Work Harder Not Smarter Podcast

In this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about timelines, leads, and the fact that the first job in their new business closed! How exciting! Tune in this week and apply what you learn to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Steve has been within the company for 2 weeks, and no one would have thought he could have made anything worse. Jokes on us. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about the current state of the businesses and general conditions. Tune in this week and apply what you learn to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Gantt charts. Asleep yet? This weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about methods you can use to be more efficient. This week is the Gantt chart, a very useful tool to keep in your arsenal. Tune in this week and apply it to your business.Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Everyone loves employees that you don't have to pay. Especially China. What would you do if the Department of Defense offered you employees that you didn't have to pay for up to six months! Its called Skillbridge. Check out this weeks episode to find out more information!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Can you fire drug addicts? How do you keep track of your tools? On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about the strategies and reasons for a decision they made in the business. Tune in this week and apply it to yours!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Business is comvlicated. If you got that joke, you are the type of people we like the most. Send us a message and let us know if you got it. On this episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve address a question a loyal fan had about micromanaging. Its important to not hover over your employees and allow them to do their job, but its also important to make sure they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. Tune in this week and apply it to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

In this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about a recent policy change in the company. Tune in this week to see what happened!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

How do you grow your business? The smart answer would be to use some of the resources you already currently have to capture more income. That is exactly what Colton, Jeremy and Steve talk about in this weeks episode. Listen to this weeks episode and apply it to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Take our advice. Get an accountant. You don't know what you don't, and there is a lot to know about business. In this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about the importance of having a good tax professional in your corner. Its important to outsource some of the things that you are so good at and focus on the things that you are. Tune in this week and apply it to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about current issues happening the company. From the way Jeremy communicates with his employees to the issues Colton is dealing with in the company, tune in this week and learn what you can apply to your own business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Several topics were covered on this weeks episode. From everything from allowing your managers to fail, to sacrificing time. All is required in order to have a successful business. Tune in this week and apply it to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Its a tough decision, but being a business owner requires those tough decisions. Layoffs. No matter the circumstances, laying your employees off is never easy, unless they are d-bags. In what circumstances do you need to begin to look at layoffs as an option? What qualifies the need to begin laying off your employees. How much money would Jeremy save if he laid off Colton? All of these question are answered in this weeks episode. Be sure to tune in!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Its no surprise to any business leader that things change. Plans can be set for one thing and and something else the next. Its important to learn what to do when things change. What is your response plan? This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about what plans have recently change in the business and what they did to make sure they stayed on track. Tune in this week and apply it to your business!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve continue their discussion on the hiring process. It is crucial that you refine your hiring process to fit the job you are hiring for, because just as much as you are learning about the person you are interviewing, they are learning about the job and the company. Tune in this week and apply it to your hiring process! Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Ho are you supposed to know who you are supposed to hire? What is more important; Work ethic or culture contribution? This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about some of the misfortunes they have had when hiring the wrong people and the consequences thereof. Do yourself a favor, and don't make the same mistakes! Listen to this weeks episode of the Work Harder Not Smarter Podcast!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

If you owned a business during a recession, would you fire Colton? Neither would I. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about effective tactics you need to follow if you want to survive a recession.  How do you survive a recession? What do you do to make sure your business comes out thriving? Tune in this week and apply what you learn in your own business!#growth #comediclearning #recession #business # Growmybusiness #Focus #Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

Another week, another stupid job trend. We've talked about "quiet quitting"; a trend where employees will simply do the bare minimum that is required of them and then go home.  This week the guys talk about its counterpart; "quiet hiring". Tune in this week and give us your input on "quiet hiring"!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

What do you guys think? Do Jeremy and Colton have tender talk time? If you're not sure what that means, listen to this weeks episode of the Podcast! Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about Bonus structure and how to stand out. Let us know what you think about our bonus structure! Send us a message on Facebook!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

We are back! Did you miss us? To start off the new year, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about new years resolutions and the pros and cons that come with them. Tune in this week to get a laugh, and maybe even learn something!Support the showThank you for listening! Send us a message on Facebook and check out our support link! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder

On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve finish up their thoughts and when and when not to be aggressive.  Let us know what you think! Connect with us on Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074315012036Support the show

There are certain times you need to stand your ground when you own a business. You can't let people walk all over you. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about when and when not to act like an a-hole. Support the show

In this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve finish up their tips and tricks on how to not become overwhelmed. Tune in this week and apply it to your business!Support the show

Owning a business can be overwhelming at times. Don't let it become so overwhelming that it isn't fun! This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about techniques on how to not be so overwhelmed. Tune in and see what you can apply to your own business!Support the show

It never hurts to ask. Well, it might. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about when and what questions you should ask. Opportunities rarely present themselves. It's your job to go take advantage of them. Tune in this week and learn what you can apply to your own business! Support the show

Happy Halloween! Understanding ROI doesn't have to be scary. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about a unique way to understand ROI and how to maximize your returns. Tune in this week and see what you learn!Support the show

On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve finish up their thoughts about trusting and verifying work in your company. Tune in to learn how you can apply this process to improve your business!Support the show

Trust is hard to come by in business. Its hard to gain trust, and its almost even harder to give it. In this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about the importance of trusting and also verifying work within a company. Tune in this week and implement them in your business! Stay tuned for Part II next week!Support the show

