What if the hardest part of growing your business isn’t creating strategies, setting up systems, or learning new tools — but actually following through with them?
This week on Brilliant Ideas, I’m joined by Kelly Leardon, a Certified Director of Operations who helps small business owners — many with ADHD or differently-wired brains — master their time, structure their weeks, and finally stick with the systems they’ve invested in.
Why Follow-Through is the Real Challenge
Kelly explains that for many solopreneurs, the struggle isn’t a lack of tools or strategies. Even the best systems can feel impossible to maintain. What’s happening behind the scenes is that solopreneurs are juggling multiple priorities, deadlines, clients, and personal obligations all at once. The mental load of constantly switching gears often makes sticking with a system feel overwhelming.
Key point: It’s not that you’re lazy or disorganized—it’s that your brain is simply trying to manage too much at once.
Batching Your Days Instead of Tasks
One of the biggest insights Kelly shares is a game-changing approach to organizing your time: batch your days instead of your tasks.
Traditionally, productivity experts suggest batching by task — for example, one block for content creation, another for emails, another for client work. Kelly flips this on its head. Instead, she recommends batching by day: dedicate a full day to a single type of work, so your brain doesn’t have to constantly switch contexts.
Why This Matters for Solopreneurs
Whether you have ADHD, suspect your brain works differently, or are simply a busy solopreneur with a million ideas, Kelly’s framework provides practical tools to make your systems stick. The truth is, even the most robust strategies won’t work if you can’t consistently follow through.
Batching your days is a simple but powerful change that can lighten the mental load, improve focus, and make managing your business feel more doable.
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