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   When a machine breaks down, it's clear that there's a flaw in its mechanics or system, which can be identified and fixed to make the machine work again. However, dealing with complex living systems like families, workplaces, or the natural environment,  success systems are  not so straightforward. These systems are dynamic, lacking a simple baseline to restore, and they often overlap and interconnect with other systems. As a result, successful systems can be illusive, and implementing simple solutions can easily backfire.    A Systems Thinking mindset helps problem-solvers approach, consider, and predict the outcomes of their ideas, making it an invaluable concept when dealing with any system.  Business system support helps business owners learn to fish rather than be given a fish.    But how can you develop a systems mindset? Our guest in this episode will be a fantastic resource on this topic.    Josh is a consultant, coach, and speaker, who specializes in business system analysis and business systems for small business.   With his skills in business system analysis he is the sole worldwide licensing agent for the Work the System Method, based on Sam Carpenter's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less,  now in its fourth edition. RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THIS PODCAST: Josh Fonger's Website Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less (Revised 3rd Edition, 2019) by Sam Carpenter CHRISTIAN BIZ OWNERS ON FIRE RESOURCES: Free Report, Five Steps to Create a Sustainable Business Balancing Profit, Values, and Quality of Life: Step-by-step Video Training for Faith-based and Spiritual Business Owners.:  If you think Christina might be the right resource for you, but if you have a few questions, direct message her on LinkedIn or via the contact page on her website with the phrase, ‘READY TO THRIVE”, and we can start a conversation.  LinkedIn:  Christina M. Weber, M.S. Christian Biz Owners on Fire  Ready to rock your vision and get your transformation started right now, schedule your Manifesting Your Vision Session with Christina. Check out Christina's Book, “The Catholic Women's Guide to Healthy Relationships: 12 Supernatural Keys to Make Good Relationships Great and Improve Difficult Ones,”  Subscribe to the Christian Biz Owners on Fire podcast on your favorite platform: — iTunes (Apple)   -- Audible  — Listen Notes   -- Spotify   __ Podbay  __ Radio Public  __ Tune In  __ Amazon Music  __ American Podcasts  Christian Biz Owners on Fire Podcast YouTube Channel Stay in touch with me! Website & Blog:   Facebook Personal Christina Weber   Facebook Group Christian Biz Owners On Fire   Facebook Business Page #1 Christian Biz Owners On Fire   Facebook Business Page #2 Christina Marie Weber   LinkedIn   Instagram Christianbizownersonfire   X Christina M Weber   Pinterest Christian Biz Owners on Fire   YouTube Christian Biz Owners On Fire YouTube Channel Christian Biz Owners on Fire Podcast YouTube Channel  #christianbizownersonfire  #ChristinaMarieWeber  

Our guest in this episode is a consultant, coach, and speaker. Josh Fonger is the sole worldwide licensing agent for the Work the System Method, based on Sam Carpenter's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less,  now in its fourth edition.  

In this podcast episode, Sam Carpenter and Josh Fonger discuss the importance of taking control of your business and documenting clear General Operating Principles.  Sam shares insights from his book, Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less and highlights the simplicity and effectiveness of his methodology. If you're looking to transform your business and achieve greater freedom, this podcast provides valuable guidance and actionable steps to get you started. In this episode, we discussed:   Implementing General Operating Principles Taking control of your business The importance of courage in decision-making Creating a clear direction and structure for your team  

In this informative and insightful podcast video, we delve into the importance of documenting business procedures and processes and how it can skyrocket your company's efficiency and growth. Business Coach Josh Fonger discusses the benefits of documenting processes, the role of written procedures in streamlining operations, and the impact it can have on your team's productivity. By implementing effective documentation practices, you can reduce errors, improve communication, and ensure consistency across your organization. Our expert podcast guest, Josh Fonger, shares practical tips and strategies for creating comprehensive and user-friendly documentation that will empower your team to work more efficiently. Whether you're a small business owner or a manager in a larger corporation, this video is a must-watch to unlock the secrets of mastering efficiency through documentation. Here are some of our notes from Josh's epiosde: -Let the market tell you what to do with your business and the direction to take it -Best advice Josh has been given, Staybin a straight Line -The power of prayer and refelction will help make wise decisions -Documenting is way to take off a hat by delegating and creating a process -Most businesses don't have writtent strategies in place -How scheduling discovery calls with potential customers or clients will double your closes -Achitecture + Business Consultant = Business Perfromance Architecture Who is Josh Fonger? Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker who is recognized as the leading authority in Business Performance Architecture and CEO of WTS Enterprises. He is the sole worldwide licensing agent for the Work the System Method, based on Sam Carpenter's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, now in its fourth edition. His specialty is taking stressed-out entrepreneurs from working “in” their business to working “on” their business using systems so that profit and freedom can become a consistent mechanical reality. Connect With Josh: Website: https://wtsenterprises.com/ LinkedIn:   / joshfonger   Facebook:   / workthesystem   S pecial thanks for our podcast engineer @mMarkyboy productionsarkyboy_productions Shout out to our podcast sponsors A Advanced Services & Fuse Networks Don't miss out on the opportunity to revolutionize your business. Follow our channel for more valuable content on improving productivity, streamlining operations, and driving growth. Join the conversation in the comments section below and let us know your thoughts on this topic.  

In today's episode, I'm thrilled to be in conversation with Josh Fonger, a distinguished consultant, coach, speaker, and the CEO of WTS Enterprises. With his expertise in Business Performance Architecture, Josh has been a beacon of transformation for stressed entrepreneurs, guiding them from working “in” their business to strategically working “on” their business. Through the use of effective systems, he's enabled consistent profit and freedom for numerous businesses.With Josh's wealth of experience and actionable insights, the discussion offers a roadmap to entrepreneurs seeking not only profitability but also freedom through the power of effective systems. Whether you're struggling with productivity, efficiency, or strategic planning, this episode promises valuable takeaways for every entrepreneur.Key Discussion Points From ‘Work the System' to WTS Enterprises: We kick off by discussing Josh's journey from being inspired by Sam Carpenter's book "Work the System" to eventually founding his own consulting company centered around the Work the System (WTS) method. Embracing a Systems Mindset: Delving into the challenges and necessities of adopting a systems mindset in business, our conversation highlights the shift from reactive to strategic business planning and operations. Strategic Objectives for Success: Josh and I emphasize the importance of defining strategic objectives and aligning your day-to-day operations with these goals to sculpt your ideal business and life. Productivity Quantification: We explore the value of quantifying productivity by evaluating the worth of systems or processes, underscoring the importance of not just focusing on progress qualitatively but also appreciating the quantitative aspects. Efficiency through Delegation: Sharing practical examples, we discuss how codifying and delegating systems can lead to significant time and financial savings while ensuring that business goals are uncompromised. Systemizing for Efficiency: Closing the discussion points, we touch upon real-life case studies where implementing systems notably increased efficiency and profitability while reducing working hours and stress for business owners. Reflecting on our engaging conversation, consider how a systems mindset can revolutionize the way you approach your business. How can implementing strategic, well-defined systems relieve you of stress and afford you more freedom and profitability? Ponder over these insights and practical examples shared by Josh in our dialogue, and you might find the key to transforming not only your business but also your life. Let this episode be the catalyst for a change towards a more systematic, efficient, and successful entrepreneurial journey.Links Worth Exploring Connect with Josh: Website | Facebook | LinkedIn Subscribe to Josh's Podcast: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Get The Book: Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less (4th Edition) Get The Book Summary (for FREE): Click Here Related Conversation: Episode 121: Beyond the E-Myth with Michael E. Gerber Related Blog Post: The Process Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page.Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. You can subscribe on Spotify and also on Apple Podcasts. Not using either of those to get your podcasts? Just click on this link and then paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice.Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, I'm thrilled to be in conversation with Josh Fonger, a distinguished consultant, coach, speaker, and the CEO of WTS Enterprises. With his expertise in Business Performance Architecture, Josh has been a beacon of transformation for stressed entrepreneurs, guiding them from working “in” their business to strategically working “on” their business. Through the use of effective systems, he's enabled consistent profit and freedom for numerous businesses. With Josh's wealth of experience and actionable insights, the discussion offers a roadmap to entrepreneurs seeking not only profitability but also freedom through the power of effective systems. Whether you're struggling with productivity, efficiency, or strategic planning, this episode promises valuable takeaways for every entrepreneur. Key Discussion Points From ‘Work the System' to WTS Enterprises: We kick off by discussing Josh's journey from being inspired by Sam Carpenter's book "Work the System" to eventually founding his own consulting company centered around the Work the System (WTS) method. Embracing a Systems Mindset: Delving into the challenges and necessities of adopting a systems mindset in business, our conversation highlights the shift from reactive to strategic business planning and operations. Strategic Objectives for Success: Josh and I emphasize the importance of defining strategic objectives and aligning your day-to-day operations with these goals to sculpt your ideal business and life. Productivity Quantification: We explore the value of quantifying productivity by evaluating the worth of systems or processes, underscoring the importance of not just focusing on progress qualitatively but also appreciating the quantitative aspects. Efficiency through Delegation: Sharing practical examples, we discuss how codifying and delegating systems can lead to significant time and financial savings while ensuring that business goals are uncompromised. Systemizing for Efficiency: Closing the discussion points, we touch upon real-life case studies where implementing systems notably increased efficiency and profitability while reducing working hours and stress for business owners. Reflecting on our engaging conversation, consider how a systems mindset can revolutionize the way you approach your business. How can implementing strategic, well-defined systems relieve you of stress and afford you more freedom and profitability? Ponder over these insights and practical examples shared by Josh in our dialogue, and you might find the key to transforming not only your business but also your life. Let this episode be the catalyst for a change towards a more systematic, efficient, and successful entrepreneurial journey. Links Worth Exploring Connect with Josh: Website | Facebook | LinkedIn Subscribe to Josh's Podcast: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Get The Book: Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less (4th Edition) Get The Book Summary (for FREE): Click Here Related Conversation: Episode 121: Beyond the E-Myth with Michael E. Gerber Related Blog Post: The Process Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page. Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. Click on any of the links below to make that happen. Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher You can also click on this link to paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice. Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this episode of Building Great Sales Teams! In today's show, we're joined by Josh Fonger, CEO of WTS Enterprises, who is a consultant, coach, and speaker. Josh specializes in developing and implementing systematic solutions to complex business problems, and is the sole worldwide licensing agent for the Work the System Method, based on Sam Carpenter's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, now in its fourth edition.Josh's firm, WTS Enterprises, has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries, and he has personally consulted or coached over 1,000 business owners from more than 300 industries, from small startup businesses to $500M enterprises.During the episode, Josh and host Doug delve into the concept of the "small business yo-yo," and offer valuable insights on how to cut the string and achieve sustainable success.Connect with Josh:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/work_the_system/Check out the WTS Enterprises Live Event . 

