Comments on: Setting your boundaries

By: Boundaries between home & work |

Boundaries between home & work | — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:36:52 +0000

[...] “We work 10 to 4″ or “we don’t answer phone calls in busy periods”) Kylie of Tilda Virtual went further and actually sacked a client to gain back control of her business and family [...]

By: Kiera Pedley

Kiera Pedley — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:34:35 +0000

Thank you for the article. This is something that even before children I struggled with.

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one, and that there’s a strategy to avoid it!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:52:59 +0000

I know this is something many WAHMs struggle with. Thank you for sharing your story.

By: Sally Kuhlman

Sally Kuhlman — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:05:17 +0000

Kylie – Thanks for sharing your experience. Setting boundaries are so important for all business owners. You story sounds like mine. Every single time I have let a client go a new one or multiple ones have appeared instantly to replace them with better energy and more $.

By: Do You Set Your Boundaries? « Small Business Diva

Do You Set Your Boundaries? « Small Business Diva — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:18:19 +0000

[...] the Tilda Virtual Services blog, Kylie talks about setting her boundaries when it comes to clients and their [...]

By: Chris Owen

Chris Owen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:54:23 +0000

Hi Kyles!
This is such an important story and lesson to share. It’s when we share these kinds of stories that we have the most influence!
Thank you so much for crediting Karen and I for opening your eyes! It was a weird moment actually because we both knew we’d made a light bulb go off in your head as soon as it happened. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that moment in our session!
Keep up the great work and keep those boundaries high girl!!!!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:50:29 +0000

Kylie, that is fantastic! Glad we could assist you in making this decision! This is such a powerful demonstration of the value in sticking to our boundaries – I have just shared this with my husband who has a couple of difficult clients to sack.

He’s very motivated now, and wants me to remind him often of the power of commitment to ourselves first and foremost.

By: Kylie Short

Kylie Short — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:20:56 +0000

Thanks Karen. It was your and Chris’s session that made me make the decision. You made me think about what and why of the situation. I was so afraid of losing those hours and the money that I didn’t think about how the client made me feel as a business owner AND as a mum. Once I made that commitment to myself to set boundaries and fire that client, I actually signed up 3 new clients the next day, with less hours but at a higher rate that they more than replaced that client’s billing $$.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:06:33 +0000

Kylie,
This is a very powerful article! I remember you talking about this client, and what you needed to do, when we were in Melbourne last year – and I think what impressed me the most was that you followed through on your decision when you got back home!

You didn’t let the fear stop you from doing what needed to be done. And I say that takes tremendous courage. You’ll be reaping the rewards for a long, long time!

Boundaries are something small business people often forget to set when they start out… (ask me how I know yet they are so important to not only the success of our business, but our sanity! Thanks for the reminder.