MOONSHOT ENTREPRENEUR · 2025-09-23 · 29 min
Key moments - from our scoring
Substance score
23 / 100
Five dimensions, 20 points each
This solo episode tackles the tension between the drive that made executives successful - relentless focus, perfectionism, high output - and the burnout that same behavior creates when building a business on the side. The host uses herself as case study, describing how she fell into the trap of working evenings (which failed) and then overcommitting Saturday mornings (which bred resentment with her spouse). She presents a practical audit-and-commit framework: track every minute for a week to establish baseline; identify when you're in flow and which tasks energize you; isolate your peak creative hours; then make a realistic, bounded commitment to business work that doesn't steal from family, health, spiritual practice, or rest. The episode is grounded in Christian theology - God's design of the Sabbath, the impossibility of finishing your to-do list, the need to trust rather than control - making it most relevant to faith-driven operators managing multiple life domains. Key insight: "balance" isn't 50-50 relaxation; it's giving intentional time to all major buckets (health, relationships, work, spirituality, home, business) without neglecting any permanently.
The same behaviors that made them successful in corporate roles - relentless drive, perfectionism, always chasing the next goal - become dangerous when applied to building a balanced life; they lead to burnout and create resentment with family.
Audit your time for a week to identify when you're most creative and in flow, then pick a realistic recurring time block (e.g., Saturday mornings) that matches your peak hours and doesn't steal from family time or rest.
Balance is not constant relaxation; it's intentionally allocating time across key buckets - health, family, work, spirituality, home, chores, business, friends - and accepting that seasons shift allocation, but permanent neglect of any area causes collapse.
Even a few hours beyond your committed time creates fatigue and burnout in yourself, and resentment in your spouse or family who expected that time to be shared, breaking the trust you built around the boundary.
Recognize that falling into old patterns is normal, get back up quickly, and practice intentionality daily; also get your family on board with the specific time block and behavioral expectations so the boundary is supported, not undermined.
Our reviewer’s read on each dimension, with quotes from the episode.
The episode offers some useful frameworks (time auditing, identifying flow states, time buckets) but relies heavily on generic self-help platitudes and repetition. The core actionable advice - audit your time, identify when you work best, commit to specific blocks, get family on board - is presented with considerable filler about the speaker's personal struggles and religious philosophy that doesn't advance practical learning for B2B operators.
What I want you to do is once you have gathered all the data points, I want you to look at each and everything that you did and um, to um, look at the type of tasks that you really loved doing.
What I can do, for example, is, um, work one morning, to get up early on one morning during the week, um, and to work on my business maybe half an hour or one hour.
The time-blocking and time-auditing advice is standard self-help curriculum found in dozens of productivity books and podcasts. The framework of balancing multiple life 'buckets' is conventional wisdom. The religious framing around rest and Sabbath observance adds a perspective angle but doesn't create genuinely fresh thinking about entrepreneurial time management.
I suggest that you take out a sheet of paper and that you audit your time for one week from Monday till Sunday
A balanced life is having enough time for all the things you need to do and give attention to.
This is a solo monologue episode with no guest. The speaker is a self-described executive-turned-entrepreneur, but provides no verifiable credentials, no evidence of actual business scale, and offers no practitioner-level insights specific to a particular domain. Without a guest, this dimension cannot be meaningfully scored; the solo host format inherently limits credibility and diverse perspective.
Hey, friends, do you sometimes feel that you are just running from one thing to the next and that you are just functioning?
Welcome to Moonshot Entrepreneur. This is the place where we partner with God to build his custom design calling for our life.
The episode is almost entirely devoid of concrete data, named examples, or measurable metrics. There are no case studies, no specific companies mentioned, no revenue figures, no timelines with outcomes. The only specifics are anecdotal - the speaker's own Saturday morning time blocks and family dynamics - which do not constitute evidence for broader executive time-management principles.
What I can do, for example, is, um, work one morning, to get up early on one morning during the week, um, and to work on my business maybe half an hour or one hour.
I made a commitment to work on this in the evenings that didn't work, and then I would resent my family.
