Less Work, More Profit: The Home for the Holidays Challenge
“Everyone needs dedicated time away from work. We are not machines. We are human beings. We need dedicated ‘off’ time.”
Janelle Lara
Taking time off for the holidays is critical to your success as a Part-Time CEO. That’s why I’m taking a full week off for Thanksgiving and a full two weeks off for Christmas. This includes deleting email from my phone and avoiding all social media.
Taking dedicated time away from work helps you maintain the ferocious intensity you need for long-term success. Our bodies and minds need complete rest and recovery to operate at their full potential.
“When you’re distracted, you can’t completely let go and lose yourself in the work you're doing. And that’s what produces the absolute best work and the best results.” - Janelle Lara (8:15-8:51)
That's why I encourage moms to leverage childcare, even though I’ve had many of my clients push back when I say this. They assume they can just park their kids in front of the TV in order to have the time they need to work. But that won’t cut it if you’re trying to achieve a high level of success.
I work two and a half days a week, and I'm a stay-at-home mom the other four and a half days. I want to be present as a mom so I can completely check out from work. I even delete my social media apps to get rid of the temptation on those days.
If you think about exercise, when you work out and lift heavy every day, you’re actually going to do more damage to your body than good. Your body needs rest to get stronger and healthier.
Your Online Business is a Media Business
There’s a simple truth that most people don't know and almost no one is talking about in the online business space: If you’re running an online business, you’re running a media company.
Unless you’re running your business 100% off of referrals, then you need to understand and accept this simple fact. That’s why you have to create a simple content strategy that can run in the background of your business. You just have to put in the work on the front end to make it happen.
“If you’re running an online business, you’re running a media company, there is no way around it. You’re producing content that brings in clients.” - Janelle Lara (13:10-13:31)
That’s how I was able to successfully launch a program and get nine clients in the course of a weekend...even while I was traveling. I would land in the airport on my connection flight and have to onboard people because I was getting new clients consistently, and it was because I’d set up my content strategy and my launch strategy beforehand.
You can earn more profit with less work when you know what steps to take. That’s what my Home for the Holidays Challenge is all about. I’m going to share the exact strategies and tactics I use to give myself (and my family) the time off I need to give them 100% of myself while still running a successful online business.
If you want to learn more, head over to homefortheholidayschallenge.com and sign up to participate in this FREE challenge. You’ll learn how you can take 2 full weeks off with your family without losing momentum in your business. It’s five days of insider holiday secrets delivered straight to your email inbox.
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