Amber De La Garza, The Productivity Specialist For Small Business Owners
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If you're a small business owner who wants to learn effective business strategies, improve time management, and elevate productivity to maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most, this podcast is for you! Amber is a sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer and the creator of Leverage Lab®. Amber gives small business owners the straight talk on what it takes to reduce stress, be productive, and grow your business. Tune in and subscribe to get the straight talk on productivity, time management, business systems, leading your team, strategic decision making, and mindset. Also hear Amber interview guests about t...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Amber De La Garza turns owner overload into concrete questions about delegation, boundaries, customer math, and the business systems beneath daily work.
Amber De La Garza treats productivity as an operating question with human consequences. Solo episodes and guest conversations move from overloaded calendars and blurred team boundaries to delegation, sales anxiety, financial pressure, and the personal cost of remaining…
Amber De La Garza has a question for the owner doing every job: what have you documented?
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A steady coaching episode for owners who keep postponing decisions and need help getting out of comparison.
Amber De La Garza treats decision-making as a practical business problem, and the focus stays on why owners hesitate when a choice is right in front of them.
Emotional intelligence is treated as a practical tool for boundaries and steadier choices.
Amber De La Garza and Alex Resnick make emotional intelligence feel useful, not decorative. The episode stays on boundaries with team, clients, and time, and it keeps circling back to one plain idea: you cannot hold a boundary well if you have not first learned to manage your…
A practical reset for small business owners who struggle to get above the daily noise.
Amber De La Garza treats strategic thinking as a practical discipline, not a lofty management ideal. She begins with the familiar pressure of being buried in day-to-day demands, then broadens the point by tying clear thinking to open loops, unfinished tasks, dehydration, and…
A practical reset for owners who want culture to stop creating constant friction.
Amber frames the episode around a plain leadership problem and keeps the focus on what teams actually do when things start drifting. The conversation with Yuri lands in practical territory: culture, onboarding, standards, and the habits that keep people pointed in the same…
Networking is framed as a practical way to build useful business connections.
The episode treats Brandon Fong's Magic Connection Method as a practical habit rather than a vague networking lesson, and Amber De La Garza gives it a small-business frame that fits people who are short on time and drowning in marketing noise.
A steady reset for owners mistaking comparison for strategy.
This conversation targets a familiar trap for small business owners: feeling short on time, short on money, and boxed in by both at once. Amber De La Garza and Sarah Walton keep the attention on day-to-day choices, from letting go of comparison to looking at the business with…
A focused conversation on making bookkeeping more useful for day-to-day business decisions.
Episode 404 presents a practical look at working with a bookkeeper for better results. Amber De La Garza and Misa Bacon move through specific issues such as renaming QuickBooks categories, reconfiguring a chart of accounts, and setting clear expectations around time and cost…
Consistency is treated as a self-leadership problem.
Amber De La Garza's episode 402 with Courtney Townley treats consistency as a self-leadership problem for small business owners, not just a matter of knowing the right habits.
Stephen Dubner tests bourbon economics, Alzheimer's research, and money advice against hard data.
Daily business news with Kai Ryssdal, tracking Fed policy, oil shocks, and private credit.
Galloway rotates Office Hours Q&A, Raging Moderates politics, and China Decode geopolitics weekly.
Joel and Matt answer listener money questions weekly in the show's Ask HTM segments.
Amber De La Garza uses episode 417 of Small Business Straight Talk to break down the hidden costs of delaying decisions for small business owners.
Amber De La Garza uses episode 401, “When The Most Productive Thing You Can Do Is Step Away,” to explain why she delayed a Monday show after returning from a work trip to North Carolina, a birthday day off on October 28, and a sinus infection.
This episode discusses how ADHD traits affect business owners and reframes them as strengths rather than flaws.
Amber De La Garza explains the real reason she created the decision-making series and walks through a personal business decision using her framework.
In the final part of her decision-making series, Amber De La Garza addresses why small business owners with all the right tools still get stuck.
Decision delay has a pattern.
Amber De La Garza brings back her conversation with Alex Resnick to show why emotional intelligence matters for small business success.
Amber De La Garza focuses on strategic thinking and why so many owners never make space for it.
Amber interviews Yuri Elkheim about building a high-performing company culture in a virtual setting.
In a unique Valentine's Day episode, host Amber De La Garza personifies a small business owner's enterprise, having it deliver a heartfelt 'love letter' that acknowledges the founder's burnout, challenges self-imposed burdens, and invites a reimagining of their partnership.
Amber De La Garza says episode 412, "You Don't Need More Discipline, You Need More Trust," is about why small business owners keep breaking promises to themselves.
Amber De La Garza brings back her conversation with Brandon Fong for episode 411.
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Amber De La Garza uses episode 407 of Small Business Straight Talk to argue that the strongest way to enter 2026 is to let go of internal beliefs and external commitments that are still draining energy.
Amber De La Garza brings Sarah Walton back to the show after listeners responded strongly to her first appearance.
Amber De La Garza welcomes Misa Bacon back for episode 404.
Amber De La Garza goes behind the business with Courtney Townley to talk through why consistency is harder than it sounds.
Amber De La Garza marks episode 400 by looking back at the path that got the show here.
Amber De La Garza talks with Chris Dennert about how Dugout Mugs grew from a wild idea into a business with over $55 million in sales.
Amber De La Garza sits down with client Myrna Everett to talk about replacing yourself in the business.
Amber De La Garza welcomes Luann Nigara for a conversation about what happens when vision runs into operational reality.
Amber De La Garza shares real stories from business owners to illustrate five levels of hidden revenue leaks, including Lauren's unpaid commute, Jessica's billing sabotage, an interior designer's pricing blind spot, operational inefficiencies, and Amy's business model mismatch.
Amber De La Garza opens by challenging the reflex to answer every check-in with "busy." She argues that the bigger issue is not the to-do list, but the beliefs and assumptions steering how small business owners work, choose, and cope.
Amber interviews Jude Charles, a video producer who helps entrepreneurs tell their stories through documentaries.
Amber De La Garza discusses when to cut losses in business, addressing underperforming team members, marketing strategies, and systems, and why business owners struggle to let go.
Amber De La Garza interviews Jacob Hicks about creating simple systems to follow up with leads and convert them into client relationships.
Amber De La Garza introduces the concept of 'white space' as a scheduling strategy to protect priorities and reduce stress for small business owners.
Amber promotes her VIP business planning event in Las Vegas, encouraging small business owners to plan their 2025 year with her guidance.
The host promotes a VIP business planning event in Las Vegas to help small business owners create a strategic plan for 2025.
Amber promotes a VIP business planning event in Las Vegas to help small business owners create a strategic plan for 2025.
Amber De La Garza interviews Raquel Castillo about streamlining operations using a fractional COO and the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS).
Host Amber De La Garza interviews John McClain about essential systems and processes for business success.