Sam Carpenter is the author of “Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less” which is entering its fourth edition. Sam describes the system mindset as a simple mindset tweak that will change your life. When you have success, it's important maintain that success by keeping a system of continued prosperity.  This podcast is presented by Black Rifle Coffee  Use code BLASTOFF25 for 25% off Salt Strong Insiders Club: https://bit.ly/RowlandMembership LMNT Electrolytes Special Offer: http://DrinkLMNT.com/TomRowland If you have questions or suggestions for the show you can text Tom at 1 305-930-7346 This episode has been brought to you by Waypoint TV. Waypoint is the ultimate outdoor network featuring streaming of full-length fishing and hunting television shows, short films and instructional content, a social media network, Podcast Network. Waypoint is available on Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, IoS devices, Android Devices and at www.waypointtv.com all for FREE! Join the Waypoint Army by following them on Instagram at the following accounts @waypointtv @waypointfish @waypointsalt @waypointboating @waypointhunt @waypointoutdoorcollective Find over 150 full episodes of Saltwater Experience on Waypoint You can follow Tom Rowland on Instagram @tom_rowland and find all episodes and show notes at Tomrowlandpodcast.com Learn more about Tom's Television shows by visiting their websites:  Saltwater Experience Into the Blue Sweetwater Contact Tom through email: Podcast@saltwaterexperience.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Carpenter is the author of Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. Sam is an author, an entrepreneur, and has extensive experience in a variety of fields, including engineering, journalism, publishing, surveying, forestry, construction management, telecommunications, and a myriad of other blue- and white-collar enterprises and jobs. Sam has … Continue reading "189. Sam Carpenter – Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less" The post 189. Sam Carpenter – Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

Are your business activities at the intersection of revenue, ease, and joy? If not, are you aware of what does fall into that sweet spot? Are you a bona fide Free Timer, Bordering on Bottlenecked, or Chief Everything Officer? Those are the three potential outcomes of the Free Time Quiz, and upon reviewing the data, it sounds like a lot of us are still holding onto tiny, tedious, and time-consuming tasks. Today I'm sharing the initial post-book launch quiz results with insights on how Free Timers are navigating their businesses. Alongside every data point, I give an antidote solution to help move the needle in the right direction.

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Josh Fonger on some insights regarding coaching from a practical level.  Josh points out the benefit of hiring people to do some of the work they are experienced in so you as the business owner can focus on more revenue producing things or what you enjoy doing. This helps  grow a company and through systems liberate ourselves from the day-to-day operations of the company and at the end of the day, the business becomes self-sustaining.  Josh also speaks on time management urging us to recognize certain times of the day when we are most active and able to achieve so much. He urges us to be more deliberate and manage time effectively.   Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: Josh Fonger Josh Fonger is the CEO of WTS Enterprise. He is a business performance architect and an international business consultant, coach and speaker. Josh has a unique experience helping businesses grow, simply by using the WTS method.  Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth.   Offers: Get a summary offer of the book; ‘ Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making more and working less.” Go to https://wtsenterprises.com/ to get access to this book.    Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable.  This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: “in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable” – e-book “Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds” – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE!   Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss.   Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe.   Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have.  We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback   For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

The 42courses team share their stand out books of the past year. 2021 year in review part 2 released tomorrow, where we discuss our top learnings of the year and Chris talks about the plans for 2022. Jake's Best Books of 2021 Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life by William Green Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World by Richard Meadows ------------------------------------- Irene's Best Books 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world by Elif Shafak Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ------------------------------------- Aliza's best books The Spy and The Traitor by Ben Macintyre The Tyranny of Merit: What's become of the common good? by Michael Sandel ------------------------------------- Bren's best books Absolute Pandemonium by Brian Blessed (audiobook) 26.2 Miles to Happiness by Paul Tomkinson (audiobook) How not to plan by Les Binet and Sarah Carter Winning Minds: Secrets from the language of leadership by Simon Lancaster How words kill: You are not human by Simon Lancaster Invisible to Invaluable by Jane Evans and Carol Russell ------------------------------------- Chris' best books No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Revolution by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer Brave new work: Are you ready to reinvent your organisation by Aaron Dignan Humankind: A hopeful history by Rutger Bregman Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein (New Edition) Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell (Audiobook)

Today in Episode 106 Ken is interviewing Josh Fonger. Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker. Developing and implementing  systematic solutions to complex business problems, he is the sole worldwide licensing agent for the Work the System Method, based on Sam Carpenter's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less,  now in its fourth edition. His independent firm, WTS Enterprises, has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. Josh has personally consulted or coached over 1,000 business owners from more than 300 industries, from small startup businesses to $500M enterprises. Sponsor: https://mygosite.com/ 01:00 What is "Work the System" 06:50 Employees get lost 08:15 Top Down vs. Bottom Up 13:00 Overcoming Adversity 17:20 How to not be complacent 22:30 Growing / Business Growth 26:30 How to grow the business 30:00 How to stay focused 33:30 Procrastination 34:15 Stay in your lane 36:00 How technology will change the future Academy: https://clicksandbricksacademy.com/ Contact Josh: Web URL: https://wtsenterprises.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/work_the_system/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workthesystem Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshfonger/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/clicksandbricks/support (https://anchor.fm/clicksandbricks/support) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today in Episode 106 Ken is interviewing Josh Fonger. Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker. Developing and implementing  systematic solutions to complex business problems, he is the sole worldwide licensing agent for the Work the System Method, based on Sam Carpenter's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less,  now in its fourth edition. His independent firm, WTS Enterprises, has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. Josh has personally consulted or coached over 1,000 business owners from more than 300 industries, from small startup businesses to $500M enterprises. Sponsor: https://mygosite.com/ 01:00 What is "Work the System" 06:50 Employees get lost 08:15 Top Down vs. Bottom Up 13:00 Overcoming Adversity 17:20 How to not be complacent 22:30 Growing / Business Growth 26:30 How to grow the business 30:00 How to stay focused 33:30 Procrastination 34:15 Stay in your lane 36:00 How technology will change the future Academy: https://clicksandbricksacademy.com/ Contact Josh: Web URL: https://wtsenterprises.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/work_the_system/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workthesystem Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshfonger/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/clicksandbricks/support (https://anchor.fm/clicksandbricks/support) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi, Profit Designers! As we at Tap the Potential gear up for a number of special, upcoming projects, we're taking this time to bring you some of our most popular episodes from the vault! We hope you enjoy it, and we'll be back with new episodes for you very soon!  Freedom in your business: is this important to you? It's so important to David Jenyns that he systemized himself out of his business! Join us as he shares his compelling story of why it's so important to him, his passion for sharing it with others, and the surprising benefit of systemizing your own business. David's entrepreneurial journey begins back in his early 20's when he sold Australia's most-loved sporting ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Since then, his business experience spans from franchising retail clothing stores to founding one of Australia's most trusted digital agencies, melbourneSEOservices.com. In 2016, he successfully systemized himself out of the business, hired a CEO, and stepped back from the daily operations. Through this process, he became a systems devotee – founding systemHUB & SYSTEMology. Today, his mission is to free all business owners worldwide from the daily operations of running their business. Recognized as a high-achieving entrepreneur, you will find many of David's keynote presentations on YouTube including TEDx, WordCamp and Problogger. Profit by Design is a Tap the Potential Production in collaboration with Small Business Consulting Group. Show Highlights: David shares how, when he found out his wife was pregnant, he was working 70 hours a week, which made him consider what kind of dad he wanted to be for his kids. He intuitively knew that systemizing the process was going to be his way out. He had a background in stock market trading and this had initially taught him about systems and plans. Getting stuck because he built the business around himself, locking him deeper and deeper in the business. Dr. Sabrina recognizes a key limiting belief in the story that David is relating: “This business needs me. My business is different. David gives us the worries that he had as he was considering how to systemize his business, and how he finally realized he didn't have to hold that bag. Dr. Sabrina's test that she relies on: “It's just the way it is.” If she starts thinking this, it is her red flag to stop and say, “Oh, no, sister, it doesn't have to be this. There could be another possibility.” David describes the process of getting his team involved of systemizing, in the midst of their busy-ness. He discovered that it's easier to have two people working on the systemization: one who has the knowledge, and one who does the documentation. If you can figure out what the problem is, then you can consult an expert who has that part of the process already figured out. Utilize GoPros and video cameras, talk it out, let somebody capture it, then the process can be put into place using these tools. Over-complicating things in small business is the biggest gap that David has recognized. A minimum, viable system is the place to start, and then test it out, and see what needs to be added. Other business opportunities open up for you once you systemize your business. Valuing opportunities for the experience over the money. Freeing people from the operations is David's dream. The deeper story behind David's “why”. “The Sheet” - a weekly allowance scorecard from childhood that taught David some important life lessons. Growing as a person, when your business begins to grow. Bad habits that need to be broken. David describes the benefits of systemHUB. Complexity is the enemy of systems and systemizations. Simplify as much as possible. Features actually take away from the outcome. Figure out and use the key systems that need to be in place for your business to function. Nail “simple” first! Want to learn more? Found out How to Make Your Time Worth $10,000 an Hour!   Links and Resources: How to Make Your Time Worth $10,000 an Hour NEW! Facebook Group: Entrepreneurs Take Your Life Back! Upon joining, you'll get access to exclusive, free, mini-trainings from Dr. Sabrina, including the Better Business, Better Life™ jumpstart, as well as the “How to Hire the Best” jumpstart! No charge to join! Let's get to know each other! BUY THE BOOK ON AMAZON: How to Hire the Best: The Entrepreneur's Ultimate Guide to Attracting Top-Performing Team Members by Dr. Sabrina Starling PhD How to Hire the Best Toolkit COURSE: How to Hire the Best Taking care of yourself is important now more than ever. Are you ready to take your life back from your business? The FIRST STEP is taking our Assessment at: https://www.tapthepotential.com/assessment NEXT, meet with our Success Team Lead to debrief your results. THEN, join our Better Business, Better Life™ program. Dr. Sabrina's WEBSITE Dr. Sabrina's PODCAST - PLEASE RATE & REVIEW! Profit by Design, a Tap the Potential production in collaboration with Small Business Consulting Group For Resources & Tools from Sponsors - https://www.profitbydesignpodcast.com Subscribe & Share Podcasts! - https://www.profitbydesignpodcast.com/podcasts/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfitByDesign/ Books Frequently Mentioned: The 4 Week Vacation by Dr. Sabrina Starling PhD - COMING OCTOBER 2021! How to Hire the Best: The Entrepreneur's Ultimate Guide to Attracting Top-Performing Team Members by Dr. Sabrina Starling PhD How to Hire the Best: The Rural Business Owner's Ultimate Guide to Attracting Top Performing Employees by Dr. Sabrina Starling PhD How To Hire The Best: The Contractor's Ultimate Guide to Attracting Top Performing Employees by Dr. Sabrina Starling PhD Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field by Mike Michalowicz Fix This Next: Make the Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business by Mike Michalowicz Other Books Mentioned in This Episode: Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish Authority Content: The Simple System for Building Your Brand, Sales, and Credibility by David Jenyns Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000! by Michael E. Gerber

