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Transcript of The Great Office Escape Podcast Episode 2: How Kelly McCausey Runs a Focused Business and Travels...
Episode 2Special Guest,Kelly
McCausey
www.TimeFreedomBusiness.com
About Melissa
• Wife & mother to 2 active kids and one crazy dog
• Loves to watch her kids play sports and is their #1 cheerleader
• Successful product creator & JV partner
• Runs 5 different membership programs
• Blogger & podcaster
About Kelly • Working online full
time since 2006• Podcasting is the
cornerstone of her business
• Successful product creator & JV partner
• Blogger & mentor• Find Kelly at
www.SoloSmarts.com
“You’ve been traveling a lot this year. What are some of
your challenges?”
• When I first started, I was a single mom so I didn’t travel by choice.
• Now that he’s grown up, I have the freedom to travel.
• Prior to this year I only travelled a couple times each year.
• I didn’t realize when you travel you lose a lot more than travel time.
• You lose time planning your trip but when you come home you need time to recover.
• This June I went to Florida, then Las Vegas, then Atlanta.
• It was fun but I found some things I need to change in my business.
• I realized I was holding on to a lot of projects like extra baggage & they were taking away time from the rest of my business.
• I made up my mind to sell all the extra side projects & I did it.
• Best decision I made all summer!
Now that you have less baggage, have you thought
about ways to outsource more or to put systems in
place?
• I’m saying YES to how I do things in general.
• I do outsource but I’m still productive in my business.
• But this summer I had a stack of to-do lists that piled up because of my travel schedule.
• Then you asked me about outsourcing a few tasks at SoloMasterminds & I said YES.
• You can hold onto things you’ve always done but if I want to travel & keep my income growing, I need to outsource those tasks.
I’m all about making it a simpler, more systematized,
automated process… and let someone else worry
about the details.
• Letting go of the boring, repetitive tasks has given me the freedom to pursue other fun projects.
• And has given you more time to travel!
• Tell me about this beach retreat you have coming up!
• Yes! Beachpreneurs!
• I’ve wanted to do something big all year so Nicole Dean & I are hosting.
• We are doing a beach retreat for female entrepreneurs at the end of October.
• The impromptu brainstorming & conversations are wonderful.
• There are only 15 of us there, no planned message, just getting to know each other & our businesses.
Are there any tools you use to manage things?
• I use really good forms and TimeTrade.
• With TimeTrade there’s no more back and forth scheduling issues with my coaching clients or podcast guests.
• They see exactly when I’m available & they choose the slot that works for them.
• I also use Formidable Forms to collect information from my coaching clients prior to their coaching call.
• Now we don’t waste that time during the call & my coaching calls are 30 minutes, half of what they used to be.
Any other tools you’d like to share?
• It’s not a tool, it’s a mindset.• I let go of my gut reaction.• I ‘m trying to be more open to things
& different ways of doing things.• If you’re going to stretch out & do
new things, you have to let go of doing the old things.
Absolutely! I try to make decisions based on where I
want to be, not from where I am now…
Want to Learn More About Building a Business that Supports Your Need for
Freedom?
Go to Melissa’s Website at:www.TimeFreedomBusiness.com