{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"BTS: 30 Hours at My Desk in 5 Weeks (Part 1)","description":"What would happen to your business if you stepped away from your desk for five weeks? For Tori, the answer was a lot. In this first episode of the 30 Hours at My Desk in 5 Weeks series, Tori takes you behind the scenes of five weeks where she spent less than 30 hours at her desk. There were family holidays, fishing trips, Bali, client calls, workshops and plenty of time away from the business. And the business kept moving. During that five-week period, Tori hired and onboarded a new team member, ran a live workshop with 492 registrants, grew her email list by around 800 people, reached 1.5 million Instagram profile views, gained around 1,200 followers, brought in four new clients and continued delivering for her existing clients. The important part is what made that possible. This isn't a story about disappearing from your business and hoping everything magically works out. Tori shares what she was still doing, what she deliberately wasn't doing, and why stepping away from performative busyness gave her more clarity around the work that actually moves the business forward. Because having more freedom in your business isn't something you wake up with one day. It's something you build through team, systems, client experience, clear priorities and years of strategic work. \ud83d\udd11 Inside this episode:   What Tori actually did during five weeks away from her desk   How the business continued growing while she was on holiday   The difference between being away from your business and being absent from your clients   How she hired and onboarded a new team member without personally holding every step   What happened with email list growth, Instagram reach and new clients   Why client delivery remained a priority throughout the break   How Tori uses SOPs to turn ideas into actionable resources for clients   Why she avoids performative busyness   What she focused on instead of constantly being at her desk   Why building a business that gives you freedom takes years of intentional work   The systems, team and structure underneath the freedom   \ud83d\udc49 If you're ready to build a business that supports your life instead of consuming it, Tori invites you to explore The Regional Experts Mastermind. DM me \u201cEXPERTS\u201d on Instagram to start the conversation. ","author_name":"The Regional Experts Show","author_url":"https:\/\/player.whooshkaa.com\/shows\/big-ideas-rural-1","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42479310\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/205212675"}