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How to Succeed in Business without Sacrificing Everything

by Natalie •

Many of us believe that there is no success without sacrifice. But is that true?

As a self-proclaimed Freedomist, and author of a book about having your own Freedom Plan I happen to know that you can have a thriving business and a lifestyle you love at the same time.

But it takes vision and then planning, discipline and systems to make sure you stay true to that vision.

I’m always keen to learn from others as I love to layer on top of what I’ve already done and figured out, with more wisdom and strategies that work.

So when David Finkel got in touch to talk about his Freedom Formula I was all ears.

David is the CEO of Maui Mastermind, one of the world’s premier business coaching companies, which has worked with over 100,000 business leaders, helping them grow their companies and get their lives back.

David’s clients enjoy an average annual growth rate five times higher than the average privately held company in the United States, and at the same time, these business leaders have dramatically decreased their working hours.

Over the past 20 years, David and the other Maui coaches and advisors have personally started and scaled companies with an aggregate value of $63 billion.

David eats his own cooking which has allowed him the time to start, scale, and sell multiple successful ventures, be on the boards of several other companies, all while holding his working hours to under 40 hours per week and taking 10 weeks of vacation each year.

The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eleven books, David’s syndicated business articles on Inc.com, Fastcompany.com, and Forbes.com have garnered millions of readers.

His work has been featured in such prestigious media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fox Business, MSNBC, and Inc. Magazine.

Impressed yet? You should be as David really does walk his talk.

In this episode, David reveals:

  • Why working longer and harder doesn’t pay off (and what actually does)
  • How to escape the “time and effort” economy
  • Why the 80-20 principle doesn’t go far enough (and how to take it to its most productive extreme)
  • How to structure the day and week to reclaim five or more hours each week in usable blocks
  • How to operationalize the work/life balance
  • What strategies to utilize to recover time and attention from distractions

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Why Less is More

by Natalie •

Less is more… We’ve all heard this phrase, but do you actually know what it means and why it’s true?

The phrase less is more means that having just the essential things is better than having way too much of superfluous things.

It allows you to focus on what matters.

Recently I sat down to lunch with the lovely Kit Whelan, co-founder of 7in7 Digital Nomad Conference, which is an amazing vision of 7 conferences being held in 7 continents over 7 years!

I am actually honoured to be a keynote speaker at the 7in7 conference in Wellington, New Zealand happening 22-28 October.

I’m going to be speaking about prioritizing what matters the most in your life and will definitely be touching on LifePilot and what it’s meant to living with intention and making my dreams a reality.

Kit told me that after this event, they’re holding a Reading Retreat in a castle in Scotland, which to me sounds simply delicious.

And it clearly did to others too as it sold out in a day, and for good reason, because people are craving to take time out and give themselves permission to simply do less.

Getting Clear on Your Perfect Day

Personally, one of my perfect days, consists of jam-packing as much as I can from 6am to 9pm at night, but that’s because I’m energized by living life to the full.

This includes meeting like-minded friends, training for my triathlon, working on my business, interviewing guests for my podcast, and spending time playing with my gorgeous dogs.

To others, that probably seems freaking exhausting.

How I make all those things work is by managing my time well and prioritising what matters.

I also realized that while I pack in a bunch in my life, I also do this in my work and in the way I teach and I’m guilty of trying to over deliver by delivering too much!

So with my new Launch Your Damn Course Accelerator, which I’m running three sold out cohorts of right now, I’ve made a considered effort to simplify to the essentials.

As you can imagine, teaching a course about preselling and launching your own online course could be super overwhelming when you consider all the moving parts involved that I need to teach.

So, as Leading Learner, my job is to teach them how to do less but get more meaningful results.

It seems to be working, by through my intentional design of the accelerator, and my students are accomplishing so much.

The importance of taking time to chill out

I’m a fan of jam-packing as much as I can into each day, but I also know the importance of taking some downtime and just chilling out.

That’s why I’m pretty excited to take a truly decent break in December.

I’ll be lounging around, enjoying nature, and reading books – basically just resting up after my half Ironman.

My upcoming break got me thinking…

I haven’t done a retreat in a while, so I’m planning to hold one next year in 2020 because I adore imagining and designing these experiences and then making them a reality.

In the past I’ve called them the ‘Freedom Retreat’ and in addition to fpcusing on business and mindset, I’d also add in special experiences like massages, taking cooking lessons, and relaxing.

But, what if next year’s retreat was the ‘Less is More’ retreat where we focus on taking a break while still envisioning your best life by focusing on having a great mindset – basically taking LifePilot to the next level.

If you’re interested in joining me early April 2020 in Bali for a ‘Less is More’ retreat, send me a DM on Instagram or shoot me an email at natalie@nataliesisson.com saying “Heck yeah to Bali!”

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Why and how less is more
  • How I manage my time so that jam-packed days don’t feel exhausting
  • Why taking a break can be beneficial to you and your business
  • About information for my next retreat

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Learn more about 7in7 Digital Nomad Conference

Check out LifePilot and how it can help you practice the ‘less is more’ lifestyle

Shoot me a DM on Instagram or send me an email to get more information about the retreat I’ll be holding next April

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The secret weapon to help you read more books in less time

by Natalie •

 

If you’re like me you probably would love to take time out and read more often.

But these days curling up on a couch to read my fave business book seems like a luxury I don’t put aside time for.

So rather than give up on reading, why not go the audio route so that you can get out and do stuff while enjoying listening to a book.

Step in Audible from Amazon.

You can now listen and learn on the go, and make the whole experience highly enjoyable with an audiobook.

The first book I ever bought was Seth Godin’s Linchpin, and loved listening to his wise words when I was out running or at the gym. I could pause and go back and listen again.

Right now I’m listening to the awesome Mel Robbins The 5 Second Rule – at 1.5 X the speed!

It’s really cool to hear the author tell it in their own words, inflections and storytelling style.

Plus an audiobook doesn’t weigh anything and is easy to pack up when you’re on the move!

With Audible, you can sign up month by month or yearly and you get a certain amount of free credits – 1 credit = 1 free audiobook.

They have over 200,000 titles now so I think you’ll find what you’re looking for… including The Suitcase Entrepreneur by yours truly!

Check them out and get your first book FREE!

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17 Ways to be Ridiculously Productive

by Natalie •

To be truly successful, whether it’s in our lives or our business, we need to stay at the top of our game. It can be challenging, but being productive is necessary.

Productivity allows you to crush your goals and soar through tasks in both your business and personal life, helping you to stay at the top of your game and be truly successful!

Do you want to be ridiculously productive? How lucky then, that I’m here to help you have an exceptionally productive 2018!

Fear not, for here are my top 17 tips and get productivity-boosting tips.

Now go out and rock this year, dear freedomist!

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