Why Your Firm Needs SOPs for Rapid Scale with Owen McGabResource Links:See what process can do for your firm with 28 FREE days of SweetProcessCheck out the CaseFuel websiteGet your copy of The Legal Marketing FastlaneI want to 5x my clientele in the next year… I want to hit 7-figures in revenue before 2023….If your goal is to scale your firm quickly, any new employees (permanent or outsourced) must be able to hit the ground running.If you don’t see the results you want, you may think the issue lies within individuals.In reality, the problem probably lies elsewhere...Think back to the last time you hired someone new:How fast were they able to tackle the duties of the job? Was there a straightforward process for onboarding a new client? Or did they hit roadblocks along the way? If so, your firm is likely experiencing growing pains - pains that will only amplify with rapid scaling...But to avoid the most common problems that stunt growth and affect your bottom line, there is a solution you can put in place now. Today, Owen McGab joins us to talk SOPs. He shares how his personal experience in the business world inspired him to create SweetProcess - and why firms need processes to scale. While listening, you'll learn:How to determine which SOPs your firm needsWho should be responsible for creating themHow to perfect those processes so your business can scale with easeAbout Owen McGab:Owen McGab is the CEO and Co-Founder of SweetProcess, an intuitive business process management software. SweetProcess empowers executives and employees to collaborate on processes and policies. Resources Mentioned: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul GawandeThe E-Myth by Michael E. GerberBuilt to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John WarrillowThe Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. GoldrattWork the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carptenter If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Mark Ainley on his path from househacking his first property at 21 to owning with partners over 900 residential units and 2 million commercial square feet. Mark runs a property management and brokerage firm based in Chicago. In this episode, we unpack topics like: deciding management, mistakes to avoid, scaling traps, and more! Top Takeaways: How to make management decisions for your first properties - 18:30 - 22:15 Self manage if you can Only need external management if time or distance are too great Consider opportunity cost when deciding if you have the time Finding a property manager before buying will give you peace of mind Mistakes to avoid when starting out - 22:30 - 26:30 When self managing, don’t tell the tenant you’re the owner Use the distinction to your advantage and take the opportunity to ingratiate yourself Great responsiveness makes owners and tenants feel valued Pitfalls to watch out for when scaling - 31:00 - 36:00 Scaling without a process in place to keep things on track is a recipe for stagnation Anything repeatable, documentable, or easily doable by someone else can be turned into a system When mapping processes, find a tool that works for you While implementing systems, better to add capability incrementally than try to incorporate everything from the start How to bring value to Mark Ainley: Bring marketing experience, connecting with property owners in the Chicago area Resources: Article by Mark Ainley: The No. 1 Reason Rental Owners Fire Property Managers (& How to Avoid It) Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter The Road Less Stupid by Keith J. Cunningham Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel by Sam Zelle www.lucidchart.com www.podio.com Social Links: BiggerPockets Profile: www.biggerpockets.com/blog/contributors/markainley Company Website: https://www.gcrealtyinc.com Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast: https://www.straightupchicagoinvestor.com Connect With The host, Jonathan Farber Here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanfarber1/ Instagram: @jonjfarb FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.farber.9 Facebook Group: Real Estate Mentorship Mastermind BiggerPockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/JonathanF29 Schedule 1 on 1 time: https://calendly.com/jonathan-farber/1-on-1-with-jonathan-farber-mmtr

Tom Libelt is the founder of Smart Brand Marketing. His entrepreneurial journey went through the marketing world from SEO to publishing thousands of Kindle books and he finally landed onto creating online courses that sell. Remotrepreneur’s Insights Figure out What you Want to Do – There are different types of business. That’s why before you start a remote business, you need to find a direction and what you’re going to do. Develop a System – Create a manual or a list of instructions that will help new upcoming employees through the onboarding pipeline without your help. Let Your Team Build the Company’s Culture – Give your team members a voice in saying how things can run in the business. That way they create their own rules that they need to follow instead of your rules. Key Podcast Milestones 03:43 – Tom’s early hustling years 08:11 – Is socialism coming to the US? 21:30 – What are the first steps towards building a remote business and team? 33:47 – How to remove yourself from fulfillment? 43:33 – Golden nuggets of HR 47:07 – How long is Tom’s hiring process 48:20 – Rewards for remote employees 56:19 – How does Tom calculate expenses and profits Top Key Quotes “The first thing you need to do is what kind of a business you want to run. That’s the main thing because you can run all types of businesses. You can have an online information business, you can have a service business or just a coaching business. There are a lot of different things you can do. As a business owner, you have to figure out what it is that you’re going to do.” “I always think about the McDonald's model. If you go to McDonalds, they have systems set up in such a way where they can take any idiot off the street, show them the system and let them do the task. That’s beautiful and that’s the best thing you can hope for.” “Now with every employee, what do you do? Let’s get you into the system. If you’re a graphic designer, I want all the templates, Photoshop files so that I can just bring someone in and continue to work if you’re not necessary. Remote work takes the power away from the employee.” “You bring the new employee in fresh from the street. The first one is going to be the worst. You only want to do this with the new person because the old one is going to push back. If you have someone currently they are going to push hard. The way we fulfill is usually similar. If you have custom fulfillment you’re going to be screwed a lot. You need to productize as much as possible. Each one can be fairly productized. As you go through the operations, their job is to fold. One is to actually do the fulfillment, which initially you’re going to teach them. Their second job is taking everything you’re teaching them write it down in a system process. Essentially, you have steps to fulfillment.” “The second thing I’ve had done is I had the team create the rules of the company, themselves without me. They define the culture of the company. What kind of company are we going to be based on how they were interacting? The type of things we are not going to tolerate, etc.” Resources Socials Tom Libelt Remotepreneurs Books Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less – Sam Carpenter Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success – Phil Jackson Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable – Tim Grover Laws of Success by Napoleon Hill

Josh Fonger je poslovni konzultant, trener i predavač. Stekao je reputaciju jednog od najboljih svjetskih konzultanata i trenera koji posjeduje sposobnost razvijanja i primjene sustavnih rješenja složenih poslovnih problema. Njegova savjetodavna tvrtka Work the System (WTS) Enterprises savjetovala je preko 100 000 vlasnika poduzeća iz više od 50 zemalja. Josh je osobno savjetovao i trenirao preko 500 vlasnika poduzeća iz više od 100 industrija, od malih startup tvrtki do velikih 500 milijuna USD. Josh je prepoznat kao autoritet u arhitekturi poslovnog učinka. Zbog svojih uspjeha postao jedan od najtraženijih konzultanata za male tvrtke u Sjevernoj Americi. Josh je upoznao Sama Carpentera 2011. godine nakon što je pročitao Sam-ovu knjigu "Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Make More and Working Less". Josh se udružio sa Samom nakon što jsu prepoznali zajedničku viziju pomaganja vlasnicima tvrtki da se uklone "bugove" u poslovanju razvijanjem sustavnih rješenja za svoje probleme. Knjigu Work the System u tekstualnom ili audio formatu možete besplatno preuzeti ovdje: https://www.workthesystem.com Povezani sadržaj: L026 – Lektira: Mit o Poduzetniku (E-Myth) // Michael Gerber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcANIoHKFo&t=455s PREPORUKE ZA LAKŠE I UGODNIJE SLUŠANJE PODCASTA Tri načina kako slušati podcastKako slušati podcast u autu koji nema Mp3 playerTop lista najslušanijih epizoda

