Business Advice

The Ultimate Guide to Business Accountability Coaching

When I announced to my family in 2019 that I was becoming a full-time business accountability coach, they had questions, including “What the heck is a business accountability coach?” It sounds like a made-up job. Business coaching is an $11.6 billion industry, and business accountability coaching has surged, as more and more people start microbusinesses. This ultimate guide to business accountability can answer all the questions you {and my mom} have about this business coaching niche.

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Why I can’t live without my Ivory Mix membership

As a blogger and content marketer, one of the most significant pain points in creating content is finding the right photos to accompany my posts. Because it’s not just enough to write an awesome post, you’ve got to have killer imagery to accompany it, which is why I can’t live without my Ivory Mix membership.

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Managing Time to Maximize Productivity

As female microbusiness owners, most of us don’t give much thought to maximizing productivity; we’re just trying to get through the days, amirite? We are so busy busting our butts that we don’t believe we have the luxury of creating some complicated system to be more productive. Productivity sounds like some fancy, schmancy corporate manufacturing lingo. But learning to manage time to maximize productivity is precisely what we need. Stick with me.

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Minimizing Open Loops to Maximize Productivity

When it comes to getting the most done as possible in a given day, it’s vital to think carefully about the sequence in which you tackle your tasks. Doing the right job first and the appropriate job last can potentially save you hours – even more so if they rely on other external factors and create open loops. This post from the Managing Time to Maximize Productivity series will help you do just that.

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Tips to Overcome Laziness (Like a Boss)

You know that you have a lot of things to do. You may even have big plans for the future, but you can’t seem to motivate yourself to stop Netflix or stop scrolling Facebook. Everyone experiences laziness from time to time. However, successful people are able to overcome laziness and take action. This post from the Managing Time to Maximize Productivity series will help you do just that.

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4 Reasons to Get Your Booty Out of Bed Earlier

Benefits of Waking Up Earlier Windy Lawson

One of the struggles I encounter most often with new coaching clients is figuring out how to get #allthethings done every day. There are lot of layers to this issue, but the most simple solution is the hardest sell: waking up earlier. Before you run away, hear me out on the benefits of waking up earlier.

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10 Ways to Stay Motivated

You had a great idea or discovered an amazing new passion project and dove head first into this exciting new project. You were so jazzed in the beginning, but as it got harder, or you hit a roadblock, your motivation came to a grinding halt. Sound familiar? It happens to the best of us. Without motivation, it becomes virtually impossible to move forward. The trick is to stay motivated even when you aren’t feelin’ it.

Here are 10 tips to help you stay motivated.

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Tips to Overcome Procrastination

If you put the PRO in procrastination, I’m giving you a hard side-eye and a heaping dose of #BestieRealTalk today. We all procrastinate from time to time, just like all don’t floss after every meal. We know better, but we’re mere mortals after all. And while I can’t help you with your dental hygiene, I can hook you up with some tips to overcome procrastination.

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