In this episode of Be More Business, I sit down with photographer and marketing strategist Betsy Bird to dig into a powerful truth: your business systems should match your temperament — not fight it.

Whether you’re structured, spontaneous, meaning-driven, strategic, neurotypical, or gloriously neurospicy, you deserve workflows that stop draining you and start fueling you. And right now, AI is one of the best tools to help you create systems that adapt to how your brain naturally works.

Together, Betsy and I explore:

✨ Why structure liberates some of us and suffocates others

✨ How automation frees both structured and nonlinear thinkers

✨ Ways AI can act as a COO, a creative partner, or a detail-clean-up crew

✨ Why training AI with your voice and your brand matters

✨ What AI can do beautifully — and where humans absolutely must stay in charge

If you’ve ever thought “I just need systems,” or “I can’t stick with systems,” this conversation is going to feel like a deep exhale.

And… we make a little announcement about the revival of The Business Animal podcast. 👀

Listen in and start creating a business that supports the life you want to live — not the other way around.

In this episode of Three Thoughts for Thursday, I invite you to rethink time as more than a scheduling problem. Time is not just something you manage, it’s something you experience.

Instead of starting with business goals, I share why I always begin with one deeper question: how do you actually want to spend your time?

We explore three essential layers of time, your year, your month, and your day, and how understanding their natural rhythm can shift you out of force and into flow. From seasonal work cycles to daily creative energy, this episode is about designing a business that supports the life you want to live, not one that consumes it.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re busy but not nourished, productive but depleted, this conversation will help you reconnect with your own time sovereignty and create more space, energy, and ease in your business and your life.

You didn’t start a business to feel like you’re constantly pushing a rock uphill.

And yet, somewhere along the way, many entrepreneurs find themselves forcing systems, schedules, and strategies that quietly drain their energy, their joy, and their income.

In this episode of the Be More Business Podcast, I invite you into a deeper conversation about force versus flow, and how your temperament plays a powerful role in which one you’re living inside of.

We’ll explore how force shows up first in your body, long before it ever appears on your calendar or to-do list, and why working against your natural operating system is far more expensive than most entrepreneurs realize. I’ll walk you through how to recognize resistance, how to listen for the wisdom hidden inside it, and how to begin transmuting force into flow through small, intelligent shifts.

This is not about hustling harder or following the latest productivity trend. It’s about learning to work with your rhythm, your capacity, and your temperament so your business can finally support the life you want to live.

If you’ve ever ended the day exhausted, resentful, or wondering why success feels heavier than it should, this episode is for you.

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Awareness is one of the most underrated power tools you can bring into your business and your life. When you understand how you operate instead of judging why you’re struggling, things start to unlock — clarity, energy, and momentum.

In this Three Thoughts for Thursday episode, Kim explores how awareness supports your temperament, your leadership, and your ability to build a business that feels aligned instead of exhausting.

You’ll learn:

• Why awareness begins with curiosity and a true beginner’s mind

• How awareness is active, not passive — and why “how” is a better question than “why”

• The Gestalt principle that awareness is curative and how it creates healing

• How one small awareness can trigger a cascade of insight, ease, and joy

• Why temperament work can reveal powerful truths about your patterns, your relationships, and your business rhythm

Think of this episode as a gentle archeological dig into yourself — uncovering the layers that help you run your business with more authenticity, authority, and ease.

In this episode of the Be More Business Podcast, I break down the five places entrepreneurs tend to make things harder than they need to be: time management, follow-up, marketing, networking, and even personal self-care.

Instead of forcing yourself into systems designed for someone else’s brain, Kim walks you through how each temperament type — structured, spontaneous, meaning-driven, and strategic — can work with their wiring instead of battling it.

You’ll learn practical shifts that bring ease, reduce burnout, and help you create a business that truly supports the life you want to live. From capacity-based planning to automation to reframing marketing resistance, this episode is your permission slip to stop forcing and start aligning.

In this Three Thoughts for Thursday, I break down how to actually get value out of temperament sorters — not by memorizing your metrics, but by using the insights to soften friction, build awareness, and shape a business that feels aligned instead of forced.

You’ll explore:

• why answering these assessments in a “perfect world” gives you truer results (instead of the cultural expectations you’ve absorbed)

• how to translate your type into practical shifts in your systems, tasks, and routines,

• and the reminder every entrepreneur needs: your temperament is a map, not a cage. You can flex, stretch, and use every part of yourself.

A quick, potent episode for anyone wanting to harness temperament as a tool for momentum — not a box to live in.

Find the resources for this episode at: https://bemorebusiness.com/episodes/re-sourcing-your-business/

Make It Happen Monday is back — and we’re opening December with a challenge that will carry your business (and your energy) into the new year.

This month, we’re diving into temperament — not in a fluffy “take a quiz for fun” way, but in a grounded, wise-woman, business-building way. You have a natural way of working, thinking, creating, and problem-solving… and when you ignore it, business gets harder than it needs to be.

In this episode, I walk you through a simple four-week process:

✨ Week 1: Take a temperament sorter (Keirsey-Bates, Enneagram, CliftonStrengths, DISC, … or even your natal chart if that’s your jam).

✨ Week 2: Get curious about how you’re actually showing up in your business.

✨ Week 3: Make one small shift toward your natural preferences.

✨ Week 4: Analyze how that shift changed your energy, ease, and flow.

This work is deceptively powerful. Once you stop forcing yourself to work “left-handed,” the stress drops, the clarity grows, and your business becomes easier to run — not because the work changes, but because you are finally working in alignment.

If you want to go deeper, the show notes include a link to my fun “Patron Dragon Temperament Sorter” and additional tools to help you explore your way of being in business.

Now… go make it happen, my friend. You’ve got this.

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Let’s get honest: building your business around someone else’s rules is a fast track to burnout. Been there, done that, got the temper tantrums to prove it. This episode dives into how your temperament shapes the way you naturally work — and why your business model has to match it. I share my own hard-earned lesson, what changed when I realigned, and how you can start reshaping your business in a way that actually supports your energy, your joy, and your bottom line.

Takeaways:

• Aligning your business model with your personal temperament is crucial for sustainable success.
• Shifting from a model of trading hours for dollars can enhance your business satisfaction.
• Understanding your temperament can significantly reduce stress and improve energy management.
• Creating a business model that supports your natural working style fosters joy and productivity.
• Utilizing temperament assessment tools can provide profound insights into your working preferences.
• Small incremental changes in your business model can lead to significant improvements over time.

Find resources, links, tools, and more here: https://bemorebusiness.com/episodes/re-sourcing-your-business