Growing up in a family who owned businesses, Josh Fonger always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur himself. However, there is a certain reason why he wanted to be one- he wanted to make the most money by doing the least work. It sounds great, isn’t it? He always plays with angles, discovering which way is the most efficient. After all, time is very valuable, once we spend it, we can not take it back. Now, he and his team are helping businesses to build their own systems to be sustainable. Also, they are helping individuals who would like to help other businesses win, as a certified consultant. So, if you are a small business owner who wanted to be different than the 98% of small business who fail before their five-year mark, be sure to listen to this podcast in full. On the other hand, are you one of the many people who were laid off due to the pandemic we are facing right now, or are you one of those who are looking for another hustle, or simply those who are looking to pivot to another career direction? You may have find the perfect resource! This episode  gives so much value about it.  Here’s What You Missed What was Josh's first career path and why he pivoted to being a business consultantWhy did Josh had negative view about business consultants, and why did he end up being oneWhy do a huge percentage of small businesses fail, and how does having systems in place makes a differenceHow to automate, delegate and delete, and why is it important for small businesses ownersWhy consider being a business consultant and how you can be one  Knowledge Nuggets At first, Josh felt business consultants do not help businesses, and worse, might even ruin it. But today, he sees great value in it, after having helped thousands of businesses get back on track. Here's what he has to say about how businesses can win, and how you can win as a business consultant. [7:12] Focus on what you can control. Months ago, no one predicted about the pandemic we are facing right now. These are things that we can not control. Focus on things that you`can control like your mind, your actions, things you do for your family and your business. Regardless of the turbulent things that are happening outside, the most effective use of our time is doing good work. [14:49] Build systems for your business. Build the infrastructure with your team. This method will be more sustainable because it's based on documented systems that the team builds. [18:02] Recognize the system that are already in your business. Systems are always happening, you just need to recognize it. There is marketing system, an HR system, a sales system etc, see those as separate systems, optimize them and manage them as the CEO. [19:53] Automate, delegate, delete. In small businesses, specially with soloprenuers, having an assistant is a must. Value your time at a high price. Think of the things you constantly do, and think, is this worth my time? If the answer is no, you should decide either to automate it, delegate or delete the task. Be the leader that your business needs, and not the assistant who does all the other smaller things. [22:15] Small business often over complicate what it takes to sell. Instead of just making the sales and offers, small business sometimes think they need to put up their website, social media, branding, etc first before they could provide the value to their customers. When you're small, that can be a huge distraction. Go right to selling, to giving value, and these others will follow. [29:05] Consider being a business consultant. Everyone can do it, as an outside perspective with different knowledge and experience can do amazing work for a business who's stuck in a loop.  [32:46] Do not be afraid to get started. Don't get stuck in the rut of paralysis of analysis. The best way to get started is to connect with your friends or past employees and offer your services. You may start with working free for the first client or the first few months to get connections, tons of experience, and testimonials. Whatever it takes, just start. Important Reads and Links  Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less https://www.workthesystem.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/work-the-system/id1002104093  Love #DreamNation? Check Us Out on Apple Podcasts!  At Dream Nation, we’re all about building dreams. We do that through podcasts that motivate, educate, and entertain our listeners with some of the best entrepreneurs from around the world to get you to the best tips to level up your game in business in life. If you enjoyed this episode and want to keep building your dream,subscribe to the DreamNation podcast using the links below. Dream Nation on Apple Podcasts Dream Nation podcast website Dream Nation Facebook group Catch your host on Instagram (@casanova_brooks) If you are in  DreamNation, thank you! 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Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach. Through his consulting firm, Work the System Enterprises, he has worked with over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. These businesses range from small startup businesses to large enterprises. He has become one of the most in-demand small business consultants in North America. Josh’s specialty is helping businesses properly systemize their operations to achieve exponential growth and achieve millions of dollars in profit. His method is based on the book “Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less” which has helped thousands of business owners take their business to the next level. In this episode Josh discusses how you can “Work the System” to build your own success: How a simple meeting at a coffee shop turned into a lucrative business How to use Failure to create more success Why it’s crucial to build an identity that is separate from your business Reasons why entrepreneurs get stuck …and what you can do when it happens to you His Top Mindset Tip that has helped him through the toughest times This is how to have a successful day… every day His Top Top to Systemize your business… and it’s not what you think! Why an ambitious future vision is vital for your success Learn more about Josh, check out all of the resources he shares on the website, and grab your free Work the System book at www.workthesystem.com. Smash Your Income Glass Ceiling To Attract More Clients And Money… without doing more marketing! Click here for Free Video Training . Nina x

Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker. He has earned a reputation as being one of the world's top consultants and coaches who has the unique ability of developing, and implementing, systematic solutions to complex business problems.   His consulting firm, Work the System (WTS) Enterprises, has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. Josh has personally consulted or coached over 500 business owners from more than 100 industries, from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises.   Josh has been recognized as the authority in Business Performance Architecture. Due to his phenomenal success rate, and a mountain of client testimonials, he has quickly become one of the most in-demand small business consultants in North America.   His forte, which is helping businesses properly organize and systematize their operations so they can achieve exponential growth, has resulted in hundreds of success stories from around the world. Many of Josh's clients acknowledge that his ideas and coaching have led to millions of dollars in profit increase.   Josh met Sam Carpenter in 2011 after reading Sam's book, Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. Josh partnered with Sam after recognizing that they shared a common vision of helping business owners get unstuck by developing systematic solutions to their problems. “There is nobody in the world who is better equipped at helping business owners implement the WTS Methodology than Josh,” says Sam Carpenter.   Josh graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's in architecture before getting his MBA from Arizona State University. When he's not coaching or consulting to business owners, Josh enjoys setting up “personal systems” to maximize his time with his wife and three boys.   https://www.workthesystem.com/bulletproof/

In today's episode of the Play Your Position podcast, Mary Lou talks with Josh Fonger who helps business owners considerably reduce their stress levels. If you are a business owner or know one you care about, have a listen to what Josh shares about making running a business a joy again. Bio: Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker who is recognized as the leading authority in Business Performance Architecture. With his unique ability to develop and implement systematic solutions to complex business problems, Josh has personally consulted or coached over 600 business owners from more than 100 industries, from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises. Due to his phenomenal success rate, and a mountain of client testimonials, he has quickly become one of the most in-demand small business consultants in North America.   In 2011, Josh connected with Sam Carpenter after reading Sam’s book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. Recognizing their shared vision of helping business owners get unstuck using systematic solutions, Josh and Sam partnered to co-manage consulting firm Work the System, which has now attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries.   One of Josh’s greatest strengths is helping businesses properly organize and systematize their operations so they can achieve exponential growth. Using the Work the System methodology, Josh has inspired hundreds of success stories among small business owners around the world. Many of Josh’s clients acknowledge that his ideas and coaching have increased their profits by millions of dollars.   Josh graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s in architecture before getting his MBA from Arizona State University. When he’s not coaching or consulting to business owners, Josh enjoys setting up “personal systems” to maximize his time with his wife and three boys.     Links & Resources Show notes Halftime Newsletter Nominate a Guest for the Show We always appreciate your rating and review on iTunes!

Does your growth strategy include getting new customers - even if you are an established business? If so, our guest today, Ryan Cote will share how his family’s business changed over the last ten years to be a successful digital marketing company. Ryan is the Director of Digital Services and Partner at Ballantine Digital Marketing. In this episode we discuss: How different mediums feed off each other to enhance your marketing efforts The evolution from print to digital marketing Lessons learned to thrive in a 3rd generation family business I hope this episode helps you learn from this successful business owner about how small business marketing does not equal small ideas and how to create an ideal partnership that will significantly boost your marketing efforts.   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Does your company culture demonstrate a passion for customers? Would you love to evolve your business so that it is always inventing on behalf of the customer. Today’s guest Steve Anderson, will show you how this can be done. His first book, The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, deconstructs Jeff Bezos’s personal letters to Amazon shareholders between 1997 and 2018, providing readers with a guide on the key takeaways and principles that Bezos leveraged in turning an online bookstore into a trillion-dollar company in just over two decades. In this episode we discuss: How to always be in start-up mode when it comes to winning over your customers What it means to be obsessed about your customer and how Amazon got it right How to create systems to measure, question, then trust your gut when making decisions   I hope this episode helps you learn from this successful business owner how to reignite the drive you had for your business when you first started!   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Do you have a buying mindset? Would you love having a digital mall, featuring just your favorite brands? Today’s guest is Todd Furneaux (fur-KNOW), co-founder of AdKAddy, a mobile app that keeps your personal inbox free of brand clutter by giving you a new email address and experience to use for all your consumer needs. In this episode we discuss: The best way and the right time to raise money for your idea A new way for customers to engage with their favorite brands An innovative solution that allows consumers to create their own digital mall I hope this episode helps you learn from this successful business owner how to develop creative solutions to business problems.     Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Did you work late at night within the last week? Do you have any idea what your life could be like, if you get out of your own way? Kristina Romasco has been passionate about sweets and teaching for her entire life and is the head coach of The Baking Entrepreneur, a company devoted to helping bakers realize their profit potential through no-nonsense business advice. She is going to give us the “truth” on what it will take to regain the passion for your business. In this interview we discuss:*There is no glory in working nights so it is a good idea to get help*The significant shift in her business when she finally documented her procedures*The hidden “gems” when you empower your employees to care about your business We hope this episode helps you learn from this successful business owner how to cut through the noise of your business and realize that your people can do that “task” better than you.   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Do you wonder why no one visits your company website? Do you have any information about your online reputation? Bradley Benner is a self-proclaimed addict when it comes to digital marketing. He’s the co-founder of Semantic Mastery, as well as owner/founder of Big Bamboo Marketing. Bradley is here today to share actionable tips and tricks to help you navigate the semantic web and optimize your digital marketing efforts so that you can make more money and get better clients by working smarter, not harder.   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

How would you rate your current business brand design on a scale from 1 to 10? If you’re not saying 8 or above, make sure to check out this podcast episode on How to Grow Your Business Faster Through Branding and Design.    Ross is the founder and CEO at Crowdspring. Crowdspring is one of the world's leading marketplaces for crowdsourced logo design, web design, graphic design, product design, and naming services. Crowdspring gives agencies, SMBs, and non-profits access to 210,000+ talented designers around the world.   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Wendy is the founder of Organising Works, a business systemization consultancy in Brisbane, Australia. Wendy helps small business owners design a business that works, by creating, documenting and improving systems and processes, so that they are free to do more of the strategic work of the business. Wendy’s purpose is to help business owners fall in love with their business all over again.     Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Are you aware of the natural strengths that help you accomplish your goals?    Are you applying your strengths as you work on your business?   Stephanie Ann Ball is an extraordinary artist who coaches introverts and extroverts to boost their performance.  She can also help you identify areas you should address to maximize peak performance across your professional and personal life.     Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Do you ever wonder if it is really possible to start from zero to massive growth in your small business?  Brandon Vaughn is proof positive that it can be done. Today, as the CEO of Automate Grow Sell, he coaches business owners on how to systemize and scale their business, specifically in the Home Services industry.  You will be inspired to take action once you hear what Brandon has to share.     Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Are you at square one and don’t know what to do?  Learn from this entrepreneur how to take your life experience and turn it into an amazing business.  Christine Dahl is an international expert in tax law and owner of Dahl International Tax Law. In this interview, she’ll reveal her secret to growing her business from nothing to where it is today, using the “Work the System” method.  So if you are stuck at the beginning of growing your business - this episode is a must-see.     Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Are you experiencing a high rate of change in your business? Have you found the courage to "face your fears" and step out of your comfort zone? Dan Meadors is the co-founder of The Wholesale Formula and has grown his business from 0 to $17 million using scaling tactics and systems you're going to want to know about. Apply what you learn from this interview to speed up up your freedom journey.   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Josh Fonger is a consultant, coach, and speaker who is recognized as the leading authority in Business Performance Architecture. With his unique ability of developing and implementing systematic solutions to complex business problems, Josh has personally consulted or coached over 600 business owners from more than 100 industries, from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises. Due to his phenomenal success rate, and a mountain of client testimonials, he has quickly become one of the most in-demand small business consultants in North America. In 2011, Josh connected with Sam Carpenter after reading Sam's book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. Recognizing their shared vision of helping business owners get unstuck using systematic solutions, Josh and Sam partnered to co-manage consulting firm Work the System, which has now attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. One of Josh's greatest strengths is helping businesses properly organize and systematize their operations so they can achieve exponential growth. Using the Work the System methodology, Josh has inspired hundreds of success stories among small business owners around the world. Many of Josh's clients acknowledge that his ideas and coaching have increased their profits by millions of dollars. Josh graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's in architecture before getting his MBA from Arizona State University. When he's not coaching or consulting to business owners, Josh enjoys setting up “personal systems” to maximize his time with his wife and three boys. About The Project EGG Show: The Project EGG Show is a video talk show that introduces you to entrepreneurs from around the world. It is broadcast from studios in Metairie, Louisiana to online platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher, and hosted by Ben Gothard. Our goal is to give you a fresh, unscripted and unedited look into the lives of real entrepreneurs from around the globe. From billionaires to New York Times best selling authors to Emmy Award winners to Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients to TEDx speakers – we present their real stories – uncensored and uncut. Subscribe To The Show: https://projectegg.co/podcast/ Get Access To: 1. Resources: https://projectegg.co/resources/ 2. Financing Solutions: https://projectegg.co/epoch/ 3. Payment Solutions: https://projectegg.co/sempr/ 4. Services: https://projectegg.co/resources#services 5. Courses: https://projectegg.co/resources#courses 6. Software: https://projectegg.co/resources#software 7. Book: https://projectegg.co/resources#books --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/projectegg/support

