#732 Why Better Planning is the Secret to Scaling Your Business

Boutique Chat

Ashley Alderson

Business, Marketing, Retail, Boutiquetips, Fashionindustry, Fashionbusiness, Entrepreneurship, Businessstrategy

5 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Are you planning like a CEO or just staying busy?

In this solo episode, Ashley digs into how to plan like a CEO, not a busy entrepreneur. She breaks down the time vs. money mindset shift, her 4-part to-do list, and the weekly habits that make consistency inevitable. Ashley wraps things up with a guided tour through the 2026 Retail Planner (formerly the Boutique Boss Planner): sales and social tracking, checklists, monthly reviews, and how to use it with your manager or team.

You’ll Learn

The CEO mindset that frees up time and scales revenue
The 4 lists that remove overwhelm and increase focus
How to pair paper + Trello + Google Calendar
Time-blocking/theme days that stick
What’s inside the 2026 Retail Planner and why the monthly review pages drive smarter decisions

👉 Check out the 2026 Retail Planner for youself: 2026 Retail Planner

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's you and I this week on the podcast talking about all things planning from how to be a
0:06.0	CEO versus a busy entrepreneur, how to use the four part to do list and get more done, and
0:11.1	the tools and steps you need to create the right habits for planning right now. Plus, I'm going to
0:15.9	show you some of my favorite pieces of the 2026 retail planner, formerly the boutique bus planner by the
0:22.1	boutique hub. And whether you use this planner or you use some other type of planner, I want
0:27.3	you to use these same strategies to get more done. So let's talk all things planning and starting
0:32.9	your 2026 off right. Guys, hi, welcome back.
0:37.8	It is you and I this week, a little solo episode, because let's cut to the heart of
0:42.9	something I think that we definitely have in common.
0:46.4	Raise your hand if you write like a 12 year old boy.
0:49.7	Like, you want to be organized.
0:52.0	Do you want to write nicely?
0:53.5	You want good penmanship, but you write like a 12 year old boy. So what do you do to be organized, you want to write nicely, you want good penmanship, but you write
0:55.3	like a 12 year old boy. So what do you do to compensate for it? Well, you probably get gel pens
1:01.0	and markers and stickers and maybe a fresh new notebook is like giving you hope that you're not
1:07.1	going to write like a 12 year old boy anymore. Okay, is that you? Maybe it's just me. I don't know. But there is something, you guys, when it comes to this time of the year and we are wrapping up the fourth quarter and we're starting to think about how close the new year is to being here. And I get so excited about a new year, a fresh start, a new notebook and a new planner so that I don't write like a 12 year old boy. I just
1:29.1	I don't know what it is. Tell me I'm crazy. My Instagram's AJ Alderson and you guys, seriously,
1:35.2	I need you to weigh in on this conversation because I think we have it uncommon. Like, we like
1:39.7	new notebooks and pens so that we feel better about ourselves and we feel like we're going to
1:43.1	have a fresh new start in a new year. So I wanted to come and have a bit of a solo episode with you guys
1:49.5	today on the podcast and just talk about planning and setting yourself up for the new year,
1:54.6	what it takes, I think, to start the new year off right and just give you kind of a couple
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