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In corporate America, it’s often all about the numbers, the metrics, the quotas, the profit. But in your purpose-driven business, it has to be about something more. It has to be about people.
Mary Elaine Baker understands this, as it’s one of the four priority pieces in her business. She is the co-founder and integrator of VAUSA, a virtual assistance company unlike any other. With no entrepreneurial background beforehand, she’s taken her business and grown and scaled it in a way that really resonates with her clients. To find out how she’s done it, let’s dive into her corner of the virtual assistance world!
In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn about the importance of building a strong company culture, the challenges and rewards of scaling a business, and the valuable lessons she learned along the way. Mary will discuss her four priority pieces, their significance in building her business, and how you can approach business scaling to ensure the creation of a thriving, purpose-driven enterprise for yourself and your clients.
2:35 - Mary introduces herself and discusses why she co-founded VAUSA
5:27 - What Mary’s clients and virtual staff are normally struggling with when they come to her
11:57 - The importance of how your business values show up and how Mary grew (and then intentionally downsized) her business
21:15 - Mary’s four priority pieces and how they ground you and prevent fear or scarcity-based decision-making
23:54 - Questions to ask yourself if you want to move from growth to scale mode in your business
27:09 - What Mary does when a VA she hires experiences a confidence crisis about their ability to do the work
32:43 - What to ask yourself if you’re considering hiring a virtual assistant
Connect with Mary Elaine BakerIn 2018, Mary Elaine co-founded VAUSA with her husband after experiencing the benefits of time freedom when Mary Elaine became a virtual assistant. As a military couple, they appreciated the flexibility that remote work provided, allowing Mary Elaine to balance her work and family life while easily adapting to the frequent changes of military life. Her experience working with entrepreneurs and connections with military spouses highlighted the need for a platform that could connect clients and virtual assistants, build trust, and facilitate effective collaboration. Thus, VAUSA was created to offer the gift of time freedom to both its clients and team.
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How do you know when it’s the right time to hire someone?
Hiring additional staff as you grow or scale is a truly pivotal moment in your business. You have several considerations to make aside from financial ones, including whether the person you choose aligns with your strategic growth goals.
In this last episode of the “Growth vs Scale” series on She Thinks Big, you’ll discover the eight key things that signal it’s time for you to bring new contractors or employees into your business. I’ll also cover a couple of extra considerations you’ll want to keep in mind as you make this strategic, big-thinking hiring decision.
2:37 - The impact of your workload and the value of having someone with specialized skills on your team
4:46 - Opportunities or inefficiencies that require an expansion of your team
6:14 - The hiring consideration that many think is the only deciding factor and a sign from clients/customers that it’s time to hire
7:54 - How seasonal demands and the need for strategic expertise and leadership can affect your hiring decisions
9:31 - Three extra considerations to make as you decide whether to hire someone
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How do you think about the people working in your business? More specifically, what is your thinking process concerning the roles they play?
As an entrepreneur, you need to account for five valuable roles that you and other people hold inside your company. These roles represent different aspects of work, strategic input, and judgment in your business
You don’t have to have all of them in place right off the bat. However, you’ll need to fill these roles as you grow and scale, if you want to do so successfully.
In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn about the five roles people can play inside your business and how each one’s characteristics and focus differ from the others. I’ll also discuss how they work in synergy as your business levels up.
1:51 - The need for different aspects of your business to be accounted for as you grow or scale
3:56 - Description, characteristics, and focus of the five roles that exist inside businesses and organizations
9:16 - How doers and implementers differ from managers, how leaders differ from visionaries, and how they all interact within your business as a whole
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Are you in the growth or scale stage of your business?
Business owners are constantly thinking about this. Some also use these terms interchangeably, yet they’re not the same, and moving forward without understanding the difference can cause you all sorts of problems.
So how are they different? And what do you need to know to prepare your business for a significant leveling up?
In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn how growing your business differs from scaling your business and why understanding that difference is key to a sustainable business. I’ll also cover the eight steps you need to take to prepare your business for scaling.
2:08 - The difference between growth versus scaling and why you need to know
4:10 - Eight steps you must take to prepare for scaling your business
10:20 - Quick review of what you must do to lay the groundwork before you scale your business
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You’ve heard expressions like, ‘Time is money’ or ’ Money buys you time.’ Some people might dismiss these as clichés or myths, but what if you actually equated each hour of the day to a specific amount of money?
