Category: Show notes

Why right now is the best time in history to buy a business – Nick Bradley

10,000 American’s retire every day. Many of them are service based entrepreneurs with no plans to pass along their business to the next family member or friend. Its a buyers market and businesses are cheap. You can often buy them with no money down and pay for them over time. Nick talks about how he […]

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September 18, 2019 1 min read

Customer entitlement and how to deal with it – the customer isn’t always right

In today’s day and age some customers are really entitled and take advantage of a lot of businesses because they can get away with it. Amazon and the big dogs just write it off as losses but its harder on the smaller guys. While being respectful and treating them fairly don’t be afraid to stand […]

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September 9, 2019 4 mins read

The ultimate morning routine for entrepreneurs and business owners

My evening routine consists of preparing for 2 things: Good sleep and my morning routine. There are enough people who preach the importance of sleep so I’ll talk about my morning and how important that is to my life. For me the morning is the only time of day where I get uninterrupted time to […]

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September 6, 2019 13 mins read

How would you simplify the job of a mover? A simple case study. (ep 89)

Max Maher submitted a question asking how we could apply our simplify the job principles to his moving company. Do they show up to a truck ready to go with everything they need including lunch on it? Can they drop it off in its current state and go home? Can you do the bill of […]

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September 5, 2019 2 mins read

Ronnell Richards talks about mastering sales and bouncing back after failure (ep 88)

Ronnell Richards is a master salesman and in this episode he discusses bringing energy and positivity to the sales interaction to conquer your fear and anxiety. It’s all about training yourself to feel comfortable in uncomfortable situations. It doesn’t come naturally to anyone. It is trained. Get out there and practice – thats the best […]

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September 3, 2019 1 min read

The skill successful people have and average people don’t (ep 87)

Successful people are resourceful. They have the ability to solve problems when there is no clear cut solution. We aren’t taught in school how to creatively solve problems. We’re taught to turn back the page and look up the answer. We’re taught to memorize rules to follow. We’re taught to comply. Real life isn’t that […]

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August 30, 2019 2 mins read

Rock Thomas tells us how to win at business and at life

This is an action packed episode with an action packed entrepreneur. Who Rock Thomas is and how he got started coaching 2:03 – The “Having a terrible basketball coach” analogy 3:11 – Always taking action  4:04 – Becoming a Meaning Master 4:50 – How Rock got into real estate and bought a house on a […]

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August 28, 2019 3 mins read

A rant on victim mentality and controlling what we can control (ep 85)

I dedicated a podcast episode and a video to this topic because it really struck a chord with me. Interested to hear your thoughts and feel free to disagree! I had a shower thought and posted this a few days ago comparing the tip culture in the restaurant business to entrepreneurship and stating that I thought good waiters and waitresses probably […]

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August 26, 2019 3 mins read

Why you should fire 20% of your customers right now (ep 83)

There’s a good chance there are a few customers that aren’t paying you enough and generate most of your stress. Figure out who they are, fire them and spend that energy growing your business and finding more of your ideal clients.

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August 23, 2019 1 min read

Oren Klaff tells us how to Flip the Script and close the deal

Show notes from podcast episode 82! How do we name our price and get the kind of clients that set us up for growth and scaling? Oren talks about how to appeal to the high end market. Its all about low neediness and putting the ball in the customer’s court to close the deal. Making […]

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August 21, 2019 2 mins read
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