What are you obsessed about?  Really. Take a moment to think about it. 

• Do you have a favorite restaurant that you take everyone who visits you to?
• A favorite film series you'd be willing to camp outside the movie theater for on opening day?
• A favorite clothing store that never fails your outfit needs?
• A band you could listen to all day every day?
• A coffee shop that always knows...

Welcome to part two of our 5 part series focused on leaning out your business so you can create the space needed to level up. After you have spent time leaning out your physical workspace, the second step is to lean out your digital workspace. The digital workspace often gets forgotten about, but now that we're quarantining at home, this is the perfect time to get organized and set...

The end of one month and beginning of another is a great time to do a month end review and to set your goals and create your plans for the new month. 

We've made this super easy to do by leveraging the month end review section of your Lean Out Planner, but if you don't have one yet, here are a few tips how.

Start by looking back and reflecting on your progress so far and ask...

Welcome to part 1 of our 5-part series focused on leaning out your business so you can create the space needed to level up.  While we are all under lockdown with business anything but usual, it is a great opportunity to lean out by evaluating what's currently working, what isn't, and what you want to bring with you into the new normal, whatever that may be.

A great place to start leaning...

The most effective way to build sustainable success in your business and deliver real lasting results?

It’s lean strategic planning.

Strategic planning starts with vision and systematically breaks that vision down into goals, projects, marketing campaigns, and activities. It ensures that all of your daily actions tie back to your vision and goals.

Lean practices ensure you have the right...

Are you someone who takes their commitments very seriously? If you commit to doing something, you are going to do it!

Yeah, me too. As do most successful business owners. Which is great!  Until it isn't... 

I feel so lucky to get to coach some of the most committed women on the planet when it comes to their businesses. It's that commitment that helps them push past fear,...

Just recently, Lean Out Method Founder, Crista Grasso was interviewed by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media about her 20+ year journey in business and entrepreneurship. 

In this episode, Crista shares her entrepreneurial journey starting at the age of 16 when she ran two successful coffee businesses all the way to where she is today as the owner and founder of the Lean Out Method...

Has your business been directly or indirectly impacted by the Coronavirus?  I have been seeing some really amazing offers and programs to support those businesses impacted by COVID-19 - below is a round up of everything I have found to date. 

I will keep this list updated as I find more, so please share any additional resources you are aware of in the comments. 

Protect...

There is some really great advice out there right now about how to support your local small businesses and how to grow and thrive during this challenging and confusing time. But there is also a lot of not-so-great and potentially damaging advice out there too.

Some of you may not agree with the advice I am about to give, but I have to say it: STOP DISCOUNTING YOUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES...

Spring is in the air, and with the change in seasons comes a new batch of days to celebrate for Q2. 

While you are creating your content calendar for Q2, whether using the one inside the Lean Out Planner or your own, here are some fun events, days to celebrate, and national holidays to inspire your content. 

Choose a few days that relate to your business, and get creative planning for...