Perhaps you need to embrace the mindset that time is a precious resource akin to money. Then you’d make every moment count towards building success!
In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn about how valuing time as money can transform six areas of your life and business. I’ll discuss the benefits of equating each hour to $1,000 as you consider how you allocate your time.
2:48 - How valuing time as currency impacts your productivity and decision-making
6:00 - How to use your brain power to figure out what to do with your time so you can create more money
9:28 - Why recognizing the monetary value of time strengthens your financial management skills
11:55 - Why valuing your time as you do money leads to a greater focus on your personal growth
13:48 - How valuing time as money enhances your work-life integration
15:55 - Why treating time as money increases your accountability and motivation
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School is in session! With colleges and universities gearing up for the 2024-2025 academic year, it’s prime time to get the perspective of someone who’s recently walked those halls and is days away from taking that next step into the “real” world.
After many times (and many years) conversing over the kitchen table, this is the first time I’ve actually interviewed my son, Brett Liebross! Brett is a recent college graduate who is about to start his career in investment banking with Harris Williams in Boston, MA. And he has many valuable insights to share about his journey from college to securing his job.
In this episode of the She Thinks Big podcast, you’ll hear about his view on the impact of networking as a freshman, how career aspirations can affect your personal happiness, and his advice for kids entering college. Brett will also reveal the key strategies, challenges, and personal motivations that shaped his path and could help you if you’re looking to transition in your work.
4:19 - How connections were key to Brett securing his internships and job (even over academic achievements)
11:00 - Three things that motivate Brett in regards to his career choice
13:00 - How Brett keeps going on days when he feels tired or burned out and what gets him excited
15:55 - The two sides to traveling down the road of success
17:30 - What all college-bound kids (and their parents) need to know before they get to college
21:00 - How Brett defines big thinking (with an example of a how friend bet on himself)
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Is it really worth going to networking events? This question comes up a lot and while many find them uncomfortable or think they’re not worthwhile, they can yield significant business opportunities that you don’t want to miss.
To get the best out of networking, though, you need to approach it strategically. Depending on your goal, not all networking events are equally beneficial. So knowing how to prepare, which ones to go to, and what to do during and after the event puts you in position to craft meaningful connections and form successful relationships.
In this episode of the She Thinks Big podcast, you’ll learn strategies that’ll help you master networking events, find clients and referrals, and show off your expertise. I’ll teach you what you need to discover prior to an event, how to offer value and build rapport, ways to establish a communication channel and use it to nurture any connections made post-event, and more!
3:41 - Three things to research before you attend a networking event
8:31 - How to establish rapport, be an effective listener, and open channels for post-event communication
10:56 - How to follow up the day after the event and build and nurture relationships
14:12 - The key to successfully tracking and measuring your results
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Are you thinking of letting go of someone on your team?
Many CEOs struggle with deciding whether it’s time to hold on to an independent contractor, employee, or anyone else they have a business relationship with. It can significantly impact you, your team, and your company. So you don’t want to make the decision lightly.
What do you need to consider when weighing that decision, though? You have certain tangible and intangible things to ruminate over that fall into a few categories that relate to performance, company dynamics, and more.
In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn about the things you need to ask yourself when you’re thinking of letting someone go. I’ll also reveal steps you can take to make the termination of the relationship as smooth and fair as possible.
3:31 - Three performance-related factors that can help you decide to let go or hold on
6:06 - Six ways that behavior or attitude might cause you to reconsider a business relationship
9:22 - Three ways someone you want to let go of could be in misalignment with your company culture and dynamic
12:13 - A couple of other factors that can lead to you needing to end a relationship
13:39 - What to do after you’ve decided to let someone on your team go
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Becoming a big thinker can be a process that never ends. As you go on the journey, you’ll continue to think bigger and bigger and bigger.
The rebranding of this podcast is really just the next step in thinking big for me and my business. We kicked off the rebranding last week with a conversation detailing the process with my business coach Stacey Hylen, and it was going so well that we kept going!
In this episode of the She Thinks Big podcast, you’ll hear part two of our conversation as we share even more insights and nuggets about the big thinking that went into the rebranding. Stacey and I will touch on how life can sometimes get in the way of thinking bigger, the possibilities and ripple effects inherent in the Think Big Movement, the impact of support on your big thinking success, and more!
