Episode 2Special Guest,Kelly

McCausey

www.TimeFreedomBusiness.com

About Melissa

• Wife & mother to 2 active kids and one crazy dog

• Loves to watch her kids play sports and is their #1 cheerleader

• Successful product creator & JV partner

• Runs 5 different membership programs

• Blogger & podcaster

About Kelly • Working online full

time since 2006• Podcasting is the

cornerstone of her business

• Successful product creator & JV partner

• Blogger & mentor• Find Kelly at

www.SoloSmarts.com

“You’ve been traveling a lot this year. What are some of

your challenges?”

• When I first started, I was a single mom so I didn’t travel by choice.

• Now that he’s grown up, I have the freedom to travel.

• Prior to this year I only travelled a couple times each year.

• I didn’t realize when you travel you lose a lot more than travel time.

• You lose time planning your trip but when you come home you need time to recover.

• This June I went to Florida, then Las Vegas, then Atlanta.

• It was fun but I found some things I need to change in my business.

• I realized I was holding on to a lot of projects like extra baggage & they were taking away time from the rest of my business.

• I made up my mind to sell all the extra side projects & I did it.

• Best decision I made all summer!

Now that you have less baggage, have you thought

about ways to outsource more or to put systems in

place?

• I’m saying YES to how I do things in general.

• I do outsource but I’m still productive in my business.

• But this summer I had a stack of to-do lists that piled up because of my travel schedule.

• Then you asked me about outsourcing a few tasks at SoloMasterminds & I said YES.

• You can hold onto things you’ve always done but if I want to travel & keep my income growing, I need to outsource those tasks.

I’m all about making it a simpler, more systematized,

automated process… and let someone else worry

about the details.

• Letting go of the boring, repetitive tasks has given me the freedom to pursue other fun projects.

• And has given you more time to travel!

• Tell me about this beach retreat you have coming up!

• Yes! Beachpreneurs!

• I’ve wanted to do something big all year so Nicole Dean & I are hosting.

• We are doing a beach retreat for female entrepreneurs at the end of October.

• The impromptu brainstorming & conversations are wonderful.

• There are only 15 of us there, no planned message, just getting to know each other & our businesses.

Are there any tools you use to manage things?

• I use really good forms and TimeTrade.

• With TimeTrade there’s no more back and forth scheduling issues with my coaching clients or podcast guests.

• They see exactly when I’m available & they choose the slot that works for them.

• I also use Formidable Forms to collect information from my coaching clients prior to their coaching call.

• Now we don’t waste that time during the call & my coaching calls are 30 minutes, half of what they used to be.

Any other tools you’d like to share?

• It’s not a tool, it’s a mindset.• I let go of my gut reaction.• I ‘m trying to be more open to things

& different ways of doing things.• If you’re going to stretch out & do

new things, you have to let go of doing the old things.

Absolutely! I try to make decisions based on where I

want to be, not from where I am now…

Want to Learn More About Building a Business that Supports Your Need for

Freedom?

Go to Melissa’s Website at:www.TimeFreedomBusiness.com