If a planner has ever felt overwhelming… If keeping up with a planner feels like another job… If adding to your planner induces anxiety… You’ve probably got the wrong planner. Or at least the wrong planner for you. The 3 Step Planner, created by Somer Phoebus, is simple. No stickers, no frills, and no color coding required. Just clear direction and perfectly placed prompts to help you take all the to-dos that are trapped in your brain from overwhelming thoughts to scheduled tasks. Here are the 3 steps you'll find inside the 3 Step Planner: Step 1: The Brain Dump A Brain Dump is a mental purge. How much better do you feel after de-cluttering your closet? Pretty great, right? Well, you can feel that way about your mind too! A weekly brain dump clears your head, eliminates overwhelm, and inspires you to take action. (Did you know that feeling overwhelmed is one of the top reasons we get stuck?) Step 2: Categorize it This is where you get to organize your Brain Dump, and for best results, you'll want to complete step 2 immediately following step 1. [...]

@somerphoebus’ brain is wired for simplification — so much so that we have coined the term “somerize” for when we need her help pairing our word count down. She can ALWAYS say the same thing in less words. So if you’re one of the many who has said, “I wish Somer could jump in my brain and simplify it for me!” — that’s exactly what this new product she introduced us to is designed to do. And in class this week, our members got the the first look at it + the reminder that when we seek Jesus first, everything else gets in line exactly where it should. Check out this clip from class and then come back June 1st to see the newest product we're adding to the SWHW store. GET YOUR PLANNER

Social media is not the only place to talk to customers. I repeat: social media is not the only place to talk to customers.  And yet, it's the communication strategy the majority of small business owners rely on, while simultaneously being the component of their work that wastes the most time, frustrates them the most and produces the least amount of return. Here are three quick reasons social media should not be your primary business communication strategy: 1) You do not own social media platforms. It's always risky when you rely on a platform you cannot control. And you and I are not in control of the decisions being made at social media platforms. At any time, a platform could be shut down, sold or changed drastically -- without considering your business once. 2) Social media requires you to fight against an algorithm with a different agenda than yours. Every social media platform is a business with an agenda. And no matter what you do, their agenda is not your agenda. The only thing you can count on from the algorithm is that it will continue to change without giving you [...]