Are you finding it hard to get in front of the right people with your marketing message? Are your online advertising dollars not going as far as they used to? If you're ready to learn about the new "long tail" marketing technique that yields sales for years to come, make sure to check out my guest Tom Schwab of Interview Valet today. He is a pro at getting your business message out to the world in a way that converts long term. Now is the time to learn how to incorporate this medium into your marketing mix! Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV  

Do your clients love your training programs? Are they helping you grow your business by referring everyone they know? In this podcast episode Marisa Murgatroyd of Live Your Message details what it takes to create super sticky programs, the types of programs that everyone wants to finish and buy more of when they are done. Marisa is revolutionizing the $200 billion dollar online education industry and she has some killer advice from the trenches that you don't want to miss. Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Are you stuck in your business? If so, than stay tuned to this powerful podcast episode with Todd Palmer of Extraordinary Advisers. As the CEO of a 6-time INC 5000 company Todd is keenly aware of what it takes to make it in business. Follow the key pillars he discusses in this interview and you'll be on your way to sustained profitability. Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything-No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises-Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY.-A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV

Freedom in your business: is this important to you? It’s so important to today’s guest, David Jenyns, that he systemized himself out of his business and will be hosting the upcoming Business Systems Summit! Join us as David shares his compelling story of why it’s so important to him to use systems to create freedom in business, his passion for sharing it with others, and a surprising benefit of systemizing your own business. The opportunity that popped up in David’s life would never have happened if he’d been hunkered down working IN his business. The 4 Week Vacation™ isn’t just about sitting on a beach and David’s experience speaks to the 4 Week Vacation being “just the beginning” of the next chapter in life.  David’s entrepreneurial journey begins back in his early 20’s when he sold Australia’s most loved sporting ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Since then, his business experience spans from franchising retail clothing stores to founding one of Australia’s most trusted digital agencies, melbourneSEOservices.com. In 2016, David successfully systemized himself out of the business, hired a CEO and stepped back from the daily operations. Through this process, he became a systems devotee – founding systemHUB & SYSTEMology. Today, his mission is to free all business owners worldwide from the daily operations of running their business. Recognized as a high achieving entrepreneur, you will find many of David’s keynote presentations on YouTube including TEDx, WordCamp and Problogger. FREE pass to attend the Business Systems Summit" at www.TapThePotential.com/Systems Show Highlights:   David shares how, when he found out his wife was pregnant, he was working 70 hours week, which made him consider what kind of dad he wanted to be for his kids. He intuitively knew that systemizing the process was going to be his way out. He had a background in stock market trading and this had initially taught him about systems and plans. Getting stuck because he built the business around himself, locking him deeper and deeper in the business. Dr. Sabrina recognizes a key limiting belief of many entrepreneurs in the story that David is relating: “This business needs me. My business is different.” David gives us the worries that he had as he was considering how to systemize his business, and how he finally realized he didn’t have to hold that bag. Dr. Sabrina’s test that she relies on: “It’s just the way it is.” If she starts thinking this, it is her red-flag to stop and say, “Oh, no, sister, it doesn’t have to be this.There could be another possibility.” David describes the process of getting his team involved of systemizing, in the midst of their busy-ness. He discovered that it’s easier to have two people working on the systemization: one who has the knowledge, and one who does the documentation. If you can figure out what the problem is, then you can consult an expert who has that part of the process already figured out. Utilize GoPros and video cameras, talk it out, let somebody capture it, then the process can be put into place using these tools. Over-complicating things in small business is the biggest gap that David has recognized. A minimum, viable system is the place to start, and then test it out, and see what needs to be added. Serendipity can happen when we free ourselves from our businesses. Other business opportunities open up for you once you systemize your business. Valuing opportunities for the experience over the money. Freeing people from the operations is David’s dream. The deeper story behind David’s “why”.  “The Sheet” - a weekly allowance score card from childhood that taught David some important life lessons. Growing as a person when your business begins to grow. Bad habits that need to be broken. David describes the benefits of systemHUB. Complexity is the enemy of systems and systemization. Simplify as much as possible. Features actually take away from the outcome. Figure out and use the key systems that need to be in place for your business to function. Nail “simple” first! Dr. Sabrina and David talk about the upcoming Business Systems Summit!   Links and Resources: https://www.tapthepotential.com For Resources & Tools from Sponsors - https://www.profitbydesignpodcast.com Subscribe & Share Podcasts! - https://www.profitbydesignpodcast.com/podcasts/ Ready to put the systems in place for your business to be a highly profitable, Great Place to Work that can run without you? Apply for Tap the Potential’s Small Group Coaching Program: https://www.profitgift.com   Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfitByDesign/   Business Systems Summit September 24th - 26th, 2019 FREE to attend!  Listen Live & Take Notes! Quality, Up-to-Date Content! Premium Pass Option: Lifetime Recordings & Documentation! For More Information: https://www.TapThePotential.com/Systems   Books Mentioned:  How to Hire the Best by Sabrina Starling, PhD, PCC, BCC The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t by Verne Harnish Authority Content: The Simple System for Building Your Brand, Sales, and Credibility, by David Jenyns Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000! by Michael E. Gerber Profit First by Mike Michalowicz The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz  

How does your retirement fund look? Is it growing as fast as you'd like?  Eric Satz of AltoIRA has an innovative new way for "regular folks" to invest like the rich and get returns that are just not possible with "traditional" plans.  Make sure to check out the interview if you want to have your money work for you.   (If you're happy with being "average" with your investments, no need to watch this episode.)   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything -No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises -Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. -A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV    

Do you have financial goals?  How does your retirement plan look? If these questions are making you squirm, then do yourself a favor and watch this podcast episode today.  Peter Lazaroff is the author of "Making Money Simple" and the CIO at a $4 billion wealth management firm. Peter brings a great deal of knowledge to this episode that can change your future financial trajectory in a big way.   Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything -No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises -Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. -A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://bit.ly/2m4dhMV    

Are you stuck working too many hours on low level tasks? Do you wish there was someone already trained and waiting to do this work for you? Make sure to check out this podcast episode with Barbara Turley, Founder & CEO of The Virtual Hub. She knows how to help small business owners confidently utilize virtual assistants to scale their business. Get the book for free! Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: -The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything -No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises -Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. -A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://www.workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free

Are you having trouble relating to your millennial staff?  Do you wonder why they seem disengaged?  Make sure to check out this podcast with the author of the best selling book, The Millennial Whisperer: The Practical, Profit-Focused Playbook for Working with and Motivating the World's Largest Generation, Chris Tuff.  He lays out the strategies and practical tips you'll need to motivate this next generation.   Get the book free!   Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://www.workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free/    

Are you getting peak performance out of yourself? How about your team?  In this podcast episode Eric Boles explains how to unleash your best in life and work.  As a former NFL player and keynote speaker to fortune 500 companies, he knows what it takes to move from "good" to "great."   FREE BOOK!  Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://www.workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free/

Are you working hard in your business, but not finding much cash at the end of the month?  Do you know what to look for in your financial statements to gauge the health of your business? On this episode Adam Lean of The CFO Project will go through exactly what a small business owner should be paying attention to if they want to turn a profit and hit their goals.  Make sure to check this out so that you can master your money and have the confidence to make the right decisions to drive your business forward, instead of being paralyzed by lack of financial clarity.    Get the book free!   Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://www.workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free/

    Are you having trouble attracting the right prospects to your business?  Once you have a good lead, how do you keep them warm long term?  On this episode Jessica Rhodes of Interview Connections dives deep into what is working right now in the podcast world.  You'll hear if this is a good medium for you to use and what strategies you should take to get on great shows.  Get the book free Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://www.workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free/

Create and close better deals by listening to this actionable podcast with Chris Voss. Chris is the national best-selling author of Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depends On It and CEO of the Black Swan Group. With a 24 year background as an FBI kidnapping negotiator, Chris brings a wealth of experience and practical tactics on how to overcome negotiation challenges and to make great deals happen! Get the book free Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: https://www.workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free/

Have you noticed that selling online is getting harder? As competition increases and buyers become more sophisticated, what can you do to stand out and be successful? In this episode Anton Kraly, an ecommerce business expert, will dive deep into the strategies you need right now if you're going to rise to the top in your market and survive all of the new challenges on the horizon. If you sell anything online (or plan to), make sure to check out this episode!   Get the book free Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less is in its third edition, has helped tens of thousands of business owners and managers finally break free and take their businesses to the next level. You’ll find: The simple mindset “tweak” that will change everything No feel-good theory, no psycho-babble and no take-my-word-for-it promises Practical and believable real-word solutions you can implement TODAY. A wide assortment of additional free resources that you can immediately put to work Grab your free copy at: http://workthesystem.com/get-the-book-free/