If you've gotten to this point in your business, CONGRATULATIONS! Growth is a wonderful, exciting thing! Unfortunately, a lot of the time growth is not a smooth as we want it to be. How do you effectively facilitate growth? This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve discuss when and how to deal with growth restrictions. Support the show

You've decided to expand your empire. Congratulations! But doing such can come with a lot of problems. Very often when business owners merge or acquire another business, problems and headaches come with them. Tune in this week to get some tips and tricks to make merging and acquiring a business easier! Support the show

The guys are staying positive this week. There are so many things that can go wrong in a business, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve decided to keep it positive this week and focus on the good things about being a business owner. Tune in this week to focus on the positives!Support the show

On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and special guest John Rasband, talk about limiting disasters within a company. A business is a living thing and one disaster can kill it. Tune in this week to learn how to keep your business alive!Support the show

We're back! It has been several weeks since co-hosts Colton, Jeremy, and Steve recorded last so they thought they better record something special this week. This week, Steve couldn't make it to the studio so we had special guest, John Rasband fill his place. Listen in on this episode as they discuss how to limit potential disasters and what to do to fix them!Support the show

"How do you get comfortable enough to get back into making mistakes in order to expand the company?" If you're anything like Mark - who asked us this question - you've hopefully gotten your company to a good spot. Well how do you go become comfortable enough to get out of the comfort zone? This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about their experiences with expanding their businesses.Support the show

If you could go back in time and talk to your 18 year old self, what advice would you give? This week, a listener asked this to our co-hosts. Because Jeremy and Steve are basically 90, it took a while for them to think about it. Tune in this week to see what advice Colton, Jeremy, and Steve would have gave their 18 year old self. Maybe you won't have to make the same mistakes!Support the show

On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve continue their discussion on questions that they were asked by a listener. Tune in this week with some issues you are dealing with in your business and you might discover you aren't alone. Support the show

This week, a listener asking Colton, Jeremy, and Steve a couple of questions relating to his business. There was so much to cover that they had to split it into 2 separate episodes! Tune in this week to learn more about where to go once you have successfully built a thriving company.Support the show

What differentiates employees that scale faster than others? What differentiates business owners that succeed faster than others? The ability to solve problems. In this episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about when to involve upper management, and when to figure out the problem yourself. Support the show

Life is about learning. You can't succeed if you don't fail first. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about some failures and what they can do to fix them. Support the show

How much money do you have sitting in your shop/office not being used? If you quantified it would you be surprised? In this episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about effective ways to minimize waste and maximize profits dealing with inventory. Support the show

You can have the best processes in the world but unless you implement and monitor them, it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't take much to have a strong profitable business come crumbling down. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve go in depth in some issues Jeremy has seen in his business and what can be done to fix it.Support the show

Something is changing. Something is different. Is it just us? Or does it feel like something significant is on the horizon. For a lot of small business owners, a downed economy could mean the worst. Although the future is never certain, there are signs to look out for that could mean a downed economy. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about the signs following a downed economy.Support the show

The road to success comes with speedbumps. You as a business owner need to make sure the bumps in the road don't flatten you. On this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about recent events with their new building. Listen this week to discover how they deal with the bumps in the road!Support the show

Sales is the lifeblood of your company. Without it, your business dies. How do you ensure your successful in something so important? This week, Colton and Jeremy bring on a guest who is an expert in the sales field. Jeremy's VP of sales, Brian, is one of the best. Tune in this week to understand how to be successful in sales!Support the show

Steve was out of town this week, so you know this episode is going to be a good one. Starting a new endeavor in a new market is bound to come with some failures. What you do with those failures is up to you.  In this weeks episode, Colton and Jeremy discuss problems that have come from one of Jeremy's new business endeavors. Support the show

Success looks different to everybody. But should it? How should YOU measure success. Do you determine your success through your efforts? Or through your achievements? Or both? This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about what makes a day successful and what steps you should take to have one. Support the show

Have you ever had an employee where its almost like you're hurting the business by keeping them employed? What do you do if they are a great employee and are just going through some tough personal problems? Where do you draw the line? This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve discuss what side you should be on. Employee or Company.Support the show

Most people build a house in their lifetime. (Although in this housing market it doesn't seem to feel that way). What are some things you should be prepared for when building? Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about some building projects they are currently going through and the problems they are facing. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder)

Positivity is key. Nobody likes a Negative Nelly. This week, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about their experience dealing with positivity gaps. It doesn't take much to go from a culture with a positively framed mindset to a negative one. Tune in to learn how to keep it positive!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder)

If you own a business, chances are you talk with a lot of different people about a lot of different things. How do you make sure you're on the same page? How do you make sure you reach a specific outcome? This requires asking questions in a way that gets you the answers you want. This weeks episode follows a real life example of why getting the answers you want is crucial for your success. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder)

Your competition. You hate them. Your spouse hates them. Your mom hates them. But what do you do with them? In this weeks episode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about how to effectively deal with your competition.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder)

This year's inflation rate has been a joke. With the national average climbing over 8%, the money you having sitting in the bank is losing its value every. single. day. In this weeks epsiode, Colton, Jeremy, and Steve talk about great ways to invest your money and keep it appreciating. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/workharder)