This is a solo podcast with no guest or interviewer to engage with. The monologue lacks intellectual rigor, follow-up questions, or pushback on claims. The host talks at the listener rather than with them, moving linearly through pre-planned talking points without exploring tensions, counterarguments, or deeper investigation of her own advice. There is no conversational tension or dialectical exploration whatsoever.
So buckle up because you are going to learn all about getting back control of your time.
I'm really sorry if there is a lot of noise. I'm really sorry about that.
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Hey my friend, Feeling like you’re constantly juggling a million balls - your faith, family, friends, health, business, and personal enjoyment? The habits that made you a successful executive won’t automatically help you create time freedom, financial freedom, and meaningful impact. Without a shift in approach, all that hard work just leads to burnout and/or resentment. In this episode, we share practical time management strategies for executives to prioritize God, nurture your family and friendships, maintain your health, grow your business, and still make time to relax and enjoy life - so you can truly thrive, not just survive. After all, you are not trying to switch one golden cage for the next, right? You are in this, because you want change and you want to have more time freedom and financial freedom. But guess what. This won't happen automatically. You have to be intentional. Otherwise you'll only end up like a dog in a dog race that is chasing a bunny. You'll make many laps and might even be the fastest but you aren't getting anywhere and will run out of energy eventually. P.S.
Transcribed and scored by The B2B Podcast Index.
Speaker A: Hey, friends, do you sometimes feel that you are just running from one thing to the next and that you are just functioning? Even though I have become better at time management, um, and more balanced over time, I still fall into the trap sometimes. And the last time I fell into that trap was last week where I was just seemingly going to work, coming back home, spending time, mandatory time with my, with my family, and then again just working on my business, getting up early, working on my business, going to work, and then and uh, starting the entire cycle all over again. And sometimes we really forget how to go from busy to balance. But I'm telling my friends there are time management strategies that you need to absolutely need if you are an executive turned entrepreneur. So today is going to be about that. So buckle up because you are going to learn all about getting back control of your time. Hey, friends. Welcome to Moonshot Entrepreneur. This is the place where we partner with God to build his custom design calling for our life. In this podcast, you'll get laser focused on aligning your life with God and you will learn the strategies to implement true change. Along with that, you will also learn to create the time and income for the amazing dreams God has for you. Sounds like a moonshot. Well, set your expectations high because when we dare to partner with God, anything is possible. I promise you that we are going to have a ton of fun on this journey together. So grab your notebook and pen and pursue with me your God led life transformation. Let's go. Alright, guys, I really feel that I have to start off this episode by apologizing to you because every time I try to record an episode here, um, some kind of heavy vehicle will be making a lot of noise just, just outside the room where I'm recording. It's either the garbage truck or a lawnmower. Then sometimes my neighbor goes out with a leaf blower. Um, and if nothing else is happening, there are tons of teenagers just standing outside and laughing and turning on their music box. So it just. I'm really sorry if there is a lot of noise. I'm really sorry about that. But anyway, I cannot, um, control everything in my environment. Right. So to come to the topic today. Uh, yeah, the topic today is going from busy to balanced. And I really wanted to talk to you guys about time management strategies that you need, especially if you're an executive who is very busy, um, who is trying to build a business while not being at work, but while still having a family, friends, social life and all the other things. Right? And I was very honest with you right in the beginning or in the introduction of this episode. Um, what I want you to know is that it's normal that you fall into your old patterns even after you manage the, these time management strategies. Um, I think what we underestimate, or what I certainly underestimated is how intentional I have to be about being an entrepreneur. Because if I'm not, it's not going to happen. This dream is not going to build itself, so to speak. And I'm not going to work on my business if I'm not being intentional about my time and about my life and about what I'm doing. And I have to be intentional each and every day. And that is a hard thing, you guys, because, uh. Well, I guess it's not just a hard thing for me. I guess it's also a hard thing for you because humans are just wired that way, right? We get into our comfort zone and we focus on things that are coming to our attention on a day to day basis. And then we get just carried away with the flow if we are not intentional about it. Um, that is one thing I want to um, share with you right in the beginning because it's important for you not to lose courage or not