1. One important goal is to have a better work-private balance with meaningful accomplishments on both sides. 2. Why it did not work out: – My work set of responsibilities are high (or I perceive them as to high); – Tend to prioritize work above cooking, spending time with friends, spouse, kids and hobby (to little); – I procrastinate a lot; – I have fear of missing… Read More

Hi Nisandeh, I really liked the workshop. Most of it I agree upon and most of the advises I already implemented before. I is nice to share thoughts with those that think likewise. Making the list and score where I am was very useful and the thing that I did not thought about was energy. It scared my living in the Netherlands and seeing what happens in Ukraine this is so… Read More

Day 5: Lessons I’m going to implement in my life, who I did become and how I’ll celebrate the completion of the program: • Have daily moments Working On My Business. • Outsource far more than currently. • Automate far more than currently. • Pivot of things do not work. • Spend more time on class A clients. • Dump not promising clients. • Record… Read More

Day 4: A list of all my top insights, lessons, habits and understandings I’ve gained from my participation in the WOMB (from the assignments, the Q&As, the workshops, your buddies, other participants…): • Everything is run on a 80/20 and that is also for time, clients and all I do. • Easier to keep clients than to find new once. • Enjoy achievements f… Read More

Thanks Maru for you drive to keep asking questions and questions during all the sessions. I think often those others did not ask. Hope all the answers will take you to the next level. Cheers Marcel

Hi Lola, Thanks for the time we spend together online. Really like to drive in doing the best you can an being critical in what is asked to deliver (in stead of eating it without reflecting). Also thanks for showing that doing things differently, very useful for a chaotic person. Cheers, Marcel

Thanks Maria for the peacefulness and nice insights you gave during the many buddy moments. Wish you all what you want and deserve. You are super person. Marcel

Hi Marie-Louise, So great to read how someone can elaborate on the many things she loves about herself. Great way to express and I think if you reread also super to celebrate. You should be proud about yourself. I’ll see to update my list and/or take more time to express myself. Marcel

Day 1 – Things I appreciate, love and admire about myself: • Have a lot of energy; • Seldom say no if invited, trying out new things; • Ok health; • That I like shopping also in supermarkets; • Try new things a lot; • Curiosity; • Mostly in a good mood; • No problem with getting up any time and go to bed any time; • Nice cook; • Foo… Read More

Hi Nisandeh, If started several time businesses with a partner. For me working with a part is helpful for getting feedback, motivation and keeping track of appointments, or filling in the things or knowledge not being my specialty. Then again after a few months or up to year it did until now not really work out. How about your experiences with or without partnership. Wi… Read More

This exercise was confronting, I postponed doing it and had did not know if I should. I did and will not leave this without changing behavior. The cost are too high to not do something about it. Will go for a nightly walk and curious what is next and go for an early wake-up.

Day 5: Strategic plan on how to respond next time on triggers: 1. Plan tasks with buffers that will be realized if the tasks are done (the spare time is my rewards. 2. Plan smaller period for tasks. 3. Plan for morning, lunch, and before stopping for important call, e-mails and other A-stuff. 4. Celebrate each moment self-sabotage is hindered or destroyed. 5. Plan for… Read More

Day 4: Self-sabotaging patterns and possible values and goals I (could) go for: 1. [set easier tasks and smaller time period, set rewards if plan is started and finished as planned, add procrastination buffers and stick to them] Procrastination for almost everything, I make sure I have sufficient deadlines and appointments to get me going otherwise its worse. 2. [take … Read More

Day 3: Cost of each self-sabotaging pattern: 1. [stress, losing face, regret] Procrastination for almost everything, I make sure I have sufficient deadlines and appointments to get me going otherwise its worse. 2. [missed opportunities, not reaching my goals of with unsatisfactory results] Lack of purpose in general. I’ll do it and often above average but without dead… Read More

Day 2: Triggers leading to identified sabotaging patterns: 1. [boredom, existing to pull it off, lack of motivation] Procrastination for almost everything, I make sure I have sufficient deadlines and appointments to get me going otherwise its worse. 2. [lack of motivation, not knowing if I really want to, no strict long term plan] Lack of purpose in general. I’ll do … Read More

Day 1: A list of all my self-sabotaging patterns (and triggers) that I’m aware of: 1. Procrastination for almost everything, I make sure I have sufficient deadlines and appointments to get me going otherwise its worse. 2. Lack of purpose in general. I’ll do it and often above average but without deadlines it become more often daydreaming and filling days till the se… Read More

It is good to look beyond today and running the engine as is. And ideas pop-up and I see that writing them down and putting them on action is a good thing to do. Fun assignment and ready to discuss my plans with a friend over drinks and diner in a few hours.

