Don’t fall into these 3 mompreneur traps when you’re scaling your work-from-home business!

I see inside a lot of businesses as a productivity coach - and today it's time to distill some of these behind the scenes insights for you so you can get the benefit!

Today's topic: the 3 mistakes I see driven, productive moms making in their daily lives when they’re busy scaling their work-at-home business.

Because I want you to take the fast track to success. I want you to take the (totally permissible) shortcut. 

And that means determining, right now, that you're not going to fall for any of these 3 business-owning-mom mistakes. 

Listen, I know you have what it takes to succeed. To make this business a worthwhile revenue. stream To impact so many women's lives and bring something better to them.

But you have to make this commitment first - to yourself, most of all. That you’re not going to make these 3 mistakes, 'cause you know (and do) better.

You’ve got this!

Alyssa

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Transcript

This is the Unbusy Mom, and today we’re talking about how not to fall into these 3 mompreneur traps when you’re scaling your work-from-home business!

Yes, I *do* get to see inside a lot of businesses as a work/life balance coach - and today it's time to distill some of these behind the scenes insights for you so *you* can get the benefit of this multi-business perspective.

Today's topic: the 3 mistakes I see driven, productive moms making in their daily lives when they’re struggling to grow their work-at-home business.

Number 1. Thinking they can "not plan" by the seat of their pants and still see needle-moving results. 

Uh, listen, guys - this is so not true that I don't even know where to begin.

You can't hit your next sales goal (great! family vacation funded) and knock out 6 hours' worth of work in 5 so you can take your kid to piano lessons without following a freakin' plan!

You *need* that day by day, week by week breakdown of how many leads you're going to talk to, on what platform, what you're going to draw them to next, and how you go about conversing with them (for the sales example).

Likewise, you need a very clear, task-by-task to-do list; all podcast episodes prepped and outlined ahead of time; and your recording setup ready to go if you're going to knock out 3 weeks' worth of episodes in record time (plus the editing!). 

Because you have a 3pm deadline, and your kid isn't gonna make it to piano lessons on his own.

Okay, let's move on to number 2: refusing to take breaks 'cause it'd "slow down" their to-do-list-cross-off rate. 

Yeeeaah, about that. 

You've *got* to take brain breaks every 80/90 minutes or so, right? 

You've hit that mental "I'm finished" block before, right? 

Then you've already experienced that biological "hard stop" wiring built into your system (by none other than God) that *tells* you when you've finished a project work block and guess what, you *need to* take a break.

So all *you* need to do is accept your human wiring, get up and go do something around the house (like move that load of laundry or read 2 books to your voracious toddler or get yourself a snack), and come back after you've spent at least 20 minutes knocking out *non*-business things. (Yes, playing with your kids counts.)

*Then* you can go back to your next sales page copy section. But not before.

Now, mistake number 3 is  not hiring coaches to help them when they've identified a business strategy or sales constriction (or hours-to-tasks issue) because it just feels "cheap" to get the shortcut rather than work their butts off for it. 

(Uh, newsflash, you *are* working hard for it! You're taking in all of that coach's wisdom, and turning around and applying it so you can get your money back! Right?) How is that not effort? 

You're just working smarter, not harder, for it. And that's *always* a good thing.

So don't feel any of this "fake guilt" that you didn't bootstrap your way to the top and do every single thing all by yourself. 

(Be real - do you *really* want to code your entire website and design each and every Canva template yourself? Or would you rather pay someone *else* to do that while *you* get on with the real work of prospecting clients and creating weekly content? You tell me.)

Ooo, I know - it's like you skipping all the other moms' advice once you had your first newborn and saying, "I can bathe a newborn by myself. I'm sure I can figure it out. Breastfeeding? I don't need any help at all. Go away. And I *sure* as heck don't need any of your advice about how to get her to sleep when she's fussy and overdue for a nap (and quit talking about nap schedules anyway! I'm sure I can deduce this on my own. I'm a smart person.)"

And so you are.... But no one said you couldn't take the expert advice shortcut. (Especially when you're in a totally new situation! Uh, hello scaling a business, anyone? *That's* obviously new, too!)

So make sure you’re actually GIVING yourself that alone time each day, EVEN when you’re in push mode on a launch or a new program or something – you NEED that selfcare to keep going. (Even when it doesn’t feel like it!) ‘Cause trust me, you’ll avoid the “launch crash” entirely if you’ve been keeping up on your alone time the whole way through.

And hey – I’m going to help you make SURE that you’re checking off all your main to-do lists (without an ounce of extra busywork). ‘Cause when you’re AT your laptop handling the launch q’s? You want to be SURE you’ve got enough time for the essentials like serving your existing clients and making sure your social content is going out as planned from your VA – NOT worrying whether you’ll have skipped something essential due to all this launch tracking.

This is what work/life balance looks like during a launch. In the nitty gritty details.

‘Cause listen, I want you to take the *fast* track to success. I want you to take the (totally permissible) shortcut. 

And that means determining, right now, that you're not going to fall for any of these 3 business-owning-mom mistakes. Not planning, not taking breaks, and not hiring mentors.

If you *do* plan your to-do lists, *do* take breaks and pace yourself, and *do* hire the expert advice when you need it, well then.... Your business can't *fail* to hit the multi-6-figure mark. 

I guarantee it. Prove me wrong and try it anyway - you'll put yourself on the fast track to success just by doing it.

I know you have what it takes to succeed. To make this business a worthwhile revenue. To share *so many* women's lives and bring something better to them.

But you have to make this commitment first - to yourself, most of all. That I'm not going to make these 3 mistakes, 'cause I know (and do) better.

You've got this. Now go out there and spread your special talents out for the world to see. 

I am so rooting for you *and* your business.