Bella In Your Business: Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Podcast

Procrastination is something that EVERYBODY struggles with - and Eric Twiggs, expert in overcoming procrastination, knows that. But is there anything you can do about it? Join Bella & Eric on this episode of Bella In Your Business where they discuss: Why procrastination is something you need to tackle and overcome NOW A few easy steps to overcoming procrastination How to know if you struggle with procrastination Eric Twiggs is an expert in overcoming procrastination and the author of The Discipline Of Now: 12 Practical Principles To Overcome Procrastination. He has conducted over 28,000 coaching sessions with entrepreneurs, lead organizations of 500 or more people in corporate America, and shared his message with corporations, associations, and congregations across the country. If you have been looking for practical principles to help you maximize your time, minimize your stress, and break the procrastination habit so that you can accomplish your goals and achieve fulfillment. Learn more about Eric Twiggs on his website or Twitter: Website www.ericmtwiggs.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedisciplineofnow Subscribe To The Show: Transcript: This is episode 61 of Bella in Your Business. Welcome to Bella in Your Business, where Bella will discuss anything and everything about your pet sitting business to help you land on target. So get ready, Bella’s got your chute. Let’s jump. Welcome, everybody, to another episode of Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta from Jump Consulting, and today I want you to listen up if you’ve been looking for some practical principles to help you maximize your time, minimize your stress, and break that God-forsaken procrastination habit. My guest, Eric Twiggs, has helped over 28,000 people accomplish their goals, fulfill achievement, and stop procrastinating. Bella: Eric, without further ado, welcome to the show. Eric: Hey, Bella, thank you for having me. Glad to be here. Bella: Thank you so much. This is definitely a topic that we haven’t had in our 60-plus episodes, so I’m so excited for you to just rock it on this topic and tell us everything you know and give us some good actionable things that we can just start doing today. Because I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t said, “Oh no, I don’t procrastinate at all.” I think we all do, right? Eric: It’s a common thing that we share. Yeah, it’s very common. The studies show 95 percent of the population admits to having some type of issue with procrastination. Bella: I believe it. Before we dive deep into the topic, why don’t we bring it back a little bit and tell our listeners a little bit about you—who you are, where you came from, how you became an expert on this topic. Eric: I became an expert just through my life experiences and research and study. I had an experience that I talk about in the book back when I was in college that really got me motivated to think about how I use my time. I was in college with my friend Donnell. Donnell was the total opposite of me at that particular time—very conscientious, focused, and purpose-driven. His goal was to be a Marine Corps officer, and he was always telling me, “Eric, you need to get serious.” And I was like, “Donnell, when’s the next party?” We were totally different. We were good friends though, and everything changed in one moment when I hadn’t heard from him in a week or so, and I got a phone call from his mother telling me that he had tragically passed away in a car accident. That changed everything for me as far as how I view time, and I really started to become more intentional as far as how I spend my time. Through a lot of my experiences—in the book, I talk about having 28,000 coaching sessions. I’ve had an eight-year span where I did 12 to 15 sessions a day, back-to-back, on the half-hour. That’s how I got to 28,000 coaching sessions. I’ve also been an executive where I’ve had as many as 500 employees working for me at any given time. All of those experiences with different people and personalities—seeing trends and patterns—is how I gained my expertise. I’ve also read tons of books on the topic. Bella: Incredible. So you’ve definitely walked that walk. Let’s talk about it. Why do people need to tackle procrastination? I’m one of those people who says, “I work well under pressure.” I know I have this big TEDx talk coming up, and I can’t prepare five months in advance—I like to wait until four weeks before. I like to procrastinate, but then that inflicts a lot of pressure on myself. So tell us, why do we need to tackle our procrastination? Why can’t we say, “I use it for the good”? Eric: Procrastination has hidden costs. What’s interesting about procrastination is that you get away with it. You think everything’s fine, but everything’s not fine. There’s a proven link between innovation and preparation. The earlier you start, the ideas start to incubate, and your end product is better. So procrastination has hidden costs—you just don’t realize how much y