to lose heart if you fall off the bandwagon, um, one or two times or even almost every day, doesn't matter. You have to get back up and just be intentional once more about having a balanced life. Much more. You have to do this much more even when you are trying to build a business on the side. Because let's be honest guys, it's an immense undertaking. If you are serious about this thing. If you are not looking to have just a side hustle to make a few bucks on the side. If you're really trying to um, build a career path over to self employment, you have to be very intentional and very balanced because you are not going to survive this otherwise. So I really want you to keep that in mind. Um, okay, so that is one thing I wanted to say. The second thing I want to share with you is a trap. There is one trap that we as executives are highly prone to fall into. If you are an executive, chances are that you have had success with your behavior. You are maybe a type A personality, maybe you're a perfectionist. Um, no matter what, you know, know how to get things done. You roll up your sleeve, you, you go in there, you delegate things, you, you advise people to do the right steps. You go, you check, you control, you make sure the, the, um, contain the, the, the measures are in place to deal with the risks and the contingencies of your plan and so on and so forth. So you need high focus and, and a get goer mentality. If you right. And chances are that you are like a dog in a dog race that is chasing the bunny. Once that bunny is in front of you, you just go, you chase after it, you run after it and you just do uh, your laps until you win the race, so to speak. Now this behavior has gotten you very far. You were successful in your career. You can look back to 10, 15 or 20 years of success. Um, success come easily to you. You had to work for it, you had to fight hard for it. You had to learn new skills, you had to keep going when um, things were not going well. You had to be open to learning, you had to be um, good at networking and so on and so forth. And you have spent hours and decades perfecting your skills. Now guess what? This behavior, this personality, um, is very good to get you where you want. But it's also a uh, very dangerous trap if you're trying to live a balanced life. You just have to be very intentional about this danger if you do not want to fall into that trap. Um, I really hope you, you hear me on this. It's easy to um, shrug your shoulders and to say yeah, ah, well, it's just the price you have to pay. But tell me honestly, are you trying to um, exchange one golden cage for another? Because if you want to lead a busy life, you're already doing that, right? What reason do you have to go into self employment? It's hopefully not to lead a busy life and it's hopefully not to prove to yourself that you can do this. I mean all of that can be true and you can prove to yourself that you are really good at this. But I really hope that there is more uh, or another reason pushing you into self employment other than just wanting to prove to the world that you have in it, that you have this in it in you, right? So if we fall into the trap of being like a dog in the dog race and chasing the bunny, we um, fall into the, into the danger of burning out. We are lying to ourselves essentially because we are not machines. And rest is a blessing. Especially if you're a Christian. You know, this rest is a blessing. God. And um, by observing the Sabbath, by giving us one day off a week, God essentially wanted us to take time off not just to sleep, but to enjoy, to enjoy creation, to enjoy what he has given us, to enjoy our uh, blessings and also to entrust to him, the to do list. Because let's be honest guys, when you kick back your feet and sit down on a Sunday and try to enjoy the day, you still have a huge list of things that need to, uh, be done. But you choose to tackle them on Monday because you know that God thinks it's best if you take rest. And he should know, since he has created us, right? So he has made the body, he has made the mind. He has m. Made every intricate part in you and in me. M. He knows the creativity, he knows the ambition, and he loves us for it. But he also wants us to take a breath, to sit down and to trust him with what's coming. Because God says very clearly, my thoughts are higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55. Right. Um, and my ways are higher than your ways. And even though you might think that you might be quicker if you just get things out of the way, you are just basically lying to yourself. Because honestly speaking, you will never reach the point where your entire to do list is done and your entire bucket list is fulfilled. Right? So really, we have to be honest with ourselves now. What does it mean to have a balanced life? You know, a balanced life is not if I'm not working at all and if I'm, um, chilling all the time and I'm just enjoying my life all the time. Yes, I need to enjoy it and I need to be able to have times when I'm doing nothing. But I also need to work. So balance. A balanced life is having enough time for all the things you need to do and give attention to. You need to pay attention to different things in your life. You need to pay attention to your health, you need enough sleep, you need to eat good, you need to exercise, um, you need, uh, to pay attention to your spouse so that you truly connect on a deeper level. So that you know what's going on in each other's lives. The hopes, the dreams, the