When I started my coaching business, I had a good friend who had just relocated. We’d talk on the phone several times a day—she was feeling shy about making new friends, and I was feeling shy about doing my outreach.
One day, I finally said, “I have to get off the phone. My boss is breathing down my neck.”
She paused. “Wait—who’s your boss?”
“Me!” I said. “I’m the boss! And I would never let an employee sit here chit-chatting all day like we do.”
That moment changed how I saw my time. I had left corporate to gain freedom, but without structure or accountability, I wasn’t making the progress I wanted. And working from home meant that my family suddenly saw me as more available, not less. I had to learn a whole new level of discipline.
When everyone went remote and hybrid, I realized that there were things I could teach about how to manage your time. This is true if you want to maintain balance in a new work-all-the-time reality. It’s especially true if you want to make space for the effort it takes to grow your career:
✅ Make a choice – The most important work (like a campaign for promotion, or becoming a better manager) is rarely urgent.
• Schedule it like a meeting.
• Treat it as non-negotiable.
• If you wait to “find the time,” you never will.
✅ Define the scope – Big career moves feel overwhelming because they’re vague.
• Break big goals into steps.
• Learn from others who’ve done it successfully.
• Create a clear framework to follow.
✅ Recreate corporate structure – No boss sounds great—until you realize no one is setting deadlines, cheerleading for you, or giving you feedback.
• Find accountability (coach, mentor, or mastermind).
• Set real deadlines and stick to them.
• Get outside input so you’re not operating in a vacuum.
Hard work alone won’t get you there. Structure, accountability, and clear goals will.
I’ve had coaches at every stage—first to master coaching, then to grow my business. Success isn’t just about effort; it’s about learning the right things to do.
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