Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity

Jennifer du Plessis: Success to Significance

Jennifer du Plessis [https://powertolivemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/May2021_Fucia_Cropped-Headshot-150x150.png] Jennifer Du Plessis is America’s Mortgage Mastery Mentor and a Lifestyle Business Master. During her career in the mortgage industry, she has been recognized as one of the top 1% loan officers nationwide, an influencer in the industry, and became a mentor to other mortgage officers. She hosts two podcasts, the TV show Tell Me I Can’t, and is a best-selling author. Jen is also the CEO and Founder of Kinetic Spark Consulting LLC and Cracking the Top Producer Code Coaching. Her passion is to empower business owners through her Masterminds to multiply their results and still have a commanding personal life.  Today, Jen shares the moment in her childhood that sparked the inspiration to pursue a better life and what made her switch from wanting to prove herself to making an impact. She reveals how the challenges in her childhood shaped her and the five strategies she developed to help her live a more P.O.W.E.R.-ful life. She shares how she sustains those strategies daily and why living your legacy leads to an epic life. She also shares why working on relationships in your business and personal life is essential and how meditation and prayer help her deal with tough days. > “You can have all the mechanics in the world, but if you don’t have the right mindset, you won’t have momentum.” > > > Jen du Plessis THIS WEEK ON THE POWER TO LIVE MORE PODCAST: * The moment that inspired Jennifer to pursue a better life * What made Jen stop trying to prove herself and switch to making an impact * How the difficulties in Jen’s childhood shaped her life * The five strategies Jen uses to help her live more * The changes Jen made to implement those strategies into her life * How Jen sustains practices to make sure she lives an epic life * What an average day looks like for Jen * How Jen works on self-development * The work Jen put into her personal and professional relationships * How meditation and prayer helps Jennifer with challenging days RESOURCES MENTIONED: * Book: The Compound Effect [https://amzn.to/3sNejx6] by Darren Hardy * Readwise [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/readwise/id1476885528] * Text the word ‘Launch’ to 66866 for a free copy of LAUNCH: Take Your Business To New Heights * 7 Strategies to Break Through Your Business Mindset [https://jenduplessis.clickfunnels.com/7strategiessuccess] CONNECT WITH JEN DU PLESSIS: * Jen Du Plessis’ Website [https://www.jenduplessis.com/] * Book: LAUNCH: How To Take Your Business To New Heights [https://amzn.to/3HmuJ3t] * Book: Tell Me I Can’t [https://amzn.to/31dJ0A5] * Podcast: Success to Significance [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/success-to-significance-life-after-breaking-through/id1512731230] * Podcast: Mortgage Lending Mastery [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mortgage-lending-mastery/id954052959] * Jen Du Plessis on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferduplessis] * Jen Du Plessis on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jenduplessis/] * Jen Du Plessis on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JenDuPlessis22/] * Jen Du Plessis on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jenduplessis] JOIN THE POWER TO LIVE MORE CALM MEMBERSHIP Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM [https://powertolivemore.com/getcalm/] membership! If you’re ready to: * Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business * Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ * Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm [https://powertolivemore.com/getcalm/] CONNECT, SHARE, INSPIRE Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-to-live-more-the-podcast/id1075642780?mt=2&ls=1] or Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/power-to-live-more], subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/] join my Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/usingyourpowertolivemore/], follow me on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jododds?lang=en]and connect with me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jododds/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaQvk4isL_KS2dgOt9ICUA], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jododds/]to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [https://www.lidwellwriting.com/] The post Jennifer du Plessis: Success to Significance [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/jennifer-du-plessis/] first appeared on POWER to Live More [https://powertolivemore.com].