In today's episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott talk with, Dawn Marrs of MarrsMarketing.com—specializing in helping entrepreneurs automate their businesses.   When it comes to automation, Dawn's philosophy is to automate everything you possibly can! If there's a task you find yourself doing repetitively in your business, chances are there is a way to automate it. Listen in as we swap geeky tools of automation with Dawn and find out which task Mark hasn't automated yet that could be generating him more sales. Also, find out how Dawn started her marketing business and what automation piece made her different than everyone else, along with: The worst advice she has seen given in the marketing automation world Her advice for setting up automation for those who are still in the business learning curve and feeling overwhelmed Dealing with that ever-so-tempting new app shiny object syndrome The advice she would give to her newbie self when first starting out One thing would she would like to change or improve in her business Plus, find out what we shouldn't be automating! Dawn shares so much great advice and knowledge with us today, that it warms the cockles of our geeky automated hearts! TIP OF THE WEEK Mark: Learn more about Dawn by going to her website at MarrsMarketing.com. Scott: Check out the app Gfeed.co. It turns Gmail into a social feed and helps you cruise through your email faster. Dawn:  Invest in Ontraport.com. Get a 45-day follow up series in place. Always leave your audience on a cliffhanger. Have a cart abandonment system. Read the book, Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter. Isn't it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

  SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB Podcast, Steve interviews Annie Newton, owner and operator of Four Seasons Color. Annie started her business with her brother at her side. Annie’s attitude toward her business is always family oriented as she aims to give her employees the helping hand they need to move up. She has been able to overcome some of life’s toughest curveballs and turn her life lessons into teachings that lead Four Seasons Color to success. -------------- WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: -Why you need to find and utilize the strength of your employees -How to learn from your business and use those lessons in your everyday life -How to create a space for meaningful work in your business -The different types of technology that Four Seasons Color utilizes -The ways Annie taught herself to push through and how that benefited her business ---------------   QUOTES: "I think to become healthier, we needed to be less in those roles and a lot more in coaching. We needed to be really clear and up front. ‘Where is our target? How are we going to get there? What is it we want?" "We had no backup plans. It’s just how we were rolling." "We need to demand the personal side of life to serve us in business and vice versa." "When I leave the house, I’m crystal clear about why I’m leaving. [...] It’s to go make a profit." "If we speak of opportunity, we speak of coaching." --------------- HIGHLIGHTS: [05:21] The combination of a good sibling relationship and a thirst for a better way to do things that created Four Seasons Color [14:33] The traumas in life that changed Annie’s way of thinking, creating a culture of honor [17:41] Seeing the difference between good and great [23:42] Accentuating family in the culture of Four Seasons Color [32:51] The technology behind Four Seasons Color -------------- LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Join DYB GROUP ME PIPELINE DEALS SPLASHTOP BASECAMP 2 GOOGLE DRIVE T-SHEETS QUICKBOOKS SCANBOT LAST PASS Contact Annie Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life The One Minute Manager The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World H3 Leadership: Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues The Five Dysfunctions of a Team ADDITIONAL FREE RESOURCES: Schedule Your Free Strategy Call With Steve  -------------- Connect with Annie on Facebook here Connect with Steve on Facebook here  -------------- Press and hold to visit the page Show Page Notes -------------- Thank you very much for joining us today! If you received value, would you take a quick few seconds and leave us a review on iTunes, please?

Kolla in vår vanekurs på Monkeymindset.se/Vanor I det här avsnittet går vi igenom sju stora idéer för att designa en fantastisk dag: 1. Vårda ditt fundament — genom hälsosam kost, fysisk aktivitet, ordentlig sömn och mental träning. 2. Klargöra dina hörnstensvanor — dels för ditt fundament och dels för dina tre viktigaste livsområden; energi, familj och tjänst. 3. Anpassa ditt schema efter din energi — så att du kan bli så effektiv som möjligt. 4. Sätta dina rutiner — genom att lägga in dina hörnstensvanor i dina morgon-, dags-, och kvällsrutiner. 5. Designa din omgivning — så att den stödjer istället för hindrar dig. 6. Skapa en vinnareffekt — genom att tillåta dig själv uppleva små, dagliga segrar och på så sätt dramatiskt öka chanserna att nå dina mål. 7. Ständigt experimentera — att använda en veckoplanering för att fira det som går bra och analysera det som går mindre bra så att du kan anpassa ditt tillvägagångssätt för att rada upp fantastiska dagar — och skapa ett fantastiskt liv. Ladda ner arbetsboken till det här avsnittet på Monkeymindset.se Det här avsnittet inspirerades av: -- Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success av Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan och Al Switzler -- Den Kapsejsade Himlen av Stig Johansson -- Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life av Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success av Darren Hardy -- The Greatness Guide: Powerful Secrets for Getting to World Class av Robin Sharma -- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business av Charles Duhigg -- The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure av Ian H. Robertson -- Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less av Sam Carpenter

Kolla in vår vanekurs på Monkeymindset.se/Vanor I det här avsnittet går vi igenom sju stora idéer för att designa en fantastisk dag: 1. Vårda ditt fundament — genom hälsosam kost, fysisk aktivitet, ordentlig sömn och mental träning. 2. Klargöra dina hörnstensvanor — dels för ditt fundament och dels för dina tre viktigaste livsområden; energi, familj och tjänst. 3. Anpassa ditt schema efter din energi — så att du kan bli så effektiv som möjligt. 4. Sätta dina rutiner — genom att lägga in dina hörnstensvanor i dina morgon-, dags-, och kvällsrutiner. 5. Designa din omgivning — så att den stödjer istället för hindrar dig. 6. Skapa en vinnareffekt — genom att tillåta dig själv uppleva små, dagliga segrar och på så sätt dramatiskt öka chanserna att nå dina mål. 7. Ständigt experimentera — att använda en veckoplanering för att fira det som går bra och analysera det som går mindre bra så att du kan anpassa ditt tillvägagångssätt för att rada upp fantastiska dagar — och skapa ett fantastiskt liv. Ladda ner arbetsboken till det här avsnittet på Monkeymindset.se Det här avsnittet inspirerades av: -- Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success av Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan och Al Switzler -- Den Kapsejsade Himlen av Stig Johansson -- Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life av Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success av Darren Hardy -- The Greatness Guide: Powerful Secrets for Getting to World Class av Robin Sharma -- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business av Charles Duhigg -- The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure av Ian H. Robertson -- Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less av Sam Carpenter

Kolla in vår vanekurs på Monkeymindset.se/Vanor I det här avsnittet går vi igenom sju stora idéer för att designa en fantastisk dag: 1. Vårda ditt fundament — genom hälsosam kost, fysisk aktivitet, ordentlig sömn och mental träning. 2. Klargöra dina hörnstensvanor — dels för ditt fundament och dels för dina tre viktigaste livsområden; energi, familj och tjänst. 3. Anpassa ditt schema efter din energi — så att du kan bli så effektiv som möjligt. 4. Sätta dina rutiner — genom att lägga in dina hörnstensvanor i dina morgon-, dags-, och kvällsrutiner. 5. Designa din omgivning — så att den stödjer istället för hindrar dig.  6. Skapa en vinnareffekt — genom att tillåta dig själv uppleva små, dagliga segrar och på så sätt dramatiskt öka chanserna att nå dina mål. 7. Ständigt experimentera — att använda en veckoplanering för att fira det som går bra och analysera det som går mindre bra så att du kan anpassa ditt tillvägagångssätt för att rada upp fantastiska dagar — och skapa ett fantastiskt liv. Ladda ner arbetsboken till det här avsnittet på Monkeymindset.se Det här avsnittet inspirerades av: -- Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success av Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan och Al Switzler -- Den Kapsejsade Himlen av Stig Johansson -- Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life av Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success av Darren Hardy -- The Greatness Guide: Powerful Secrets for Getting to World Class av Robin Sharma -- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business av Charles Duhigg -- The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure av Ian H. Robertson -- Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less av Sam Carpenter

01:26 – SYSTEMS! Implementing Repeatable Processes Via Automation Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160832253X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=160832253X&linkId=f57a3d32a89bacda9cd41b76756a0de2) 09:28 – Strategies for Implementation 12:18 – Reclaiming Your Time and Cheap is Always Expensive Work the System (Online) (https://www.workthesystem.com/) Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936661837/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1936661837&linkId=9ff8a84f2eba0bc21a1d6739ee254949) Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) (https://www.eosworldwide.com/) Google Image Result for http://www.pyragraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/GOOD-FAST-CHEAP.jpgnull @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/928323310416486400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E928323310416486400&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2F056-systematize-your-hustle-with-kronda-adair%2F) Solopreneurship: "It's never just you. There's present-you and future-you" @kronda on @greaterthancode 23:20 – Choosing Successful Customers and Avoiding Perfection Paralysis @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/928327947030851584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E928327947030851584&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2F056-systematize-your-hustle-with-kronda-adair%2F) If you don't have a system, your system is, think really hard about it every time. @geeksam on @greaterthancode with @kronda me: or worse, don't 28:44 – Successful Use Cases Active Campaign (https://www.activecampaign.com/) systemHUB (https://www.systemhub.com/) 35:33 – Iterating and Changing Processes 42:31 – Kronda’s Superpowers Reflections: Jessica: As developers, and as we’re writing automation for other people, we can also think at a meta level, and automate the parts of our jobs so then we can spend more thinking time thinking about the interesting part of code, like how to achieve the results that we want. Kronda: Things that are easy vs things that are effective. Sam: Executive Dysfunction and the idea of making decision rules. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode). To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Kronda Adair.

