Latest / Letters from Jeannie: Hosting and Intentional Living / I Hired the Help

Transcript

I Hired the Help · Letters from Jeannie: Hosting and Intentional Living

• 0:00
  [music]
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Hi, it's Jeannie.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to Letters from Jeannie.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: If you heard my last letter about my refrigerator, this one is part two.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: It's called, I Hired the Help.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: Confessions of a Micromanager, part two.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: The last several weeks,
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: I had a few come to Jesus moments where I realized I needed to make changes
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: in my workflow to reach my goals.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: Spinning my wheels won't work.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Like organizing the refrigerator weekly.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: So last week I confessed I needed to hire the help that I need.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I hired help this week.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, a big relief, but now the hard part begins.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: Now here's the ironic part.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: I've hired help in the past.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: When I was practicing medicine full-time, I had four nannies.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, four wonderful ladies who loved My kids like they were their own children.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: These ladies worked together well for many years.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: My husband is a physician too and our call schedules ran opposite each other.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: When I was on call, he was either home recovering from his shift or on call himself.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: So somebody had to be with the children.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: So we built a system and it worked.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: We still use pieces of this system today.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: In fact, we still employ one nanny, even though our children are teens.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: She's like family and she stuck with us during those really rough years.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: So why was I so against hiring help for my business?
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: I've asked myself that.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's because I wasn't fully committed to it at first.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: Creating content and building a home fragrance line I felt like a side project.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't treat it as a real career until this past couple of years.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: It's kind of weird transitioning from medicine to who I am now.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: As a physician, teaching was part of the job, so sharing what I know never really felt special.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: Explaining, showing, and sharing.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: It's how I'm wired.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: So why would I pay someone to help me do something that comes so naturally?
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I quickly figured out that what I do naturally isn't sustainable.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: I found myself trying to manage and control everything to the point
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_00: where I could not be the mommy or wife I needed to be,
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: which alone is quite demanding.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: Also, my creativity was So, who's
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: on
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: my team now?
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: A PR person?
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_00: I also have someone helping me develop my home fragrance line.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_00: One day, I hope to grow it into this huge home decor brand.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: I love decorating and creating warm, comfy spaces that anyone can live in.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: I have someone for Pinterest,
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: someone who does brand pitches and helps me with my affiliate accounts.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: I have an editor helping me write my books.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: I have someone help me market my book.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: And as of last week,
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: I have a social media manager for posting, organizing, and managing my content.
• 3:51
  SPEAKER_00: I create a lot of content when my mind is free to do so.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: It's all just fine.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: Type A women, hear me.
• 4:03
  SPEAKER_00: We have to relent to secede.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: Let me say it again.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: Type A women, hear me.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: We have to relent to secede.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: As for my refrigerator, let's just say it's a work in progress too.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_00: So tell me, Who is on your team?
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_00: And if the answer is no one, what's the first thing you would hand off?
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_00: Leave me a comment on the letter.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: I read every one.
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_00: Live with intention.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: If you'd like more of my table,
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: my cookbook,
• 4:51
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to My Table,
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: and my Pivotal Moments Candles, Until then, take care of yourself.
• 5:10
  [music]