Episode 247: Why Successful Wedding Pros Are Quitters

I know that you want to create more time for your personal life and family and get your business and marketing under control.

Sometimes it can feel a little unwieldy like it’s your business that’s controlling you and not the other way around.

I know that you are looking to have a wedding business where you really can get more time for your life and your family. That’s the thing everyone talks about mattering most in the end. No one is on their deathbed wishing they spent more time at work.

The most important thing is your life and your family and unfortunately, there are a lot of wedding professionals out there who end up working themselves to the bone, because they have tried everything and they cannot seem to find the time and they think it’s this elusive thing that they can’t get a hold over.

And this is why I want to come to you today to show you what your wedding business can look like with just a few simple tweaks. The first thing you need to do is start quitting.

Want to know why successful wedding pros are quitters? Listen to this episode to find out!

In this episode we’ll cover:

• Why most wedding pros feel frazzled and pulled in too many different directions
• Why your business isn’t giving you the freedom & flexibility you’re after
• How quitting helps you become more successful and less stressed
• How to stop working in reactive mode
• What to do if you feel shackled to your business
• How to get 5 hours or more back each week

Why Successful Wedding Pros Are Quitters

I know that you want to create more time for your personal life and family and get your business and marketing under control.

Sometimes it can feel a little unwieldy like it’s your business that’s controlling you and not the other way around.

I know that you are looking to have a wedding business where you really can get more time for your life and your family. That’s the thing everyone talks about mattering most in the end. No one is on their deathbed wishing they spent more time at work.

The most important thing is your life and your family and unfortunately, there are a lot of wedding professionals out there who end up working themselves to the bone, because they have tried everything and they cannot seem to find the time and they think it’s this elusive thing that they can’t get a hold over.

And this is why I want to come to you today to show you what your wedding business can look like with just a few simple tweaks.

So I know if you’re someone who wants more freedom and flexibility like I do, you’re in the right place.

You know, when I was young, I dreamed of getting out of high school. I had the WORST case of senioritis because all I wanted was freedom. I couldn’t wait to get out of my mom’s house and be on my own in college.

And this is the number one quality wedding pros want – freedom and flexibility.

But for most wedding pros it can feel like you’re forever stuck in 6th grade and that graduation day is never going to come and you’re never going to have the freedom you want. It’s always out of reach.

And the businesses we created to create more freedom in our lives actually become like a chain to us. Instead of getting freedom & flexibility, we get shackled by the business that we created.

I know one of my clients, Neal felt this way. He’s a DJ with decades of experience and in the beginning, he really wanted to leave his day job to go full-time as a DJ. He finally did it after working toward it for years and he found that he had built this business where he has to wear all the hats and work until 3 am every Friday & Saturday.

Or you might be like my client, Costanza, a wedding planner in Italy who wanted more peace and time to spend on her hobbies but she was spending her days completely frazzled. She couldn’t get any work done because she was jumping from thing to thing in a blur. Should I respond to this client right now or later? Should I do an Instagram Reel? Should I write a blog post? Should I go and meet with this networking group?

There are so many things that happen as a business owner that make you feel shackled. You don’t even just feel shackled by your schedule. Now all of a sudden, your mind is shackled. You’re waking up at 3 am worried about how the hell am I going to land my next client?

So let’s talk about what most people are missing here when they want more freedom and flexibility. Because I know you want more peace. You want to create that personal time.

You want to be able to go on vacations, and you want to be able to pick up your daughter from school and not feel like you need to be looking at your phone the whole time.

What most people need to do is figure how what they need to quit. There are actually things you should be quitting in your business and I’m going to give you a formula so you know what you need to quit.

I know you’re going to think that you can’t quit anything. I bet you that’s a thought that you popped in mind, I bet you you’re thinking that you need to be doing everything in your business.

And I do think there are some things that you need to be doing in your business, but I’m going to show you actually what you can quit.

And I know this works because my client Kerri started doing this and she went from feeling totally overwhelmed and frazzled to having a realistic plan to reach her goals without overwhelming her.

It also worked for Killian, a wedding planner who realized she was being reactive and spent her days reacting to what came into her inbox. Now, she has a path and a process she uses to make sure she’s working on the most important things that will help her reach her goals.

And it worked for Carolyn, a floral designer who didn’t realize just how much time she was wasting doing things that needed to be done like cleaning out buckets, but probably aren’t the best use of the CEO’s time. She realized that 90% of what she was doing was inefficient or low value, or sometimes not even necessary.

She has since quit many of those things and streamlined her business so it’s easy to attract and book clients for a service with a $12,000 minimum. She finally feels like her business is under control as opposed to pulling her around in a million directions.

And Neal and Costanza that I mentioned earlier found a lot of success with this as well. Neal now has the freedom to focus on other aspects of the company, as well as let his team do multiple events in a day resulting in more revenue. He’s able to function more as the CEO of the business and not the sole person wearing all of the hats.

Costanza has a much more balanced life without the feelings of dread she had before. She has focus and she’s working less in both of her businesses and has been able to devote more of her time to her hobbies.

This process works and I want to walk you through the same process these clients went through. That’s why next week during The Out of Overwhelm Challenge: Reclaim 5+ Hours Per Week the first thing we’re going to focus on is what you can take off of your plate entirely. Just plain quit.

And you’re not going to have to figure this out alien because that is HARD. You’re going to have support and you’re going to have me in your corner helping you make this happen.

It’s going to run for 2 weeks to give you lots of time to participate and get help. It’ll run June 19th-30th.

Each day during the first week, you’ll go through 1 super short lesson and have a super short task to complete. We’re talking 15 minutes.

During the second week, you’ll get access to an all-new short training on protecting your time and setting boundaries along with a short task to complete.

I’ll be nudging you and holding you accountable.

Then we’ll have a Live Coaching Call on June 28th and you’ll also be able to submit questions if you can’t make it live. You’ll leave this challenge knowing EXACTLY what you need to do next to free up more time and get out of overwhelm.

You’ll wrap up the week by submitting your challenge assignment for a chance to win a prize!

This challenge is exclusively for members of The Wedding Business Collective so head to https://www.theweddingbusinesscollective.com/overwhelm and I’ll show you how you can get the challenge and full access to The Wedding Business Collective for $1.

By the end of this challenge, you’ll have freed up at least 5 hours per week saving you at least 260 hours per year or nearly 11 full days. Imagine getting that kind of time back!

Then, you’ll have time to create the strategy you need to attract and book your ideal clients consistently.

And you’ll finally have that freedom and flexibility you’ve been yearning for.

Sound like something you need? Come join us at www.theweddingbusinesscollective.com/overwhelm and we’ll kick off the challenge on June 19th.

Links & Resources:

The Wedding Business Collective – Become a member and get access to the challenge for just $1!
Episode 246: Always Feel Too Busy? An Unexpected TV Show Can Help
Episode 245: Think Not Having Enough Time Is Your Problem? Think Again.
Episode 244: The #1 Reason You Aren’t Booking More Weddings (it’s not what you think)
Episode 227: What 4 Wedding Pros Have Gotten Out Of The Wedding Business Collective

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