy he doesn’t sweat the small stuff and how he ensures that his professional life stays as problem-free as possible Resources Mentioned: Google DriveSlackTeleprompter ProMiracle MorningRoku TVGaryVee Audio Experience podcastEric Ward website Connect with Amit : InstagramWebsiteFacebookYouTube Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Amit Raj : Building Quality Links to Your Website to Drive Traffic first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dom Brightmon is an award-winning speaker, coach, and certified member of the John Maxwell Team who seeks to inspire personal development through positive influence. He is the host of podcast Going North, voted among the top ten self-help podcasts in the world, and has authored Amazon bestsellers like Going North!: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself to help others unlock their full potential. Dom is also an active member of Toastmasters International, where he delivers speeches and workshops and is committed to mentoring others. Dom joins me today to share how he advanced himself, changed direction, and developed into a respected coach who empowers others through his love of books. He dives into the components that make an inspiring leader and the activities that can help you pursue personal progress and development. Dom also shares how he takes a deep breath to reground himself when things don’t work out the way he wants and shares what a great day of living more looks like for him. “If you advance others, you advance yourself in the process.” Dom Brightmon This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Dom came to discover his vocationHow setting a mantra allows him to develop and focus his goalsThe methods he uses to work with his clients and encourage them to dig deepThe turning point that allowed him to consolidate his aim of becoming a bestselling authorWhy he recommends journallingThe importance of physical activity for productivityWhat helps Dom keep his energy levels upHow he manages to draw out advice and inspiration from his podcast guestsThe most significant piece of advice he would give to his younger self How he develops professionally and keeps himself up-to-date in his industry. Resources Mentioned: 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John MaxwellThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. SchwartzThe Magic of Getting What You Want by David J. SchwartzUltimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless focus on 12 Key Strategies by Chet HolmesSo Happy and Grateful by Antonio T. SmithHomeless to Billionaire: The 18 Principles of Wealth Attraction and Creating Unlimited Opportunity by Andres Pira Connect with Dom Brightmon: WebsiteGoing North podcastYoutubeFacebookTwitterLinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Dom Brightmon: How to Take Your Leadership Skills to the Next Level first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dayne Shuda may have established Ghost Blog Writers, but there’s nothing spooky or paranormal about what he does. Since 2010, he has provided quality blogging services to businesses and entrepreneurs across all industries. Despite his hectic schedule, he still finds time for the things he cherishes: enriching his mind with books, exploring the great outdoors, his regular golf games, and most importantly, his lovely family.  Dayne joins me today to discuss how his foray into blogging went from being just a hobby to becoming a full-on professional agency. He shares the process that he and his team use to ensure efficient collaboration, despite their geographical distance. He shares how he got into writing in the first place and how pursuing blogging as a full-time career completely transformed his feelings and outlook regarding the craft. He also explains his approach to getting over the day-to-day challenges and obstacles in running his business and why it’s important to recognise the good and anticipate the bad as a business owner.  “If you have a job opening, just ask your current network, your current employees, if they recommend anyone. It doesn’t guarantee a good fit, but it does seem to take a lot of the work out of vetting someone.” Dayne Shuda This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  How Dayne’s initial foray into blogging as a hobby led to a full-time business. How his business grew from a small freelance engagement to a blogging agency with writers across the world. A breakdown of the process that they follow in writing blogs for their clients. The one search feature Dayne would like to see on Google in the future. How he has made working from home a viable working arrangement for him since 2012. What he definitely doesn’t miss about working in an office, especially during the winter. What drives him to continue operating his blogging business. How his perspective on writing changed because of blogging. A typical day in Dayne’s life. His priority list and how it guides both his day-to-day activities and his year-long plans. How the flexibility of his work has proven to be crucial in balancing his work life and family life. His experience in working with remote editors and writers. His new focus: podcasting. How he transitioned from operating on his own to working with a team. His preferred apps for productivity and collaboration. How reading and writing blogs increased his knowledge about a diverse range of topics. His daily morning routine and how he incorporates podcast listening into it.His outlook on solving problems and why it’s part and parcel of being a business owner. The importance of giving positive feedback to your team. Why you need to acknowledge the good in everything that comes your way.  Resources Mentioned:  G Suite FreshBooks PayPal Quetext Pocket  Connect with Dayne Shuda:  Ghost Blog Writers website Twitter LinkedIn    Top Tool to Consider Here I recommend a tool that I use. Don’t be a slave to tools / bright shiny objects though, you don’t have to use them all! As readers of my newsletter know, I’ve been doing some travelling this week and it reminded me of an app that’s really useful in those cases.  On iOS it’s the Apple Wallet and on Android it’s called Passbook Wallet  When I fly I check in online and then save the resulting boarding pass to my Wallet so all I have to do is scan my phone when going through departures. It’s really convenient especially when flying with hand luggage only.   I use the wallet on my iPhone when I book tickets with Cineworld too. It works for Trainline.com online tickets too. Very convenient.  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Dayne Shuda: The Spirit of Ghost Blogging first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Randy Gage is a Strategic Advisor, Keynote Presenter, Prosperity Speaker, and Author. With his thought-provoking methods, he helps people approach their business and lives in a whole new way. He has written many books, including his recent best-seller Radical Rebirth. Randy has spoken in more than 50 countries to over 2-million people and is a member of the Direct Selling Hall of Fame and the Speakers Hall of Fame.  Today, Randy shares information on his latest book and why the concept of Radical Rebirth is so vital today. He reveals how you can reevaluate your foundational beliefs to create your own radical rebirth and why many people follow patterns or fall into careers without thinking. He shares ways you can challenge an accepted premises and discusses his coaching journey. He also reveals why it’s crucial to work with people in a way that helps them make their own decisions and what he does when things go wrong. “The reasons breakthroughs happen is because they are from people who don’t buy into the conventional thinking” Randy Gage This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: What Randy’s latest book is about and why it’s so relevant todayHow reevaluating your core foundational beliefs can instigate a radical rebirthWhy people fall into patterns and careers without thinkingHow you can challenge an accepted premiseRandy’s journey into coaching and what prompted significant changes in his lifeWhy it’s essential to help people by allowing them to make decisions for themselves How Randy works productively and the tools he usesHow Randy deals with challenging days Resources Mentioned: SignalZoomStreamYard Connect with Randy Gage: Randy Gage’s WebsiteBook: Radical RebirthPodcast: Power Prosperity PodcastRandy Gage on LinkedIn Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Randy Gage: Radical Rebirth first appeared on POWER to Live More.