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Business Budgeting: Know Your Costs, Plan Your Pay

Being busy doesn’t always mean your business is making enough to pay you. In this episode, Lisa Goss, MBA, walks through building a practical business budget so you can understand your costs, set realistic revenue goals and see what’s actually available to pay yourself.

Using a registered massage therapy practice as a service-based business example, Lisa brings the numbers to life with lessons business owners across industries can adapt. We cover commonly missed expenses, the difference between revenue and take-home pay, calculating your break-even point, and planning for taxes, slower months, emergencies and time away.

Whether you’re creating your first budget or revisiting an existing one, this session will help you build a simple monthly routine and make more informed decisions about your pricing, workload and business.

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Before the Rush: Is Your Organization Ready for September?

September is often the real beginning of the business year.

As summer comes to an end, organizations shift into high gear. Boards resume meeting, projects restart, clients return, healthcare appointments increase, fundraising ramps up, and businesses begin preparing for year-end. Yet many leaders enter the busiest season of the year without taking the time to prepare their organizations for what's ahead.

In this episode of How to Keep Your Day Job, Lisa Goss and Staci Bailey explore why the most successful organizations don't simply work harder—they prepare differently.

Together, they take listeners on a walk through their organization, from the parking lot to the boardroom, looking at the people, systems, finances, technology, policies, and leadership practices that create capacity before the pressure begins.

Whether you lead a non-profit organization, own a small business, operate a healthcare or clinical practice, or work as an independent professional, this episode offers practical ideas to help you reduce stress, strengthen your operations, and enter the fall season with greater confidence.

Instead of reacting to the rush, learn how to prepare for it.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why September is the real "New Year" for many organizations
• How to identify operational blind spots before they become problems
• Simple ways to strengthen systems, leadership, and organizational capacity
• Why preparation—not perfection—is the key to a successful busy season
• One leadership challenge you can complete this week to help your organization thrive through the months ahead

Because healthy organizations don't happen by accident—they happen by design.

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