Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset

Today is a very special episode—our 400th episode! Instead of me giving you the straight talk this week, the tables are turned and I get interviewed by my marketing content creator. Come behind the scenes of my business with me to learn about my personal journey, the entrepreneurial struggles you usually don’t hear about, and what I’ve learned over 400 podcast episodes and 15 years of business ownership.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why & How I Started My Business

✔ The Multitude Of Sacrifices It Required

✔ The Biggest Fears I Had While Building The Business

✔ How My Business Has Evolved Through The Years

✔ The Challenges That Acted As Catalysts For Those Transformations

✔ Which Strategic Decisions I Made In Order To Grow

✔ The Lessons I’ve Learned & Where I’m Going Next

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/400

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with the CEO of Dugout Mugs, Kris Dehnert, to pull back the curtain on the inner workings of his successful business and dive into his entrepreneurial journey that took him from a near-death experience to making $55 million in sales.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Kris Ended Up Manufacturing Mugs Out Of Baseball Bats

✔ What Mistakes He Made Along The Way To Making $55 Million In Sales

✔ Kris’ Process For Determining Where The Puck Is Going To  Go

✔ His Advice For Business Owners Who Wants To Unclutter Their Lives

✔ The Checkboxes Kris Looks At Before Pulling Triggers On Opportunities

✔ The Leadership Wisdom He Relies On To Keep Winning

✔ What’s Next For Kris & His Business

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/399

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I share the one question that changes everything in your business and life when answered ahead of business planning. I then go on to discuss why most business owners skip this foundational step, what the true cost of that mistake is, and how finally answering this question becomes your strategic compass and the filter for every decision you make.

What You Will Discover In This Episode:

✔ The One Foundational Question That Must Be Answered Before Any Business Planning

✔ Why Chasing Revenue Goals Without This Clarity Leads to Burnout

✔ How Skipping This Step Costs You Your Health and Personal Relationships

✔ Why This Question Feels "Less Urgent" and Why It's Often Considered "Selfish"

✔ How Answering It Becomes Your Strategic Compass and Decision Filter

✔ What Specific Details You Need to Define to Make This Question Powerful

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/398

P.S. I want to remind you about that free resource I mentioned at the beginning—"A Look Ahead: One Year From Now." It's a guided reflection that will walk you through defining your vision of success for both your business and personal life. Head on over to AmberDeLaGarza.com/lookahead to grab it.

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with Myrna Everett, the CEO of Home Vogue Interiors, to dive deep into her evolution from running a successful business on the front end but headed toward a breaking point on the back end, to running a successfully business on both the front end and back end, AND in a strategic way that has essentially made replacing herself possible.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Stressful Reality Of Being A One-Woman Show

✔ How Myrna Overcame The Deep-Seated Resistance To Delegation And SOPs

✔ Why Documenting Systems Must Precede Successful Hiring

✔ The Time Myrna Spent Away From Her Business Which Proved Its Scalability

✔ Her Plan To Successfully Transition From Operational Expert To Full-Time CEO

✔ Myrna’s Experience Attending My In-Person VIP Business Blueprint Events

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/397

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

In this special Behind The Business episode I sit down with Author, Keynote Speaker, host of A Well-Designed Business and Window Treatments for Profit Podcasts, LuAnn Nigara, to peel back the curtain on what it took to evolve from the CEO of WindowWorks to her current career roles, and discuss what it now takes to face operational realities in her businesses as a creative visionary. 

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Genesis of LuAnn Nigara, Inc. 

✔ Why She Considers Herself A Creative Entrepreneur & Visionary

✔ What She Learned Over 4 Decades In Business

✔ What It Takes To Get Into The Boardroom Of Directors

✔ The Ah-Ha’s LuAnn Received Through Coaching With Amber

✔ What’s Next For LuAnn

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/396

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into the messy reality of how revenue leaks actually show up when you're running a business day-to-day and divulge real-world solutions to the pricing, billing, and operational issues causing them.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Your Commute Can Become An Unpaid Customer Service Hotline

✔ The Revenue Leaks That Could Be Showing Up In Your Business Daily

✔ How You Might Be Sabotaging Your Billing & Business Model

✔ Ways Your High Efficiency Could Actually Be Penalizing Your Profitability

✔ The Importance Of Building Upon An Operational Foundation

✔ The Freedom That Comes From Shifting To Reward Efficiency

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/395

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into the five levels of revenue leaks that compound into massive losses year after year and show you exactly why most "fixes" don't actually fix anything.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Separates Successful Business Owners From Those Who Stay Stuck

✔ The 5 Revenue Leaks That Most Business Owners Miss

✔ What Must Be Done To Acquire Lost Revenue

✔ The Time-Money Connection Most Business Owners Miss

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/394

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with “America’s #1 Small Business Tax Lawyer” - the Founder and CEO of Main Street Tax Professionals, Mark Kohler, to dive into how you can utilize little known business tax secrets to keep more of your hard-earned money.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ A Great Summertime Tax Tip That Can Make Yours Better

✔ What Flow Through Taxation Is

✔ Why Converting From An LLC To An S-Corp Can Save You On Taxes

✔ At What Point You Should Convert (Yes, There’s A Specific Moment)

✔ The Payroll Action You Should Be Making Quarterly

✔ How To Pay Your Kids Through Your Business

✔ The Crossroads Of Crypto & Small Business

✔ Advice For Creating A Trust

✔ How That Coincides With An LLC & Those Protections

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/393

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with trial-attorney-turned coach, Michelle Grosser, to dive into actionable strategies and practical tools to overcome stress, regulate your nervous system, and unlock peak performance in all aspects of your business and life.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Dysregulated Nervous System Looks Like 

✔ How It Impacts Your Business If Left Unchecked

✔ The Primary Function Of Your Nervous System

✔ How To Communicate Safety To Your Body

✔ The Impact Of Your Window Of Tolerance

✔ How To Use Your Breath To Get Out Of Fight Or Flight

✔ Other Tools To Return To Baseline Stress Level

✔ The 3 Easy Habits That Make A Major Difference

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/392

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call