Episode #95
Stop Being the Employee In Your Own Business
“I don’t have enough time” is the sentence I hear more than almost anything else — and in this episode, Kate Kurdziej who helps service-based business owners with their capacity planning and helps me get to what’s actually underneath it. Because most of the time, it isn’t about entrepreneurship and productivity in the abstract. It’s about capacity — knowing exactly how much of yourself you actually have to give your business, and building effective CEO habits around that number instead of ignoring it. Kate walks us through the framework she uses with her own clients: splitting your time into chargeable work and everything else, and why sixty percent chargeable is the sweet spot for most solo service providers. We talk about what happens when that number creeps past eighty percent (hello, laptop open at 9pm), why “busy” so often gets mistaken for “productive,” and how to stay organized without white-knuckling your way through every week. This conversation is also, gently, about work boundaries — about noticing when your business has started borrowing time from your evenings, your weekends, the moments you swore you’d protect. Kate shares her own story of being “successful on paper” while working flat out from breakfast to bedtime, and how capacity planning was the thing that finally showed her a different way to run things. If you’ve ever opened your laptop and felt behind before you’ve even started, this episode gives you actionable insights you can use today : how to find your real hundred percent, how to read your own numbers, and what to do next once you know where you actually stand. Connect with Kate Kurdziej ✨ Want to know what’s actually squeezing your capacity right now? I put together a short Capacity Snapshot to help you find the one condition placing the most pressure on you today — not a generic quiz, just clarity on what to fix first. Take the Capacity Snapshot: annerajoo.com/snapshot Subscribe to the podcast for more grounded, practical conversations on building a business that actually fits your life. How to leave an Apple Podcasts review on iPhone or iPad Open the Apple Podcasts app. Tap Search and type The Productivity Sweet Spot. Tap the show (not an episode) to open the show page. Scroll down past 4 or 5 episodes to Ratings and Reviews. Tap Write a Review. Choose a star rating, add a title and a short review. Tap Send. Thanks for listening! PS: Kate mentions Toggl , which is a time tracking tool I have used for years as well. It's free and it works really well to track your time, clients, projects etc. What's really stealing your CEO time? Every entrepreneur has a dominant productivity pattern — a way of working that feels normal, even productive. But when you're the CEO, that pattern has a cost. It shows up as full days with no real progress. As never having time to sell, to build, to think. As always being busy but never feeling ahead. You might recognise yourself in one of four patterns: The Overloaded Operator , The Momentum Chaser , The Preparation Loop , or The Capable Bottleneck . Find out which one is your dominant pattern Take my quiz: https://annerajoo.com/quiz Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success. Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!
