De-stress Your Business
Business doesn’t need to be stressful. This weekly podcast is for business owners, leaders, and managers who want to get better results, with less stress. We go deep on tactics you can roll out today, such as freeing up 15 hours per week (!) of your time, empowering your teams, and sorting out employee onboarding. Paddy Mann and Alexis Kingsbury are serial entrepreneurs who have learned these lessons the hard way over the last 15 years, and now support 100s of other business leaders as co-founders at AirManual.
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Episodes
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
How many tools is too many tools for your business?
I’m often told my business leaders that they don’t want “too many tools” in their business, or that they don’t want to introduce “yet another tool”.
In theory, you could run an entire business using one tool — spreadsheets!
It’s not a good idea though, as it is likely to break, will be slow, and is hard to delegate to others.
So, how many tools is the right number? How can we identify when to add, and when to take away? How can we reduce the stress associated with having too few or too many in the business?
That’s what I dive deep into in today’s episode of De-stress Your Business.
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Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'll show you how to free up 15 hours per week and remove the constant stress of running a business, without slowing down growth. Visit www.airmanual.co/webinar for all the details!
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
How do you prepare for your first big conference?
We’re live at Expert Empires today with over 500 business owners.
It’s definitely not our first event, but it’s the first we’ve bought the team to promote AirManual. And the first time I’ll be speaking to over 500 people (tomorrow!)
Which is super exciting…
But a little stressful??
So, on today’s episode, we’re going to share a little about how we’ve prepared, and the steps we’ve taken to de-stress the whole experience.
Both for this event, and for future.
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Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'll show you how to free up 15 hours per week and remove the constant stress of running a business, without slowing down growth. Visit www.airmanual.co/webinar for all the details!
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Managing money is one of the biggest causes of stress for business owners. 😱
That stress can hold us back from living a fulfilling life, whilst also making a big impact on the world.
So, I reached out to Denise Duffield-Thomas — the money mentor for entrepreneurs, who believes that one extremely impactful way to change the world is to put more money in the hands of entrepreneurs who want to make a difference.
Her highly rated books: Lucky Bitch, Chillpreneur, Get Rich Lucky Bitch, and her newest Chill and Prosper give a fresh and funny roadmap to living a life of abundance without burnout. Her Money Bootcamp has helped over 8,500 students from all around the world.
In this episode of De-stress Your Business we’ll explore:- 💸 Why do entrepreneurs find managing money so stressful?- 💸 What can we do differently to change our mindset and stop our finances holding us back from our goals? - 💸 How do we overcome the numerous obstacles to us making the shifts needed?
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
AI is here. The opportunity is huge. The risks are incalculable.
But how do you actually start taking advantage of AI in your business?
How do you overcome the overwhelming possibilities, and start to get real tangible benefit?
In this episode of De-stress Your Business, I’ll give you a step-by-step approach to introduce AI into your business the pragmatic way. No de-rails and excitement. Just pure business value.
I’ll even walk you through the steps that a top-rated podcaster took to implement AI in her business to free up time, reduce costs and unlock her growth.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Between 2006 and 2015, Gary Das built an insurance brokerage business to 7 figure revenue… but HATED it.
So in January 2016, he started all over again!
Since then, he built a 7 figure brokerage that runs without stress, and without him being required day-to-day.
He went from being stressed out, working all the hours possible, to having the time to run 4 businesses with a team of 32 in under 5 years.
Most importantly, he did this:
Without overwhelm
Without making huge sacrifices
Without losing time with his wife and 3 kids
But, why was his first 7-figure business so stressful? What has he done differently the next time around? How should other business owners avoid building businesses that they no longer want to own!?
To answer these questions, Gary Das joined me to share the lessons he learned in today’s episode of De-stress Your Business.
Join us and listen at DestressYourBusiness.com.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Many businesses suffer from a feast and famine cycle.
They work like mad to get some sales, then get crazy busy having to deliver... then find themselves having to survive on that income when those projects finish... and the cycle repeats!
