How I Run My Week Like a Queen: My Power-Packed Workweek Blueprint for Entrepreneurs

Hello there,

and welcome back to

Unleashing Brilliance.

It's so good to be

in your ears again.

Whether you are walking

the dog hiding from your

inbox, or sipping a well

deserved glass of Pinot, I

see you and I salute you.

Today we're diving into

something really juicy,

something deceptively simple.

But if you get this right,

it's a game changer.

I'm talking about how I

structure my working week

and let me tell you, I get

asked about this all the

time, so I thought I'd share

it here and more importantly,

share why it matters so much.

Because the question to

actually ask yourself

is this, who is really

running your week?

Is it you or is

it your clients?

Is it your team?

Is it your inbox?

Is it your calendar pings,

or whoever's actually

yelling the loudest, and

I see this all the time,

especially in brilliant

women building businesses,

the calendar gets hijacked,

the priorities get flipped.

Suddenly your week is packed

with delivery, with admin,

reacting to client demands and

emergencies that are coming

into your inbox, left, right,

and center, and you end up

not actually leading at all.

You are chasing, you're not

actually growing at all.

You're simply surviving.

And what I know is that

if you don't own your

time, somebody else will.

And I just wanna be blunt

for a second with a whole

heap of love wrapped around

this bluntness my friends,

that's not how you're

gonna build brilliance.

That's not how you

scale sustainably.

And it's certainly how

we ultimately burn out.

So today I wanna share

how I structure my working

week to avoid that cycle.

I wanna share with you

the 4 critical ingredients

that every single week needs

and actually why your

calendar is your best business

strategy, and how this simple

shift can give you clarity,

clients and peace of mind.

So let's go.

Now, in all honesty, I

learned this all the hard way.

I'd say about five

years into my business.

I really hit a wall

from the outside.

Business looked brilliant.

I was being booked solid

with keynotes, with

workshops, with coaching.

I was in full delivery.

Mode, the calendar, it was

packed, absolutely jam packed.

Awesome clients traveling

around the country,

traveling around the world.

It was brilliant.

The calendar was packed.

The energy was full throttle.

I was on fire.

I loved it.

But then it all ended not

in a dramatic, you know,

flames and fire came away.

Just silence because I'd been

so stuck in delivery that I

hadn't actually been selling.

There'd be no outreach.

There'd be no nurturing,

not even a cheeky, just

checking in kind of message.

I was so deep in the

work that I totally

neglected the pipeline.

So when that delivery

cycle actually wrapped

up, zero pipeline.

Zero clients and

hello, welcome.

The chunky revenue dip.

Hello, the vomit

inducing list of bills.

And no clue where the next

bit of cash was coming from.

And I know, 'cause I've

heard it from my own clients

that some of you might be

feeling this exact same

thing, that sinking feeling.

I know it well.

And I see it all the

time in the women that

I work with and that I

coach, especially in those

early stages of business.

You know, we finally land

the clients, we get busy with

delivery and we forget to

keep that pipeline flowing.

But if you wanna build

consistency and not live

in that terrifying feast

or famine kind of zone,

you've got to block time

to sell from day one.

That was my wake up call.

I realized that I'd built this

beautiful business that I was

about to break through neglect

because I'd let other people's

priorities run my week.

And honestly, it

was terrifying.

And here's what really hit

i. I wasn't leading

my business at all.

I was trapped inside it.

I had become the busiest

little worker bee

buzzing from one thing

to the next, delivering,

delivering, delivering.

But I'd completely

forgotten that.

I'm also the Queen Bee.

I.

The visionary, the architect,

the leader who needs to

guide the whole hive.

And let me tell you, when

the Queen Bees calendar

is out of whack, the

entire hive gets messy.

Well, mine certainly did,

and that was my wake up call.

I realized that I'd built this

beautiful business that I was

about to break through neglect

because I'd let everyone

else's priorities run my week.

I was reacting

and not leading.

So I decided I needed to

blow it up, not the business.

you are every

single one of them.

You are all of them.

I had to blow up the diary.

Now I want you to think

about this for a second.

In any successful company,

there are entire teams

dedicated to each area,

teams dedicated to strategy

teams dedicated to sales.

teams dedicated to people

and wellbeing and admin.

But you, my fabulous

business owner, you are

every single one of them.

You are all of them.

and unless you give each of

these business units time

in your week, thinking,

selling, delivering.

Caring.

You are either gonna

burn out or you're

gonna stall, or both.

So how do I avoid that now?

Well, I've built my week

around those four core areas,

and if you take nothing from

this episode, take this.

Every single week must

include time to think,

time to sell, time to

deliver, and time to care.

Make sure you write that down.

Every single week must include

time to think, to sell,

deliver, and time to care.

That's it.

That's the framework.