Day 5: Strategic plan how and when to develop & implement the chosen product/service activity and the marketing activity in 2023. • On the Quick Scan Tool: In Q1 I’ll develop this tool, in Q2 I’ll develop a generic case-study to show its purpose, use and possibilities. Next to this in Q2 write a white paper on the tools and what is solves. In Q3 will give one o… Read More

Day 4: Picked new marketing activity and what to do with it in 2023 • Based on the earlier activities I will generate the 100-150 YouTube for the book and a few to actually put on YouTube, I’ll add some interviews (vlogs/blogs) with people in the field, current and previous customers and other people that are interesting or that interest me. Next to this offer a mont… Read More

Day 3: Picked new product / service activity and what to do with it in 2023 • Develop (access to a) Quick-Scan tool on Balancing Portfolio’s to maximize profit (scenarios) and based in this develop a consultancy service to do these quick-scans and generate directions for improvements.

Day 2: New marketing activities to create and experiment with and potentially offer in 2023 by means of the Idea Generator. 1. Monthly (10x) newsletter related to new things on the market and what my updated activities (YouTube, projects and comments on what is posted in other newsletters, twitters, whitepapers and symposia), also an opportunity to do YouTube on these as… Read More

Day 1: New products and services to create, experiment with and potentially offer in 2023 by means of the Idea Generator. 1. YouTube on what happened last month and is related to the field on logistics / supply chain management worthwhile to discuss, think about or to consider to spent time on. 2. Offer subscription 1-on-1 idea-generation sessions ‘Quick-Brainstorms-… Read More

The first two days were easy but planning made it more difficult. The scary thing is that during WOMB the things to do are loading up and what a good mix between WOMB and dmb (doing my business). The Christmas break is no real Christmas break. It seems I will be having less project in January. Let’s plan wisely. Will print out the many planning stuff that are now reser… Read More

Day 3: Kaizen on items on my “easy to optimize” list and agenda schedule action: • Updating clients on progress by e-mails or weekly reports: o Scheduled 1 hour every Friday to make weekly reports in combinations with time keeping and billing and more. Still think about the best format for this, but starting with a simple overview. Will start sending these every … Read More

Day 2: List divided in three effort categories. Easy to optimize: o Updating clients on progress by e-mails or weekly reports; o Filing e-mails, reports and articles; o Posting on social media; o Reporting about finished projects; o Scheduling daily activities; o Spend more time with family and friends. Requires some effort to optimize: o Giving presentati… Read More

Day 1: A complete list of all the tactics, strategies, products, actions, people, etc… that produce some results in your business. • Making project proposals; • Updating clients on progress by e-mails or weekly reports; • Filing e-mails, reports and articles; • Customer relations; • Arranging to give presentations at symposia and workshops; • Givin… Read More

Almost forgot: Biggest insight from the hot seat meeting Fun can be a good motivation for making business decisions, even it will not pay of max. It is a luxury and what I’ve learned so far in the WOMB that I can always choose to change. I also learned that passive income is not passive and requires maintenance. I’m looking forward to hear about other values in l… Read More

Sliced to dead-lines today the WOMB and a report that had to be in before 24.00 😉 Now time for one stiff drink Was fruitful looking forward to next week.

