EP253: Cherylanne Skolnicki - How To Have Work-Life Balance & Prioritize What Matters Most

Michael Palmer: That's like the need state, you know, that's what most of us walk around every day, like it's this little refrain of, "I don't have enough time, I don't have enough time." So my first reframe with people and what I do with myself every day is remind myself that I have all the time I'm gonna get, you know, and I have all the time I need for the things that matter most. And really it becomes an exercise in curation, in choosing where am I going to spend that time? You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com. The proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to the Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be an absolutely fantastic one. Our guest is a sought-after work-life balance speaker and hosts the top-rated Brilliant Balance Podcast. Her work has been featured in many outlets, including the Huffington Post, Forbes, and Woman's Day. Cheryl Anskolnicki, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. I'm so happy to be here. It's great to have you. And I just looked at your website and I looked at the things you've been doing, and we just had a wonderful little chat. You, you, it's, you're up to doing some really great things for the world and in particularly women leaders and leadership and living that balanced life. And I'm really excited to share that with our listener today. But before we get to that, please tell us about your career journey leading up to this point.

Cherylann Skolnicki: Sure. So the short version of the story is that I am a former corporate ladder climber turned entrepreneur. So I spent the first 15 years of my professional life working for a major consumer products company, started in sales,, and then moved into marketing after I finished up my MBA and, thought I would stay there forever. You know, thought that was gonna be the path I was on, just climbing from rung to rung on that ladder until, it became clear that that ladder wasn't leaning against a wall I really wanted to reach the top of. And that's when I started exploring other options, which led me to entrepreneurship. So I started my first business 11 years ago, and then that sort of evolved into the business I'm in today, which is a