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

"Small Business Productivity Straight Talk", hosted by Amber De La Garza.

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393 | Tax Secrets: How To Keep More Of Your Money With Mark J. Kohler

393 | Tax Secrets: How To Keep More Of Your Money With Mark J. Kohler

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

 

392 | Regulating Your Nervous System With Michelle Grosser

392 | Regulating Your Nervous System With Michelle Grosser

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

 

391 | The Real Reason You're Always 'So Busy'

391 | The Real Reason You're Always 'So Busy'

I dive into the real reason you’re always ‘so busy,’ digging deep into the underlying beliefs that keep you in this frantic, reactive cycle. I go into how society has programmed us to believe that being busy equals being virtuous, productive, and secure, talk about why those beliefs are a trap, and divulge how to make the necessary shift from reactive to intentional.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Underlying Beliefs Making You Feel Like You Must Always Be "Busy"

✔ How "Toxic Busy-Ness" Impacts Your Health, Relationships & Business

✔ Ways Constant Busy-Ness Is Undermining Your Expertise

✔ How Shifting To Intentionality Requires Changing Your Mindset & Business Model

✔ Strategies To Notice Your Default Response & Create Space For What Matters

✔ What True Success Is Really About

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/391

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

 

390 | Behind The Biz From Burnout To Boundaries With Jude Charles

390 | Behind The Biz From Burnout To Boundaries With Jude Charles

Jude Charles runs a video production company that helps entrepreneurs tell their stories via video documentaries that pull back the veil on both their business and the person behind the business. In this special Behind The Biz episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with Jude Charles to pull back the curtain on his life and business, and dive into the journey that took him from severe burnout to establishing boundaries that work for him.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Jude’s Genesis Story That Started In Grade School

✔ The Lesson He Really Needed To Learn As A Young Entrepreneur

✔ The 3 Rules For Authentic Storytelling

✔ Jude’s Experience With Burnout That Led To The Need For Boundaries

✔ The Time-Off Cadence He’s Learned That Works For Him

✔ The Most Important Story You Tell & Why

✔ What’s Next For Jude 7 His Company

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/390

 

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

 

389 | When To Cut Your Losses (And Why You're Not Doing It)

389 | When To Cut Your Losses (And Why You're Not Doing It)

In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I dive into the raw, honest reasons why you might be stuck throwing good money after bad and teach you how to cut those losses. More importantly, I share the mindset shift and a powerful question that will help you finally make that call, free yourself from the emotional burden, and create space for genuine growth.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Nobody’s Telling You About Cutting Losses In Business

✔ Why This Happens & What To Do About

✔ How To Know When It Is Time

✔ Why Stopping Something In Far From Failing

✔ When To Expect The Mindset Shift Necessary To Grow

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/389

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

 

388 | Lead Follow-Up: How To Convert Leads Into Client Relationships With Jacob Hicks

388 | Lead Follow-Up: How To Convert Leads Into Client Relationships With Jacob Hicks

I sit down with Success Coach Jacob Hicks to dive into how you can convert leads into client relationships by creating a lead follow-up system that works! 

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Good Lead Follow-Up System Looks Like

✔ How Many Times To Reach Out To A Lead

✔ Ways To Get Started With   Lead Follow-Up System

✔ How The Stories You Tell Yourself Could Sabotage You

✔ Strategies For Integrating AI Into Your Lead Follow-Up System

✔ How To Determine Which CRM Is Right For You

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode including the 10 x 10 Lead Follow-Up System we created to help you stay top of mind, build trust, and convert leads with a proven 10-day strategy, click on over to https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/388

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

 

387 | White Space Wins Utilizing Your Secret Scheduling Weapon

387 | White Space Wins Utilizing Your Secret Scheduling Weapon

Today, I'm pulling back the curtain on white space—your secret scheduling weapon that can be the difference between ending your day feeling accomplished versus feeling like you've been in a train wreck. I dive into why utilizing white space as a strategy is so powerful, why you're probably resisting it, and exactly how to implement it so you can finally feel in control of your time.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Why Space Is 

✔ Why Your Business Needs It

✔ The Basics Of Scheduling White Space

✔ How To Effectively Implement It Into Your Schedule

✔ Quick Tips For Utilizing White Space As A Buffer

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/387

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

 

386 | Turning Your Data-Driven Metrics Into Revenue With Amy Traugh

386 | Turning Your Data-Driven Metrics Into Revenue With Amy Traugh

In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with Amy to dive into how you can use your data-driven metrics to guide your business decisions and increase your revenue.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why Tracking Metrics Matters

✔ Why Business Owners Often Avoid Metrics

✔ Amy’s Methodology For Breaking Sales Plateaus

✔ How Much Time To Block Out To Review Your Data

✔ The 2 Data Mistake Small Business Owners Are Making

✔ What Numbers Matter The Most & Hot To Track Them

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on  AmberDeLaGarza.com/386

 

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

 

385 | Leveraging AI To Grow Your Business With Rick Mulready

385 | Leveraging AI To Grow Your Business With Rick Mulready

I sit down with Business Coach & Owner of The AI Playbook Community, Rick Mulready, to dive into how the AI revolution is transforming small businesses and how he helps his clients master AI, leverage it, and grow their businesses faster.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Much AI Has Changed In Two Years

✔ Why It's Important To Embrace AI

✔ Where To Get Started With AI

✔ Strategies For Communicating With AI

✔ What AI Can Help You Achieve

✔ The Reddit Rule To Abide By

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/385

P.S. I invite you to join me inside Rick Mulready’s The AI Playbook Community. lt’s a community for business owners who want to leverage AI, automations, and strategy to work (way) less and make more money.

💥 It’s time to breakthrough the AI noise, get expert strategy, and grow your biz faster. 

Don't let AI overwhelm you. Master it. Grow faster.

Join The AI Playbook now, don't get left behind.

 

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

"Small Business Productivity Straight Talk" is a podcast hosted by Amber De La Garza, known as The Productivity Specialist for Small Business Owners. This podcast is dedicated to helping small business owners learn effective business strategies, improve time management, and elevate productivity in order to maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what truly matters.

Amber is a highly sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer, and creator of Leverage Lab®. With her extensive experience and expertise, she provides business owners with straightforward advice on what it takes to reduce stress, boost productivity, and grow their businesses.

Amber shares her favorite business strategies, time management techniques, and productivity tips while also conducting interviews with experts and business owners who share their own success stories, challenges, and how they overcame them to reach new levels of business growth. The podcast is free from B.S., fluff, and overused jargon, as Amber's style is passionate, direct, and at times, even a little sarcastic. Her focus is always on providing listeners with tangible strategies to achieve real results and succeed in business.

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