E265:Â Grow Your Business Working Only 16 Hours a Week with Sarah Olivieri
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Have you ever wondered if the growth you want in your business really has to come with longer hours and more pressure?
Could it be possible to grow a profitable business working just 16 hours a week?
In this episode of the Simplify to Scale Show, I sit down with Sarah Olivieri, creator of the Impact Method and host of Inspired Nonprofit Leadership, to talk about what it actually looks like to grow a business while working a lot less.
Sarah has consistently worked 16-hour weeks for the past three years. She is a systems thinker and business strategist who helps leaders simplify operations, clarify priorities, and create businesses that work within their life's constraints.Â
Through her own experience navigating major life changes and limited capacity, she redesigned her business around focus, intentional constraints, and understanding exactly where her best results come from. Sarah shares how working fewer hours forced her to get clear on what truly matters, eliminate busywork, and identify her personal productivity sweet spot.
We talk about why doing less often leads to better results, how tracking time changes decision-making, and why growth does not have to come at the expense of your energy or your life.
If you’ve ever questioned whether longer hours are actually helping your business grow, or you’ve felt stuck in the cycle of doing more without seeing better results, this episode will give you a different way to think about time, capacity, and sustainable growth.
In this episode, we explore:
- How to identify your personal productivity sweet spot
- What to eliminate before you delegate
- How to design your business around constraints
- How less time can lead to better results
- Â Creating space without sacrificing results
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“Working less isn’t a reward you earn later. It’s a design decision.”
-Sarah Olivieri
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Learn more and connect with Sarah:
- Websites: saraholivieri.com, inspirednonprofitleadership.com, pivotground.com
- LinkedIn:Â linkedin.com/in/sarah-olivieri
- YouTube:Â youtube.com/@PivotGround
- Instagram:Â instagram.com/pivotground/Â
ABOUT THE SHOW
Simplify to Scale is a show dedicated to helping business owners scale a high-impact + high-profit business they love without all the complexity and chaos that keeps them trapped in the day-to-day.
Hosted by Crista Grasso, a scaling strategist and operations alchemist, she brings decades of scaling experience to share what actually works and what's just hype.
Formerly the Lean Out Your Business Podcast, Simplify to Scale is THE show for founders and their right-hand leaders who are done with one-size-fits-all scaling advice and overnight success promises and instead want proven and practical strategies that will help simplify operations, build scalable systems, develop & lead a high performing team, amplify profits, move through the messy middle faster, and scale smarter not harder.
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