Josh Fonger is a business systems specialist that came on to tell us the how, why and when of setting up business processes that will allow you to make more money while working less. In this episode we cover: Finding and documenting systems and that will help scale your business. How to exercise strategic restraint to get more out of your time. What to prioritize to grow your business faster. Quotables: "Work begets work." Links and resources mention: Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less Good To Great Connect with Josh Fonger: Twitter: https://twitter.com/wts_josh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshfonger/ Website: http://www.workthesystem.com/josh-fonger/ Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast, PocketCast or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure. The shownotes can be found at zacharysexton.com/35

Show Notes In today’s show Rob and Leon wax lyrical with Tom Hunt, who is a Founder of Virtual Valley: a platform that connects Entrepreneurs and Rock star Virtual Assistants with the mission of giving Entrepreneurs back 1 million hours of their time by 2018. Tom has been a featured TEDx Speaker and made an appearance on Dragon’s Den to seek investment for one his business ideas, this is a super episode to learn how to get more from the corporate world and pursue carving a career on your on your own terms.   Also in the show Here’s just a few things you learn; The low-cost way to test Your business ideas in real time if you sell physical products to see if you have a valid business idea. How and why you need to act on business ideas even if they seem utterly ludicrous to the majority of people. Find out the decision Tom made that would have his parents, friends and associates mortified shocked and hopping mad when he shared how he was leaving his secure cushy job. Tom explains how to find new income streams and opportunities in your “fire-fighting” frustrating periods of business. That can outperform your main business revenue. The two must read books that can act as a caveat to increase productivity and throw open the doors of success and save you a Rolex worth of time. The neat road map to escape the 9-5, to help you transition in to the world of business without detrimentally hurting your income. (This advice is priceless). Learn how not to get your fingers burnt when buying online businesses from sites from like Flipper, which unfortunately happened to Tom. We share a service that can keep that from happening to you. Want an Iron clad strategy for coming up with brand name that commands attention? 2mins from the end of podcast Tom shares how he came up with company name Virtual Valley. Branding consultants would charge a pretty penny for this. Hit play now to get even more elevating knowledge to soar you to higher heights of productivity and profitability. Success Quote Please stop following the map we reward those that draw maps not follow them. Recommend Resources Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More & Working Less by Sam Carpenter The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by Warrillow, John Connect Web – www.Tomhunt.io LinkedIn – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tomhuntio Twitter – @Tomhuntio

Justin Christianson was looking for a way to be free, it was journey that eventually led him to making money online. He learned processes from the ground up, beginning in network marketing recruiting, leading to affiliate marketing and eventually info products. He became a student of the science of why offers convert, and why they don't. It was from this experience that he founded Conversion Fanatics. Justin is the best selling author of Conversion Fanatic: How to double your customers, sales and profits with A/B testing and is a 13 year veteran of digital marketing having worked on hundreds of profitable campaigns. A self proclaimed numbers junky with a firm belief that the numbers don’t lie, has a knack for finding holes in marketing campaigns and offering simple solutions to quickly plug them, effectively improving the results. An avid student of marketing and business, he firmly believes that you must continue to improve daily in order to stay ahead and succeed.   Justin's Favorite Quote:"Give without want and in turn you will get."   Justin's Favorite Book:Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised EditionWork the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less (Revised third edition, 4th printing, September 1, 2014)The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness   Links From Today's Show:www.conversionfanatics.comhttps://clyxo.com/justinchristiansonConversion Fanatic: How To Double Your Customers, Sales and Profits With A/B Testing This Episode is sponsored by:

In this episode of the podcast, Mike chats with fellow Canadian and author of The Productivity Project, Chris Bailey. They talk about Chris's new book, the process of writing the book, why quantitative and qualitative data are both needed to measure productivity, and whether or not Chris identifies as an early riser or a night owl. Relevant Links http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101904038/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1101904038&linkCode=as2&tag=vardyme-20&linkId=4KPL27DLRE6C4HXO (The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey | Amazon) http://alifeofproductivity.com/#modal (A Life of Productivity) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160832253X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=160832253X&linkCode=as2&tag=vardyme-20&linkId=Q4KETRDJMNGTTPBD (Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter | Amazon) https://twitter.com/ALOProductivity?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (ALifeofProductivity (@ALOProductivity) | Twitter) https://twitter.com/wigglechicken (Chris Bailey (@wigglechicken) | Twitter) Thanks to Transpose for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. http://productivityist.com/transpose/ (Click here) to learn more about what Transpose can do for you and your productivity.

01:28 - Keith Perhac Introduction Twitter Blog 02:09 - How do you find stuff that you can repurpose? 05:37 - “Course” (What you call things and the value proposition) Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application 14:32 - Chunking Up and Instructional Design Curation and Delivery 29:16 - Building an Audience 31:21 - Making a Successful Course Worth the Price 33:30 - Tiered Pricing Interviews Refunds and Chargebacks Picks Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpente (Keith) The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don't) by Sean D'Souza (Keith) Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (Keith) Skype (Keith) Schedule Once (Keith) Edgar (Jonathan) Facebook Ads Manual: Everything you need to know to get started by Mojca Mars (Jonathan) Blab (Philip) Website Teardown with Kurt Elster and Kai Davis (Reuven) Putting tabasco on popcorn (Reuven) Spending time with your family (Chuck) @cmaxw (Chuck) Freelance Remote Conf (Chuck)

01:28 - Keith Perhac Introduction Twitter Blog 02:09 - How do you find stuff that you can repurpose? 05:37 - “Course” (What you call things and the value proposition) Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application 14:32 - Chunking Up and Instructional Design Curation and Delivery 29:16 - Building an Audience 31:21 - Making a Successful Course Worth the Price 33:30 - Tiered Pricing Interviews Refunds and Chargebacks Picks Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpente (Keith) The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don't) by Sean D'Souza (Keith) Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (Keith) Skype (Keith) Schedule Once (Keith) Edgar (Jonathan) Facebook Ads Manual: Everything you need to know to get started by Mojca Mars (Jonathan) Blab (Philip) Website Teardown with Kurt Elster and Kai Davis (Reuven) Putting tabasco on popcorn (Reuven) Spending time with your family (Chuck) @cmaxw (Chuck) Freelance Remote Conf (Chuck)

Sam Carpenter author of, "Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less." He joins the show to discuss how can people make more money by working less.   With a background in engineering, publishing, journalism and telecommunications, Sam is author of the book, "Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less," (2009, Greenleaf Book Group, www.workthesystem.com). He is also CEO and majority owner of Centratel (www.centratel.com), a national telephone answering service that he has operated for 28 years. Sam is founder and director of Kashmir Family Aid, a 501C3 non-profit aiding surviving school children of the Northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir earthquake of October 2005 (www.kashmirfamily.org).     Outside interests include mountaineering, skiing, cycling, reading, traveling. "Work the System" won the prestigious "Best Non-fiction" award at the New York Book Festival. The book is now in its third edition. Sam also owns a consulting firm and distributes an on-line product, The Work the System Academy (www.workthesystemacademy.com) Originally from upstate New York he lives in Bend, Oregon and Seattle, Washington with his wife Linda.   Get "Work the System" at www.workthesystem.com.    Visit the Work The System Academy at www.workthesystemacademy.com.  

