POWER to Live More with Jo Dodds

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 Scena Why Amber never imagined starting a tech company The importance of active dialogue with clients and customers Why Amber values teamwork-centered design and how she uses it in her business The benefits of focusing on one critical task per day How to build a day that allows you to flex if something unexpected crops up Why your worst task should be your priority The importance of gratitude and reflection to mental wellbeing Why Amber never schedules meetings after 3pm Which apps and programmes keep Amber on track and at peak productivity Why you need to embrace learning new skills as your business iterates How to successfully outsource as your business develops Resources Mentioned: Instant Meeting Evernote Google Calendar The Five Minute Journal Bella Scena Atlassian Coschedule Connect with Amber Christian: Bella Scena Bella Scena on Instagram Bella Scena on Twitter Bella Scena on Facebook Wonderly Software Solutions Wonderly Software Solutions on LinkedIn Amber 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.

Eric Partaker is a Peak Performance Coach helping CEOs and founders in the tech industry to fulfill their productivity and leadership potential. Eric began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and went on to help build Skype before selling it to eBay in 2005. After the success of Skype, Eric wanted to get back to doing something that would fulfill him personally and decided to combine his love of restaurants and Mexican culture to start a Mexican restaurant chain. Although they seem varied, Eric’s career choices have always been influenced by his desire to be challenged and inspired. His current endeavour as a Peak Performance Expert has allowed him to share his unique set of skills and knowledge with others in the business world and to continue pursuing his own version of his best self. Eric was named “CEO of the Year” at the 2019 Business Awards and one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK” by Startups Magazine. His book, The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever, was released in 2020. In today’s episode, Eric and I discuss his unusual path to coaching and why he believes that the road to success is different for everyone. He shares what inspired him to begin his own journey to “peak performance” and why he constantly strives to be among the best in whatever he does. He provides insight into the 80/20 rule for productivity and how it has helped him simplify his to-do list. Eric also shares the three most important things to implement into your routine for better productivity and how he has used them to achieve a life of significance and success. “Peak performance is simply operating at your highest level in the areas of life that matters most.” Eric Partaker This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why so many of us focus on the wrong things in life and how to find success with significance What “peak performance” means to Eric and why he’s driven to reach his full potential How Eric’s various careers are all connected by his desire to be challenged, inspired and happy with his work An explanation of the 80/20 rule in evaluating your job or business productivity Why you should reach out to others with more experience when starting a new venture How Eric’s coaching has evolved and expanded to include more self-guided courses Why Eric keeps his organsation and task lists simple  The three things to implement into your routine for better productivity Resources Mentioned: Asana  Google Docs  Google Sheets  Book: The 3 Alarms by Eric Partaker Connect with Eric Partaker: Eric Partaker’s Website Eric Partaker on LinkedIn  Eric Partaker on Instagram  Eric Partaker on Facebook  Eric Partaker 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 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 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 Eric Partaker: Achieving Peak Productivity Performance first appeared on POWER to Live More.

If you want to write and publish your own book because you have great ideas that can make a difference in the world, then what you need is a book mentor. A book mentor is someone who will help and guide you through the process of writing your own book – from the planning stage, writing, and even publishing and marketing. My guest today is Karen Williams, a book mentor for  Librotas. She creates structure, comes up with strategic plans, and sees things from a different perspective. These skills allow her to mentor and work with clients from all over the world. Karen joins me to share how to find the balance between setting boundaries and being flexible so you can be most productive in your personal and professional life. She also shares some practical tips on how you can have the power to do more in your business by knowing when to invest in outsourcing. She does her best to live in the moment as she points out the impact that her project called ‘A Year to Live’ has made on her life. “For me it’s about the flexibility and building into the life I want to lead.” – Karen Williams This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Weekly routine over morning routine The challenge of working too hard or not working enough Benefits of using post-its and a CRM (customer relationship management) system Details of the writing retreat she organises in Spain The significance of having regular breaks Why having a mentor is important Why outsourcing is a great way to get support in your business Common problems with startup businesses Finding the secrets to the success of other coaches and business people How journaling helps when things go wrong Karen’s Advice for Professional and Business Development: Be realistic when scheduling tasks. Learn to step up by having a coach or a mentor. Know what your expertise is and get support to help you in areas where other people are the experts. Find three ways of marketing your business and do it well. Know who your ideal clients are. Set up a system. Resources Mentioned: Less Annoying CRM Evernote Hootsuite A Year To Live Book by Stephen Levine The Big Leap Book by Gay Hendricks Connect with Karen Williams: Librotas Website Karen Williams on Facebook Karen Williams on Twitter The Secrets of Successful Coaches Book How to Stand Out in Your Business Book The Mouse That Roars Book Book Marketing Made Simple Book 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 Karen Williams: Living More through Flexibility and Boundaries with Karen Williams first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Scott McCarthy is the founder of Moving Forward Leadership, a leadership consulting company and podcast that offers coaching services to business owners, government and nonprofit organisations as well as stay-at-home