Free Guided Journaling: The Simplicity Solution

Dive into a 30-minute guided journaling session that will bring you to envision the dreamy future your business deserves. Together we'll illuminate your path to a more simplified and thriving entrepreneurial journey!

In this session, we'll explore how to simplify your business for growth and success. Let's envision the possibilities and create a vision for a thriving entrepreneurial adventure!

Transcript below!

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    today we're going to talk about the

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    Simplicity solution um this is the name

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    of a program that I just beted and um

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    I've been obviously thinking about a lot

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    over the last months years to be honest

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    but about what it takes to make our

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    business simple and that looks a really

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    practical

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    standpoint um the Simplicity solution

    The Simplicity Solution.)

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    today even though this is also the name

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    of my bigger program um we are going to

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    be doing a prti practical guided

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    journaling session had like it's a

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    pretty quick journaling session I we're

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    only here for half an hour today um so

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    it's pretty rapid fire that's designed

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    intentionally so that you don't really

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    have a lot of time to like think too

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    much about it you just go with your gut

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    so um don't worry about perfectionism

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    just get whatever pops into your head on

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    the paper and um I can't wait to see how

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    this goes um I ran this Workshop very

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    recently for live for a small group and

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    I had such good feedback I thought I

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    have to do it I have to do it for more

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    people so who am

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    I I am Ellie McBride I am the founder of

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    the capable Collective and the founder

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    of calibrated Concepts which is my main

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    business the capable collectives my

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    podcast and the whole idea all my work

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    over the years has really been around

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    how to simplify your business through

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    simple technology and websites and to

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    meet your Community where they are um by

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    having your message really consistent on

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    your website by making it really easy

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    for them to work with you to buy from

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    you and then on the back end for you to

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    feel like the admin of business doesn't

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    feel so heavy both with websites and

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    other simple systems um I'd like to joke

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    that if I ever found a TV character that

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    was like me in real life it's Claire

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    dunfey from Modern Family but I'm also

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    the Monica Geller of the group and those

    Meet Ellie McBride (1:06

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    kinds of things I love order order um

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    and it's it's my happy place and I've

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    also like but that comes with its own

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    challenges I'm unlearning toxic

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    productivity I'm unlearning

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    perfectionism and um I think it's been

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    quite a a really cool journey to get to

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    here so the first prompt just jumping

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    right in for your Journal is what does a

    What does a Dreamy Simple Business look like for you.)

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    dreamy simple business look like for you

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    so I'd love you to take a couple moments

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    and just write down what is a dreamy

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    simple business and you're going to find

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    that these prompts are sort of iterative

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    um but that's very very intentional I

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    hope it will help you get a lot of

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    [Music]

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    clarity

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    [Music]

    What does an Easeful Business look like for you.)

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    all right so as you're thinking about

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    what a dreamy simple business looks like

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    for you I want you to start shifting

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    that

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    into what does an easy or easeful

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    business look like for you and I'm very

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    aware that the terms easy and easeful

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    are slight are similar but quite

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    different in the fact that easeful

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    doesn't mean that it doesn't I don't

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    think that means that you're not doing

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    work it just means that the work doesn't

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    feel stressful or like a big

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    struggle

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    is

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    okay so the next prompt is what does a

    What does a Spacious Business look like for you.)

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    spacious business look like for you so

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    how does that how do you feel like you

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    will have more space and room to breathe

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    in your business what does that look

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    like

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    okay so the next prompt

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    is what does a peaceful business look

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    like for you I want you to take some

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    time to think about what a peaceful

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    business would look like for you and in

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    your

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    [Music]

    What does a Peaceful Business.)

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    business

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    What do you want your business to look like in 1, 5 & 10 years.)

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    okay so think about in terms of space

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    and ease and simplicity and all those

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    things we've just been talking and

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    writing about what do you want your

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    business to look like in one

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    year

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    all right I want you to zoom out a

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    little farther and start thinking about

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    okay in terms of space and ease and

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    simplicity what do I want my business to

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    look like in 5 years or 10 years

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    all right so moving

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    on and kind of going from that future

    How does your business feel right now?.)

