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CEO
time management
employee boundaries
time blocking
discipline
entrepreneurship
business boundaries
calendar management
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BOTAO Ep 160
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And then these partnerships that I don't know when I'm gonna have time to work on the CEO of you. So part of me is afraid of. I just replaced my employer. With a different kind of employer in a way, um, and so I don't know if you had anybody that's had, I mean, it's great. I mean, you are a contractor, but it's still business for somebody else.
ng to be really important is [:
Because what I see happen too often is contractors being almost taken advantage of, um, and being kind of owned as an employee, even though you've stepped out of that space. So I would encourage you to have kind of your, you know, operating hours, your turnaround time, Your times that you're available, right?
Um, and. You reestablishing expectation of boundaries, um, and the number of hours that you're working for them, right? Um, because if you're in contract with them, is it for a number of hours per month? What, what is it, what is it like? The, the employer, the past employer is for sessions. So I have like 21 sessions that I'm facilitating for them and they already have their days and they're already on the calendar for the larger contract.
hours a week. Okay, perfect. [:
Um, and so that way, um, it doesn't get messy, right? So you may, and this is just my two cents. If you really want the CEO of you to really take off, I would suggest you literally block off an entire day once a week, once a week to solely focus on it so that you're not fire drilled into other things and other people's needs.
can say, you know, Hey, you [:
That says, Hey, You know, um, I'll I'm working on on these days. I'm working on X project, but I'll be back in the office tomorrow. Um, you know, like condition them now, you know what I'm saying? Because the more you respond quickly like an employee. They're going to feel like they're still in charge, and this is going to be kind of an energetic shift of, for lack of a better word, control of time here by you setting the boundary of here's when I'm available.
Here's when I'll be checking my inbox. Right. I mean, I have a fractional CFO she has automated email comes out to me that says basically. I'm not working right now on, on your stuff, but I got your, I got your email and I'll be back to you when I'm back in the office working on your stuff. Right. Um, and it's a constant reminder that she's not my employee.
Right. [:
Right. And so just having that discipline. The discipline is hard, especially when you're first getting started because it's like, you just want to take on everything and I appreciate that. Like, there is a point in entrepreneurship where we do just have to, like, ride the momentum, but then there is a point at which we have to recalibrate that momentum and create boundaries, but you want to, I don't want to go ahead.
through the Tim Ferriss book [:
How do I create clear boundaries around my calendar and expectation with these clients? Now that the pendulum has shifted, right? And now I'm consulting and how do I level set that now? Yeah. Thanks. Yeah. Yeah.
