Learn how to balance the entrepreneur lifestyle with raising a family. Tips for productivity, goal planning, and family support. Erica Wiley is the founder of ProfitGeeks, a full service web and branding company. In addition to being an entrepreneur, she is also the mother of three.

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Grow Your Business, Enjoy
Life:
How to stay on task with your
clients, kids and community

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Mindset
Your Belief System Shapes Your Reality
OR
Stretch Yourself; You're about to be
Uncomfortable

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Making Your New Filter
• Foundation
– Business "Why" vs "Mission Statement"
– Values
– Dream Day Schedule

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Making Your New Filter (Cont.)
• Structure
– Creating Your Business Vision That Supports
Your Lifestyle Vision
• Shaping Life YOU want, Not Someone Else's
Picture of Success

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FAMILY
How to make working from home work for
you and your family
Or
Why Separating Your Work From Home Life
Doesn't Work and Why You MUST Integrate
them instead

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Spouse
• Communication
– Communicate Your Vision and Your Goals
with Your Spouse Regularly
– When Discussing Work, Describe In The
Context of How A Project or Task is
Supporting That Goal/Vision

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Spouse
• Team Mechanics
– Seek advice from spouse in an area they
have a strength in your weakness
– Celebrate Victories Together
– Know When To ReStructure If It Isn't Working
for One of You

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Kids
• Involving The Kids
– With Work: Allow kids to help: creative, video,
just ask ideas, draw on white board Or give
them "sample" work.
– Assign kids to own work during work blocks :
schoolwork, chores or even personal interest
– With Housework; inspect what you expect

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Organization
Have A System that Conquers the
"Discipline" Issue Once & For All

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Organization
• ABS Method
– Making the Dream today (fitting dream
schedule into current reality)
– Block Scheduling Your new Days
– Decide What Is Really Important to you
– Recovering from Interruptions Big or Small
(Switch Days if necessary)

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Organization
• Organize Your Physical Space
– Home
• Home Management Book: Focus Rooms & Focus
Days
• Meal Plan (For 2 weeks at a time if possible) All
dinners, min 3 breakfast, and 3 lunches p/week

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Organization
• Productivity Tips
– Skip the coffee shop, Try the Library Meeting
Room
– Tech Support Hacks (Know Thy Print Screen
and Video Screen Capture)
– Outta Sight, Out of Mind. For Devoted Work
Time, Leave Your Phone as Humanly Far as
Possible

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