It sounds simple and it is,

but it's also incredibly

powerful because if you don't

make time for one of those

areas, your business suffers.

For example, if you

ignore selling, say

goodbye to future clients.

If you skip that thinking

time, say hello to idea

and innovation Stagnation.

And they neglect delivery,

well, you know how that ends.

And if you ditch care,

you burn out and fast.

So here's how I do it.

I wanna give you the

structure that I use in

my week, how I structure

every single working week.

So my Mondays is all about

admin, momentum and mastery.

This is my grounding day.

No delivery at

all on a Monday.

Instead,

Mondays are about setting

the tone for the week.

I check in with my team.

I clear out that inbox chaos.

I check my cash flow

and my pipeline and my

reports, and I schedule

the micro actions that are

going to create the macro.

Results.

This is where my strategy

gets locked in and it's

where chaos gets locked out.

I make sure Mondays is the

day that is going to move me

forward throughout the week,

and not just me, my team, too.

Tuesdays is all

about my Elevate and

inner circle clients.

This is where the magic

of elevate and inner

circle It's sacred space.

For my high level

coaching, I give my premium

clients my best energy.

This is about being

fully present.

It's about big visioning.

It's about

breakthrough strategy.

I want you to think of

this as transformation

meets tactical brilliance.

No distractions.

Pure value on my

core client base.

They get all of

me on a Tuesday.

My Wednesdays, and

my Thursdays are then

my core delivery days.

These are the days that

are open for my clients and

other clients to book into.

these days are my

big hitter days.

This is where you'll

see speaking gigs.

Corporate work, private

client mentoring work,

big room workshops.

These are my onstage time

when I'm in full flow

and I'm showing up big.

And then if we move on

to Friday, Friday, I

have a power half day.

The morning is

about wrapping up.

It's about tying

up loose ends.

It's maybe a bit of

invoicing, clearing my inbox.

The afternoon is mine.

I try.

Very hard to the majority

of the time, protect

the afternoon as mine.

I protect it like

a fierce lioness.

This is my time for

walks, massages.

It might be reading,

it might be nothing.

It might be catching up with

friends, whatever it is that

I need to recharge for myself.

I try and put that into

my Friday afternoon.

Now, it's not every

single Friday.

But my intention is every

single Friday and it's

the majority of Fridays.

And here's the other thing

I do every single day is

bookended with self-care.

So from 6:00 AM to

8:30 AM that's my time.

This is the time for my.

Morning routine where

I get up, I exercise.

It's about a slow bre.

It's about me enjoying my

first cup of fresh coffee

that I actually enjoy making.

It's about slowly

getting ready.

I start my mornings

slowly, and the

evenings are sacred too.

This is screens off

phone down, and human

or family connection.

Time on.

And the other thing I do

is that every week ends

with a reflection ritual.

I in with those four buckets

and I ask myself, did I

think like a CEO this week?

Did I sell like a strategist?

This week, did I deliver

like a rockstar this week and

did I care for me this week?

And once again, it doesn't

happen all the time

perfectly, but every single

week I reflect on those key

questions of did I think,

did I sell, did I deliver

and did I care for me?

And if any are empty,

I ask myself why.

And I plan.

Shift.

Now I get that.

For some of you, this

structure may feel like

a bit of a constraint

For me, it's not.

I see it as a framework, a

framework around which I can

focus and have the time and

the space to identify the gold

within that particular bucket.

For me, it's a container for

my brilliance, and I think

that this can be a container.

For your brilliance.

It's what allows me to run as

the queen, be in my business,

to run the hive with power,

with purpose, and with peace.

So here's what I want

you to do this week.

I want you to grab your

calendar, grab your diary.

I want you to open it up and

whatever you use, whatever

it is, whether it's paper

based, whether it's online

based, I want you to look at

it and I want you to audit it.

I want you to look at

that week ahead and ask

yourself, where am I

making the space to think?

When am I actively selling?

How am I planning my

delivery time without

letting it dominate?

And finally.

Where is the care for me?

Where is the white space, the

breath, and the space to be?

And if even one of

those areas is missing,

that's your invitation.

That's your nudge to shift.

Because when you create

structure, you create

sustainability, you create

sanity, and you, my friend,

create the space to grow.

So do this for you not because

it's trendy, but because

you deserve to run your

business and your life like

the queen bee that you are.

You deserve to run your

business and your life in this

way, to enable your clients

to thrive, and to enable your

team and the important people

around you to thrive as well.

If this resonated.

Please screenshot the episode

and tag me @janinegarner

and let me know what

change are you making to

your calendar this week.

What are you reclaiming?

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Let's try and start this

movement of us running

our time and running our

businesses in our way.

And until next time,

lead with purpose.

Protect your time like a

Rebel and Reign, like the

amazing queen and business

person that you are.