Day 4: Plan how to multiply all the items on my “requires some effort to double down” list and schedule actions. • Giving presentations at several events and invite participants to connect (often this needs following-up, I often forget to do to my own disappointment). o Will plan to have and go to presentation of ask if they need contribution at the early announce… Read More

Day 3: Plan on how to multiply on the “easy to double down” list and scheduled actions. • Team up (rather informally) with current and previous clients at seminars or for a coffee. o Plot more often and regular coming seminars and make time (check monthly). o Plan sending high and team meetings frequently depending on if they are A (every 1-2 months), B (twice / … Read More

Hi Nisandeh, The following is troubling me. I conduct several different activities: curriculum / course development, consultancy, research, and running small educational programs (not always parallel). Most clients without to much effort and saying yes is easier than no. The domain is the same logistics and supply chains in several domains. Following WOMB and my pre-w… Read More

Day 2 – Divide list from day 1: • Ease to double down: o Team up (rather informally) with current and previous clients at seminars or for a coffee. o Critically reflect or respond to contributions of others (LinkedIn) worked a few time. • Requires some effort to double down: o Giving presentations at several events and invite participants to connect (often t… Read More

Day 1:List of all the tactics, strategies, products, actions, people, etc… that produce most of the results in my business. 1. Team up (rather informally) with current and previous clients at seminars or for a coffee. 2. Giving presentations at several events and invite participants to connect (often this needs following-up, I often forget to do to my own disappointm… Read More

This week was confronting as many weeks before. Old habits have to be terminated to leave room for others or newer / better once. This is for sure becoming a decoupling point for the new way of working and who knows the new me. My today happiness is all the celebrating I need. Only reserving time is still something else than doing it. Bigger celebrations ahead.

Day 5: PLAN how to eliminate items on my “difficult to eliminate” list and schedule the action in your agenda. • Stay as ZZP without the option to safe (for future investments or pension) as effect of chosen legal entity. o Say, just do it. o Pre-work starts in January and then have all relevant knowledge available and then start working in a BV (or LTD or) statin… Read More

Day 4: PLAN on how to eliminate all the items on my “require some effort to eliminate list “ and schedule time to do or work on it my agenda. • Offer people to have a look at something only because I’m curious. o Stop doing this if it does not add value. The most important part is to respond and not react. So curiosity is nice, but first think before reacting. … Read More

Dear Nisandeh, Thanks for this answer. I’ll work in the ABC list and did put reminders in my agenda to work on the what and how. I’ll work out the A’s (did put a reminder) this month. Cheers, Marcel

I really need to spend more time on marketing and working on older and newer contacts. It is far too ad-hoc currently. I struggle in contacting my contact very regularly, this is also a bad habit I have with friends and family. The regular excuse it too busy. I was planning to make a list of all the friend and family are in my 20% top and started sending them a short mes… Read More

Day 1: A complete list of all the tactics, strategies, products, actions, people, etc., that don’t produce results in your business (anymore). 1. Offer people to have a look at something only because I’m curious. 2. Do my own administration. 3. Do my own tax-filing. 4. Use Facebook for attracting clients. 5. Post on Twitter. 6. Direct cold e-mailing / calling … Read More

Day 1: A complete list of all the tactics, strategies, products, actions, people, etc., that don’t produce results in your business (anymore). 1. Offer people to have a look at something only because I’m curious. 2. Do my own administration. 3. Do my own tax-filing. 4. Use Facebook for attracting clients. 5. Post on Twitter. 6. Direct cold e-mailing / calling … Read More

My Biggest Insights First thanks, it was short and being in a large group (to often questions from the same), but the 2+ hours were fun. Quite a lot of people make fame and money with YouTube. Posting stuff on YouTube is easy. Finding the right questions is also being creative. This evening made clear that sometimes the analysis can be helpful and will generated more… Read More

During the covid time I did a number of video’s that was with people listening. For another assignment I did it for a future group and it was kinda strange. Recording the one for this assignment was and full of mistakes. I left in on the channel but will replace it and add more till I get into the promised ‘better results’.. Still struggling how much preparation I need to … Read More

This week I learned I really need to spend more time on marketing and working on older and newer contacts. It is far to ad-hoc currently. I struggle in contacting my contact very regularly, this is also a bad habit I have with friends and family. The regular excuse it too busy. My celebration was to make a list of all the friend and family are in my 20% top and started … Read More

Day 4: Make a list of all the strategies, tactics, products/services and actions that produce MOST of the results in your business. • Getting back to old clients to ask what they are doing and offer them a coffee and talk. • Sending some ideas or reports based on my ideas that they might want to have a look and in the same time ask how they are and if I can be of any… Read More

https://youtu.be/Mp31q3oL4Gc what it is.

