010 Coach Radio – Start and run a Business on Limited Time

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010 Coach Radio – Start and run a Business on Limited Time

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Chris wrote in with some great questions:

  1. Time management — how do I build my business when I have 2 young kids at home who drain my energy?
  2. What did I do to build my business when I spent all that time in hotel room?
  3. What are some tips/suggestions regarding working from home?
  4. How to develop an economic model like Jim Collins talks about in his book Good to Great?
  5. What would it take to work with me?

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Mentions during the show:

Free Agent Academy – the place to be surrounded with people who care about helping you become self-employed. We’ll help you in your endeavor.

Rick Caron is The Chief Connector and has been a guest on Past Due: Radio.

Outstanding by John G. Miller

Choosing to Cheat by Andy Stanley

google voice – If I started out in business today, I’d sign up for this free service right away.

themarriagebed.com – Believe it or not, I used to jump into the financial section of the forum here and help people. It’s the same strategy I teach today in social media and it works. This website hasn’t been redesigned since I did that four years ago, but it’s a safe place.

google.com/analytics – Find out how many visitors you have and where they’re coming from.

Leroy pointed out this is a good option for an office, but you have to live in England.

Posted on February 10, 2010

  • http://www.oneextraordinarymarriage.com/ Tony & Alisa – ONE

    This is something that Alisa and I deal with everyday. We have two kids as well and working out of our kitchen gets a bit tight. What we have decided to do is make our time that we are working on ONE intentional. We plan this time into our schedule and then make the most out of that time. We have large Post-it notes around our kitchen with ideas. These keep us focused on the tasks at hand. There are many late nights and early morning, but we are beginning to see the fruits of our labor.

  • http://www.oneextraordinarymarriage.com/ Tony & Alisa – ONE

    This is something that Alisa and I deal with everyday. We have two kids as well and working out of our kitchen gets a bit tight. What we have decided to do is make our time that we are working on ONE intentional. We plan this time into our schedule and then make the most out of that time. We have large Post-it notes around our kitchen with ideas. These keep us focused on the tasks at hand. There are many late nights and early morning, but we are beginning to see the fruits of our labor.

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  • Ivan Bickett

    Ha! I put an idea you talked about here in practice two weeks ago. I made a spreadsheet of a typical work week in 15 minute blocks. It basically boils down to if I sleep less than 7 hours a night I have 3 hours of “free time” any given week day. Now this “free time” also happens to be the only time I’d get to play with Alexander, my 22 month old. Majority of my day is filled with work, commute, and getting ready for work / daycare for Little Man.

    It depressed me, honestly. I thought I was wasting a ton of time… and I do waste some… but I don’t have a lot to waste.

    The weekends are a little different and I definitely need to utilize that time towards my dream of starting a business.

    I also liked your suggestion… ok… not like, but think I might try and put it into play at my house of asking Skye to take say two nights a week as her and Alexander time and let me spend my 3 hours of “free time” hashing out business ideas and getting things rolling.

    Good stuff Justin

  • http://coachradio.tv/ Justin Lukasavige

    Remember, it’s only temporary, Ivan. I did it for 20 months and it was very
    much worth it.