🧐 Does your business pass The Fiji Test?
Find out in a free workshop coming up on March 28!
Hi Friends,
I’m excited to share a new workshop for those of you who:
Run a small business with a Delightfully Tiny Team, even if no one works full time (including you)
Feel like your mind is cluttered; you are struggling to keep up with endless pings and inboxes, and important information and ideas are falling through the cracks
Are drowning in the riptide of reactive work, barely treading water even on your best days.
If this describes you, I have good news! As OG Free Timers have heard me say many times, business stress is a systems problem—and it can be solved easier and faster than you think. In fact, I have already done ninety percent of the work for you.
Even if the phrase operational efficiency makes you cringe, once you are set up with the right business backend, everything will click into place, and everyone you interact with will thank you. This isn’t about creating more work, either. The mark of a good system is that it’s harder not to use it.
If you are a small business owner with a Delightfully Tiny Team, this next workshop is for you—and it’s open to all Free Time subscribers.
Based on key operating principles from my award-winning third book, Free Time, you will learn how to pass The Fiji Test, a thought experiment to ensure that if you or anyone on your team were whisked to Fiji for three weeks with no notice, no devices, and no ability to communicate, the business would continue running seamlessly.
It’s time to say goodbye to repeating yourself, death-by-a-thousand-question cuts, struggling to remember where something lives, and letting important client work fall through the cracks. Freeing time is a skill, and it is one you can get better at.
📆 The Details: Thursday, March 28 at 12 p.m. ET on Zoom [ Register here ] Those who attend live will get a special one-time discount for working with me 1:1 on your business operations ☺️ The recording will only be available for those who register and/or for paying subscribers.
Now onto this week’s round-up + Plus extra goodies over the paywall rainbow at the end . . .
⚙️ Tips & Tools
🎉 With the Free Time book approaching its two-year bookiversary on March 22, I encourage you to grab your copy if you haven’t already! For a limited time, I’m re-opening the launch BOGOGO campaign (Buy One, Get One, Give One) if you want to 🎁 give the gift of free time in 2024 :D
Don’t miss the handy Chapter Summaries and Leader Kit (PDFs)
Want to try before you buy? Read the free excerpt here » (Web)
📆 Upcoming Events
🏝️ All Subscribers: Does your business pass The Fiji Test? Join us on Thursday, March 28 at 12pm ET. Learn more and register here »
💻 Paid Subscribers: May 15 — Office Hours hang: ask me anything about a question or challenge in your business, and get input from fellow Heart-Based Business owners! 🔗 The link to register and attend is below the paywall in the footer of this email.👇
🎟️ Want to join us?
We’d love to have you! Upgrade to a paid subscription here »
💬 Quote
“To paraphrase Agatha Christie:
One coincidence is just a coincidence, two are a clue, and three are proof.”
—Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s wonderful series Wednesday (S1E3, “Friend or Woe”)
💭 Questions
What coincidences have you noticed lately? Any cases where two (in a row) might be delivering you a clue for your life or business? How about three for proof of something you have been weighing, wondering about, or doubting?
Read more about my recent harrowing morning with a four-alarm fire at Doh . . .
🍩 Recent at Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h with Jenny Blake
📝 Permission
Go on an awe walk looking for clues . . . during “business” hours!
🎙 Recent Episodes
Free Time:
270: 🌈 Taking a Quiet Sabbatical and Pausing the Podcasts — For Now . . .
269: “I am not a bank.” Strategies for Getting Corporate Clients to Pay on Time with Joey Coleman
268: Strategies for Surpassing “The Magic Number” of Book Sales with Todd Sattersten
264: 🦧 What to Do When You Lose Your Biggest Client: Part One, Part Two
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Thank you for being here reading and listening!
❤️ With Gratitude,
P.S. Extra Goodies Over the Paywall Rainbow 🌈💰
🔐 Thank you to our generous paying subscribers who help sustain Time Well Spent! Upgrade to unlock this week’s make-you-smile memes as a token of my gratitude ☺️