Day 3: Make a list of all the strategies, tactics, products/services and actions that do NOT produce results in your business. • Strategies not producing sufficient results in my business are: o Having no strategy or having a too broad strategy (doing too much different things with different people). o Having a too broad target audience. o Not or insufficient havin… Read More

Day 2: Make a list the 3-4 most important values for YOU in your business. • Do not see problems but innovations; • Being the same is losing the game; • Make it possible by making it fit; • Surprise in the biggest innovation.

Day 1: Business vision: • Delivering awareness on the interrelation of supply chain flows within business networks and the many opportunities for innovations.

WOBM Week 18: IMPLEMENT Day 1: List of things in the program and my action that could have been done better/improved. • Some of the tasks/activities feel like homework. • Some of the tasks/activities typically are targeted to a specific type of SME/ZZP company and it not always fit. Sure you can interpret the assignments in your own way but still. The believe that… Read More

Hi Nisandeh, Nice workshop and good insights for for sure if writing is not your thing it works quite well. Three suggestions: After the tooling I would suggest you first take the step towards your own list or create a mindmap (free tools and payed tools available (eg. mindmanager). Furthermore, to communicate: Zoom has it own transcription tool. So if you record o… Read More

Day 2: A template to decide what product in your portfolio you should focus on selling: In more detail: Products and service have a life. What is hot today will not be hot in the near future. Some products run old faster than others. Besides what you run at this moment you should innovate and design, develop and new products to you portfolio. Promptly formulate product… Read More

My Expert Book Reasons for my expert book: 1. It is an artifact location to bundle part of my knowledge; 2. It is an artifact to promote my experience; 3. It is an informative business card; 4. It will still be there to benefit form even if I’m not around; 5. It is a means to give before asking things back; 6. It is saves time to discuss or sell the essentials and… Read More

Day 1: Here are 10 questions that when answered will deliver tons of value for my clients / audience and that at the same time demonstrate my expertise: 1. How to decide what product in your portfolio you should focus on selling to your clients? 2. How to decide where to store stuff in your warehouse? 3. How to decide when to order stuff? 4. How to decide when to sell… Read More

Day 5: How to express my gratitude to my clients • See for and or add flower to a gift. • Write a handwritten cart with a personal message. (directly) • Sent them a magazine/newspaper subscription (helps remembering with each copy). • Refer to their business product without them asking upfront.

Day 4: How to positively surprise my clients (do something unexpected). • Invite them for a personal party. • Sent invitations to conferences of their interest. • Sent a bottle of wine / box of chocolate outside the normal periods. • Invite them for a free session about any topic. • Sent them a coupon they can spend on charity. (working out the details). �… Read More

Day 3: How to be/become more personal. • Sent personalized e-mails. • Keep a list of interest of clients to use to send them stuff and but as a personal not in all communication. • Work on remembering their names and use it more often in communication, • Ask on a regular basis how they are, if they still in the business (reading their LinkedIn page in advance) … Read More

Day 1: Making things easier for my clients: • Sent them a planning of activities in advance. (directly) • Sent them a progress report after each activity. • Sent options to proceed with pro and cons and a suggested proposal for them to react to. • Slice up assignments and give them the possibility change the effort and time needed for the next phase. • Make … Read More

Day 5: Plan / execute the plan to refer one or more of my contacts from list 2, and sharing how good they are. • I’ll refer and comment (in a positive way) more on info (LinkedIn posts) of the branch organisation and the universities for which I developed and deliver educational programs. • I decided and reserved some time to start doing this, to make an update o… Read More

Day 4: Referral of ideal clients from day 1. • I’ll ask her first, but think she as sufficient clients. If she wants I’ll over her my contacts. • I can make referrals of my former students and advertise them for wh… Read More

Day 3: Taking the list of day 2 what can be done to be more their ideal clients. • I could try to make more long term contracts and partnerships where I would take over some of the broader service requirements (though they have a group of people that do this and only outsource parts of their n… Read More

Day 2: List of providers I’m happy with but that for whom I probably don’t qualify as their ideal clients and what stops me from becoming their ideal client. • Branch organisation; Different people that make decis… Read More

Day 1: A list of providers I believe I’m their Client for and next to each provider add the reasons why you believe you are their ideal client. • My cleaning lady: Never ask her a favour, show I’m happy, increase payments every year without she asking for it. • Some students I supervis… Read More

