Ep. 52 - Know Your Number

Can I be honest with you about something? For a really long time I did not pay myself a single penny from my business. Not one. And I'm not ashamed of it because it got me to where I am today... but I also never want another spa owner to stay in that place longer than she has to.

Because here's what I know now. There are spa owners out there taking home well into the five figures every single month. And when I first heard that, I remember thinking... wait. I can do that? That's available to me?

It is. And today I want to show you how to start getting there.

The Cobbler's Kids Have No Shoes

You know the saying. The person who makes shoes for everyone else still can't seem to make a pair for their own family. That's so many spa owners right now. You are giving and giving and giving to your team, your clients, your business... and at the end of every month you're looking at your bank account thinking, where did it all go?

The problem is that most spa owners don't treat their own pay as a line item. It feels weird to call yourself an expense. But here's the truth... this business would not exist without you. And it is time to build it in a way that actually pays you back.

Start With the Number

The first step is getting really specific about what you want to take home. Not vague, not "more than I'm making now." A real number. What do you need to survive? What do you need to feel like you're actually winning at this?

For me it was practical things... I needed a van. I needed to be able to push a button and have the doors open because I have two little ones and life is a lot right now. So I reverse engineered from that. What does my team need to be booked at? What does my average service rate need to be? What does my profit percentage need to look like?

When you know the number you want, you can build everything backward from there. That's the shift that changes everything.

Stop Hoping and Start Planning

I spent years thinking the next thing was going to be my big break. This promotion, this new service, this one idea... and it never came. Because it doesn't just happen. It has to be planned for.

That's why I created a calculator that starts with what you want to take home and reverse engineers exactly what your spa needs to generate to get you there. It tells you what your booking percentage needs to be, what your average service rate needs to support, and where the gaps are. If the numbers don't work yet, it tells you exactly which lever to pull... raise your rates, adjust your team's hours, increase your booking percentage.

No more guessing. No more hoping. Just clear, simple information that shows you the path.

You already have everything you need to pay yourself well. You just haven't built that part yet. And it's time.

Grab the Pay Yourself More calculator in the show notes at amandaluisaconsulting.com/more and let's start building it together.

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