The Great Escape Podcast Episode 1: How Nicole Dean Got Her Productivity Mojo Back

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Episode 1 Special Guest, Nicole Dean
www.TimeFreedomBusiness.com
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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

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About Nicole

• Published author
• Popular speaker
• Successful blogger podcaster
• Business Consultant
• Devoted wife mother
• Find her musings at www.NicoleOnTheNet.com

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Why Do You Have Your Business?

• To make money and to have freedom
  flexibility in my life and those two things
  really work together Melissa
• You need money to have the freedom to work as
  much or as little as you like but you need to
  freedom to choose what to do with your time
  Melissa

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Creating a Team of Helpers

• Both Melissa Nicole have teams of people who
  run their businesses when they take time off
• They are both the idea people they hire people
  to make their ideas become reality
• This allows their businesses to flourish while
  they travel or spend quality time with their
  families

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How to Get More Organized Productive

• Nicoles Tips
• Have a vision of where you want your business to
  be in 5 years
• Think about what type of lifestyle you want to
  live
• Get away from the computer start planning your
  vision
• Making a plan helps you reach your goals
• Think of how you can make a difference in the
  world with charity work or making donations

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Holding Yourself Accountable

• Nicoles Tips
• Setup a charitable donation with auto draft
• Hire someone
• Announce a public goal
• Pre-sell a product
• Knowing others are depending on you will
  encourage you to work when you dont feel like it

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• Of all the things that hold you back from doing
  something, courage and self-confidence is one of
  the biggest factors ...
• Nicole Dean

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More Productivity Tipsfrom Nicole

• Get more exercise
• Listen to audiobooks while doing housework or
  driving
• Give yourself some me time every morning
• Identify your most productive time of day know
  how you work

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Nicoles Favorite Tools

• Google Calendar cant live without it!
• Unstoppable Productivity Software a timer on
  steroids!
• http//coachglue.com/tools/unstoppable-productivit
  y/

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Do You Work From Your Phone?

• I really dont beyond checking Facebook and
  email I try to keep my work in the office be
  present for the people Im around.
• Nicole
• I absolutely agree. I dont have any
  work-related apps on my phone.
• Melissa

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Do You Have Other Processes in Place?

• From Nicole
• Basecamp plan your projects deadlines assign
  tasks to your team members
• From Melissa
• A project manager can assign tasks, coordinate
  deadlines keep projects flowing

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One Last Tip from Nicole

• Just know yourself. Know when youre being lazy
  and if you cant be honest with yourself find a
  business coach who will be honest with you.

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• Want to Learn More About Building a Business that
  Supports Your Need for Freedom?
• Go to Melissas Website atwww.TimeFreedomBusine
  ss.com