Profit Is A Choice

Michele Williams | Business Coach | Podcaster |Speaker•profitisachoice.com

Owning every choice in your business is not for the faint of heart. Each Monday, join Michele Williams, strategic profitability coach for the interior design industry as she interviews guests who are taking control of their business one decision at a time to increase their profits. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to make money while working in your passion, this is the podcast for you.

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Rest, Recharge and Reset You and Your Business

198: Rest, Recharge and Reset You and Your Business with Michele Williams Let’s talk more about burnout. Last month we looked at being burned out and looking for inspiration in different ways. But this month, I want to talk about being exhausted – in all the ways: mentally, physically, emotionally, and even spiritually. And – what we can do about it. Enjoy the podcast. Topics Mentioned: Exhaustion Sleep Rest Key Thoughts: Exhaustion can happen even when we are doing what we love. Michele (1:48) ...

Jul 03, 2022•11 min•Season 4Ep. 198

197: Creating Systems that Work for Your Design Business

197: Creating Systems that Work for Your Design Business WITH Adi Klevit Adi Klevit, Founder and CEO of Business Success Consulting Group is with me today sharing from her twenty-five years of knowledge and experience as a trained Industrial Engineer, management consultant and business executive to bring order and efficiency to organizations. We will discuss how processes improve efficiency and performance. Listen in for insight on bringing order to the chaos in your life and business. Topics Me...

Jun 26, 2022•58 min•Season 4Ep. 197

196: Creating and Documenting the Procedures in your Design Firm

196: Creating and Documenting the Procedures in your Design Firm WITH Owen McGab Enaohwo With me on the podcast today is Owen McNab Enaohwo. Owen is the CEO and Co-founder of SweetProcess, an easy-to-use software that enables company executives and their employees to collaborate together to quickly document and/or improve their standard operating procedures, processes, and policies. We will dig in to where to start, how to monitor and improve processes and how to engage your team in the collabor...

Jun 19, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 196

195: Looking for Inspiration for Your Creative Business

195: Looking for Inspiration for Your Creative Business with Michele Williams Today, we are going to just put it on the table. Burnout, frustration, lack of inspiration, need of support. Do these words and phrases resonate at all? If so, hang around as each of these elements are discussed on the podcast today. Topics Mentioned: Inspiration Excitement Color Joy Key Thoughts: We all go through times of feeling like we are working in and with the mundane. But often joy and inspiration can come in t...

Jun 05, 2022•11 min•Season 4Ep. 195

Break Up With Debt

194: Break Up With Debt WITH Melanie Lockert Joining me today is Melanie Lockert. Melanie is the author of the book, Dear Debt, based on her long-standing blog. She is also the podcast host of Mental Health and Wealth. Melanie was successful in paying off $81,000 in student loan debt and she has chronicled her journey on her blog and in her book. Today our focus will be all about debt and how to manage it. Topics Mentioned: Stages of debt Money mindset Self-worth vs. Net-worth Spending triggers ...

May 22, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 194

Leveraging Your Network to Build Your Design Business

193: Leveraging Your Network to Build Your Design Firm WITH Pamela Durkin Joining me today is Pamela Durkin. Pamela has spent over 30 years in the high-end design business serving both residential and commercial clients. She continues to practice design and also teaches other designers how to be magnetic and attract the best clients through her In Demand Designer Program. We are talking today about networking, ideal clients, and how to make an impression from the beginning. Topics Mentioned: Pro...

May 15, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 193

Cultivating Leadership in Your Design Firm

192: Cultivating Leadership in Your Design Firm with Michele Williams Today we are going to talk about leadership. As many of us are growing our teams, we should consider how our role, and perhaps that of some of our team, is shifting into more of a leadership focus and not simply executing details. Topics Mentioned: Leadership Influence Intention Key Thoughts: We all have the ability to influence someone–but what makes great leadership great is the ability to influence others for good. Michele ...

May 01, 2022•13 min•Season 4Ep. 192

Seeing What is Possible in Your Design Business

191: Seeing What is Possible in Your Design Business WITH Katie Menon Joining me today is Katie Menon of Stephenson House in Edmonton, Canada. Katie has had impressive growth and has been willing to take some risks to do things, perhaps, before their time. Listen in as she shares her business trajectory. Topics Mentioned: Risk Growth Team Business Journey Key Thoughts: It's more common nowadays that people are coming to career paths in multiple ways. Starting a business later in life or not foll...

Apr 17, 2022•52 min•Season 4Ep. 191

5 Website Essentials for Interior Designers

190: 5 Website Essentials for Interior Designers WITH Katie O’Brien On the podcast today is Katie O’Brien. Katie is a brand and website designer for the interior design industry. We are going to talk about the 5 website essentials that are needed, how to tell if you have outgrown your website, and the most common portfolio mistakes that people make. Enjoy! Topics Mentioned: Strategy Flow Ease Photography Key Thoughts: I love Katie, how you created the life that you want. The life you and your hu...

Apr 03, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 190

Reviewing Your Profit First Strategy

Have you created a Profit First strategy and implemented it – then left it alone? Are you still confident in the percentages you have allocated? Is your system and process growing with the evolving financials and needs of your company? If you are not sure, then this is the podcast for you. Let’s talk about how to review your profit first strategy and how to tweak it to make it work for your business today.

Mar 27, 2022•9 min•Season 4Ep. 189

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