pain that you can share, all that you need to know, um, what's going on in the life of your kids. You need to pay attention to your kids and not just to do homework with them, but also to just play with them, to enjoy them, to enjoy their creativity, their naughtiness, their crazy ideas, all of that. You need, um, also time to perfect your skills in your work environment as an executive. Just because you are starting, um, self employment and starting a business, it doesn't mean that you don't need to get better at what you're doing, um, in your 9 to 5 job, because that is the thing that is financing your path into self employment. It's the thing that is financing your life and your lifestyle. And you should be grateful to God that he has given you the opportunity for that. He's given you the financial stability to be able to do all this. And so, um, perfecting your skills in the job you do and working as unto the Lord is really important. Then you also obviously need time to work on your business and on your self employment because it's not going to happen automatically. Um, you need time for spiritual growth, you need time for God, obviously. You need time for friends, for uh, leisure, for entertainment. And my personal not favorite bucket of thing that you need to do is chores. You need time to pour into your chores and into paying bills. And personally I would spend hours paying bills and uh, planning the financial future of our family rather than scrubbing the toilet. But let's be honest, if you are not able to take care of your family and of taking care of your home, what are you doing? Then it's either you do it yourself or you need someone else who does it, which is also okay. But you need to make sure that everyone comes home to a clean home, that you have food on the table, that everyone feels happy, that it's a safe space, um, and so on and so forth. So you have different buckets in your life that you need to fill with time. And the phrase I don't have the time to do X or Y or Z doesn't count because you do have 24 hours and it's your resource. You are going to make the decision to put time into a bucket or not to put any time at all in a bucket. And there might be seasons where you do not need to put time into one specific bucket or where you can reduce the time you are putting into one of these buckets. I just mentioned time buckets I just mentioned. But you cannot keep it up all the time. If you neglect one of these areas long enough, um, it will totally fall apart. And you are not leading a balanced life anymore. So leading a balanced life has to do with making wise choices. And making wise choices has to do with intentionality. Now, uh, having said that, what do you need to be intentional? I think the, the first thing you need to have an intentional plan is to make an analysis of what is ground zero. Right? Where are you standing at the moment? And so I suggest that you take out a sheet of paper and that you audit your time for one week from Monday till Sunday, from the moment you open your eyes till the moment you close Your eyes make a note on your notebook about every minute you spend. How much time do you spend, um, to get ready to pray? Um, go to work, read your newspaper, or, uh, scroll through social media or whatever you're doing, Chat with your kids, um, write it all down. And at the end of that one week, you have the data for, um, your ground zero. What I want you to do is once you have gathered all the data points, I want you to look at each and everything that you did and um, to um, look at the type of tasks that you really loved doing. What type of tasks do you love doing? Is it planning? Is it, um, creative thinking? Is it executing a plan and managing a project? Is it um, coming up with ideas? So I want you to make a mental note of that. Then I want you to make a mental note of when you were in a flow, at what time blocks and ah, during which tasks were you in a flow and which ones did you really struggle to? What are the times that do not work well for, for you? Um, I also want you to note how you work the best. Like, are you at your best when you are able to think by yourself in a room where there is no distraction? Or do you love and thrive on group work? I mean, there are different people wired very differently, right? And the reason why I want you to do this is because I, I want you to make a note for yourself what the best time is for you to work, to get creative work done, to get, um, mundane routine work done and to get planning work done. And once you have isolated those times and also isolated the best way you work, I want you to look at it with the eyes of an entrepreneur. I want you to think about your business that you are starting on the side. And I want you to make a realistic commitment to work on your business based upon the audit of your time. Now if you are like me, you might find out that the best time for you to work is, um, from early morning till noon. And you might find out that it's impossible for you to work on your business from Monday through Friday since you are working in a corporate role, right? And you have office times and so on and so forth. And you cannot just, you know, um, work on it while you literally are at work, right? So if that is the case, you will have still to find some time to work on your business. Now here's the thing. I don't work well in the evenings. I am so dead after work and so nuked and cooked and fried that I'm unable to, um, spend Even half an hour on my business