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January hits and suddenly everyone is shouting their goals, signing up for everything, and sprinting straight into burnout. But loud doesn’t equal strategic and busy doesn’t equal growth. If you want this year to feel different, it has to be different, starting with how you move before the chaos kicks in.

In this episode of The Real Truth About Business, Michelle shares three grounded CEO decisions to make at the start of the year that protect your energy, expand your capacity, and keep you focused on what actually matters. From building quietly instead of performing online, to doing the internal work required to receive bigger goals, to setting real calendar boundaries, this episode is your permission slip to slow down, get intentional, and lead your business instead of reacting to it.

Whether you’re a coach, consultant, OBM, VA, designer, copywriter, or ADHD entrepreneur, this episode will help you start the year with clarity, restraint, and CEO-level decision making instead of overwhelm.

You’ll learn:

1. Why you don’t need to build your business out loud to be successful
2. How capacity and safety to receive impact your ability to hit bigger goals
3. What subconscious and somatic work has to do with business growth
4. Why saying yes to everything kills momentum and clarity
5. How to protect your calendar so there’s room for clients, creativity, and life

This is the real truth about business growth, especially for neurodivergent service providers who crave clarity, structure, and results without falling for every trend online.

Links referenced in this episode:

1. Join the Sunday Morning Brew!
2. Check out the Focused Visionary Accelerator!

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Here's your Next Steps:

1. Take the "Where's the Gap in Your Business Strategy" Quiz
2. Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads or Facebook
3. Visit my website to learn more and apply for the Focused Visionary Accelerator
4. Sign up for my newsletter -

🎧 Want more unfiltered strategy and real-time business insight?

Check out Back Pocket Insights, my private podcast community with short, story-driven episodes pulled straight from everyday life and client conversations.

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The online space loves to scream that you should narrow your focus, stick to one offer, and scale it to the moon. But for many service providers, that advice feels suffocating. You’re multi-passionate, capable of more than one thing, and honestly… relying on a single income stream is exactly why so many solopreneurs feel stressed and trapped. You don’t have to build your entire financial future on one slice of your business.

In this episode of The Real Truth About Business, Michelle unpacks the real meaning of diversifying your income and why it matters more than ever for small business owners. She shares examples from her own business, her clients, and even big-name entrepreneurs to show how multiple revenue streams can stabilize your income, honor your strengths, and support your bigger life goals. This isn’t about doing everything at once. It’s about building an intentional ecosystem that fits who you are and how you want to live.

Whether you’re a coach, consultant, OBM, VA, designer, copywriter, or ADHD entrepreneur, this episode will help you see new possibilities for earning money without burning out or abandoning what you’ve already built.

You’ll learn:

• What “diversifying your income” really means beyond just creating more offers
• Why relying on one revenue stream increases risk and stress
• How unrelated income streams can support your bigger vision and life goals
• Why it’s normal to crave work outside the online space (and how to explore it strategically)
• How to map out your own “pie” and decide what each income stream contributes

This is the real truth about business growth, especially for neurodivergent service providers who crave clarity, structure, and results without falling for every trend online.

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Here's your Next Steps:

1. Take the "Where's the Gap in Your Business Strategy" Quiz
2. Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads or Facebook
3. Visit my website to learn more and apply for the Focused Visionary Accelerator
4. Sign up for my newsletter - Sunday Morning Brew - delivered every Sunday at 6 am

About the Host:

Michelle DeNio is a business strategist and growth advisor for service-based entrepreneurs, especially neurodivergent and ADHD business owners. Creator of the Focused Visionary Accelerator and host of The Real Truth About Business podcast, she helps clients simplify, focus, and grow sustainably. With 15+ years in business operations, she’s known for turning big ideas into simple, profitable action plans.

🎧 Want more unfiltered strategy and real-time business insight?

Check out Back Pocket Insights, my private podcast community with short, story-driven episodes pulled straight from everyday life and client conversations.

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If your business feels chaotic, heavy, or like you’re doing all the things with nothing to show for it, you’re not alone. Most service providers are drowning in busywork, tweaking offers nonstop, building complicated funnels, and chasing every new strategy… all while ignoring the only things that actually move the needle. The overwhelm isn’t because your business is broken. It’s because it’s overcomplicated.

In this episode of The Real Truth About Business, Michelle cuts through the noise and breaks your business down to the three elements that determine whether you grow or stay stuck: aligned offers, intentional lead generation, and a simple sales process. She explains why everything else is distraction, how to identify what’s draining your time, and how to get back to doing the work that actually brings clients in the door. If you’ve been spinning your wheels, this episode will feel like a deep exhale.

Whether you’re a coach, consultant, OBM, VA, designer, copywriter, or ADHD entrepreneur, you’ll walk away with a clearer, simpler roadmap for sustainable growth.

You’ll learn:

• The only three things that truly matter for business growth
• Why complex funnels, constant tweaking, and endless content don’t fix sales problems
• How to identify what’s working, what isn’t, and what to eliminate
• The simplest way to create an aligned offer, attract leads, and convert clients
• Why simplification builds momentum faster than any new strategy

This is the real truth about business growth, especially for neurodivergent service providers who crave clarity, structure, and results without falling for every trend online.

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Here's your Next Steps:

1. Take the "Where's the Gap in Your Business Strategy" Quiz
2. Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads or Facebook
3. Visit my website to learn more and apply for the Focused Visionary Accelerator
4. Sign up for my newsletter - Sunday Morning Brew - delivered every Sunday at 6 am

About the Host:

Michelle DeNio is a business strategist and growth advisor for service-based entrepreneurs, especially neurodivergent and ADHD business owners. Creator of the Focused Visionary Accelerator and host of The Real Truth About Business podcast, she helps clients simplify, focus, and grow sustainably. With 15+ years in business operations, she’s known for turning big ideas into simple, profitable action plans.