Freedom Driven Success

Jessica Rodriguez | Business Strategist | Podcast Host | Entrepreneur

EP 139: Productivity vs Profitability with Amber De La Garza


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Amber De La Garza is The Productivity Specialist! Amber is a sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer, host of the Productivity Straight Talk podcast, and creator of S.T.O.P.! The Entrepreneur’s Success Solution. She helps driven entrepreneurs execute actionable solutions to maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most.

In our conversation together, we jam on the biggest misconceptions that are around productivity and profitability when you are scaling and wrapped up in way too much day to day activities.

 

Episode highlights + takeaways:

  • Amber’s definition of productivity and what it means to invest your best time into your best activities.
  • How this definition of productivity spills into every area of your life (health, relationships, etc.)
  • The difference between just being productive and profitability in your business.
  • Why the only goal that really matters in your business is profitability, especially if you’re looking to make a huge impact.
  • Why your profit generating activities are actually the most productive.
  • The four buckets Amber uses in order to define her most profitable activities within her business and how they grow alongside your business.
  • How to strategically overflow your four buckets in order to fully maximize your efforts.
  • Why you’ll never be productive all day long (and shouldn’t be!)
  • When to know it’s time to outsource in your business in order to increase your profitability and take back your time.
  • How long to fully test any visibility strategy before switching it to something else.
  • The lesson Amber had to learn the hard way when it came to creating content within her own business.

 

 

 

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EP 137 The New Rules of Content Creation (and How to Use it to Your Advantage)

 

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We all know boundaries are vital as you continue to grow and scale but… actually keeping them? That’s where the challenge comes in!

In this episode, I’m sharing the three most important boundaries I’ve needed to set within my business, along with the before and after of each so you can get a behind the scenes look at what it takes to truly put yourself first.

 

Episode highlights + takeaways:

  • What boundaries actually do for, not only yourself but, those around you.
  • The top signs that there are boundaries that need to be set and/or have been crossed.
  • The three boundaries that have made the most impact in my business and how I serve others.
  • What I want through on both the strategy and mindset side of applying this boundaries into my business (including the fears of what I thought people would think about me).
  • The game changing outcome of setting these three boundaries and how setting them created a ripple effect for those around me.
  • How I deal with those who don’t understand the boundaries that you’ve set.
  • Why I no longer believe that boundaries are negotiable when you are looking to achieve massive success.

 

 

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EP 135: How to Design a Business that Runs Itself with Adrienne Dorison


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Adrienne Dorison is the Co-Founder of Run Like Clockwork™ alongside of author + speaker, Mike Michalowicz. Run Like Clockwork is a training + operations consultancy that equips CEO’s to design a business that runs itself + is based on the principles of the best-selling book, Clockwork. Adrienne has helped hundreds of business leaders — from Fortune 500 corporations to fast-growth startups —  to expand their profit margins, cut costs + take a REAL vacation. Adrienne’s clients have been able to double, triple, and even 10X their companies growth, all while removing themselves from the day-to-day operation.

She’s personally passionate about baking in generosity into business models, + believes when we earn more money, we can give more back to the world. Adrienne lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with her husband + their 2 dogs.

In this week’s episode of the podcast, Adrienne and I talk about how to design a business that runs itself, along with her own journey to leveraging her strengths to help business owners do exactly that

 

Episode highlights + takeaways:

  • The evolution of Adrienne’s business throughout the past few years and how she navigated it.
  • What Adrienne learned about her strength of operational efficiency and what happened when she fully embraced it.
  • How her consulting has transitioned within the past year from just her to a full company that takes business owners through the Clockwork framework.
  • The difference between having a massage and having the right audience for that message.
  • The journey that business owners go through when they begin working with Run Like Clockwork™ in order to realign their business with their vision.
  • The risk you put yourself and your business at when you’ve created something that you can’t walk away from.
  • The double-edged sword of growing too fast and how that can affect your business if it’s not operationally ready.
  • Why waiting for “the moment” doesn’t work and how to focus on the now.
  • How to know if you should focus on the book or the live events in order to implement the Clockwork framework in your business.

 

 

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EP 133: The Most Important Boundaries in My Business

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We all know boundaries are vital as you continue to grow and scale but… actually keeping them? That’s where the challenge comes in!

In this episode, I’m sharing the three most important boundaries I’ve needed to set within my business, along with the before and after of each so you can get a behind the scenes look at what it takes to truly put yourself first.

 

Episode highlights + takeaways:

  • What boundaries actually do for, not only yourself but, those around you.
  • The top signs that there are boundaries that need to be set and/or have been crossed.
  • The three boundaries that have made the most impact in my business and how I serve others.
  • What I want through on both the strategy and mindset side of applying this boundaries into my business (including the fears of what I thought people would think about me).
  • The game changing outcome of setting these three boundaries and how setting them created a ripple effect for those around me.
  • How I deal with those who don’t understand the boundaries that you’ve set.
  • Why I no longer believe that boundaries are negotiable when you are looking to achieve massive success.

 

 

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EP 132: Is Your Offer Ready for a Funnel?

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You know you’ve reached a point when it’s time to start making your business work for you and you’ve looked into funnels in order to support you in doing that.

However, are you ready for them?

In this episode of the podcast, we’ll go over the five questions to ask yourself in order to find out!

 

Episode highlights + takeaways:

  • The highlight reels online when it comes to funnels vs what it really looks like.
  • Why making sure your offer is specific to one audience and one pain point helps conversions within your funnels.
  • The biggest error you can make when creating funnels and how to avoid it.
  • The power of a consistent traffic plan so that the effort you put into your funnels pays off.
  • What to expect as your funnels are up and running.
  • The work it takes in order to get your funnels initially up and running.
  • Why patience will become your BFF when it comes to your funnels.

 

 

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