Jill Farmer was the busiest person she knew. She had a jam-packed calendar with a schedule from morning till night. Like most small business owners, she always felt swamped. Today, she has a new life and is no longer a slave to time or to-do lists. In this episode, Jill shares time management strategies for wedding and portrait photographers.

Here’s some more of what we cover:

  • What Jill did to live a life she wanted to live
  • How to stop feeling burnt out and step off the hamster wheel of life
  • Quitting your job to get more free time doesn't guarantee productivity to work on other tasks
  • The importance of changing your state of mind to manage your time
  • What is the Fight Flight or Freeze response and how it works
  • The ‘not enough time' frenzy makes tasks look like everything is a priority
  • Thinking you don't have enough time because you are too busy gets you stuck and headed for the opposite direction you want to go
  • Learn the two most common places people get stuck in managing their time
  • Identifying the pusher and parker personality types
  • What “should-ing” all over yourself means and how it tends to keep you in survival mode instead of thriving mode
  • Learn what fuels creativity and bravery
  • How to avoid procrastination
  • The importance of resting and recharging
  • Two kinds of list makers: freestyler and overloaders
  • Why you need to schedule no more than 50% of your available hours within a day
  • Why cramming tasks just does't work
  • 2-minute task lists and why you need them
  • How to keep track of your tasks
  • When to squeeze in your fitness routine to be more productive
  • The importance of being flexible with the things that you want done in your calendar and to-do list
  • Why you need to turn off email notifications and social media to be more focused and get things done
  • Tips to make time management easier

Jill Farmer Interview

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What is your big takeaway?

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The Resources Page

Remember the ever expanding resources page that has a listing of products, programs, hardware, books and directories mentioned in each episode of the show. If you’re looking for something that a guest has mentioned on a previous episode but just can’t remember who or what it was – you’ll find it listed in order on the resources page.

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Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:

Jill Farmer's Website – http://www.jillfarmercoaching.com

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Thank you!

Thank you again for listening to the show and thanks Jill for being an awesome guest!

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That’s it for me this week, hope everything is going well for you in life and business!

Thanks and speak soon

Andrew