How to Let Go and Master the Sabbatical Method

Alyson Caffrey is an operations strategist and the founder of an operations agency. A digital agency shows veteran, this is her third chat with Brent on using operations to grow and scale your digital agency.

She is the author of the Sabbatical Method: How to Leverage Rest & Grow Your Business. She focuses on helping her clients build scalability AND sustainability through ops.

She is a mom to two little boys under three and loves chatting about growing businesses and growing families.

Episode highlights from Alyson Caffrey’s episode

• What was the inspiration for The Sabbatical Method?
• What about the middle ground on taking sabbaticals?
• How our background/youth influences our outlook on taking time off
• How to think about rest and getting outside of the hustle
• Three parts to thinking about how to position yourself for time away 
• How *guilt* fits into letting things go

Lightning Round with Alyson Caffrey

• Best advice: “Don’t chase your dreams, hunt your reality” – Navy Seal quote
• Habit that contributes to success: drinking lots of water, her morning coffee timer
• Recommended tool: Krisp noise eliminator
• Recommended books: Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell

Resources, plus connect with Alyson Caffrey

• Previous episodes with DAS: 231, 105
• Alyson’s new book – The Sabbatical Method – including free toolkit!
• Alyson’s business – Operations Agency – take the quiz here!

Quotes from Alyson Caffrey’s episode

• “Make sure you feel refreshed so you can make those decisions.”
• “We want to create an asset that can function independently of us.”
• “I probably should have had more things in place here!”
• “It feels like an American problem.”
• “Strategically taking rest.”
• “The areas are gray, but we need to be able to test those boundaries.”
• “Focusing on the day-to-day is so important.”

Takeaways from Alyson Caffrey’s episode

• It doesn’t have to be one or the other: find your space in between taking a 6-month refresher every year or an extreme medical condition that pushes time off
• Show results for a specific task and have your team take it, then find what you can get off your plate

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