Show Notes

• This week, Dr. Glenn Vo was happy to have Robin Carberry—a business and personal development coach—come on for this week’s episode of the Doctor Entrepreneur Podcast. 
• As an “OG Gen Xer,” Robin helps Gen X women untangle the knot of midlife confusion and uncover their purpose by unleashing more flow, meaning, success, connection, and joy into their lives. In her own words, Robin helps Gen Xers go from “wtf should I do?” to “I got this.”
• Although these clients are her specialty, you don’t have to be a Gen Xer to work with Robin. As long as it’s a good fit on both sides, you can become her client.
• Before Robin and Glenn met for this week’s episode of the Doctor Entrepreneur Podcast, Robin had Glenn take a “Sparke Type Assessment.” This is an assessment she has all of her clients take because it showcases the type of work that “lights you up” and gives you joy as opposed to draining you of energy. 
• The assessment is only one tool that Robin starts her clients off with, mostly because it’s easiest for people to understand the results. It then becomes a decision-making tool that helps them to assess opportunities. They may even be able to identify components of their lives that they can shift around to put themselves in a place where they feel happier on a day-to-day basis.

“Big Entrepreneur 3”

1. Prioritize Sleep.
   1. Some people think their life is so hectic that the prospect of prioritizing sleep seems impossible. Through dealing with her lupus, Robin has learned that if she did not prioritize sleep, then she wouldn’t be able to function or show up as her best self. The time you spend winding down, binging on Netflix, or scrolling through your phone is a waste of energy in the eyes of Robin. Putting those things aside and having a consistent bedtime is crucial. So many people misguage how much sleep they really need and how many hours of sleep they put in. Getting the right amount of sleep and putting yourself on a regular schedule is just going to make all the other things in your life so much easier. Resting  isn’t just a matter of maintaining your performance, but also maintaining your health. 
2. Track Your Time.
   1. This is something Robin learned as a paralegal when she was required to keep track of her time in order to get paid. This helped her to realize we often think tasks will take less time than they really do. It can be super helpful, Robin says, if you actually track the time it takes you to do something for a week. Many of her clients believe this sounds like a pain in the butt, but it will tell you so much about how you are spending your time and save you more in the long run. For many of those same clients, they find there are tasks they do regularly which can be systematized or processed. But it all starts with understanding how much time it actually takes you to do something. This, in turn, will also make your to-do list more realistic. When you’re not trying to jam 20 things into your day that’ll take you 50 hours to do, you’ll feel much more productive and your goals will be much more attainable.
3. Read The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms by Danielle LaPorte.
   1. As Robin spoke about her affinity for this book, she had a copy of it in her hands. It was filled with what looked like hundreds of post-it notes—a testimony to how much this book has helped her. She says she bought it a couple of years ago but has returned to it constantly as it follows her around the house. What she loves most about the book is how she can flip to any page and get valuable insight to help her achieve her own definition of success. 

Learning From the Past.

An instance that Robin really regrets is when she didn’t listen to her gut when working with somebody—when her gut told her “no,” she went ahead and said “yes” anyway. She made excuses to not trust her gut (maybe her instinct was wrong and she needed the money) thinking she knew better. Then, once this led her to a mistake, she’d compound the error by trying to patch things up and make it all work out. 

Robin thought she was doing something wrong—that it was her fault things weren’t working—and she could fix things by correcting herself. She didn’t realize that she should’ve listened to her gut in the first place, cut her losses, and parted ways in a professional and responsible manner. Robin’s learned that when a project isn’t working out on your end, it’s probably not working out for the client either. In that case, mending things might not be worth it—it could be better to just part ways. 

If Robin could hop in a time machine and go back to talk to a younger version of herself—back when she was listening to the Smiths, the Cure, or the Psychedelic Furs with an “asymmetrical haircut”—she’d tell her to not be afraid to lose. When you’re younger and you’re scared of looking “dumb” in front of other people, you’re too embarrassed to ask your crush out on a date. When you get older, you look back on those moments and realize that they weren’t really as big of a deal as we thought them to be at the time. And while falling flat on our face might not be as big of a deal as we think it to be and it’s only temporary, the sting of regret that comes with not making that leap will last with us for the rest of our lives. 

Don’t Stop Here!

For those listening to this week’s episode, Robin urges you to go take a Sparke Type Assessment. It can help you to understand what the next best steps are for you.

Robin knows that so many people think that coaching is the next logical step after they’ve built a done-for-you service-based business. They’re tired of overbuilding funnels for people, but they know they have a knack for it that can rack in the dough. So instead of slaving away and building out those funnels, they decide to make a pivot into teaching people how to do it and coaching them through the process. When things fall apart, it makes sense that their Sparke Types reveal that they’re process-based people rather than service-based people. Had they known their results prior to making that pivot, perhaps they’d have done things differently and found success. 

You can reach out to Robin in a number of ways. One way is to visit her website at https://robincarberry.com/ and book a quick chat with Robin. During your call, you can explore the idea of taking the assessment and see what it might be like to work together. You can also reach out to her via social media like Facebook or Instagram—but not so much LinkedIn—and she’ll get back to you.