E4: Overwhelmed to only working 4 days per week with Barbara Carneiro
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Are entrepreneurs doomed to working long hours or is it possible to have work-life balance?
In this podcast episode, Barbara Carneiro shares her experience of working long hours, weekends, and holidays to how she made the shift to only working 35 hours per week all while growing her business by 3x and increasing profitability.
Our guest today is Barbara Carneiro, the founder of Word Revolution, a communication agency for Christian ministries and the brain behind 4:12 Lab, a training program for Church Communication.
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Show Notes
[1:35] Barbaraβs Background
Selling $800 websites
Fear of raising my prices
Unable to deal with NO
Designer without the business skills
[5:46] Gaining Business Skills
Starting on eLance
Needing to win the next bid
Getting out of the commodity box
Parting ways with clients in a healthy way
[8:45] Having a Team
8 full-time people delivering $800 websites
Stuck in the content nightmare
Dealing with scope creep
[10:45] Life Outside of Business
Lack of time for family
Working weekends and holidays
Kids seeing the computer as a competitor
Always multi-tasking
[14:15] Caught in the Cycle
The burden of paying for employees
Passionate about having a team
Having the weight on her shoulders
[16:37] Barbara Today
Schedule is now only 10am to 5pm
Focused on kids in the evening
No longer working weekends or holidays
3x income from 2014 to 2015
Having more time to invest in the team
Up to 15 team members now
[19:08] Projects Today
Can now dedicate more time to clients
Sweet spot is now $8,000 to $12,000 projects
Outsourcing lead generation services
Moving clients from information to conversion websites
Providing copy writing services for clients
Learning the language of business
Moving away from being an order taker
[24:36] Life Outside of Business Today
Taking the kids swimming every Friday
Not working Fridayβs anymore
Not working at ALL in the evenings
Taking off ALL weekends and holidays
Giving my brain a break
[27:30] Business Today
No longer the bottleneck in the business
Time to do process documentation
Putting the customer experience at the center of everything
Now delivery projects faster and profiting more
Excited for expanding the team
Gifts for new team members
[32:25] Lightning round
Best advice: I donβt sell a commodity
Best habit: Setting aside Friday for myself
Best resource: Charlie app for iPhone
Best book: Running Lean by Ash Maurya