{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/6a6278e14fac21e67fc3c01a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How I Built 14 Weeks off Into a 7-Figure Business (You Can Too)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/1784838382159-df2787b5-3e3f-47a4-8499-d559ba7a20a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode is for you if you're building a successful business... but you secretly wonder whether you'll ever have the freedom to truly enjoy it.</p><p><br></p><p>Maybe your calendar is packed weeks in advance. Every decision still lands on your desk. You dream about taking time off, but even a long weekend totally unplugged from work feels impossible because your business depends on you being available.</p><p><br></p><p>If that's you, I want you to know something.</p><p><br></p><p>Building a business that gives you freedom isn't something that happens someday after you've worked hard enough.</p><p><br></p><p>It's something you design.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of how I intentionally built a minimum of <strong>14 weeks of protected time</strong> into my seven-figure business every single year. I share the calendar structure, the team systems, and the mindset shifts that made it possible, along with why this isn't about working less. It's about creating the space that allows your best thinking, your biggest ideas, and your next level of growth to emerge.</p><p><br></p><p>Because freedom isn't a reward for building a successful business.</p><p><br></p><p>It's one of the systems that makes success sustainable.</p><p><br></p><p>When you intentionally protect your time, you don't just create more space in your calendar.</p><p><br></p><p>You create more space for your life.</p><p><br></p><h2>In This Episode:</h2><ul><li>Why I intentionally protect at least 14 weeks every year and what that really looks like (00:08–03:17)</li><li>Why protected time is a business design decision, not a luxury (03:17–06:07)</li><li>What \"protected time\" actually means beyond taking vacations (06:07–09:30)</li><li>Why exponential growth requires spaciousness, not a busier calendar (08:19–09:30)</li><li>The first system: designing a business model that supports freedom (09:30–11:25)</li><li>The second system: creating team boundaries and operational independence (11:25–14:22)</li><li>The mindset shift that helped me stop earning my worth through exhaustion (14:22–17:25)</li><li>What happened after I stopped making myself constantly available (17:25–20:36)</li><li>Why protecting your calendar creates your biggest breakthroughs (19:30–20:36)</li><li>Two practical questions to help you begin creating protected time in your own business (21:38–23:27)</li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Inspired Actions:</h2><p>✨ Look at your calendar for next month and identify one day, or even a few hours, that you can intentionally protect.</p><p>✨ Ask yourself what would need to change in your business model for protected time to become part of your normal rhythm.</p><p>✨ Consider what decisions your team could confidently make without you if the right systems were in place.</p><p>✨ Notice where you may still be equating your worth with constant availability or overwork.</p><p>✨ Remember that freedom isn't something you earn after success. It's something you intentionally build into your business.</p><p>✨ Go to <a href=\"https://www.boldheart.com/14-weeks-off\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.boldheart.com/14-weeks-off</a> to join me for the no-charge 3-day event next week called “How to take 14 weeks off from your business every year.” It happens July 28, 29 &amp; 30 · 11am–12pm ET (8–9am PT · 4–5pm GMT · 5–6pm CET)</p><p><br></p><p>The business you dream of isn't simply one that earns more. It's one that gives you the freedom to live more fully.</p><p><br></p><p>And that kind of freedom begins with one intentional decision at a time.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Would you like to know how women work with me to accomplish this while you scale to 7-figures with their life back?&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Register for the 3 day event I mention in the episode here: <a href=\"https://www.boldheart.com/14-weeks-off\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.boldheart.com/14-weeks-off</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Apply to have a free Business Audit<a href=\"https://boldheart.com/talk-to-coach/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> with me here</a> <a href=\"https://boldheart.com/talk-to-coach/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://boldheart.com/call</a></li><li>Get<a href=\"https://boldheart.com/the-leveraged-business/book/?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> The Leveraged Business Book</a> <a href=\"https://boldheart.com/the-leveraged-business/book/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://boldheart.com/the-leveraged-business/book/</a></li><li>Learn more about my signature program within<a href=\"https://boldheart.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Boldheart</a> <a href=\"https://boldheart.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://boldheart.com/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Continue the Conversation:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram (personal)<a href=\"https://open.acast.com/networks/6644a6783fa3790012b8c304/shows/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/episodes/www.instagram.com/fabiennefred\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.instagram.com/fabiennefred</a></li><li>Facebook:<a href=\"https://open.acast.com/networks/6644a6783fa3790012b8c304/shows/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/episodes/www.facebook.com/fabienne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/fabienne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/fabienne</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiennefredrickson/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.linkedin.com/in/fabiennefredrickson/</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@fabiennefredrickson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@fabiennefredrickson</a></li><li>Youtube: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@FabienneFredrickson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@FabienneFredrickson</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Fabienne Fredrickson"}