126: How to REALLY Achieve Work-Life Balance | Work Life Blend with Mompreneur Mastermind Show Host Stefanie Gass

Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs

The worst things that happen in your life, hitting rock bottom and failing businesses don’t have to be the end of it. Many entrepreneurs use these moments as learning points and inspiration on how to prepare and reinvent themselves and their new businesses. Stefanie Gass is here to talk about how she built her business helping Christian moms create multiple income streams.

From a well-paying corporate job to a direct marketing empire that she dominated, Stefanie knows first hand what it’s like to lose everything you’ve worked so hard to achieve. When Stefanie’s direct marketing business collapsed, she fell into a deep depression, gained weight, and really became someone she didn’t recognize.

What changed for Stefanie was a deep desire to reconnect with who she was before everything bad happened. She journaled regularly about who that person is and made small changes every day to become the woman she wanted to be. A lot of these changes were about bringing balance to her life, something she still maintains with her successful passive income business.

Stefanie used her rock bottom to fuel herself into a bigger and better career than she’d previously had, something that’s entirely hers and in line with her Christian values. She attributes much of her success to structuring and planning her day and swears by a paper planner over anything electronic. Stefanie believes that relying too much on technology can lead you to waste time scrolling through social media, so she removes that temptation.

One of the foundations of Stefanie’s life is living in the moment. It’s not something that came easy to her, but she shares with us some of her techniques for making sure she stays there. Stefanie wholeheartedly recommends taking dedicated time away from the thing that gives you the most anxiety, such as social media and the constant need to check-in, or even your own business.

Stefanie has learned the value of outsourcing any task she can in order to bring more structure and freedom to her life. She now outsources anything from her housecleaning to some of her business tasks. Her mantra is that if it costs less to hire someone to do the task than what she would make in an hour, she outsources.

Have you thought about outsourcing the things in your life that take you away from your zone of genius? How can you be more intentional about your time? What small changes can you make every day to become the woman you want to be?

In This Episode:

• How you can do little things every day to become the woman you want to be
• How you can live a life of balance
• Why hitting rock bottom can bring about the most amazing opportunities
• What the benefits of a paper planner are
• How you can learn to be in the moment
• Why you need to train yourself to step away from the thing that gives you anxiety
• How outsourcing some of your tasks can completely overhaul your life

Quotes:

“I think balance for everyone is different. And all it is is a formula for creating a blended life of all the categories that mean the most to you.” (10:26)

“I have a time and space for my phone, and I refuse to let my phone run my life, I refuse to let social media control me. So I live in this space of paper.” (18:41)

“There’s a solution to every problem so there’s a way for you to prepare yourself to step away.” (23:57)

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About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and an advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness.

Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female millennial entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs!

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