Finding out what my (Ideal) customer wants. Day 1: What do I want to know from my ideal customers? • What they rate my services, what could been improved and or what can been added? • If I could offer any other services to them? • If it would be possible to increase the frequency of the services I offer? • I they are willing the write a testimonial on m… Read More

Day 5: These are addressed as part of transformation, which is from too much towards less anyone else clients and dump flop clients (if any) and form less ideal clients towards more ideal clients as discussed in day 4. In… Read More

Day 4: Ideas to transform your “everyone-else” clients to ideal clients and chosen preferred strategy. 1. Phase everyone else client out, so finish what the job and do no solicitation for more work and or tell them sorry to busy the next time. (chosen) 2. Discuss the matter with them indicat… Read More

Day 4: Ideas to transform your “everyone-else” clients to ideal clients and chosen preferred strategy. 1. Phase everyone else client out, so finish what the job and do no solicitation for more work and or tell them sorry to busy the next time. (chosen) 2. Discuss the matter with them indicat… Read More

Day 3: My commitment considering the ideal clients strategy. 1. I will access all direct and indirect clients I had the last 10 years and rate them on the list of Day 2 and add to this list things other participant named. 2. I will determine more clear the Product/Service Market Combination … Read More

My Question: Most businesses (evej ZZP-er or that work with others or sometimes outsource some work or even for short project hire additonal capacity) are making choices in product/market combinations. I have ideal and less ideal clients in different markets. Even if I would have for every day (… Read More

Day 2: Important qualities / behaviors of my ideal client. 1. They call you instead you call them. (picked) 2. They are open for your suggestions and ideas for proposals for working with them. 3. They do not talk about budgets and tasks but ask to think about what you can offer and what it… Read More

Day 1: Reasons to work with ideal clients and to make the decision to go (only) to work with ideal clients. 1. The understand the product and services the offer better, because it is a better match. 2. Less frustrat… Read More

Time is relative and scarce. I’m responsible for my own time. Schedule and commit that is is WOMB and WOMPH (Working On My Personal Happiness (free time). Creating a Time Plan and putting activities is confronting but very useful, so it is in my calendar, now make sure the commitment for using this time. I have here the question if this time is for the WOMB for the co… Read More

We discussed several tools to do great stuff for business and for personal life. My question how do we merge or separate business and personal stuff. I can free up time from either, as well as delegate and automate, but how do to balance. Curious about what Nisandeh’s advice.

Day 2 Plan into Action: The 15 min each day I’ll use for brainstorming and updating the activities we works on the last weeks, perfecting them and planning action in them: Mondays: Vision, Mission and Strategy still on track and where strengthening and change? And rate lasts weeks and review this week. Tuesdays: Come Up With New Ideas to stop frustrating things, Wednesd… Read More

Day 1: I made a daily reservation of 1 hour every day from (up between 6.00 and 7.00) so from 8.00 till 9.00. Appointments will seldom start before 9.00. If I get up at 7.00 and move out 8.30/45 I have 15 min buffer for driving and parking or whatever and 30 min and 15 min buffer for WOMB . If I do not have to drive I will use this hour to utilize the 15 min and or 30 … Read More

Become Super Productive: Day 1: NEW thing I’m going to do (3 new tasks for next week with a *): • Plan a strict learning hour in my calendar. * • Plan more short holidays. • Buying and using software for thinking, structuring and file-management aids. * • Buying and using an adequate laptop and software for work that does not frustrate. * • Take yoga… Read More

Day 5: My things that I’m going to do NEW, MORE, LESS and STOP, and the planning for the WHEN: NEW: • Plan a strict learning hour in my calendar. • Buying and using software for thinking, structuring and file-management aids. • Buying and using an adequate laptop and software for work that does not frustrate. MORE: • CrossFit. • File taxes in time…. Read More

Day 4: Tasks that I’m going STOP doing (the star*** the one I will stop from today): 1. Underestimate activities (so think and plan reasonable or more time). 2. Eating as a habit (late in the evening). 3. Wearing cloths too often. 4. Working more than 200 hours a month. 5. Driving more than 10 km without spare fuel. 6. Carrying stuff with me that I will 95% no… Read More