2:45 - How behind-the-scenes stuff can get in the way of big thinking and how personal support gives you space for it
9:50 - What’s possible in the Think Big Movement and the ripple effects it’s already causing
11:51 - Why you need to infuse yourself with a shot of big thinking consistently
17:00 - How continuous support helps you get the big thinking results you want and can speed up your success
Connect with Stacey HylenStacey Hylen is an internationally recognized business growth strategist, author and coach and was named International Coach of the Year in 2016. For over 16 years Stacey has been helping 6-7 figure entrepreneurs with powerful marketing and sales strategies to get more clients, more profit and more time off to enjoy who and what they love.
She is the author of the book, Hidden Profits: More Clients & Cash, being published Spring 2019. She is the creator of several popular programs, "The Hidden Profits System”, "Become a Magnet: Attracting Your Perfect Clients" and “Selling with Confidence: Getting a Yes Without Being Pushy”.She served as Vice President of Consulting and a Senior Coach for Chet Holmes’ and Anthony Robbins’ world renowned Business Mastery Program.
Stacey has been featured and quoted in CNN, INC, MSN Money, Fox Business and Entrepreneur Magazine and many other media outlets throughout North America.
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It started as just another e-book. Now, thanks to bigger thinking, it’s turning into a movement…and the new name for this podcast is part of it. Welcome to the first official episode of She Thinks Big!
You might be wondering why I rebranded. You probably know by now that I believe 1,000% in the power and necessity of coaching support and that every coach should have a coach, too. My business coach, Stacey Hylen, has been instrumental in helping me think bigger about many things, including aligning everything in my business into the Think Big Movement.
But thinking big is an evolutionary process. To show what it looks like, I can’t think of a better way to demonstrate (and kick off this rebrand celebration) than with a case study featuring yours truly.
In this episode of the She Thinks Big Podcast, you’ll see how a big thinking evolution can change you and your business. With Stacey alongside to help guide the conversation, we’ll share the insights gained, questions asked, and mental shifts necessary that I encountered to help you start aligning everything in your business toward what you really want, too.
2:25 - How saying no allows you to start making the shift into big thinking8:08 - Moving past fearful what-ifs to positive what-ifs rife with possibilities and why this isn’t a solo act
15:05 - Why a coach is invaluable for big thinking and how you want to expand your capacity for sustainable success
24:02 - What people fear about thinking big and why they avoid it
28:07 - Some highlights of part one of this conversation with Stacey
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Stacey Hylen is an internationally recognized business growth strategist, author and coach and was named International Coach of the Year in 2016. For over 16 years Stacey has been helping 6-7 figure entrepreneurs with powerful marketing and sales strategies to get more clients, more profit and more time off to enjoy who and what they love.
She is the author of the book, Hidden Profits: More Clients & Cash, being published Spring 2019. She is the creator of several popular programs, "The Hidden Profits System”, "Become a Magnet: Attracting Your Perfect Clients" and “Selling with Confidence: Getting a Yes Without Being Pushy”.She served as Vice President of Consulting and a Senior Coach for Chet Holmes’ and Anthony Robbins’ world renowned Business Mastery Program.
Stacey has been featured and quoted in CNN, INC, MSN Money, Fox Business and Entrepreneur Magazine and many other media outlets throughout North America.
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Adopting new beliefs is challenging. People find it hard to believe in themselves to successfully make a change, that a specific change they want is even possible, and so on.
Yet, people do find success in believing new things, and thus, changing reality in their life or business. So how do they do it? What do they do differently than others who struggle and stay stuck?
In this episode of the soon-to-be-rebranded Time to Level Up podcast, you’ll learn the eight-step process for firmly taking on new beliefs. While eight steps might sound like a lot, you’ll discover that some just naturally build on (or are an extension of) each other, making it simple to flow from one to the next. To further illustrate how this works, I’ll also share some of my thinking as I went through this process for the rebranding of the show
2:36 - What you need to be willing to be and allow for your new belief to start taking form
4:35 - What you have to find and practice for your new belief to start taking root
6:15 - What you have to maintain and normalize for your new belief to start growing
7:35 - What you have to embrace and give for your new belief to start blossoming into reality
9:57 - Three premises to consider for adopting new beliefs successfully
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According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, up to 60% of people won’t start a business due to their fear of failure. Many who do take the plunge, though, still experience this fear. It is one of the nine most common fears business owners have, after all.
In fact, a couple of weeks ago, a client said she feared failing in her latest launch. After digging a little deeper, her concern, as it turned out, was actually about a different (but connected) fear.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn how fear of failure is linked to fear of judgment. I’ll show you the best way to resolve this and why it’s the key element most responsible for your happiness and success as a person and entrepreneur.
