2022 is over as far as I am concerned, but before we fully leave it in the dust, here is a journaling exercise about 2023 to bridge the gap. If you answer each of these questions (as briefly or fully as you would like), you will enter 2023 with more clarity, direction, and, most importantly, perspective.
Read moreLaunching to Crickets: Why Your Launch Failed and What to Do Now
If you are running an online business, I am willing to bet that you have had at least one launch fail. We all have. You tease it on your insta weeks in advance. You offer value and freebies in advance of your big offer. Then, with gifs of confetti in tow, you open wide the doors to your membership/course/program/app AAANNNNDDDDD….
Read moreHere's What I Can Do For You
I have an interview coming out soon with an amazing woman who is a sales consultant. In the few minutes before we started our interview, she and I had a great chat about the frustration that comes when you know you can help someone, you know you can give them that thing they so desperately desire, but they won’t buy. Because in short, if you don’t buy you don’t give me the permission to help you and you don’t put in the investment that will cause your life or your business to change. In short, you don’t get to see what I can do.
I’m not all that unique. I live in a normal brick apartment building. I have a husband and a daughter and a cat. I wear yoga pants when I know full well I’m not going to do yoga. I wrongly believe that I am an above average driver. Pretty standard stuff. AND YET… the things I can do for you, for your business, for your future, are anything but standard.
I can take your 80 hour week of pouring your blood into your business and streamline it into 40 hours that feeds your soul.
I can take the critical moment when you decide to go for it and intentionally design a business that fits you from the very beginning.
I can take “barely getting by” and turn it into “profitable and scaled”.
I can take your personal roadblocks, hang-ups, and limiting beliefs and turn them into the fuel that feeds your personal and professional growth.
I can take a look under the hood and diagnose where in your business you need to be focusing to build towards your goals
I can take a caricature of success that you have borrowed from society and replace it with a tailored, tangible, totally personal vision for your future and what impact and freedom would mean to you.
I can take “oh shit what’s next” and change it into “I know what to do next to get to where I want to go”
I can give you back your time, your freedom, your power to impact the world.
I can help you to create a business that allows you to live a life that is good, enjoyable, and healthy while creating an impact through your work that leaves a lasting legacy.
I am not all that special. I live in a normal apartment, drive a normal car. I don’t have (or want) a private jet or designer purse. But where I live and what I have don’t matter. I’m not here to woo you with the false credibility that Stuff provides. It is what I can do that matters. It is what I have done that matters.
You don’t have to take my word for it, read testimonials from my clients on my website and in the app.
Whether you are just starting out in business or a seasoned veteran wanting your business to work better so that you can work less, I can help you with that.
You Have The Power
There are two types of people, or rather, people can be put into one of two categories. In one group, there are the people who primarily believe that things happen to them, that their fate is inherently out of their control, that luck, circumstance, and the actions of others dictate the way their life is going to play out. In contrast, an individual with an internal locus of control believes that they have the agency, that it is their actions and decisions that change their life. Essentially, those with an internal locus of control believe that they have the power to drive their own destiny. We all exist on a spectrum of how much weight we put on each perspective.
Read morePreventing Professional Burnout with Sabrina Runbeck
After overcoming burnout working in cardiothoracic surgery, Sabrina Runbeck, MPH, MHS, PA-C now helps healthcare practice owners and their teams to gain back a day a week while maintaining a role in clinical medicine. She believes that with the right system, every healthcare leader is able to create the ultimate time makeover where they can spend less time, earn higher profit, and enjoy life more.
Sabrina hosts the Powerful and Passionate Healthcare Professionals Podcast and is an international bestselling author being featured on Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Fox, CBS, and ABC.