It's super stressful and can leave business owners broken and hating the grind of their business.
In my experience, this is especially common in the coaching and consulting industry, so I spoke to Cordelia Kate, founder of the Rebellious Business Network, who is an expert in helping coaches and consultants get a steady stream of paying clients.
We talked about the approaches business owners can take to reduce the uncertainty, and how they can move towards having a business they truly love.
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Helpful resources:
Rebellious Business Network on Facebook
Cordelia Kate on Instagram
Rebellious Business Network
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Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'll show you how to free up 15 hours per week and remove the constant stress of running a business, without slowing down growth. Visit www.airmanual.co/webinar for all the details!
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
We’re entering a new age, where AI is processing information at a massive scale to give us conclusions, ideas and decisions.
The possibilities are overwhelming!
But don't worry, in this episode we:
Share a practical way of looking at AI as a ‘junior employee’
Help you to get clear on how to use AI and mitigate its limitations
Share some great resources to help you prepare your business for the new age
You won’t want to miss out on exploration of how AI is changing the game and how it can benefit your business!
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Helpful resources:
- Upcoming webinar on AI and Chat GPT (The Huge Opportunities and Risks For Businesses, and Why You Need to Start Paying Attention TODAY): https://airmanual.link/ai/webinar
- The Business Leader’s guide to AI and ChatGPT ebook: https://airmanual.link/ai/ebook
- Training checklist for you and your team: https://airmanual.link/templates/learn-ai
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Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'll show you how to free up 15 hours per week and remove the constant stress of running a business, without slowing down growth. Visit www.airmanual.co/webinar for all the details!
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
What are the biggest stress points for entrepreneurs?
Today we’re speaking to Paul Avins — the award winning business coach, consultant, author and speaker, and better known to many as the Grown Up Business Coach.
We dive into:
How Paul became a business coach
The biggest stress sources of stress that Paul helps business owners with
Paul’s own experience of when stress became too much
Paul’s top tips on how to achieve your goals and de-stress your business
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Helpful resources:
- 67 Business Growth Tips is available for free at paulavins.com
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Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'll show you how to free up 15 hours per week and remove the constant stress of running a business, without slowing down growth. Visit www.airmanual.co/webinar for all the details!
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
AI could put your business at risk.
Here’s 3 questions you should be asking yourself:
Could these new tools make our products and services less valuable?
If my competition started using AI, what would be my worst nightmare?
If the existing online advertising channels stopped working, what would the impact?
On today’s episode of De-stress Your Business we go deeper on each of these risks, and what it could mean for your business.
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Helpful resources:
FREE EBOOK: The Business Leader’s Guide to AI and ChatGPT
Everything you NEED to know, including both the risks and opportunities
Includes a checklist you can share with your team to train them up
https://airmanual.link/ai/ebook
FREE WEBINAR: AI and ChatGPT: The Huge Opportunities and Risks For Businesses, and Why You Need to Start Paying Attention TODAY
https://airmanual.link/ai/webinar
Tuesday, February 7th, 13:00 UK time
How AI can be your new best junior employee
The big risks to your business
How to focus on your biggest problems, and use AI to obliterate them
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Imagine making 48 business acquisitions in just 30 months… (!)
That’s what today’s guest (Jonathan Jay) did, but doing so came at a huge cost to his mental health, and left him at breaking point.
On today’s episode, we dig into:
The amazing successes
The catastrophic mistakes
What went wrong
How you can buy businesses and avoid (or at least minimize) the stress!
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Helpful resources:
Jonathan’s Business Buying Strategies podcast: https://airmanual.link/jonathan-jay/podcast
Buying Business Strategies: The Solution To Your Growth Problem by Jonathan Jay: https://airmanual.link/jonathan-jay/book
Other books by Jonathan Jay: https://airmanual.link/jonathan-jay/other-books
The DealMaker’s Academy: https://www.thedealmakersacademy.com/
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Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'll show you how to free up 15 hours per week and remove the constant stress of running a business, without slowing down growth. Visit www.airmanual.co/webinar for all the details!