1:30 - How a client expressed a common fear to inspire this episode
5:25 - The difference between successful people and happily successful people
8:55 - What impacts 85% of your happiness and 99% of your success as a business owner
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There are five stages of business you'll move through as your business evolves from startup to its final destination. As you move through these five stages, your business follows certain recognizable patterns.
People have questions all the time about how to navigate the growth of their business, not just mentally but practically. And every stage comes with its own questions and considerations.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn about each of the five stages and the patterns that occur in each as you grow your business. I’ll also give you questions to ask yourself as you move through the stages so you can have a clear idea of what’s necessary for the growth and scale you desire.
2:54 - The simple but crucial first stage of business
6:19 - Signs that you’re in the “survive to thrive” stage
9:28 - Your concern as an entrepreneur at stage three of your business
12:38 - The added priority and shifts necessary for moving on to the final two stages
15:03 - A review of the five stages and identifying which one you’re in right now
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In your mind, are you an employee, business owner, or CEO?
Each of these scenarios involves taking a specific approach to how you allocate your time and money for achieving the result you want. But not everyone who is a CEO has a CEO mindset. To get to that place, you have to upgrade your mindset as well as how you use your most valuable business resources.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll hear about the three stages you might go through as you start, build, and grow your business. I’ll discuss the different mindset approaches in each stage, which depend on how you think of yourself.
1:41 - Why you might feel like an employee, not a CEO, in your business
5:58 - The scenario where you really start to think of yourself as an entrepreneur
9:34 - What you focus on when you have the CEO mindset
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Think you don’t have the time, bandwidth, or interest in learning how to get a grip on the numbers in your business?
Ciara Stockeland is back for the third time to show you how! She’s the genius who helps business owners with inventory create profit, so she loves digging into the numbers and getting her clients to learn to fall in love with it, too.
We always have great conversations, and this one is no different. Even if you don’t have inventory, you’ll still want to listen in as she has so many great ideas and tactics that can apply to your business.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn how one small step can help you get your business financial house in order. Ciara will also reveal examples of what happens when you start small, how urgency and distraction help lead to a loose grip on understanding your numbers, and so much more!
2:26 - What many entrepreneurs tend to do with a sense of patience versus a sense of urgency
4:35 - Why it feels like you don’t have the time or bandwidth to start handling your numbers and how to start small
7:47 - What happens when you take that first step towards better understanding the financials of your business
14:33 - When it pays off to add something to your business (and why many business owners feel compelled to do so)
19:11 - Contemplating the choice to do or not do and one way to mitigate the urgency factor might feel
23:33 - Why you’re never too far gone to get a grip on your business finances and speed round questions with Ciara
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Ciara Stockeland is a mom, wife, triathlete and serial entrepreneur who built a seven-figure retail business. She was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and even invited to the White House. But in over 10 years of business, she never took home a consistent paycheck… until she learned the numbers and understood what they meant. Now as an inventory and cash flow expert, she helps her clients get focused on the right things in their business so they can finally get a consistent paycheck.
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You schedule a consultation call with a coach because some part of you wants to say yes to working with them. After all, you’re not going to spend the time having the conversation otherwise.
Yet, when it comes down to it and decision time arrives, you hesitate with reasons to say no. So what’s stopping you from investing in yourself and your business?
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn 10 reasons why you might hesitate to invest in a coach (or anything, really) and why these objections aren’t entirely true. I’ll also teach you how you can begin to overcome any of these objections so you can level up your business and life.
4:34 - The irony of statements like “I don’t know enough yet” or “I’m not ready”
7:01 - What your worry about the benefits of investing in something is really about
9:12 - A “scary” requirement (and common fear) about investing that makes you hesitate
11:16 - How you let creating your own requirements get in the way of investing in coaching
13:51 - Why letting economic uncertainty or perceived complexity stop you from investing is futile
17:10 - The perceived value justification that might make you hesitate to say yes
19:57 - Concern over opportunity costs and the problem with letting it prevent you from moving forward with an investment
22:09 - How your self-assessment and high expectations can create doubt and cause you to say no
26:25 - How to start dealing with any of these objections you might have
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As much as it feels great when you reach a goal, it can feel equally awful when you miss one.
Now, you might not achieve a goal you set for several reasons. But there could also be an underlying factor sabotaging you that you don’t even realize is tying you down.