Although Sabrina’s background is in healthcare, her methods for preventing burnout translate across all professions. Join our discussion on her approach that includes identifying patterns, taking a mini mental vacation, and solving the root causes of problems. You can find out more about Sabrina at SabrinaRunbeck.com Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreThe Scheduling of Self-Care
In this episode, I’ll give you a brief introduction to my Comprehensive Theory of Self-Care and discuss scheduling self-care as it relates to that theory. Join me as we prepare for the upcoming 6-week self-care challenge that begins on May 16th. You can find all of the links discussed in this episode in the timeline below. Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreThe Fallacies of Time Management with Mark Bowers
Mark Bowers mission is to aid do-gooders in doing more good. Specifically, he helps leaders make a distinctive, sustainable, and measurable social impact. Mark has over 30 years in leadership and management of government, business, and information technology efforts including 20 years as a Navy submarine officer. After leaving the corporate workforce, Mark established Lighthouse One to leverage his passions in strategic planning, coaching, and performance improvement for the benefit of mission-focused organizations. Mark is a volunteer global leader for the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). His current “labor of love” is as founder and executive director of the Professional Development Consortium of Hampton Roads which provides free and low-cost leadership education for membership associations.
In this episode Mark and I discuss the misnomer of time management. Listen in as Mark shares some great resources to assist you in managing your priorities. Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreThe Secret to Getting Over Sales Aversions
Nearly every person I talk to “hates sales.” There is this icky sticky feeling in the pit of your stomach when you actually have to ask someone to pay you for the product you worked so hard to develop. You need to stop feeling like a sleazebag whenever you start to head towards the selling part of the equation. Really, you do. Your business cannot flourish until you get over your sales aversion. You are, literally, preventing yourself from helping the people you have chosen to serve.
Read moreResilience in the Face of a Continuing Pandemic with Eileen McDargh
Eileen McDargh has been called a hope merchant although she says she has been put on earth for comic relief. She’s an internationally recognized keynote speaker, master facilitator, and award-winning author with expertise in resiliency and leadership. Her articles have appeared in countless publications and two of her eight books have been awarded national recognition. Her latest book is: Burnout to Breakthrough: Building Resilience to Refuel, Recharge and Reclaim What Matters. In 2021 Global Gurus International ranked her 3rd in the World’s Top 30 COMMUNICATION Gurus following a global survey of 22,000 business professionals.
In this Episode of Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast Eileen shares her resiliency expertise as we dive into how to look for opportunities amidst disaster, channeling your inner child, applying it to your business, and much more. You can find Eileen here https://www.eileenmcdargh.com/ Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreWhen Your Frame of Reference Changes with Elizabeth Tollis
Throughout life and business our path takes many turns. When this happens our frame of reference changes. Listen in as I explain how to redo the math and use scalability to help you through those changes in your business. During the month of April, in the Full Focus Entrepreneur Membership, we are focusing on Scalability and The Fundamentals of Focus so if this is something you need help with be sure to sign up today. If you are interested in the free “Anatomy of Your Business” course that I mention you can find it here. Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read more8 Reasons No One Reached Out After Your Last Networking Event
You spent all day on a Tuesday schlepping yourself from a mediocre-coffee-place to a slightly-too-cold-conference-room to your 7th favorite casual happy hour spot and back home. You now have 23 new business cards and 10 pages of notes on all the “great” connections you made. A day of networking well done, and yet three days later you still have heard from absolutely no one. No referrals, no “let’s get coffee,” and certainly no “I’m interested in working with you.” Before you get angry at all those people who didn’t reach out to you, let’s take a look at what mistakes you might be making.
Read moreUndoing the Overwhelming To-Do List
Some days The List is longer than the day.
We all have our moments (or months) when our to-do list gets too long, too big, too scary we begin to take on the qualities of a squirrel halfway across the street. Frozen in the headlights halfway in between two tasks (or 4 you are trying to multitask) is not the way to be productive. Screw productivity, it’s no way to be happy.