Day 2: Things that I’m going to do MORE than currently (4 coming month in italic): 1. Strict in congratulate people on their special days and/or achievements. 2. CrossFit. 3. Creating overviews of investments. 4. Register my activities. 5. File taxes in time. (this one) 6. Update my Linked-In. 7. Post on social media. 8. Create tools that I can use for fas… Read More

Day 1: NEW thing I’m going to do (3 new tasks for next week in italic): • Plan a strict learning hour in my calendar. (chosen) • Plan more short holidays. • Buying and using software for thinking, structuring and file-management aids. (chosen) • Buying and using an adequate laptop and software for work that does not frustrate. (chosen) • Take yoga lesso… Read More

Day 5: This is my summary of WHY, WHAT, WITH-WHAT, HOW, and the planning for the WHEN. WHY: • Automation can be 24/7 instead of humans that are mostly available 8/5. • Automating will give an competitive advantage in respect to those that do not automate. • The investment in automation is once (except for some updating and maintenance) but the rewards will be… Read More

Day 4: These are my 10 ideas on HOW to automate the chosen task using the tool I selected; 1. Make sure the two calendars I used have to be integrated or both directed to the selected tool. 2. Develop output sheets to collect the data from the calendar’s including categories and how to direct (via key words or prefix to the output sheets). 3. Use the output sheets … Read More

Day 3: This is my research result on WHAT automation tools/software I’m going to use; 1. Time Sheet Reporter (plug in) 2. Big Time 3. WebHR 4. Outlook Time (from Time Watch) plug in 5. Windows Power Shell (self-programming)

Day 2: Here are 10+ ideas on WHAT I can automate and the ONE task/process that I will automate; 1. Answering my phone (with automated or structured voicemail and response). 2. FAQ list on my web-site that saves time. 3. Selling material and paying for material sold on my website. 4. Redirect to specific content on my website relative to the typology of the request…. Read More

Day 1: Here are 10 ideas on WHY I should automate and my choice of 2-3 most important ones; 1. Tasks performed by humans are often more expensive for sure if I have to do them. 2. Automated tasks can be or should be faster than human tasks. 3. Automation can be 24/7 instead of humans that are mostly available 8/5. 4. Automation should be done on easy tasks that fre… Read More

Delegate something new Working on my Business Day 1: Why to delegate (most important underlined)? 1. Others are professionals on most of the stuff I can delegate. 2. Delegation of activities that are a commodity will save time (after investing some once during the transaction)? 3. Delegation of activities that are not in my core expertise and business will cost me m… Read More

Normally brainstorming is not so action driven. Normally I am satisfied with 3-7 ideas. I learned that pushing is gave some good ideas that would otherwise no show up. I’ll use this technique for sure more often. The following idea: 48. Look for companies that offer sort-like services look what they do for whom and see if I would do the same or how and in what why I diff… Read More

Working on my biggest struggle in my business currently: – That potential clients cannot find me for what I can contribute to solving their problems and/or seeing their opportunities. What I do can be put more on the market than just a by-product of my work of previous work of work from the university. My main struggle is to position myself based on my expertise and wh… Read More

Working on my business the 11 questions from first zoom session are: 1. I am an amazing devil advocate and out of the box thinker. 2. In my business, I am a lousy planner and time keeper. 3. I want to become known as the expert on block chain solutions for supply chains. 4. The best thing about my business is that I can organize is for a large part independently. 5. The o… Read More

My issues are in the following order: 1. My expert position (too broad and not sufficient focus if that could be the issue); 2. Easily distracted. Work hard and someday I can get a lot done but some days are minimum days (not always be choice). 3. Think I have to build on my online presence, this is though related to my first from to brought for me to be visual for potenti… Read More

Today I’m an freelance consultant to brought in subjects. I want to build a team and be able to be contribute to solution is connected business, smarter en more sustainable supply chains. I want to make a difference using my ideas and would love to see others grow based on my or my teams efforts. Next to this I want to be recognized for this contribution, maybe be article… Read More

Please answer the following 7 questions in the comment box below: 1 What is your/your business big vision? 2 WHO do you help (target audience)? 3 HOW do you help them (your main product/service)? 4 What are you looking to get from the Working ON My Business program? 5 What would you like to receive from the other participants in the group? 6 What are you willing to g… Read More