Heather Waring: Walking, Talking and Staying Accountable

heather waring [https://powertolivemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WomenWalking_HeatherWaring-150x150.png] Heather Waring is a walk leader, coach, and the founder of Women Walking: Women Talking [https://womenwalkingwomentalking.com/], where she aims to help other women ease the pressure of their daily life to avoid burnout and adrenal fatigue. She is a founding member of the Association for Coaching and a regular column writer for Cosmopolitan Magazine and Glamour Magazine. Prior to starting this business, she was the Resident Life Coach at Fish4Jobs and had the privilege to be the career expert on ‘Britain’s Worst Boss’ on channel 5. Heather joins me today to share how she rediscovered herself and how walking has helped her keep her sanity. She shares the beneficial results of walking and how she helps her clients transform their lives through her “walking and talking” practices. She also explains the significance of sharing goals with others and the framework she utilises in prioritising her tasks. >  “Do the things that need doing first.” – Heather Waring THIS WEEK ON THE POWER TO LIVE MORE PODCAST: * Great places to go for a walk * Her top values in life * How she prioritises her projects and events * The importance of having an accountability buddy * How she manages her To-Do List * How she sets boundaries when managing tasks * Why she counts the number of steps she takes per day * People who help her get things done * Other things she does to stay healthy * How reading and good discussions help her unwind and relax * What her morning and evening routines include * What a perfect day looks like for her RESOURCES MENTIONED: * Diary * Calendar * Digital Calendar * Pen and Paper * Accountability buddy * Asana [https://asana.com/] * City Mapper [https://citymapper.com/] * Fitbit [https://www.fitbit.com/] * Virtual Assistant (VA) * Mastermind Groups * Restorative yoga * Books * Coach or mentor CONNECT WITH HEATHER WARING: * Women Walking: Women Talking Website [https://womenwalkingwomentalking.com/] * Heather Waring on Facebook [https://m.facebook.com/heather.waring1] * Free tool: Seven Days of Mindful Walking [https://womenwalkingwomentalking.com/] CONNECT, SHARE, INSPIRE Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-to-live-more-the-podcast/id1075642780?mt=2&ls=1] or Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/power-to-live-more], subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/], join my Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/usingyourpowertolivemore/],  follow me on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jododds] and connect up with me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jododds], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaQvk4isL_KS2dgOt9ICUA], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jododds/] to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [https://www.lidwellwriting.com/] The post Heather Waring: Walking, Talking and Staying Accountable [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/heather-waring/] first appeared on POWER to Live More [https://powertolivemore.com].

Dr Russell Thackeray: Empower Your Resilience

Dr Russell Thackeray [https://powertolivemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/F8wlvskQ-150x150.jpeg] Dr. Russell Thackeray works with organisations to achieve enhanced performance and results by aligning culture, leadership, and people and he helps embed change that creates organisational resilience. He draws on his varied professional background – from his time as a professional musician in London’s West End to subsequent iterations as an entrepreneur, corporate CEO, Non-Executive Director, Operations Manager, therapist and coach to deliver strategies and skills to improve performance and facilitate change. Russell is also the host of the popular Resilience [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resilience-unravelled/id1118438974]Unravelled [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resilience-unravelled/id1118438974] podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resilience-unravelled/id1118438974] that gathers guests who share stories of their challenges and learnings to provide an overview of how building resilience can make a real difference and help people facing similar challenges. Russell joins me today to discuss how he moved into his fifth and current career as a coach and the links between all of the roles he has had that have led to him sharing his expertise and empowering others to enhance their lives. He shares his commitment to lifelong learning and why he enjoys challenging himself and developing his skills by continually undertaking programs of formal education and gaining new qualifications. Russell also shares his opinion on how the disruption and challenges of the pandemic have changed the way we operate in business, how people have coped from a resilience point of view, and how that will continue moving forward. > “We’re going to fail, we’re going to pick ourselves up, and we’re going to reinvent ourselves on a constant basis.” > > > Dr. Russell Thackeray THIS WEEK ON THE POWER TO LIVE MORE PODCAST: * Why Russell has found the transition to working online so easy and how he avoids the dangers of ‘Zoom bottom’ * Whether there are certain types of people who are better at being resilient and tips on boosting your resilience * Why it is critical to look after yourself physically to support your mental health * The dangers of spending too much time absorbing negative media stories and why we get addicted to bad news * How Russell works with his clients across multiple time zones and what a typical day looks like for him  * Why he enjoys social contact with people and supporting them to help themselves * The two things Russell designs his day around * How Russell filters out the tasks that he doesn’t enjoy doing in his business * The importance of intellectual challenge and being pushed to examine your ideas * What a great day includes for Russell and where he would spend it * The benefits of a coach who has a different specialty to you CONNECT WITH DR. RUSSELL THACKERAY: * QED [https://qedod.com/] website * Dr. Russell Thackeray on Linkedin [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/russellthackeray] * Dr. Russell Thackeray on Twitter [https://twitter.com/russthackeray?lang=en] JOIN THE POWER TO LIVE MORE CALM MEMBERSHIP Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM [https://powertolivemore.com/getcalm/] membership! If you’re ready to: * Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business * Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’ * Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm [https://powertolivemore.com/getcalm/] CONNECT, SHARE, INSPIRE Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-to-live-more-the-podcast/id1075642780?mt=2&ls=1] or Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/power-to-live-more], subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/] join my Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/usingyourpowertolivemore/], follow me on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jododds?lang=en]and connect with me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jododds/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaQvk4isL_KS2dgOt9ICUA], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jododds/]to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [https://www.lidwellwriting.com/] The post Dr Russell Thackeray: Empower Your Resilience [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/dr-russell-thackeray/] first appeared on POWER to Live More [https://powertolivemore.com].