Read moreThe Power of Story with Melanie Gow
Inspirational Speaker Melanie Gow is known as a Brand Story Strategist. Her “Legend's Journey™" process combined with The Leadership Story is how she became a crowd-funded publisher with a sold-out national inspirational speaking tour. Join us as we dive into the Power of Story where Melanie shares with us the 3 types of stories you should be sharing. You can find Melanie here https://makeyourstorymatter.co.uk/ Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreFebruary Reset with Elizabeth
What do you do when your January didn’t quite go as you had planned? Don’t throw the whole year away just because one month didn’t go the way you had hoped. Come listen as I walk you through how to reset in February. If you are looking for a beautiful planner to help you reset in February then head over to @theemeraldoffice on Instagram and enter my giveaway for a beautiful Desk Planner from Sugar Paper. If you need something to help guide you through your goal setting for a successful reset check out my Virtual Goal Setting Retreat here https://www.fullfocusentrepreneur.com/newyears2022 Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreNo One Is Coming to Save You
Those first years in business, when I created this business because I had bills to pay and couldn’t find a job that would meet my requirements, I let myself entertain a backup plan. I let myself try this whole business thing out while I waited for the dream job to appear. I entertained working for a big fancy museum, I built relationships with environmentally revolutionary startups, I let other opportunities distract me from the work in front of me, from the mission I am carrying out, from the vision of all I will build with this business.
Read moreBreak Your Year Down for More Success in Your Goals
This time of year a lot of people are in the middle of setting their goals for the year. This year I decided to make a shift on how I do this, not only with my clients but also in my own life. Join me as I discuss the changes I have made and why I decided to make that change. If you are interested in taking advantage of the personal study version of the goal setting retreat where I went in depth over 4 days on this concept you can find that here https://www.fullfocusentrepreneur.com/newyears2022 Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read moreWhat Do You Think It Will Cost?
Our society has taught us that success will cost you.
Our society perpetuates this stereotype… thank you Elon Musk thank you Steve Jobs…. that the people who are successful do so at a great personal cost; that they sacrifice their marriages, they sacrifice being good parents, they sacrifice their friendships all on the altar of pursuing ultimate success and that if you do want to be successful it’s gonna cost you.
Read moreUwe Dockhorn: Your Family Matters
Known as the Lifestyle Liberator for high achievers and their families, Uwe believes in freedom and inner certainty that shows up in your business financially and emotionally in your relationships. Join us as we discuss Uwe’s upcoming Your Family Matters Summit. You can find Uwe here https://www.uwedockhorn.com/ and information on how you can join his FREE Your Family Matters Summit here https://www.uwedockhorn.com/yfm?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uwedockhorn.com%2Fa%2F2147502096%2FbzEEVqCM Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
Read morePlan Tightly Hold Loosely with Sarah Light, Creator of the Sol Planner
Through her experience in Direct Sales, Sarah learned valuable life lessons in time management, but couldn’t find a planner that fit the needs she had. After years of waiting and hoping for someone to come up with a planner for someone as busy as she was, she decided to take the task on herself, and the Sol Planner was born. Please join us as we discuss my pick for The Best Planner of 2022 and all the reasons I love it. You can find the Sol Planner here https://solplanners.com/products/2022-sol-planner and take her quiz to discover the best planning strategies for YOU https://solplanners.com/pages/what-planning-style-reflects-your-values Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
If you want to start your year off with vision, goals, intention, and a follow-through plan head over to https://www.fullfocusentrepreneur.com/newyears2022 and sign up for my New Years Retreat. It’s perfect for both, business owners and non-business owners alike, and it’s virtual so you can attend from the comfort of your very own home.
Read moreGetting Started Speaking With Dr. Stevie Dawn Carter
As a four-time business owner, Dr. Stevie Dawn Carter has created multi-million dollar success in business, fine art, dance, and now speaking/coaching. She is a highly sought-after speaker and coach because of her innate ability to energize others to unleash their insurmountable success. Join us as Dr. Stevie gives us a “crash course” in public speaking and we discuss how to turn speaking into profit. You can find Dr. Stevie at https://drsteviedawn.com/. Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.
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