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Better Than Big

Better Than Big

Ashley Gartland

Ashley Gartland isn't your typical business coach. She cares more about creating time freedom for you than she does about helping you do more or hustle harder or scale faster. And on Better Than Big, she's bringing you transparent conversations with real small business owners who've figured out how to run simple, sustainable businesses that match their definition of success and free up their time for what's most important. In each conversation, Ashley and her guests explore the shifts they've made to their services, schedule, systems, team and personal habits so they can work less and live more. They talk about the decisions they’ve made, the things they’ve said no to and the choices and tradeoffs they’ve weighed to create a business that deeply serves their life and provides them with time for their families, health, personal development, hobbies and more. To learn more about the podcast, visit www.ashleygartland.com/podcast.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Better Than Big episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Better Than Big for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Better Than Big episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

In this episode, Jenny Blake, the founder of The Pivot Method, joins me to talk about her decision to run her business without social media and what it’s made possible in her business and life. We focus on why it’s important to question assumptions and ask if “sexy shoulds” like social media align with your values. Jenny also talked about how she adds value through her public original thinking on her podcast and newsletter. We also shared an exercise you can do in your business to help you explore your own relationship with social media in your business.

Learn more about Jenny Blake: www.pivotmethod.com

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

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In this episode, Susan Boles, virtual CFO, operations advisor and founder of ScaleSpark joins me to talk about the default decisions we make in our business and how they prevent us from scaling smart. We talked about what she’s learned about making decisions after running 4 businesses and shared the decisions that can have the biggest impact on your ability to scale sustainably. Susan also revealed the most powerful question you can ask yourself if you want to make better, more aligned decisions, and it’s as simple as it is smart.

Learn more about Susan Boles: https://www.scalespark.co/

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

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Better Than Big - How I Learned to Let Business Be Easy
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01/05/21 • 13 min

Letting things be easy may seem like a soft strategy for creating a more life-giving business but it’s among the most important lessons you can learn. In this episode, I’m sharing why I focused on learning how to let my business be easy last year and how it invited me to make changes that created a better business and a more profitable, sustainable business. I also talk about the beliefs I had to shift in order to create more ease in my business. Finally, I give you a powerful question that can help you start spotting opportunities to let your business be easy too.

Get the free guide 5 Simple Shifts to Help You Grow More and Work Less: www.ashleygartland.com/simplify

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ashleygartland/

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Better Than Big - Welcome to Better Than Big
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08/07/20 • 2 min

Better Than Big invites you to explore what it looks like to build a business that’s streamlined, sustainable and scaling in a way that serves your life. Business mentor Ashley Gartland and her guests have transparent conversations about what it really looks like to pursue growth with intention and build a business that makes the life – and lifestyle – you desire possible. They’ll share the tactics, strategies, mindset shifts and solutions that work for them and open your eyes to new ways of working and growing so you can build a business that’s better than big too.

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Better Than Big - Taking a Collaborative Approach to Coaching
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11/02/21 • 9 min

Years ago, I worked with a few mentors who took a prescriptive approach to coaching where they focused more on telling you exactly what to do than on exploring solutions together. That kind of coaching works for some people but I quickly learned it wasn’t right for me - not as a client or as the coach - because I preferred a more collaborative approach. In this episode, I talk about the moment I learned that I prefer a collaborative approach to coaching and take you behind-the-scenes to explain how I’ve made collaboration a cornerstone in my client work. I touch on how I make it clear that I’m in partnership with my clients and share what this approach looks like day to day. I also get honest about the tradeoffs and benefits of this approach for both me and my clients.

Book a Discovery Call with Ashley to learn more about working together: https://ashleymgartland.as.me/discoverycall

Learn how to create more time with my private podcast Do Less, Live More: www.ashleygartland.com/dolesslivemore

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Connect with Ashley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleygartland/

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Better Than Big - Making space for creative projects with Kristen Tate
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11/24/20 • 42 min

When your business becomes successful, spending time on your own creative projects and the deep work that can elevate your business and help you grow to the next level is often the first thing to go. In this episode, editor and owner of The Blue Garret, Kristen Tate, joins me to talk about how we worked together to help her carve out space in her schedule for her own creative projects and how doing that had a positive effect on both her business and life.

Learn more about Kristen Tate: https://www.thebluegarret.com/

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Grab the Simplified Schedule Workbook + Training: www.ashleygartland.com/simplifiedscheduleworkbook

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You might think that the main challenges to building a business that’s better than big are tangible things like not having enough time to simplify your business or not knowing the right strategies to scale sustainably. But, more often, there’s something bigger at play that’s holding you back and that’s your own thoughts and feelings and beliefs.

In this episode of Better Than Big, I share the three main beliefs that prevent my clients from growing a business that’s simple and sustainable and life-giving. This episode will help you identify them, understand them and create the kind of awareness that will help you overcome them so you can build a better than big business too.

Connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ashleygartland/

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

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What if you didn’t need to drastically alter your services to increase your bottom line and find more fulfillment with your work? That’s the question my guest Katie McFarlan and I are exploring in this episode as we talk to you about the small shifts she made to her services, and how those translated into a more sustainable and profitable business. In this episode, Katie and I talk about how she knew it was time to refine her services and about the practical changes she made to each offer. We also talk about the ripple effect this work had in her business and how it helped her market her offers and create 5-figure months with a lot more ease.

Learn more about the Simplified Services Intensive: https://www.ashleygartland.com/simplifiedservicesintensive

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Follow Ashley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleygartland/

Learn more about Katie: www.dakotadesigncompany.com

Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakotadesigncompany/

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As business owners, it might often feel like we have to choose between pursuing more growth or enjoying more freedom and flexibility in our businesses. But you can experience more growth AND more freedom if you design your services with both intentions in mind. In this episode, email strategist and conversion copywriter Allea Grummert joins me to talk about the productized services she offers and shares how they’ve helped her grow exponentially while enjoying more time off. We also discuss why offering productized services has helped Allea book out months in advance, hire smart and hit the six figure mark without working around the clock.

Learn more about Allea Grummert: https://www.duett.co/

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Learn more about Ashley’s simplified services intensive: https://www.ashleygartland.com/the-simplified-intensive

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Better Than Big - On Deciding to Work Less with Gillian Perkins
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09/22/20 • 44 min

Plenty of business owners desire to work less but don’t know how to scale back and make it a reality in their lives. In this episode, online entrepreneur and Youtuber Gillian Perkins joins me to talk about her journey to working less. We talk about how she went from running a local music school that demanded a lot of time and energy to creating an online business that allows her to support her family while working just 20 hours a week. We also discuss the importance of exploring new ideas without judgement, the benefits of focusing on doing less better and on the role mindset played in helping Gillian create the business she envisioned.

Learn more about Gillian Perkins: www.gillianperkins.com

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

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What is the most popular episode on Better Than Big?

The episode title 'On the decision to quit social media with Jenny Blake' is the most popular.

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