The Great Office Escape Podcast Episode 2: How Kelly McCausey Runs Her Business and Travels Every Month

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Episode 2 Special Guest, Kelly McCausey
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 Kelly

• Working online full time since 2006
• Podcasting is the cornerstone of her business
• Successful product creator JV partner
• Blogger mentor
• Find Kelly at www.SoloSmarts.com

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Youve been traveling a lot this year. What are
some of your challenges?
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• When I first started, I was a single mom so I
  didnt travel by choice.
• Now that hes grown up, I have the freedom to
  travel.
• Prior to this year I only travelled a couple
  times each year.

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• I didnt realize when you travel you lose a lot
  more than travel time.
• You lose time planning your trip but when you
  come home you need time to recover.
• This June I went to Florida, then Las Vegas, then
  Atlanta.
• It was fun but I found some things I need to
  change in my business.

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• I realized I was holding on to a lot of projects
  like extra baggage they were taking away time
  from the rest of my business.
• I made up my mind to sell all the extra side
  projects I did it.
• Best decision I made all summer!

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Now that you have less baggage, have you thought
about ways to outsource more or to put systems in
place?
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• Im saying YES to how I do things in general.
• I do outsource but Im still productive in my
  business.
• But this summer I had a stack of to-do lists that
  piled up because of my travel schedule.
• Then you asked me about outsourcing a few tasks
  at SoloMasterminds I said YES.

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• You can hold onto things youve always done but
  if I want to travel keep my income growing, I
  need to outsource those tasks.

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Im all about making it a simpler, more
systematized, automated process and let someone
else worry about the details.
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• Letting go of the boring, repetitive tasks has
  given me the freedom to pursue other fun
  projects.
• And has given you more time to travel!

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• Tell me about this beach retreat you have coming
  up!
• Yes! Beachpreneurs!
• Ive wanted to do something big all year so
  Nicole Dean I are hosting.

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• We are doing a beach retreat for female
  entrepreneurs at the end of October.
• The impromptu brainstorming conversations are
  wonderful.
• There are only 15 of us there, no planned
  message, just getting to know each other our
  businesses.

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Are there any tools you use to manage things?
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• I use really good forms and TimeTrade.
• With TimeTrade theres no more back and forth
  scheduling issues with my coaching clients or
  podcast guests.
• They see exactly when Im available they choose
  the slot that works for them.

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• I also use Formidable Forms to collect
  information from my coaching clients prior to
  their coaching call.
• Now we dont waste that time during the call my
  coaching calls are 30 minutes, half of what they
  used to be.

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Any other tools youd like to share?
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• Its not a tool, its a mindset.
• I let go of my gut reaction.
• I m trying to be more open to things different
  ways of doing things.
• If youre going to stretch out do new things,
  you have to let go of doing the old things.

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Absolutely! I try to make decisions based on
where I want to be, not from where I am now
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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