parents. He is passionate about helping people move forward and become better leaders. In addition to working as a leadership coach, he is also a Senior Canadian Army Officer, commanding a logistics squadron of 200 soldiers. Scott joins me today to share the power of delegation as he wears different hats throughout the day. He discusses how he empowers others to level up their leadership skills as he trains them to make better decisions as well as the tools he uses to manage his tasks given his diverse roles. He also shares the necessary mindset change that makes things move forward faster and how helping and inspiring others is his picture of a perfect day where he gets to live more. [spp-tweet tweet=”“Push your decision-making to the lowest level because what happens is the decision-making process speeds up.” – Scott McCarthy”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Scott’s workstations and how he manages to work at eight different locations The driving factors that inspires him to do what he does How he prioritises his tasks and things to do Why he doesn’t need cutting-edge technology to get the job done Who helps him get things done How he empowers his team Why lunchtime is his favourite time of the day Why he believes in quality over quantity Resources he uses for personal development How compartmentalising helps him when things don’t go right How he uses his alone time in the evening to get over the day’s challenges Resources Mentioned: G Suite Google Calendar Google Docs Calendly Zoom Fit Man Project Podcast Kwik Brain Podcast The Power of When Book by Michael Breus It’s Your Ship Book by D. Michael Abrashoff Smart Couples Finish Rich Book by David Bach Connect with Scott McCarthy: Moving Forward Leadership Website Moving Forward Leadership Podcast 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 Scott McCarthy: The Power of Delegation first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Amanda Davie began her career working in client services with online advertising companies and digital media startups. After sixteen years of helping to build small businesses and honing her customer relations skills, Amanda decided to branch out on her own and use her unique qualifications to help cultivate inclusive and equitable workplaces. She is an executive coach and co-founder of Equal Talent, a company that provides group coaching to encourage a more balanced and high-performing work culture. She is also the co-founder of She Has No Limits, which supports and uplifts women through coaching, personal development and community building. Today Amanda and I discuss the road map of her career and how hitting the glass ceiling as a feminist in the business world compelled her to start a new career path. She provides insight into the underlying patriarchy of our culture and how to move beyond it with confidence. Amanda shares her personal journey and the challenges she has faced as a feminist and an empath. She also discusses the ways in which COVID-19 has affected women in particular and offers some guidance on practising self-care and self-compassion. “There is power in the sisterhood. When you bring women together as a collective, powerful things happen.” Amanda Davie This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The role of the “Queen Bee” in the repression of women in business Her journey from client services to coaching and how hitting the glass ceiling propelled her to pursue a new challenge How her core values influence her approach as a coach The art of connection as a tool for combating loneliness How COVID-19 has exposed the deep-rooted issues in gender equality The role that mothers take on and why it feeds the patriarchy How she prioritises her time and practices self-compassion The challenges of being a feminist in the business world The logistics of running a business in partnership with others How the challenges and trauma from her family of origin influenced her professional journey Resources Mentioned: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski Brené Brown Untamed by Glennon Doyle WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek Murthy Connect with Amanda Davie: Equal Talent Website She Has No Limits Website Equal Talent on LinkedIn Equal Talent on Instagram Equal Talent on Facebook Equal Talent on Twitter She Has No Limits on Instagram She Has No Limits on Facebook She Has No Limits on Twitter Amanda Davie on LinkedIn Amanda Davie on Instagram Amanda Davie on Facebook Amanda Davie 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 Amanda Davie: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Henry Daas is a serial entrepreneur, business and financial genius, screenwriter, and blogger who helps coach his clients to be more financially successful through his company Daas Knowledge. His background in financial and business management allows him to show entrepreneurs ways to break through the revenue plateau and thrive in their business rather than just survive.  Henry currently lives in New Jersey, with his wife of 30 years, although he loves being location independent. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing golf and tennis, writing books and screenplays, travelling, and collecting baseball cards. Henry joins me today to share how he manages his time and workload to be as productive as possible, including how he coaches his clients to use their ‘optimal time’ to get tasks done. We discuss his entrepreneurial apprenticeship, why he always planned to start his own business, and how the practicalities of entrepreneurship have evolved over the last 30 years. Henry also shares his experience of the psychology of business and the habits that ensure he is in the best mental space to have a calm and successful day while achieving  his goals.  “The last thing you want to do is force a situation to happen when you are not in the right frame of mind.” Henry Daas This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Henry’s career developed over the years The life events that prompted him to move into coaching  How and why he wrote a detailed business plan for coaching What a typical day looks like for him and why he loves to be flexible Why he doesn’t multi-task How Henry trained himself to focus for solid blocks of time Top tips for delegating and outsourcing Understanding how to be a manager and why it will help you scale your business How Henry learns and improves himself Why Henry sometimes leaves the office and goes to play golf instead How to recognise the signs that you need someone to help and coach you  Resources Mentioned: Dan Sullivan Wunderlist Scrivener Bullet Journal OneNote StrengthsFinder Connect with Graham Frost: Daas Knowledge website Henry Daas Website Henry Daas on LinkedIn Daas Knowledge on Instagram Daas Knowledge on Facebook FQ Financial Intelligence: What You Really Need to Know About How to Manage, Invest and Grow Your Money by Henry Daas 5 Reasons Small Business Fail download 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 Henry Daas: Getting Your Head in the Game first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Asana, Digital Learning, Templates, Outdoor Pursuits and Sub 20 Hour a Week Businesses with Janine Ogg, Co-Founder of Get It Done Mum. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps “I’m a huge advocate of Asana. With our latest project, which is launching our own podcast, we’ve got all the templates in place now, and it makes it a lot more efficient.” Unroll.Me – to make unsubscribing from newsletters quick and easy SaneBox – I recommend this for managing and triaging your email Canned Responses in Gmail, which is a template tool. “I’ve got a bunch of templates saved in there now, and that saves me hours of time composing e-mails.” “We use Google Hangouts a lot too.” Shortkeys – Jo uses this on her PC to create templates that ‘magically’ appear when a short code is typed in. “We’re both using Headspace. Jo and I have both signed up for that in the last couple of months, and we put that on the business because we decided the mindset of being in a good head space is really essential to living a healthy and successful life as an entrepreneur” Jo did a search for gamification and to-do lists to find something to suit Little Doddsy and what came up is called Habitica Other Resources “What sort of learning am I doing now?” and I realised just how much more I’m doing my learning via podcast or online, like even sometimes via things that come through Facebook, or Sam and I listen to a lot of TED Talks. We’re doing a lot of our learning via new online technologies now. It’s quite interesting just to reflect on that.” Books Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, which is a meditation book about mindfulness meditation. Succulent Wild Woman by Sark. “She’s an artist who has pretty much built a business empire, become a very savvy businesswoman. She just writes these books that … They’re funny, they’re creative and artistic. They’ve got lots of drawings in them. They’re all about living life succulently, dancing with your wonderful self.” The Four-Fold Way. “This is a leadership book. It’s Walking the Path of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary, and it’s by Angeles Arrien. She’s an anthropologist. This was the textbook that my life coach gave me when I was in my mid-20s, maybe, and I did a life coaching programme.” The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which is about food “because I was a vegetarian for about twelve years, and this is one of the books that I ended up moving back to eating meat again”. Radical Simplicity, “which is all about basically a “less is more” approach to living your life. That’s really influenced where we’ve taken the business, really, if I think about it, because it’s all about how the choices that you make in terms of what you spend and how you set your life up influence how much you need to work and what we can do to set ourselves up so that we are having a smaller footprint on the earth as well as being able to do more of what we love doing and not be focused on having to work, work, work, work to pay the bills or pay the mortgage or whatever it is that’s putting that pressure on us. Tips “I guess the key one here for us, and what we’re teaching about a lot is around strategy, because we believe that no matter how many to-do lists you have or how many amazing technological tools you’re using, if you don’t have your strategy right, it doesn’t matter. You’re still not going to achieve what you’re setting out to achieve if you don’t have the right strategy in place. We consistently see people spending a lot of time on things that aren’t actually contributing to what it is they want to achieve in their business.” “What we do to be really productive and really focused is we have two really clear milestones that we have for our business. Usually one’s around an income generation milestone and one’s, for us, an audience building milestone.” “We have what we call a parking lot, which is where we put things where we’re like, “Should we really be working on this right now?” You know those bright, shiny objects that come up and you’re like, “This looks really cool, but should we actually be doing it right now?” We’re constantly asking ourselves that question. If it’s a “no,” if it doesn’t fit with what our current targets are, then we put it in the parking lot and come back to it later.” “I work three hours a week on my passion project as well, which is a river project. That keeps us busy outside of work.” “I guess as I get older I’m getting better at being more aware and noticing my signs for when I’m getting out of balance, when I’m over-tired, when I need to take some time for myself. I definitely still don’t get it right all the time, but I’m getting there. That’s probably one of my biggest learnings, is just how important it is to give yourself that time when you need it to be able to recognise those signs and also just keep perspective about what’s important and what’s not.” Podcasts “I’ve been going through a phase of trying to get out for an evening walk a couple of times a week too, and I tend to listen to podcasts then. Sometimes I’ll listen to business-related stuff, especially because we’re launching our own podcast at the moment, but often I’ll just listen to stuff that I’m interested in as well. There’s just so much there to discover. It’s incredible.” Websites “What I do is I’m a member of an online gym called foreverfit.tv, which is run by a Kiwi woman called Nicola Smith. I’ve interviewed her a couple of times, actually. I love her business model and I love what she’s doing. She’s a personal trainer who took her business online, and she’s got this incredible online gym. It’s packed full of quick and easy workouts that are really effective.” To Contact J9 (Janine) Janine Ogg https://www.linkedin.com/in/janineogg/ “We’re also launching a podcast in the next few weeks, so if you’d like to listen to some of the stuff we’re chatting about on the podcast we’d love to have you visit. The focus of that is around building your business in twenty hours a week or less.” Tweet: “I’m a huge advocate of Asana. With our latest project, with templates, it makes it more efficient.” @getitdonemum https://ctt.ec/rY764+ Tweet: “the mindset of being in a good ‘headspace’ is really essential to living a healthy and successful life as an entrepreneur” https://ctt.ec/2Ka5X+ Tweet: “We have what we call a parking lot, where we put things where we’re like, “Should we really be working on this right now?” https://ctt.ec/tecgx+ [spp-transcript] The post Janine Ogg: Asana, Digital Learning, Templates, Outdoor