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116: Do You Have A Lifestyle Business Or A 24/7 Job?
It’s so easy to become all-consumed with your business because it’s your baby and you went through real labor pains to birth it into the world.
Sometimes I’ve been awake at 2 in the morning because an idea for a podcast show just hit me and I know that it must be written out, if not, I will forget about it. So, yes, the flexibility and freedom of working from home allow this, but does it help you in a healthy way to be running your business?
Of course not.
In this episode let’s talk about how you can regain your sanity!
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I believe we can change the world. But first, we’ve got to stop living in fear of being judged for who we are.
Hi I'm Genecia Alluora, Founder of the #1 Leading Female Entrepreneur Network in South East Asia supporting 1 Million women to Own & LOve The F-Word. Being fabulous, having freedom, financial independence and Family.
With a challenge to women everywhere to stop TALKING themselves out of their dreams, Soul Why? Secrets of The Soul Rich Woman Blueprint identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviours to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence, and believing in yourself to be recognised as a leader online. Get clients online and to have more impact on the world!
Stop Believing THE Lies ABOUT Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be. You're Just an "F-Word" Away from The Life You Want, The Marriage You Want... The Family That You Want, Is Going To Be Fueled By The Business & Life You Build ... Join me, become a Soul Rich Woman. Alone we are strong, Together we are unstoppable!
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Genecia Alluora: This episode is brought to you by Instantpodcastleader.com, the leading platform to launch your podcast in 48 hours and make it profitable. Get your free audiobook and free web class at instantpodcastleader.com/webclass. I believe we can change the world. But first we've got to stop living in fear of being judged for who we are.
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Genecia Alluora: Hi, I'm Genecia Alluora, founder of the number one leading female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia, supporting 1 million women to own and love the F word. Being fabulous, having freedom, financial independence and family. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams. Soul why - Secrets of the Soul Rich Women's blueprint identifies the excuses to let go of the behaviors to adopt and the skills acquire on the path to growth, confidence and believing in yourself to be recognized as a leader online, with clients online, and to have more impact on the world. Stop believing the lies about who you.
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Genecia Alluora: So you can become who you are meant to be. You are just an F word away from the life you want. The marriage you want, the family that you want is going to be fueled by the business and life you build. Join me. Be a soul rich woman. Alone, we are strong. Together we are unstoppable. Welcome to the show.
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Genecia Alluora: Hello gorgeous. Welcome to today's show. My name is Genecia Alluora, your host. And today's topic is do you have a lifestyle business or a 24/7 job? You know why I'm talking about this today? Because something happened. When someone tells me that they are looking for a job, I mean looking to start a business and they are not really organizing their time, it gets really confusing. So someone came to me and this person told me that she was putting out a freebie for her tribe and it was a huge success. But it also got her thinking about how much time she dedicated to her business each day. I mean, like that she clock on or clock off the way she would with a traditional job. So a free offering was a 30 minutes video recording of a website review. So she's giving about half an hour of her time and expertise for free, which she loved. So she loved doing the reviews to help someone else, because being in a place of giving is food for the soul. I mean, typical soul rich woman, right?
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Genecia Alluora: But it actually takes a lot more than just half an hour. The finished product is 30 minutes and she need to spend extra ten minutes or so quickly looking at the site before she can get into giving some of the quality advice and then it's time to record the video. Then there's the after production of editing, which is slightly minimal by the way, but you still have to go through the half an hour of video to make sure it's all okay. Then the technical site, then uploading to YouTube, ready for sharing. All in all, this lady have a half an hour review to help someone else. The free offer that took her 2 hours. Does this sound familiar? Now, but, Genecia, what does this have to do about the working hours? I hear you asking. Now, I just want to say this. I sometimes am very guilty of also working on my business the moment I get up in the morning to the time I go to bed.
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Genecia Alluora: In fact, I was going to go off into my studio and knock off a couple of things one evening, and when my partner gave me the look, are you kidding me look? Naturally, I put aside work for the evening and spent quality time with my partner. Just as I think it's important that you have a dedicated workspace in your home, even if it's a small desk in a corner of the bedroom, it's equally important that you put some boundaries in place when you are going to work. Setting your work hours when you work from home is important, especially now when everyone is working from home. And that's soul rich woman who was doing the freebie for 30 minutes video recording for website reviews suffered because in the end of 30 minutes takes two hours to complete and she just couldn't cope.