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    lens to back to the present I want you

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    to think about how does your business

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    feel right now take some time

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    to right on

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    that

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    okay so as you're thinking about how

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    your business feels in this moment in

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    this time in your business I want you to

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    start thinking about what steps you can

    Steps for the Next 3 Months.)

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    take in the next three months to move

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    towards your

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    business to move toward sorry to move

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    towards your dreamy simple business the

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    one you've journaled about the one

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    you've that we're planning towards here

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    what steps can you take in the next 3

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    months to move towards your dreamy

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    simple

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    business

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    Intention Setting.)

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    so the next steps is I want you to write

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    things down I want you

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    to write it down in a way that's going

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    to make you remember it every day so

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    first off I want you to share what

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    you're comfortable with what you've

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    learned in the comments I would love to

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    see what you're going to be putting into

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    action or any realizations you've had

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    today um here at the chat and I know

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    some people struggle to find the chat

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    and Google meet so I'm going to do a

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    little message there so you guys can all

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    see

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    it the other things that I want you to

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    do is to build it into your daily

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    practice um use rituals so in my um

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    business one of the things that I do is

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    I build my these types of intentions

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    into my passwords so that I'm having to

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    type it all the time um or I have it on

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    my vision board here on my wall or

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    and those types of things so build it

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    into your ritual build it into your

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    daily

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    practice

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    um and yeah share it in the comments if

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    you feel comfortable sharing

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    anything and while you guys are thinking

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    about your intentions and what you want

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    to share and what you want to write down

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    going forward

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    some tips that I have around how to make

    Practical Tips and Resources.)

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    your business a hell of a lot simpler um

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    my clients when they come to me they're

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    usually really overwhelmed and a lot of

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    times they don't know where even that's

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    all coming from

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    um so a few of my just really quick

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    pointers want to start tracking your

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    time what I did this for years in my

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    business and I realized that I spend on

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    average onethird of my time on actual

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    client work onethird of my time on

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    various marketing activities so that's

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    probably you know networking

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    writing social media posts creating

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    YouTube videos and then I spent a third

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    of the time on my own admin and on CEO

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    tasks and on building my business um and

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    I realized that I actually was only at

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    the time paying myself for the time I

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    was doing client work I was only paying

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    myself for a third of my business and

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    that was a big big thing for me when I

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    started increasing my prices to pay for

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    all the other things I was doing I was

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    able to have more room in my business

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    and more space and take on fewer clients

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    um the other thing I would highly

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    recommend is if you're doing

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    things if you do something a lot or even

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    often um or even sometimes but it you do

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    something on a recurring basis don't

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    repeat the whe like don't reinvent the

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    wheel these slides I have used

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    this um format of slides for every

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    Workshop I've ever done I obviously

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    changed the content to fit the

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    presentation but the design um never

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    ever changes and I usually there's

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    different people on those presentations

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    but also it's on brand I don't really

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    have to think about it it's one of those

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    things that I've removed that um

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    stressor or that time suck in my

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    business by just being like I'm going to

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    do this the same way every single time

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    so those are two quick easy wins um

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    there's so many more things that I

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    recommend my clients do got blog post

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    YouTube videos out there about it but to

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    help you pinpoint exactly what's going

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    to make to move the needle forward in

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    your business I do have a free quiz on

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    my website it will help you discover

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    your personalized path to Simplicity

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    what is the um chunk of your business

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    that is sucking up the most of your time

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    that with a little bit of work you could

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    like make hugely more easy for you so

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    that is a free quiz on my website it's

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    on my website um but it's it's actually

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    like where is your business costing you

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    and you will learn that it's either one

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    of five categories it's a really fun

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    takes 30 seconds there's gifts um and

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    it's not it's not stodgy at all but I

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    think it'll really help you you don't

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    even need to put your email address in

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    to get it um but there's a lot of really

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    good resources about next steps to take

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    in your business so I'm actually going

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    to pop this just into the chat as well

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    um and then I want to go through what

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    you guys have talked about so and

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    finally I'm not going to go into Hard

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    Sell mode here but the Simplicity

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    solution is live it's um my new service

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    it's kind of a culmination of everything