Pursuits and Sub 20 Hour Businesses first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Sue Headaux is a Retail and Productivity Professional with broad experience encompassing management, customer experience programme leadership, and operational productivity improvement. She co-founded ReThink Productivity with her husband, Simon Headaux, to help businesses review and refine their operating systems and maximise productivity. Sue is passionate about assisting companies to bring continuous improvement to their operations and customers’ experiences by working with them to optimise their processes and lower costs. Sue joins me today to share her experience of the transition from working in a large retail organisation to joining her husband and working remotely full-time in the business they co-founded. She discusses the positive points and challenges of working from home and why it is crucial to separate your business hours from your home life, particularly when working with your spouse. Sue also shares how she keeps fit and healthy and boosts her energy levels to ensure she performs at her peak in her business. “Make sure you catch things before they go slightly off track or don’t work out as you expected, then take action to resolve things before they go completely off the rails.” Sue Headaux This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How Sue and Simon divide the responsibilities for their work tasks and the challenges of working with your spouse Why virtual meetings can’t replace face to face contact in getting to know clients Why Sue macro-plans to maximise her time How Sue cuts out digital clutter to give herself the headspace to deep dive into projects Why Sue organises her day according to her personal energy cycle What Sue means by ‘active procrastination’ The value of outsourcing How Sue continues learning and improving now that she is working for herself The tools and apps that help Sue manage her workload What Sue does on days when she gets to ‘live more’ Resources Mentioned: Hey Space app Quickbooks Hubspot Upwork Zoom Microsoft Teams Morgan Cross Consulting Sports Aid Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker Connect with Sue Headaux: ReThink Productivity website ReThink Productivity on Facebook Sue Headaux on LinkedIn ReThink Productivity on LinkedIn  ReThink Productivity  on Instagram ReThink Productivity 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 Sue Hedaux: Staying Productive and Focused first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Rob Moore lives and breathes entrepreneurship. He was a self-made millionaire by the time he turned 30. He is a generalist-specialist who can focus on many things all at once and loves to challenge himself to do bigger and more difficult things. He is the co-founder of Progressive Property, one of his many “babies” and the host of the podcasts Disruptive Entrepreneur and Money, as well as the author of 15 books that have been translated into many different languages. He is an in-demand speaker, one of the UK’s top influencers, and a world record-breaker on public speaking as an international keynote speaker.  Today, Rob joins me to share the paradoxes of his success in life and business as well as the factors that allowed him to be a successful entrepreneur. He dives into how he turned his path’s pain to pleasure and profit and why you need to be a generalist if you want to be a business owner. He explains what the paradox of balance is and how to embrace it to turn ideas into action. Rob also shares how vital it is to work with others to be a successful entrepreneur.  “We make our greatest feats through our biggest challenges.” Rob Moore This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  When Rob started his journey to entrepreneurship and where his passion led him.  The income-generating result of the mobile lifestyle he created.  Why he never stops coming up with new ideas.  How the bullying experience in his youth affected his desire to help others today.  How he realised he was filling a void in his life.  What you don’t want to be as an entrepreneur.  What it means when people say: “Business is people”. How his book helps people identify their ideal daily structure.  How he worked out his ideal daily routine.  The formula for finding the best structure in daily living.  Why he believes his book I’m Worth More is going to do the most good.  Why Rob refuses to classify people by generation.  How he keeps himself healthy and happy despite the craziness of his schedule.  His perspective on having a bad day.  Resources Mentioned:  John Demartini  Trello  Evernote  Outlook  GoToMeeting  WhatsApp  Connect with Rob Moore:  Rob Moore Website  The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast  Life Leverage  Routine = Results  I’m Worth More  Facebook  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 Rob Moore: The Paradox of Entrepreneurial Learning and Success first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Personal Development, Mindfulness, Meditation, Mind Mapping, Productivity and Walking with Mark Huggins, MD and Owner of Corporate Drama Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Business and Marketing Marketing – CRM and Email Tools Infusionsoft – “I started with that about a year ago when we decided to really shift our marketing for Corporate Drama up a gear. I really like it, I find it really dynamic. We’re only using a small part of it, ultimately we’ll come on to use other sections of it. It’s a platform that can grow with your business as your business grows. That comes highly recommended.” Social Media Hootsuite – “I use Hootsuite a lot. We broadcast out across LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook on a regular basis. I really like Hootsuite and I tend to use that … That would be one of my 90 minutes, sitting down scheduling Hootsuite for the next 2 or 3 or 4 weeks.” Learning – Books – Entrepreneurial “A book that I’ve read recently which I have recommended to so many people now – I really should be on commission but sadly I’m not – is a book called ‘Turn The Ship Around’ by David L. Marquet. An absolutely fascinating book. I highly, highly recommend it. I’ve recommended it to lots of people that I have been working with over the last 3 or 4 months.” Productivity “I have in front of me a large yellow pad which, which has 5 columns down it, vertical columns and each of those columns are a day of the week. Normally on a Saturday morning, when I’m just wrapping things up before I start to enjoy my weekend, I allow myself an hour on Saturday morning and I plan what I’m going to do on each of my 90 minutes across the week for the following week.” “I’m also a big mind mapper. The tool that I use is a mind mapping tool called Simple Mind. They do a free version which