65: Prepare Your Business for Life Events through Clockwork with Gabriela Pereira

<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">There are two types of overworked and overwhelmed business owners: </p> <ol data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class="">Those who are desperate to take a 4-week vacation <em>without</em> their business falling apart… </p> </li> <li> <p class="">Those who love their work so “vacation” doesn’t really appeal, but they want/need to be ready for other life events (health, maternity leave, moving, aging parents, etc) that happen so they <em>can</em> step away <em>without</em> their business falling apart.</p> </li> </ol> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">Our guest this week, Gabriela Pereira, used to be the second. She loves her work as the Founder + Instigator of her company, <a href="http://www.diymfa.com">DIY MFA</a> (which helps writers <em>get the knowledge without the college</em>), and can’t imagine a vacay. However, she joined the Run Like Clockwork Accelerator to implement systems to prepare her business + team for personal health reasons.</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">On this episode of the Run Like Clockwork Podcast, Gabriela talks to RLC Lead Coach, Emily, about how the Clockwork systems helped her hire during a health crisis and <em>double</em> her profits from last year!</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">On this episode Emily + Gabriela discuss:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class="">Growth from focusing on systems</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Ditching job titles when rebalancing your team</p> </li> <li> <p class="">How Gabriela doubled her profits from all of last year</p> </li> <li> <p class="">How to document a “gut feeling” when capturing systems</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Redefining “vacation”</p> </li> <li> <p class="">How Clockworking supports her mental health</p> </li> <li> <p class="">The leadership shift from “have to” to “get to”</p> </li> </ul> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">Vulnerability + transparency is an incredibly strong tra