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    I've ever done in business in the last

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    six years and it is a three-month done

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    with you service to help you simplify

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    your business so you can reclaim your

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    freedom space and

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    relationships um I finished the sales

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    page yesterday I'm really freaking

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    excited about it because it is just me

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    being able to help people with all the

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    things that stick up their time their

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    energy and allow them to have a life

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    first business so that they don't have

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    just a worst version of a job that they

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    get to make call the shots and step

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    into properly a CEO role as opposed to

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    being a freelancer and that's it's been

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    a lot of fun to build so lots more

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    information there I'll send it out in

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    the email with the recording but no

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    pressure but just if you could look it

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    over and keep it in mind in the future

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    or if you know someone that' be a good

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    fit for I would love that all right so I

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    want to go through what you all said

    Audience Intentions and Goals.)

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    before we sign off here um so your

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    intentions for the next 3 months are to

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    set more boundaries and make more time

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    for work so it doesn't spill over into

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    family life being intentional with your

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    time and streamlining things so and

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    seeing what you can automate I love that

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    um if you're not already using a

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    scheduling tool it's one of my favorite

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    tools for setting boundaries means

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    people can only access me at specific

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    times um this is another thing I my

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    phone number is not on anything um I had

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    a client want to be like I couldn't find

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    your phone number and I was like it's it

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    doesn't exist you can book a call

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    through my debado link thank you or send

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    me an email um but that's it helps me to

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    set really intentional times and days

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    and I also have like really loose time

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    blocking in my business where Mondays I

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    do admin Fridays I do marketing and in

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    the middle I kind of do client work um

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    all right another one of you has said

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    you want to look for an illustration

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    agent to help you effectively Outsource

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    some of the admin and marketing that's

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    really really cool I love the idea of

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    Outsourcing when it's going to really

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    really help you with that cost benefit

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    thing you're going to free up so much

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    more of your time to do your actual

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    work um tidy up your portfolio and

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    online

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    presence so you can feel confident in

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    doing that and research what would be

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    the best fit I love that because

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    I think a lot of times obviously website

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    design is my other side of my life and

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    my business and I think a lot of times

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    people really hold back promoting

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    themselves when they don't feel

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    confident in their in their website

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    those are some really amazing

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    goals and finally one of you wants to

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    work a half day instead of sitting at

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    your desk most of the day and not really

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    getting anything

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    done I love that too I think working

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    half a day I think if I were to be like

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    really really intentional I could

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    probably squeeze most most of my work

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    into about four days a week it used to

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    be three but I taken more on um and I

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    think it really does come from being

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    really mindful of how I spend my time

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    and what I need to do I think the other

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    thing though is I find that most people

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    who say that they're not getting

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    anything done really probably should

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    list out what they've actually

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    accomplished for the day because most of

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    the time I find that people have done so

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    much more than they thought um and

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    that's where I think project management

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    tools come in a lot of Handy um so I use

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    a sauna in my team and it means that

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    every day I can see what I have to do

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    when I sit down at my desk I can also

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    see what I'm taking off and what my team

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    is tiing off um and it's also how when I

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    do the Simplicity solution or website

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    project I can actually keep all the um

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    resources and forms and everything about

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    that project all in one place for me and

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    the whole team and all of our clients to

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    see so it's really

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    handy all right well thank you everyone

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    for joining me um I hope this has been

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    really useful for you um if you have any

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    questions feel free to ping me and I

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    hope to see where you guys go with your

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    simplified businesses over the next few

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    months and if you I'm always on social

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    media mostly hang out on Instagram which

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    is Ellie May

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    McBride um but you can find me anywhere

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    so most of you have my email if not you

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    will when I send out this recording feel

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    free to hit reply and let me know how

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    this went for you thank you so much have

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    a good day bye everyone

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Ellie McBride

A few years ago I moved halfway across the world after marrying a beautiful man from N. Ireland. To support a more flexible life, I created systems and a kickass website to protect my time, energy and yes my flexibility. And then I started doing it for my clients too!

Want to grow in a way that feels effortless by taking your business off manual-mode? Let’s move forward with more space and ease in your day-to-day operations!

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