On our 60th episode of Bella In Your Business, we have Calvin Wayman. He is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the CEO of a social media agency called CobbsMedia designed to make corporations, small businesses, and personal brands grow and stand out through the power of social media. Calvin Wayman of CobbsMedia He recently published his first book, which debuted on the Amazon top-100 called “Fish Out of Water: The Guide To Achieving Breakthrough and Permanently Transforming Into the New You.” To find out more about Calvin, visit him on his website: calvinwayman.com Social media can be both daunting and overwhelming. There's not only a variety of different platforms, but each of them have their own uses and strengths. It can be difficult knowing which platform is worth investing your time into, and even harder making that platform lucrative. Listen in as Calvin and Bella discuss: The 4 C's of social media Things that EVERYBODY does wrong on social media Instagram Vs. Facebook - which is better for pet sitters? The impact Facebook Live can have in your business Advice for managing your social media pages while saving your sanity! As a gift to our audience, Calvin has a free downloadable offer for a social media makeover ($300 value!). Learn more about the offer here: socialmediamakeover.org Subscribe To The Show: Transcript: This is episode 60 of Bella in Your Business. Welcome to Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta, your host, and today we have Calvin Wayman. He is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the CEO of a social media agency, Cobbs Media, designed to help corporations, small businesses, and personal brands grow and stand out through the power of social media. He also recently published a book which debuted on Amazon’s Top 100 called Fish Out of Water: The Guide to Achieving Breakthrough and Permanently Transforming Into the New You. Calvin, welcome to the show. Thank you and thanks for having me. I’m pumped to be here. When I met you, you definitely had a colorful life and a lot of different experiences, and I just kind of knew, especially from a social media background, that you’d have a lot to offer our listeners. Stay tuned for the end too, because Calvin actually has something free for you in ways of him doing something pretty cool for you. It’s not just some free downloads, but you’ll have to wait to listen to that. Calvin, you created this “four Cs of social media,” and like the Huffington Post picked it up and stuff, so why don’t you systematically and slowly—because I’m sure we’re walking dogs, doing laundry, meal prepping, doing something while we’re listening—break it down for us. Awesome. So what it is, is there’s one more C—there’s four—and it’s super important to get all four of them in there. To give a little backstory, it’s related to social media. If you’ve tried to grow a brand or gain business from social media, you could spend hours and hours scouring through different tactics—Instagram, Facebook, ads, YouTube, Google AdWords—and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I asked myself, what actually works? What makes it stick? So I studied people with strong brands on social media, looked at a cross-section of different people, and asked what makes this work—not just tactically, but philosophically. That’s where these four Cs came from. It’s a way to simplify social media so you can focus on four things instead of hundreds: content, context, consistency, and connection. Let’s break it down. The first one is content. If your business isn’t where you want it to be, it doesn’t mean your business is bad or that you’re a bad person. If it’s not growing, it’s because of one simple factor—obscurity. Not enough of the right people know who you are and what you stand for. Content is the gateway to break you out of obscurity. Content is anything you post on social media—a photo, a video, a message. But here’s the key: don’t just post about your business. Don’t say “buy my book” or “hire me.” That’s what 98% of people do, and it doesn’t work. Instead, post about who you are, what you stand for, and why you do what you do. Your content should connect to your “why.” Simon Sinek’s TED Talk Start With Why explains this well. Most people talk about what they do; the few who stand out talk about why they do it. Apple doesn’t say “we build the best computers.” They say, “We believe in challenging the status quo. We believe in thinking differently. Because we believe this, we create beautifully designed, user-friendly computers.” The computer is just the byproduct of their belief. If you’re in the pet business, what do you believe about it? Maybe that dogs truly are man’s best friend. That belief should shine through your posts. That’s the first C—content. The second is context. It’s often misunderstood. Imagine walking into a funeral home during a service and saying, “Hey, I’m sorry you’re crying about Joe. I don’t know Joe, but I have a great dog walking business—here’s my