is very, very good or you can upgrade to the all singing all dancing version. I will often then transfer what I’ve started in sort of embryonic form in the notepad. I’ll then work that up into a full blown mind map on the Simple Mind and then of course you can print that out if you need to. A lot of my project work starts that way.” Personal Development Books ‘Build Your Business In 90 Minutes a Day’ by Nigel Botterill and Martin Gladdish. The central message of the book is that if you set a period of time, Nigel recommends 90 minutes but you can have any set period of time, first thing in the morning and you absolutely minimise every single distraction that you can possibly have to enable you to focus for those 90 minutes. When I read this, I mean it’s such basic common sense, when I read it and then decided to implement it, the change was really transformational. Wellbeing Sleep Minimising Jetlag – “In terms of jetlag, the thing that I have learnt over the last few years, really be choosy about your flights. I mean, working out, if you can, when you land in the new country I always try and make it some time in the afternoon local time because then I’ve only got a few hours before local time it will be bedtime. I find that can very, very quickly get on to, successfully get on to local time.” Sleep and Water – “Make sure you get plenty of sleep, make sure you drink plenty of water and you eat healthy and magically that way you seem to be able to get through the week. If you stop doing those things and starting to burn the candle at both ends, then don’t be surprised when by Thursday you’re feeling completely, you’re completely shuttered.” Exercise Walking – “I’m pretty lucky that I live in South Buckinghamshire, in a little village, and we’re surrounded by open countryside and woods and some beautiful bridleways and walks around here. Walking is very high on my priority of activities. Meditation and Mindfulness “I practice mindfulness and we factor mindfulness into a number of our programmes, our leadership programmes in particular, and I have a really good mindfulness app on my iPhone which are a series of guided meditations of varying lengths and you can just get in when you’re on a train and you’re thinking, “Oh I just I need to do a little bit of meditation”. You can stick your headphones in and hit the button and it comes up with a lovely guided meditation for 5, 10, 15, I think some are even 30 minutes in duration. I think it’s just called Mindfulness. When stuff goes wrong – “Okay, it didn’t go according to plan. There will be learning that you can take from this and as long as you apply that then there is likelihood that you’ll get some benefit from it. The alternative is just to beat yourself up and get thoroughly miserable. That’s not really worth it at the end of the day. It’s something that mindfulness has taught me as well – is the power of letting go of things that bother you and worry you. That would be my top tip for bad days. Reflection and then thinking what could have been better and a bit of mindfulness to prevent a sleepless night.” Random Films & TV “I was very keen to see recently the Steve Jobs movie which I found absolutely fascinating.” “The movie about the financial crush with Steve Carell and … Is it called Big Short? The Big Short I think it’s called. It’s about the guys who try and bet against the US housing market. If you haven’t seen it, it’s an amazing film. At times funny and other times absolutely jaw dropping because you begin to realise how inappropriate, should we say, the whole financial structure was around mortgages in the US leading up to the 2008/2009 crash. To Contact Mark “Well the best thing to do, would be to head on to our website. Which is, https://www.corporatedrama.co.uk and there is a whole massive stuff on there that you can explore from appraisals to assertiveness and communication styles. There are videos on there you can watch. There is that or I’m on LinkedIn as Mark Huggins. You’ll be able to find me. Please do, if anybody is listening to this, wants any more information ping me a message and I’ll be more than happy to reply.” Tweet: “I’m also a big mind mapper. The tool that I use is a mind mapping tool called Simple Mind.” https://ctt.ec/kaAz0+ Tweet: “We broadcast out across LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. I really like Hootsuite and I tend to use that. https://ctt.ec/6AbOa+ Tweet: A book that I’ve read which I highly recommend is called ‘Turn The Ship Around’ by David L. Marquet. https://ctt.ec/cB2qp+ [spp-transcript] The post Mark Huggins: Personal Development, Mindfulness, Meditation, Mind Mapping, Productivity and Walking first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Michelle Smith is a deputy headteacher and an International Mountain Leader (IML). An educator for seventeen years, Michelle shares her passion for adventure and the outdoors with her husband, who is also an IML. As a husband-and-wife team, they founded and currently run Adventure, Training & Expeditions where they provide training and expeditions to adults and youth alike. Michelle joins me today to share how she pursues her passion both as an educator and as someone who loves outdoor adventures. She shares how her position as a mountain leader impacts her as an educator and vice versa, and how she takes advantage of the outdoors to destress, be a better person, and live more. “You cannot change anyone. You can only change the way you deal with them.” – Michelle Smith This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: What Marathon de Sables is Why Michelle pursued being a mountain leader How she reduces stress and clears her head Knowing what to do and how it gets done Tips for delegating tasks to people Beneficial traits she learned and developed as a mountain leader How she keeps herself healthy Changes in her activities to improve her sleep Her evening routine to staying healthy Resources Mentioned: Diary Rolling To-Do List Macbook Alarm clock Online courses Connect with Michelle Smith: Adventure, Training, and Expeditions on Facebook 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 Michelle Smith: Appreciating Life Through the Outdoors first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Amanda Holges has over three decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur, having grown her family business into a highly successful international company. She is a business mentor and mastermind facilitator who passionately helps entrepreneurs with business development and growth strategies to achieve success through her membership site, virtual mentoring programmes, and group mastermind programmes. She is the host of the Time for Business Growth Podcast, where she shares strategies and advice for busy entrepreneurs on everything from productivity and time management to managing their finances and building a successful business. Amanda joins me today to share her story and journey as a business mentor, providing guidance and support to business owners. She shares some particularly useful insights on improving productivity, including her top app choices. She also explains how she faces minor problems versus how she handles major situations and shares the value of using and tweaking ideas, as well as learning how to appreciate the simple things in life. “It’s worth giving things a try and giving them a chance to work, and then say, ‘this bit works for me, this bit doesn’t.’ Then just mould it to what works for you.” Amanda Holges This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Amanda’s journey to becoming a business mentor. Why she decided to change the way she prioritises things. How her template schedule for productivity works and how it has affected her working style. How she balances flexibility and structure in her schedule by keeping space and respecting immovable tasks. Why she is more productive in the morning. Amanda’s favourite techniques for productivity — and her top meditation app. Her recommendations for learning and improving. Why she considers it important to have ideas to try, tweak, improve, and even discard. The encouragement and “feel-good” factor — the buzz that gets you thinking that you can actually do and achieve things. How she dealt with the challenges of the last few months by shrugging off the small stuff. The “one key thing tomorrow” that she focuses on accomplishing after a day when nothing goes right. The importance of taking time to clear your mind and just face a problem the next day instead of trying to solve it right away. How she came to the realisation that she can only make memories with her loved ones when she’s actually there, present and with them — and how this influenced the way she balances work duties with family duties. How enjoying simple things can make a significant difference. Resources: Paprika Evernote Stop, Breathe, and Think RingGo The Productive Woman Podcast Connect with Amanda Holges: Amanda Holges website 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 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 This Week’s App / Resource Gett  If you are ever in London and looking for a taxi; look no further than this app. When I worked in London I was always lamenting how I never seemed to be able to find a free black cab when I needed one. I used to play netball at Blackfriars, along from our office in Cannon Street and we were often late or out of breath from lots of running when we couldn’t find that elusive taxi! With Gett it allows you to ‘summon’ a black cab and, once it’s set up, pay by card as part of the app. It has been so useful in the years that I’ve been using it.  The best example of how useful it is was when I was speaking at an event at Birmingham University with the man who headed up the London 2012 Gamesmakers and I impressed him by finding us a black cab when it was chucking it down with rain and no cabs were visible anywhere. As we were trying to think of our strategy I realised that gett works in Birmingam too so we then easily got a cab! Use this code for £3 off your first ride! Receipt Bank I’ve just been sorting out my expenses for last month and was reminded how useful this app is. Receipt Bank is a tool that allows you to scan receipts on your phone or email invoices into it and it then converts them into accounting records and sends them to one of a number of accounts systems (I use Kashflow). It’s really helped me to get on top of my accounts and expenses and stops me having a pile of random bits of paper my desk that get in the way, get me down…and get me behind on my accounts! I scan receipts at the point of purchase and throw the receipt away. If I’m really organised and charging the expense back to a client I can add them into a field to allow me to run reports based on the client’s name, which makes invoicing so much quicker. You can check it out here. The post Amanda Holges: Making Time for Business Growth first appeared on POWER to Live More.

In 2001, Mohammed Elkhamissy found himself a new graduate in the wake of 9/11 and unable to get a job. He had grown up playing soccer competitively and had initially thought he would go on to play professionally. When that didn’t come to fruition and he found himself unemployable as a Middle Eastern American in a post-9/11 world, he began reaching out to connections. He wound up working for a construction company and discovered that he had an affinity for the business. He now lives in Qatar and runs one of the top construction companies in the region.  Though Mohammad had achieved a lot of material success, when he discovered that his young daughter had been diagnosed with cancer, everything he had prioritised to that point vanished. He found that it didn’t matter how great his car was or how successful he was. Through his study of Stoicism, he discovered that living positively is a choice and that when you live authentically, you can give back immensely. In the wake of his daughter’s illness, Mohammad has taken his commitment to giving back to new levels. He is an angel investor and is setting up a female entrepreneurship fund that will debut next year. Today Mohammad and I discuss the power of connections and how they can feed your personal journey. He touches on the importance of prioritising what makes you happy and why choosing optimism can impact the world around you. He shares his routines and tools for staying focused, how his life changed with his daughter’s illness, and why being “average” is an asset. We also discusses the importance of choosing to live with intention and how it can fuel success. “Setbacks are always going to be there… but when they hit, it’s how you treat them. You don’t quit.” Mohammed Elkhamissy This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Mohammed approaches his life with the principles of a professional athlete How to design your life to be free The principles that Mohammed lives by that motivate and fuel his success The power of choosing to live your life with intention How choosing optimism or pessimism allows you to give back in new ways How seeing himself as average helped him break out of his preconceived notions about success Mohammed’s tools for when things don’t go according to plan Why you should always be learning and why it’s vital to translate what you learn into action Why you should do what really makes you happy How Mohammed organises his day for personal success Resources Mentioned: Evernote  GTasks  Oura Ring  Spotify Whoop   Connect with Mohammed ElKhamissy: Mohammed Elkhamissy Website  Mohammed Elkhamissy on LinkedIn  Mohammed Elkhamissy on Instagram  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 Mohammed ElKhamissy: The Power of Living with Intention first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Susan Moore is the founder of Moore Business, a service offering back-office support to entrepreneurs and non-executive directors. As one of the pioneers of remote working, Susan has been offering virtual assistant services for over 14 years and her company won the Outstanding VA of the Year Award in 2008. Her highly experienced business support team works from home across the world with clients in various industries taking on tasks to give clients the time they need to do what they do best.  