Jessica Zimmerman | How to Earn 7 Figures Working 6 Hours Per Day and How to Get Off of Your Email So That You Can Become Proactive

Show Notes

Jessica Zimmerman shares how she went from just working 16 hour days without earning a profit to generating 7 figures working 6 hours a day. Jessica also explains why you need to learn to get off of email long enough to become a proactive person.

1. 1. Yes, yes, yes and yes! Thrivetime Nation on today’s show we are interviewing Jessica Zimmerman! Jessica, welcome onto the Thrivetime Show, how are you ma’am?!
   2. I know that you’ve had a ton of success at this point in your career, but I would love to start off at the bottom and the very beginning of your career. What was your life like growing up and where did you grow up?
      1. I grew up in Conway Arkansas and was in a really bad car accident when I was little.
      2. My sister died and I lived.
      3. My mom put all of her energy into her one surviving child.
      4. I felt a little bit different growing up because I had the wait of my parents focusing on their only living child. 
   3. What is your favorite old school jam?
   4. When did you first figure out what you wanted to do professionally?
   5. I understand that you went from working 16 hour days without earning a profit to generating 7 figures working 6 hours a day…but that your journey really started after surviving a car accident that actually took the life of your sister…what happened?
      1. I bought a wedding business. I kept hearing that you just have to work your butt off and not reap any rewards for 5 years and I believed it. I didn’t know that you could have a family life and a successful business.
      2. I wasn’t making any money at all. There was nothing to justify my hours of work.
      3. I realized that I couldn’t do any work until the shop closed. 
      4. I started writing down what everyone was calling about and asking. I realized that the business was a distraction. I realized that I could meet people by appointment only on my time. 
      5. Email is a reactive thing. You have to get your own work done first. 
      6. I have done wedding planning. In 2018 I did my last wedding.
      7. I wanted to utilize the slow season
   6. Jessica, I’ve heard it said that you realized that life was too short to give your freedom away to others. What do you mean by this? 
      1. When you circum to others’ whims and requests, you give them your time and your freedom.
   7. Jessica, you didn’t make a profit for 5 years…why do you believe this was?
      1. I bought into the thought that I couldn’t and I was not supposed to. 
      2. I was so busy working in the business and being reactive. 
   8. Jessica, I read that your husband fell ill and became bedridden for a year and that you had to take control and provide for your family of 5…how did you pull this off?
   9. How did you go about funding your floral design business? 
   10. How did you go about getting your first 10 customers?
   11. When did you first feel like you were truly beginning to gain traction with your career?
   12. Jessica, I would love for you to share how to create a winning website that converts clicks into cash?
   13. Jessica, I understand that you have a simple cash-generating strategy that you won’t believe works? Tell me more about this…
   14. Jessica, you teach how to master your financials even if you suck at numbers…walk us through your system?
   15. Jessica, you have some real wisdom about how you can accomplish anything by not doing everything…break this down for us?
   16. Jessica, what first inspired you to write your book, ‘Sleeping With A Stranger’? 
   17. Jessica, what can readers of the book, ‘Sleeping With A Stranger’ expect to learn from your book?

• • It is so raw and vulnerable. 

• • I talk about how to maintain your marriage when it gets tough. 

1. You come across as a very proactive person…so how do you typically organize the first four hours of your and what time do you typically wake up?
   1. I wake up at 5:00 AM Because I know I need “Me” time.
   2. I have to do these three things:
      1. Time by myself for a devotional
      2. I run
      3. I meditate