Business growth isn't always the right move! But how do you know when not to grow your business? In this week's episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I'm breaking down how to honestly assess whether your business is in a growth season or a hold the line season, why holding the line is active work not passive maintenance, and the six specific activities that keep your business intact while you do it.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ When Growth Is Not The Most Strategic Move

✔ How To Recognize The Signals That Should Make You Assess Your Capacity

✔ The Honest Question That Tells You What Season You're In

✔ What Holding The Line Actually Is And Is Not

✔ The Six Activities That Keep Your Business Intact During A Hold The Line Season

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, visit AmberDeLaGarza.com/422

P.S. I created a resource perfect for this season. Grab my Slowing Down To Speed Up podcast playlist. It's 11 episodes on strategic action during slower business periods Download The Playlist Here

And… Take my Next Level Business Owner Quiz to find out what's most holding you back and get a personalized playlist to help you solve those pain points.

If you're an ADHD business owner who feels broken, you're not. In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with ADHD business coach Diann Wingert to discover why your wiring isn't the problem and how to build a business that works with your brain.

What You'll Discover:

✔ Why The Fastest Growing Group Being Diagnosed With ADHD Might Surprise You

✔ The "Default Yes" And How It Quietly Sabotages Your Boundaries And Commitments

✔ How To Tell The Difference Between A Real Opportunity And A Distraction Dressed Up As One

✔ Why Radical Self-Acceptance Has To Come Before Self-Awareness

✔ The Boredom-Burnout Cycle That Leads Business Owners To Destroy What They've Built

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, visit AmberDeLaGarza.com/421

P.S. Check out Diann's private podcast, Brilliantly Wired: Making the Most of Your ADHD Advantage, for targeted strategies to leverage the gifts of your ADHD brain in business. Get access at bit.ly/brilliantly-wired-private-podcast

Making hard business decisions hits different when you're changing something that already works. In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I'm pulling back the curtain on the real reason I created the three-part decision-making series. While I was teaching you the framework, I was using it myself on a major business decision.

Tune in as I share what held me back, which tools actually moved me through, and the moment I finally trusted what I already knew.

What You Will Discover:

✔ The Big Business Decision I Was Working Through Behind The Scenes

✔ The Fear-Based Delays And Calibration Problems That Showed Up For Me

✔ How I Used 10 Of The 16 Tools And The 3 That Made The Biggest Difference

✔ The Breakthrough That Came From My Own Balanced Decision-Making Matrix

✔ Why The Way You Ask The Question Already Tells You The Answer

✔ What I Ultimately Decided And How I'm Testing It

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, visit AmberDeLaGarza.com/420

P.S. If you've been sitting on a decision you know you need to make, let's talk. AmberDeLaGarza.com/Call

And... Not sure what's holding you back? Take my Next Level Business Owner Quiz and find out. AmberDeLaGarza.com/QUIZ