In today’s episode, Susan and I discuss running a remote team and the challenges of coordinating remote workers. She shares how she started her VA business and how her work has changed over the years. She explains how she helps her clients work effectively and promotes a network of support and connection with her team. Susan shares the top apps that help her and her team with remote working and how outsourcing can be a big help for any business owner. She also shares her best timesaving advice for remote workers and how she stays up to date with the latest tools and remote working trends. “It’s all about communication: communication with your clients and communication with your team.” Susan Moore This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: What inspired Susan to start a remote business How she handled the change from working in an office and travelling, to working from home  How Moore Business developed over the years How Susan works with her clients and how it has evolved over time Working with a remote team effectively Managing office time when you have a global team Top apps for working remotely and managing remote teams How to keep up to date with the latest tools and trends in remote working Tips for outsourcing and delegating Biggest timesavers when working remotely How to promote a team environment for remote workers Getting through days when things go wrong What a day of living more looks like for Susan Resources Mentioned: Dropbox Google Docs Todoist Toggl Slack Zoom Linkedin Learning Canva Eventbrite Constant Contact Mailchimp Connect with Susan Moore: Moore Business website Moore Business on LinkedIn Moore Business on Twitter Susan Moore 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 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 [spp-transcript] The post Susan Moore: Running a Successful Remote Business first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Laura McClellan is a lawyer, writer, productivity enthusiast, and tech geek who is passionate about encouraging women in their individual journeys as people, wives, mothers, and citizens. Laura hosts The Productive Woman podcast, a weekly show about productivity for busy women that helps the listener find the tools and encouragement they need to manage their time, life, and stress so they can accomplish the things they care about and create a meaningful life. Laura also facilitates mastermind groups and offers productivity coaching for women who are seeking support, encouragement, and accountability in identifying and pursuing their goals. Laura joins me today to reveal how her interest in increasing productivity started at an early age, why she has always considered herself as a little bit of a ‘productivity nerd’ since she was very young, and how that interest developed into creating time management and organisation strategies as her life got busier. She discusses the obligations on most women to do many things well and why it’s vital to learn ways to manage not just your time, but your energy and your attention so you can do the things that really matter to you. Laura also shares the reason she started The Productive Woman podcast and why she loves being able to connect with women all over the world who all have a common goal. “A lot of times we feel like whatever we’re doing, we’re not quite doing it right, and that everybody else has it figured out and we are the only ones that are struggling, but if we put our heads together, we can share ideas, and every one of us will have a better opportunity to make the kind of life we want.” Laura McClellan This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How she honed her productivity skill Why you should set priorities for yourself How she created a life that matters to her Where her podcast topics come from Why she loves the honesty and supportive atmosphere of her group Why awareness and intentionality are critical to productivity The importance of having a goal How she integrates her family life and her professional goals Tools and apps that Laura uses to stay productive What a great day looks like for Laura Why she always looks for something to be grateful for, especially in these challenging times Resources Mentioned: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons for Personal Change book by Steven R. Covey Apple Calendar Omnifocus Todoist TextExpander Dropbox YouTube Connect with Laura McClellen: The Productive Woman website The Productive Woman podcast Laura McClellan on Instagram 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 Laura McClellan: Productively Build A Life That Matters first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Evernote, Purple Cow, Dream It Alive, Business Connectedness with Hela Wozniak-Kay of Sister Snog Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Evernote – “I’m a Virgo who loves lists. My essential tool of life which includes work, and play, and organising everything else, is Evernote. I’m not quite sure how I possibly existed before Evernote came on the scene. I’m a massive fan of Evernote. You’ve got to get into it, and buy into it. It’s kind of like a sort of effortless solution, and you can share what you’re doing with those that are also on Evernote. I think it’s like a killer app that is just gorgeous, and whatever you want, music, videos, photos. It’s kind of like a sort of seamless snapshot of stored ideas, and information.” Note from Jo – I’m an Evernote Certified Consultant and use those skills to help my members in POWER to Live More CALM Note from Jo – Steve Dotto has a series of videos about using Evernote. Note from Jo – I’ve started using it to scan in stuff that I’ve previously kept, like orders of service at weddings or cards that people have sent me and things like that. I just scan them in and then chuck them away, so that I don’t have a load of old bits of paper in the house. Dream It Alive – “It’s a place where you can create your own vision boards and dream boards. We all need to dream and we all need to have goals. It’s about writing them down, but you need to turn them into pictures so you can see them. It helps you visualise.” Pocket – “The other one is Pocket, because yes, you’ll see something, and