after work. Usually that's not possible because my brain will not be functioning. And also I would love to spend time with my family, with my husband, with my kid. And often there is homework or we just want to connect after work because I haven't seen her the entire day or I haven't seen my spouse the entire day. So it's not realistic for me to work on my business during the evening or even the night. Now, you might be different. You might be able to do that. And then I want you to commit one hour or half an hour every weekday to do exactly that. But if you are like me, you cannot do that. What I can do, for example, is, um, work one morning, to get up early on one morning during the week, um, and to work on my business maybe half an hour or one hour. And I use that time to do planning, to plan things out, to go through things, or to do something rather mundane. I hardly ever record episodes during the week. Then I commit to myself the time that I have on Saturday mornings. Now, not every Saturday morning, I'm able to work on it, but most Saturday mornings are blocked out for me to work on my business, because I know that is the time that works best for me. And of course, I had to get my spouse on board so that he would, um, take care of everything that needs to be taken care during that time. And of course, my child also knows that she isn't supposed to walk in when I'm recording. And she still does it. Um, that's another thing. But most of the time it works, um, or she knows that she shouldn't just, you know, sing outside the room so that with interference of the recording and everything. So I got my family on board. And this is also what you have to do. Once you have identified the time slots, you absolutely must get your family on board with, um, with the timings and with what kind of behaviors are okay or helpful and what is not. Maybe you need to leave the house. Maybe you need to go to a place where you can work calmly if you're getting distracted all the time, because it's not fair to ask your family to be quiet and give you a quiet environment on a Saturday morning. Um, every. Each and every Saturday, right? You have to find what works for your family. And if you do this, I guarantee that you will have so much fun working on your business because it's going to be easier. You will know exactly when you're working on it. You will not be distracted. You will not resent Your family or your work, work or your friends or your spouse or whoever, or even yourself, um, for sitting down and doing that. Because you have committed it. And once you have committed that time, I really want you to stick to that time. I don't want you to go overboard, because that is also one of the traps I fell into. You know, in the beginning, I made a commitment to work on this in the evenings that didn't work, and then I would resent my family. Then I made a commitment to myself that I would work, um, on the business on Saturday mornings. But then I was in a flow and I ended up working the entire Saturday for the business. And that created, um, first and foremost, that created fatigue in myself. I was almost burned out. And on the other hand, that also created some resentment on the side of my husband because he really wanted to spend some time with me. And I was also, um, not helping with any of the chores or anything else and just being busy every Saturday and being, uh, preoccupied every waking minute is not a balanced lifestyle. Right? So, um, let me wrap this up for you. What I need you to do is first and foremost, be aware of the behaviors that get you in trouble. Be aware that the behaviors that got you successful are not necessary. The behaviors that will keep you balanced. So be intentional. Look at the buckets, um, make an audit of your time and make a mental note of which areas you're totally neglecting. Make a commitment to not neglect them anymore and to spend 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or half an hour in each bucket, at least per week. Right? And once you've done your audit, also pick and choose a time that is realistic for you to work on your business and work on it, use it, but don't go overboard. Just stick to the committed time. And if you do that, my friend, I guarantee you, you will be able to have a very balanced life and a very balanced time management strategy. And it will help you to be not just a successful entrepreneur, but a very balanced entrepreneur and human being. I hope this episode helped you big time, my friends. Um, drop me a line. Once you have tried out, um, these time management strategies, you can reach out to me at supportoonshot-entrepreneur.com I always love to read from you. So drop me a line, let me know what worked and what didn't. And I'm also happy to hear, uh, or to adapt. My advice, if this is not working out for you, even though I can't imagine that it won't. So the only thing left, uh, for me now to say is stay wrapped up in Christ's love. Until next time, my friends. Real quick, before you go, if this podcast blessed you in some way, the number one way you can thank me is by leaving me a written review for the show over on Apple Podcast. I seriously am lit up every time I hear from you guys. So if this show has impacted your life in some way, just let me know about it. And here's the second thing you can do. Take a screenshot of this episode or of your review and go share it over on Facebook and tag me, God Bless as you dare to make the change.
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