Chetna Bhatt: Understanding Stress to Improve Performance

chetna bhatt [https://powertolivemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/C1E229E5-1861-4799-A4F8-1FC891AFEB4E-150x150.jpeg] Chetna Bhatt is a part-time in-house employment lawyer, speaker, executive coach, and the co-founder and CEO of Being Lawyers [https://www.beinglawyers.com/]. Being Lawyers is a coaching company specifically designed to help lawyers enhance their performance by increasing their mental clarity and improving their wellbeing. She strongly believes that for lawyers to reach their greatest potential and achieve the next level of success in their careers, the secret lies in establishing a solid foundation in their emotional and mental wellbeing. Chetna joins me today to share her journey of overcoming a chronic illness and how it led to the development of her executive coaching career. She shares how stress impacts your performance and ability to be present, engaged, and creative and how identifying and addressing the “invisible variables” that increase stress can help you manage it more effectively. She also shares strategies she uses to relax her mind to enable her to focus on achieving her goals, why she believes sleep and exercise play a significant role in her ability to stay productive as well as the “non-negotiable” self-care activities she enjoys to help her stay healthy and increase her productivity. > [spp-tweet tweet=”“At some point, it’s just going to feel obvious to you what you need to do to move things forward.” – Chetna Bhatt”]  THIS WEEK ON THE POWER TO LIVE MORE PODCAST: * How stress impacted her professional performance and ultimately led to her chronic illness diagnosis. * Identifying and addressing “invisible variables” to effectively understand and manage stress. * How understanding her stress and focusing on her wellbeing enabled her to be more present, engaged, creative, and productive. * How she finds work-life balance while working part-time and building a business. * How she manages and prioritises her daily tasks and to-do lists. * Strategies she uses to calm her mind so she can focus on achieving her goals. * Her perspective on procrastination. * Challenges she faces with delegating tasks and hiring a team. * The importance of getting plenty of sleep and exercise. * The “non-negotiable” self-care activities that help her stay healthy and productive. * Activities she enjoys to help her relax and unwind. * The importance of working with a coach or mentor for personal growth. * Strategies she uses to learn and improve her skills. * How she manages setbacks in her personal and professional life. * What “living more” means for her. RESOURCES: * Google Drive [https://www.google.com/drive/] * Mac Calendar [https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/welcome/mac] * LastPass [https://www.lastpass.com/] * Audio Memos [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audio-memos/id338550388?mt=8] * One Note [https://www.onenote.com/] * Todoist [https://en.todoist.com/] CONNECT WITH CHETNA BHATT: * Being Lawyers [https://www.beinglawyers.com/] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/HighFlyersCoach] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetna-bhatt-9841b279/] CONNECT, SHARE, INSPIRE Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-to-live-more-the-podcast/id1075642780?mt=2&ls=1] or Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/power-to-live-more], subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/], join my Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/usingyourpowertolivemore/],  follow me on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jododds] and connect up with me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jododds], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaQvk4isL_KS2dgOt9ICUA], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jododds/] to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [https://www.lidwellwriting.com/] The post Chetna Bhatt: Understanding Stress to Improve Performance [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/chetna-bhatt/] first appeared on POWER to Live More [https://powertolivemore.com].

Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity

Amber Christian [https://powertolivemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/i-qrw5PxK-X3-150x150.jpg] Amber Christian is the founder of Wonderly Software Solutions [https://wonderlysoftwaresolutions.com/] and creator of Bella Scena [https://meetbellascena.com/], which helps freelancers and small business owners create a unified view of their work through a calendar, to-do list, and meeting planning application. Amber drew on her experience of running a treasury consulting firm to build a second business devoted to providing a technical solution that addresses the unique productivity and collaboration challenges faced by freelancers and small companies. Amber is a regular author and public speaker on a variety of technology topics and is currently the Chair of the Managing Information Systems (MIS) advisory board at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Amber joins me today to discuss why she was inspired to create the Bella Scena programme, leading to her running two companies full time to bring her vision for a new productivity product to fruition. She shares her journey from running a service-based consultancy company to building and providing a product and the challenges she has faced throughout the process. She also explains why entrepreneurs need to have a roadmap of where they are going with their business, why she recommends being intentional about tasks, and how to plan your day to take advantage of the peaks and troughs of energy in your day and week. > “There is a whole hidden benefit to being intentional about your tasks” > > Amber Christian THIS WEEK ON THE POWER TO LIVE MORE PODCAST: * What Amber did when she couldn’t find an app to solve her frustrations with tracking tasks  * How she envisions further developing Bella Scena * Why Amber never imagined starting a tech company * The importance of active dialogue with clients and customers * Why Amber values teamwork-centered design and how she uses it in her business * The benefits of focusing on one critical task per day * How to build a day that allows you to flex if something unexpected crops up * Why your worst task should be your priority * The importance of gratitude and reflection to mental wellbeing * Why Amber never schedules meetings after 3pm * Which apps and programmes keep Amber on track and at peak productivity * Why you need to embrace learning new skills as your business iterates * How to successfully outsource as your business develops RESOURCES MENTIONED: * Instant Meeting [https://e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/instantmeeting/index.php] * Evernote [https://evernote.com/] * Google Calendar [https://www.google.com/calendar] * The Five Minute Journal [https://www.intelligentchange.com/products/the-five-minute-journal] * Bella Scena [https://meetbellascena.com/] * Atlassian [https://www.atlassian.com/] * Coschedule [https://coschedule.com/] CONNECT WITH AMBER CHRISTIAN: * Bella Scena [https://meetbellascena.com/] * Bella Scena on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bella_scena/] * Bella Scena on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bellascena1] * Bella Scena on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/MeetBellaScena/?ref=py_c] * Wonderly Software Solutions [https://wonderlysoftwaresolutions.com/] * Wonderly Software Solutions on LinkedIn [https://gh.linkedin.com/company/wonderlysoftware?trk=ppro_cprof] * Amber Christian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberlchristian] CONNECT, SHARE, INSPIRE Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/power-to-live-more-the-podcast/id1075642780?mt=2&ls=1] or Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/power-to-live-more], subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/] join my Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/usingyourpowertolivemore/], follow me on Twitter [https://twitter.com/jododds?lang=en]and connect with me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jododds/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaQvk4isL_KS2dgOt9ICUA], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jododds/]to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC [https://www.lidwellwriting.com/] The post Amber Christian: Kickstarting Your Productivity [https://powertolivemore.com/podcasts/amber-christian/] first appeared on POWER to Live More [https://powertolivemore.com].