where do you put … if you just kind of store it in a place that gets lost, you won’t go back to it, but you can build up your Pocket to be those things that you can have a look at.” Scoop-It – “I do also like, for those that don’t have time to blog, but have an area that’s their subject, whatever it might be, Scoop.It, so you can create your own sort of Scoop and write your own comments on X, Y or Z.” Rebel Mouse – “This aggregates all your tweets and pins, and it has a snapshot of your social output. You can see what you’re doing, and you get a feeling for who you are and what you’re putting out there. If you don’t like what you see, change it.” Alpabetizer – “The last one is called the Alphabetizer. If you have a list of things, twenty things, and you’ve got to put them in alphabetical order, then use the alphabetizer, because it’ll do it for you. Well, there you go. I know, that’s totally useless, but someone might need it one day! Other Resources Medium Daily Digest – “I really like Medium Daily Digest. Today’s Medium Daily Digest, it had these … It’s kind of eclectic things, because they always set me off. Today’s articles that I liked, one was, “Elevate Yourself with Side Projects,” which I think is a very good thing, because if you’re only doing one thing, and you’re consumed by it … I’ve always got at least six other plates spinning that I’m doing, so it’s not just Sister Snog, or family, or friends. I’ve always got other things that are on the go. I think it’s important, because otherwise, you just become one-dimensional. The other article, it was called, “Collecting Experiences.” How to stay productive even when interrupted, which I thought was very relevant to today. The other one, “Does a ‘Fake It ‘Til You Make It’ Attitude Towards Business Work? Yes.” If you want to be someone, even if you’re not it, behave as if you are, and you will become it.” Books One of my favourite books is Purple Cow by Seth Godin. Music Disco – “I’m just inspired by all disco music. That’s what I always have on in the background if I’m getting myself into a good frame of mind. That’s me personally, being a disco queen.” Films Overcoming Struggle – “I’m quite often inspired by films that have a certain amount of overcoming struggle, that people have got through something, they face something, because running your own business, being an entrepreneur, you do have to sometimes find something in yourself on the days where perhaps, everything isn’t quite rosy and peachy.” Watching Films to Relax – “I also am definitely a Netflix addict. I might have it on in the background. I do like things that are series, Netflix original, House of Cards, Since Orphan Black, Once Upon A Time. I really like anything that’s got a story that continues. In fact, Once Upon a Time did inspire Once Upon a Dinner Time. I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but it’s all about fairy tales. It’s just fantastic and seems to be going on forever.” Tips Business Connectedness – “you need to be connected in business, because everybody is connected to each other, and that’s how you’ll get the doors open. They feed me, I feed them, and then quite often we come up with something that is because of both of us. That is my work, so how brilliant is that?” Planning – The beginning of the week, Monday, I see as a planning day, and a desk day where I generally will not go into London. Mondays are when I will catch up, will make phone calls, will send emails, will plan, maybe it’s just something I’ve got to write, who I’m going to see.” Magical Connections – “It’s amazing what happens when two people sit down and just talk about whatever is going on in their business.” Being Focused on the Important Stuff – “I’m never too busy, I’m always doing lots of things” Cooking to Relax – “Cooking is something that I do. Morning Gratitude Routine – “I do have a little bit of reflection before I switch the motor on. I’ve kind of got into morning gratitude, so I will, in Evernote, in my notebook that’s called “Gratitudes,” write something that I’m quite thankful for, on a daily basis. I think you can get caught up in other stuff. Seven is the kind of magic number at Sister Snog, so I always write seven gratitudes, nearly always, most days.” Using a Personal Trainer – “Goodness, me. It’s brilliant. She really is brilliant. It is early days. I haven’t transformed yet. She’s really good because she looks at … It’s not about doing some crazy boot camp training thing, because I don’t wish to be tortured. She’s also helping me … What I love about her is we can train anywhere. I’m kind of helping her understand her business, as well. One of the things is, how to turn your home into a gym. I have exercises now to do on the steps, to do on a chair, even things to pick up around the house. That’s what we’re going to do, and we will do, in due course, some videos of “Turn Your House Into a Gym.” Now there’s no excuses for not doing 20 minutes, and then having a break and doing another 20 minutes.” Swimming for Exercise – “I was swimming when I was in Greenwich, two or three times a week. An early morning swim, I always wanted to be the first in the pool. That was my kind of … I just want to be first in the pool. I never was, but I still have that. It makes you sort of get up and go.” Motivational Quote – “I always know you can’t have a rainbow without some rain.” Life Experience Helps – “Nothing’s ever that bad. It just isn’t. It might feel it for a moment, but I think the longer you’re around, you realise you’ve been there before. You got through it. This happened and sometimes, instead of a bus, a limo comes along.” To Contact Hela If you Google Hela Wozniak-Kay, you could find me, or on our website. Our numbers are there. You can ring me, or send me an email. Sister Snog – keeps me on my toes, as much as hopefully it keeps the members fed with creative spark and interest. If you have something that you’ve created that’s beautiful and wonderful, great business occurs. https://www.sistersnog.com Tweet: “You need to be connected in business, because that’s how you’ll get the doors open.” @SisterSnog #powertolivemore Tweet: “essentially it’s like having your own A-team of grand ambassadors, door openers, and those that you can work with” @sistersnog Tweet: “I’m never too busy, I’m always doing lots of things” @sistersnog [spp-transcript] ing The post Hela Wozniak-Kay: Evernote, Purple Cow, Dream It Alive, Business Connectedness first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Diane Randall takes joy in helping others see the importance and value of embracing health and wellness. Based in Chicago, Illinois, she focuses on providing assistance for busy professionals in adopting a healthier lifestyle. The post Diane Randall on Show #106: Embracing Whole Wellness first appeared on POWER to Live More.