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20 mogul
moms
The productivity
Expert
“It’s all about balancing everybody’s needs
and wants. Everybody in the family has to
give and take accordingly and with respect
for others. The communication must be clear
and open.”
MMIA: When did you decide to become an entrepreneur?
SAM: I didn’t. LOL It just happened. I started my first business 8 years
ago and then it just expanded from there. I never really put a label on
it. I’ve only just realized that I am an ‘entrepreneur’ in the true sense of
the label.
MMIA: How long did it take you to go from business idea to actually
seeing income?
SAM: Well it depends which business you are talking about, with Sam
Morrisey Transformational Coaching, I was coaching for free before I
even thought about making income from it. Once I decided I would turn
it in to a business, It took me around 4 months max. It would have been
more but I have a very successful and supportive coach.
MMIA: Do you ever regret your decision to become a full-time
entrepreneur?
SAM: No I don’t. Because of the lifestyle. Being an entrepreneur means
that I can be home with my children, organize my life and time with my
husband as I see fit, not according to someone else’s time frames. Being
an entrepreneur gives me total control of the life that I design. It’s the
best way to live. ;-)
MMIA: How do you balance the roles of mommy and entrepreneur?
SAM: With the support of my husband and with a lot of honest soul
searching about the expectations I had on myself. I really had to stop
glorifying being busy, stop putting unrealistic expectations on myself
and let go of perfectionism. I outsource and ask for help when I need
it, which previously, I’ve not been very good at. After a lot of trial and
error, we found a system that suits us. My husband and I share parenting
almost 50/50. When I’m home he is working (he is also an entrepreneur)
and when he’s home, I’m working. We have 2 days in the week that we
are all home together and that is family time. Also, our children go to day
care, my daughter 3 days per week and my son 2. It’s all about balancing
everybody’s needs and wants. Everybody in the family has to give and
take accordingly and with respect for others. The communication must
be clear and open.
MMIA: How do your children feel about mommy being an entrepreneur?
August /September 2014
SAM: My children are both very young. My daughter is 3yrs old and my
son is 1 months old, so they don’t know anything else. But I’d like to
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think they’ll look back on their childhood with wonderful memories and
a good example of how you can do or be, anything you want to be. We
want them to realize that success is measured by your own happiness and
living your life’s purpose.
MMIA: Take us through a typical day in your life.
SAM:
• We usually snuggle in bed with our daughter from around6-6.30am
then we get up when our son wakes.
• depending on the day we get ready for day care and the kids are off at
around 8am
• 8.1
0am - 9.1
5am is a quick clean up and make dinner.
• work from 9.30am - 12.30pm
• 12.30pm - 1pm I usually grab lunch
• 1pm - 4.30pm work
• 4.30- pm pick up the kiddo’s
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• 5pm-6pm dinner and baths/showers
• 6pm my son goes to bed
• 6pm-7pm mummy/ daughter time
• 7pm daughter goes to bed
After 7pm some days we work and other days I spend time with my
husband, just depends what day it is as he works late some nights. When
the kids are home either Steve looks after them while I go to work or vice
versa. When we are all home together we don’t do any work at all, just
spend time together.
MMIA: What’s your advice to curious moms who are on the fence about
becoming an entrepreneur?
SAM: BE BRAVE! You can do it and you won’t regret it. But a word of
warning, you can have it all, but you can’t DO it all! Here’s my advice:
1. Let go of perfectionism
2. Do NOT wear busy-ness as a badge of honor as it will fill up your days
with unnecessary “to do’s” and things that DO NOT light you up,
3. Outsource and ask for help and support. I never realized how much I
took on board myself and never even asked my husband to do anything.
I would even be frustrated that he wouldn’t do more, but I would NEVER
ask him to do more. When I finally realized what I was doing and asked
for support it was the best thing I ever did.
4. Be grateful and ask the universe for help. Be grateful every single
day for everything you have. You can find gratitude in the most unlikely
situations, even on the worst days. And always ask the universe to
provide you with exactly what you want. Put it out there, it will come
back if you have faith and desire.
Sam Morrisey
Instagram: @sam_morrisey Twitter: @sammorriseycoach
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