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Genecia Alluora: So it's easy to be all consumed by your business and with your business because it's your baby and you went through real pain to give birth to it into the world. Okay. So I hear you. I've been sometimes awake at 2 AM in the morning because an idea for a blog post or podcast show just hit me. And I know that it must be written out. If not, I will forget about it. So yes, the flexibility and freedom of working from home allows this, but does it really help you in a healthy way of running your business? Of course not. So here's how you can regain your sanity by working from home. Even though sometimes you give some help to your community, to your tribe for 30 minutes, but it may take up two hours to do just that one thing for that one person. So you just need to manage it, maybe for the first 10 customers or for the first five people who are come to you, and then you can better manage your sanity on that.
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Genecia Alluora: So here's some of the strategies that I use. So number one, work out how many hours a day and a week you realistically work on your business. Now, maybe you have baby or newborn on your hands like school age kids to consider or still be working in your day job or even taking care of an elderly parent. The time you have available for your business might be 10 hours or 20 hours or 40 hours, but not 24/7. Number two, learn to say no. I used to do a lot of pro bono collaborations, free things, everything possible. Because I'm a pleaser, I really like to please someone else. So when someone else asked me something of me, I find it terribly difficult to say no to. It will not be long before I will be drowning, trying to get everything done and meet all my commitments. And then who suffer? Me, Genecia, right? So now I've learned to say no. If an opportunity comes along that doesn't truly align itself with my vision for my business, then I say no. If a favor is being asked and that is going to take a lot of time and effort on my behalf, I also said no.
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Genecia Alluora: Number three, get organized. Really grab a calendar and sort out your schedule. What's happening when? Every day I write out on my top three tasks for the day and I make sure I get them done. I automate what I can and I've got systems in place so that I can outsource my stuff to my assistant, like uploading my social media posts, scheduling out my newsletters, even doing my podcast editing and stuff like that. Anyway, if you want some resources around some templates, project kits and that you can use for yourself in your business or hand it out to your assistants, you can go check it out at instanttribeleader.com. Okay, instant tribe, T-R-I-B-E, instanttribeleader.com. You can go check that out. Number 4, batching. Now, this one is such a time saver and it's my favorite. So rather than writing your own blog post or recording your own podcast one by one or newsletter when it's due, dedicate a few hours and write as many as you can in advance or record as many episodes as you can in advance.
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Genecia Alluora: I actually scheduled out a Tuesday afternoon once a fortnight dedicated to recording my podcast shows. Same with shooting video. Don't go all that effort for one video. Shoot a week's worth of content and you have tons of content ready to go. Batch smaller tasks like social media and email. I put aside half an hour in the morning, lunchtime, and afternoon to read and reply to my emails. I don't leave my email open all the time and keep checking it every other second because it distracts me. So I turn it off after I check them and I turn off the notifications so I'm not distracted. So batching tasks actually saves time and allows you to be more productive and it works to regain your sanity. Last but not least, just do it and stick with it. So you've got two hours a day to spare? No problem. Turn off all distractions like your Facebook, your Instagram, whatever that's happening on your phone, your desktop. Really make effort to do that and focus entirely on doing what needs to be done from your task list.
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Genecia Alluora: No phone calls, no TV, no kids and no husband, please. Shut yourself away and really commit to getting things done. Make your time count. The more you take action in a consistent way, the faster you build up momentum and really grow your business. This is your time and you are ready for the next step. As always, if you love today's episode, rate, review and subscribe on iTunes and Spotify so that this podcast show can be found easily by someone who might just need to hear this message right now. Just want to say thank you for staying tuned to today's show and I really appreciate you. I thank you for being here. Take care and bye for now.
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Genecia Alluora: The key to unlock consistent success. The key to unlock that diamond within you. No other things involved. This is what you need to do and must do tonight. You can do it because I've done it. As long as you have a mentor who can take you from where you are now to where you want to be, you can shortcut your success. You can be different in order to make a difference. Turn your talent into your business. Turn your passion into a paycheck by being you, by being you and owning you. Give yourself a second chance. Never say no to your failures. As a woman, we have the power in our hands. Never let your fears hold you back. Quit thinking and start doing. Life is really short and keep pursuing what you truly ever wanted to achieve. Women come together. Alone, we are strong. Together, we are unstoppable. The Soul Rich Woman Blueprint is going to be transforming your life today, yesterday, last year. Because you took action today, I'm going to say more power to you.