Whatever your goal is, is it really yours? Your goals are influenced by your kids, parents, spouses, and others around you...and not always in ways helpful for you.
In this continuation of our “Mom Series” on Time to Level Up, you’ll learn reasons why you might be striving for goals that aren’t your goals. I’ll also give some examples of what this looks like and discuss the importance of having a compelling reason for your goal and how to lighten the heaviness of goals you set.
4:31 - Example of how someone’s goal might reflect deeper issues that have nothing to do with the goal
7:20 - The consequences of striving for a goal that’s really someone else’s
10:12 - Why trying to prove yourself to yourself or other people doesn’t work well
15:11 - Other reasons people have for setting goals they don’t actually desire to achieve
19:14 - The thinking you need to shift to so you can lighten the load of your goals
Mentioned In Are You Missing Your Goals Because They’re Not Really YOUR Goals?
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Imagine spending a couple of days in an 11-bedroom, three-story house with private bathrooms for everyone.
That was the beautiful setup for Runway to Freedom mastermind members on our spring retreat in Destin, Florida. And while everyone enjoyed the house, the catering, the kayaking and more, participants also had the space to do the deep work and big thinking to level up their business.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at what went on and the kind of experiences available to you as a mastermind retreat attendee. I’ll walk you through what we did on each day of the retreat and how having this time and space away helps create big thinking that produces big wins.
3:30 - How I advised the attendees to prepare for the retreat and set themselves up for success
5:49 - How I coach during mastermind retreats on day one and the most impactful part of going on the retreat with peers and a coach
9:29 - The second day and the wins that participants got thanks to having this space to relax, refresh, and reflect
14:36 - Four things some of the attendees implemented when they returned home
Mentioned In Relax, Refresh, and Reflect: Behind the Scenes of a Mastermind RetreatRunway to Freedom
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We all know people who put all of their attention on focusing on tasks in their business or home, or connecting with others in their business or family.You’ll see this imbalance depicted as the workaholic type who works late hours every day and is never home, or the social butterfly who amounts to nothing career-wise in the eyes of family and friends. Most people are naturally inclined to lean towards focusing on tasks over making social connections, or vice versa. They haven’t mastered the balancing act needed for maximum success.
So how do you figure out where you are on the focus and connection scales as a mom and business owner? And how can you integrate a better balance that’ll have you feel like you’re at your best?
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll hear about the paradigm between deciding what to focus on as a mom and business owner and whether that could jeopardize your chances of connecting with others. I’ll teach you about the importance of balancing your focus and connection in your business and personal life, how to find the right spot on these spectrums, and examples of the positives of doing so and the consequences if you don’t.
2:10 - Why you need to balance your focus and connection as a mom and entrepreneur
6:30 - What you need to understand to help you find that sweet spot for success in your business and personal life
9:06 - Examples of rewards and consequences of striking a balance between focus and connection versus being all in on one over the other
15:47 - How to figure out where you want to be on the focus and connection spectrums and find a better balance in business and life
18:24 - How to know you’re not in your sweet spot and what integrating better focus-connection balance requires of you
Mentioned In How to Find Your Focus As a Mom and Business Owner
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“10 Ways Working Moms Can Balance Competing Priorities With Ease” | Career Mom Community
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If your partner or spouse isn’t necessarily on board with your business ambitions, you’re not alone.Lack of (emotional) support is a topic that comes up often for women business owners. In fact, it came up several times among attendees during my April mastermind retreat and even after everyone went back home.
Striking that balance (lacking a better word) between your role as a big-thinking business owner and your role as a relationship partner is challenging to find. But it’s not impossible!
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn eight reasons why your significant other can be unsupportive of you pursuing your business dreams. I’ll also teach you four things to do to resolve it and make the situation (and the conversation about it) a little easier for you both.
6:11 - Eight reasons why your partner might be opposing your business dreams and aspirations
18:26 - Four steps to create a balance between your big-thinking business ambition and happiness with your significant other
23:58 - What to do and what not to do when speaking with your partner or spouse about their support for your business dreams
26:30 - What your level of compromise in this situation will depend on and how to know you’re on the right track
Mentioned In How to Handle an Unsupportive Spouse or Partner As a Big-Thinking Business Woman
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“My Partner Doesn’t Support My Career Dreams” by Kurt Smith | Psych Central
“What to Do When Your Spouse Doesn’t Support Your Dream” | Laura Noel | Stretch Into Success Consulting
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