Sam Carpenter is the author of the book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less which outlines his simple methodology of making your life and business run smoothly and efficiently by getting systems in place. If you are feeling trapped or overwhelmed inside of your own business, listen to this interview because it will change your life. It will help you to stop procrastinating and instead get things get done quicker and with ruthless efficiency You set up the system... Then you work less, you make more money, you spend time doing what you want to do, not what you have to do. You can listen to the interview or you can read the full transcript below... Joey Bushnell: Hi everyone, this is Joey Bushnell, today I have with me a fantastic guest. He is the author of the world famous book “Work the System” his name is Sam Carpenter. Sam, thank you so much for being with me today. Sam Carpenter: Glad to be here Joey, thanks. Joey Bushnell: Sam, what is your book “Work the System” all about? Sam Carpenter: Well, it's about taking a business that is chaotic and turning it into a calm, peaceful and profitable organism. It is an organism one way or the other, there are systems working and processes happening. The question is... Are those processes and systems being managed? This is for the small to mid-sized business owner and they can take the book and it's actually a step beyond Michael Gerber's book “The E-Myth” in that it shows you just what to do. It's not at all a copy of his book in the first instance but it does share the commonality of working on your business rather than in your business. Any business owner without exception, unless they are crazy, would like their business to be independent of them so they can go on vacations, get sick and still be profitable and pretty much a money machine and a place you can go because you love to do, what you do and you love the people you work with, and it doesn't demand that you be there 80 hours a week. So the book is about fixing that problem. Joey Bushnell: How was it you came to write this book Sam? Where were you in your life, that prompted you that you had to write this book? Sam Carpenter: I talk about it in the book, that my life history is one of chaos up to the age of 50 and I'm 63 now. But at 50 I'd had this call center business. Just a regular nuts and bolts business where we take incoming emergency calls for doctors, funeral homes and half a dozen different vertical markets of business where you want a human being to answer the phone. We take the emergency call and pass them on to the appropriate emergency personnel for that particular business. We have about 1,000 accounts and I have been running it since the age of 35, so for a decade and a half I have been running this business which is so error prone. Just here in the United States not to mention the UK and the rest of the world but here in the US we have about 2,000 competitors. Everyone of them is chaotic because every account is different, there is so much that can go wrong. It's what I call a “Cauldron for chaos.” At 15 years I was going to finally, absolutely, without question, miss a payroll. If I missed a payroll everyone would walk out. Despite myself, that business had then grown over that decade and a half about 6 times over. I think we were doing about $5,000 per month and we were up to $30,000-$35,000 a month. We had grown but it was killing me physically, financially. I was a single parent of 2 kids with just barely enough to survive. My physical health and mental health was going down hill and I was going to miss this payroll. There is a chapter in my book called “Gun to the head enlightenment”, so I lay in bed one night and realized that I was going to absolutely lose the business and why don't I just ask myself the question... "What did I do wrong in all this time?" I don't get an answer, I lay in bed awake I think, or sleeping, maybe half way in between and I got a vision of a table in front of me. All of the pieces of my business were laid out in front of me on top of the table. There were two very important insights I got from that vision that night... One was... The pieces were separate from each other, they were not connected. Even though I had this business called Centratel. Centratel is a collection of things that go on. These things that went on were separate from each other and they weren't just objects in my dream, there were objects as processes. What I realized that night was my business and my entire life, of course, we're getting down to real mechanical reality, if my business is a certain way, probably my life is that way too. Every part of my life and business was not a big conglomeration of sights, sounds and events. But was actually a collection of independent systems and processes. That was 13 years ago and that night I realized that my business was a collection of independent processes and the logical thing to do would be to pick the process out of the business that was the most problematic and fix it. Fix it with the documentation which came to me instantaneously, if I'm going to get them help me do things the right way, have them help me create the perfect way to do those things. I talk about this extensively in the book but what happened was, I went down to the office the next day and found a way to make the payroll. Then we fixed the biggest problem first. Documented it, sorry, boring but true, on planet earth you have to document your processes if you ever want your business to grow and get out from being in the middle of it. Then we did the next process and the next then the next. The key here was that I saw my business was not something that could be fixed by another loan, a consultant or the hand of God or I could take some magic pill that would get me to do everything right all of a sudden. What I needed to do was just take my business apart because mechanically that's what it is, just a collection of parts. It's a primary system that is a collection of sub-systems. Then take each sub-system apart, fix it and document it. Most of our businesses are the same thing happening over and over again. What I call recurring systems and recurring processes. What we wanted was for every process to be executed perfectly or as close to perfect 100% of the time. I asked myself that night, I can still feel my insecurity in this question... "What would happen if I could get all the pieces of my business to execute perfectly 100% of the time? Would I have a perfect business?" I honestly 13 years ago on that night didn't know the answer to that question. I'm here to tell you, if you have all the components of your business working perfectly and you have a direction, and that's easy to establish if you have some goals, you will have a perfect business. I was working 80-100 hours a week, now I work 2 hours a week. My gross and my net income is approximately 30 times what it use to be. So it's a great way to go and I highly recommend that everyone take a look at their lives and their business and see that they are truly a collection of separate processes. Let me finish up by saying, when you see your business as a collection of separate processes, it get's real easy to fix things if you are willing to fix the pieces one at a time. That is where I spend all of my time and the people we consult too. I have an international consulting operation, coaching, the book and an online product, it all goes back to being able to see the world as a collection of processes and then going after them one after the other. It's not rocket science it's just simple methodology that you do over and over again, and it works. Joey Bushnell: Brilliant, we can see that it works Sam but for people who are small business owners like myself, what are the consequences of failing to get systems in place? What is likely to happen? Sam Carpenter: What is absolutely likely to happen if you don't get documents and systems in place, is you will never grow past a certain point. You can't. Now you're an artist in a sense Joey, and I am too to a degree, and everyone reading this has a special talent that they do. But you've got to find a way to extricate yourself from the machinery of the every day world if you want to grow. The way you do that, is work with your people, document things and train other people to do what you do. Now you need to do these interviews Joey and I have to do my writing and so forth but 99% of what everybody out there does, can be done by other people, even very creative things. So you're going to limit your growth, you're going to be in the middle of things all of the time, you're going to go crazy, not have a personal life and ultimately you are not going to have much money because there's a million other people out there doing the same things. This is a bold thing to say but I'm confident that 9 out of 10 people reading this are in a little bit of chaos with what they do or a lot of chaos. 9 out of 10 small businesses are mismanaged in the sense that the owner is doing everything because they somehow think they have magical powers and they are the only one who can do it. They are not thinking about the processes. Let me do one thing, if this was a video I would show this but I'll try to illustrate it in everyone's head... Imagine a flip chart as I'm talking and I'm going to write this on top of the flip chart. The number 1 on the left side with an arrow going over to the right to the number 2. Then an arrow going over to the number 3 and an arrow going over to the number 4. Then an equals sign on the right side and out of that the word “Result”. I'm only doing 4 steps but there could be 10,000 or only 2 steps. Usually there's 10-50 steps in a typical business process. Most people don't realize the results over on the right hand side don't have anything to do with their IQ, wonderful personality, their heroic willingness to work 80 hours a week, their smile, good looks or whatever. It has to do with the process. That's why people we know just aren't that smart can have a lot of money and a lot of freedom. Or someone with a terrible personality has a lot of time, a lot of freedom and a lot of money. They are spending their time over in the 1-2-3-4 part working on the systems that equal the results. Most people are over at the right hand side next to results. They are shuffling around the bad results of unmanaged systems, in other words the 1-2-3-4 part over on the left side of the equation. So my insight that night and what I tell everybody no matter what forum I'm using, is you need to spend your time working the processes hence the title of the book. Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less. You need to spend your whole day over on the left side of the equation making the systems better and better. If you do that, again there is a little bit of documentation at the beginning about direction, goals and how you make decisions and so forth, as long as you do that then you spend all of your time over working on the systems, the results will take care of themselves. Does that make sense? Joey Bushnell: Makes absolute sense, I guess what you are saying there is there's no respecter of persons here. Doesn't matter if you're clever with a lovely personality, basically if you are not getting these systems in place you're going to have a really hard time. Sam Carpenter: If you don't spend your time working the systems you're never going to get the results you want. I'll tell you what, Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey some of the big names everyone knows out there, that is what they are good at. They naturally know how to work their systems. They have other people do the documentation and so forth but they are finger pointers and implementers and they see precisely that they need to work on the processes and the systems of their lives to get the results they want. Then the results just come spontaneously. I'm not a big one to measure "we want to do these many dollars next year in sales". I hear that all the time. You need a plan for how much you are going to make and where you're going to be. That is nonsense. What you have to do is find the way to spend your time working on the processes, and those numbers will be there whatever they are. I'm not a big balance sheet kind of guy, I'm an income statement kind of a guy. As far as financials go I spend very little time looking at numbers. All I do is work on the processes. At my call center here in Oregon USA, my processes have to do with people. Having short meetings with them, them coming to me and using me as a resource. My people create all of the processes, I don't have to do any documentation anymore, I just make sure the machine is headed in the right direction and it doesn't get off track, that is my job. So I spend 2 hours a week down here. I spend more than that in my office here but it's just hanging out and bothering people most likely. Or doing an interview like this with you which has nothing to do with my call center. Then I have 6 other businesses that are related to the book and I do a lot of creative stuff. I never do the same thing twice Joey. The closest thing I come to doing the same thing twice is an interview. As we talked about before the interview, I decline most of them and don't do a lot of speaking engagements. I have other things I want to do that I've never done before that I want to do in a creative way. My whole day is one creative day and the people who work with me are that way too. In fact let me interject a little advertisement, if people go to workthesystem.com down in the lower right hand corner on that front page is a little icon that says "Work The System Testimonials". Click on that, I've had some fun with that with my IT guy, I put it to music. But that will give you an idea in the change in life that a person can have if they start living in the processes rather than shuffling around the bad results of unseen processes. There's hundreds of testimonials and they'll all go down the same road I've been going down so far. This changes lives and gives a life a whole new trajectory upward of freedom and money. Joey Bushnell: Brilliant, I'll put mine on there as well Sam! I didn't know that was there but I can say for myself that my life changed after reading the book as well. I used to get things outsourced but on a small scale. I'd try but was just in this small mindset of “I can't afford to do it at that level and employ someone full time.” Thinking very small basically. But I realized after reading the book what I needed to do and things really picked up when I started getting help and getting systems in place. Like you said, I think it's impossible to grow when you are trying to do it all on your own, it just can't happen. So my next question Sam was, in the book you talk about 3 stages of the “Work the system” method. Could you let us know what those 3 stages are please? Sam Carpenter: Sure let me put those into a configuration that's a little different then I've done before... The first stage would be documentation. We have 3 documents one is a strategic objective, it's all explained in the book, but that is what you do, how you do it and generally how you are going to get where you want to go, what you don't want to get involved with and what your strengths are. That is a single type written page. Then the second document is a series of items and at Centratel ours is called “The 30 principles” another term for that is guidelines for decision making. In other words when you are faced with what I call a grey area decision, you don't really have a definite answer for it, how do you decide? Well, these principles that I came up with and all these documents came to my head that night. These principles are how I believe the world mechanically works and what works best. I always use this illustration, one of the principles is to do it now, well a new employee comes in here and says “Why? I can do it next Thursday” we say “No, if you can do it now or next Thursday, do it now.” They ask “Why” and I say “That's how we do things round here and I'm giving you money to do things the way we do them. But more importantly that is what works best.” Sam Carpenter believes that doing things now is a better way to go 9 out of 10 times. We have another one which is “In the office no rats nests, literally or figuratively.” So no one has a cluttered desk and it's clean. These things I believe that I have written down and have incorporated in here. So people who come to work here look at those and I ask “Do you agree with those pretty much?” If they do, great, we are good to go. I always say if you want to adjust any of these or add some talk to me, even with a strategic objective. So we have a directional document, we have guide lines for decision making and that's were we spend most of our time with a consulting account for example. We are working with a $50 million company right now and we are just finishing up our 6 month gig, we are done they are now on their own. What we have helped them with most of the time we were there, was this 3rd set of documents called working procedures. Most people call them SOPs, standard operation procedures, written documentation of the various processes, so everyone is on board. Guess what? In this very intensive documentation of working procedures we use a bottom up philosophy where the people who actually do the procedures and execute the procedures are the ones writing them up and making them work. Then you have total buy in. Let me back up a bit, the first stage is really about getting this mindset. The second stage would then be about the documentation. The third stage would be about maintenance. So you get this tweak in your head that your life is a collection of systems then number 2 you do the documentation and then number 3 you maintain the processes and you spend all of your time in the processes. Those would be the 3 steps in the work the system process. Joey Bushnell: Is it enough Sam to just have these in your head? Or what is the power of documenting these things? Sam Carpenter: First of all there is the bottom up thing with your front line people and presuming you have a business with 2-4 people in it or more of course, is that you have your people completely bought in, it's not a military top down like ”You are going to do these 10 steps on this process no matter what.” Guess what they're not going to. They just won't in most cases. But if they create those 10 steps then the manager authorizes them as being OK and everyone agrees they are going to be brutal about making sure those steps are followed. I haven't said this yet but always remember, that if someone is executing a documented process and they see a better way of doing step 5, for example, out of a 10 step process they can go back to the manager and the manager will immediately make that tweak. So the working procedure, the SLP is a living thing. It changes day to day, it's not a military top down type thing. So you've got your total buy in by your people and the other thing, you've got is everyone is doing things the same way. I go back to my little narration of my life's story, and that is, you want every process in your business executed perfectly 100% of the time. I use the example of the front desk, so somebody is at the front desk answering incoming calls. A possible new clients calls in and asks to speak to the sales person about the service. Mary might answer the phone one way and if Mary is busy, John will answer the phone and he'll answer it a different way. Maybe John's got a hang over and when he answers it, he won't answer it very well. So what if you could get the phone answering at the front desk with potential clients, and our potential clients is a $16,000-$20,000 sale here, over a period of 6 years. What if you could have it answered perfectly every time a new person called in for a service? Do you think we would end up closing more deals? Oh yes we would! Then you do that through all of your business. Centratel has about 400 different processes. We execute those processes as near perfectly as we can 100% of the time. That is why we have a huge margin, that's why I can run 7 businesses instead of just this one. On this primary business, the one I wrote the book about I work 2 hours a week. It runs itself and everybody in here gets it. So step one of getting it, is critical for the owner and the staff. There will be staff turnover as a company grows to find the correct people who do see things see things as separate systems. I'm a little bit nit picky about details and aren't afraid of doing documentation, you've got to get the right people. We do drug testing, we are ruthless with our drug testing. I get all kinds of arguments about that like “Well. it's my life I'll smoke dope if I want” Well, no you are part of the process here and we need you to be clear thinking. If you want to smoke dope go up to the sandwich shop up here and earn $7 an hour and make sandwiches. Or you can come here and earn $20 an hour and not smoke dope. Every element of our business has to do with perfecting our processes including everybody's ability to think. The result is we don't have any turnover here, everyone is paid highly, we are just examining the processes all the time. It might sound militaristic but it's not that at all, if you walk in my office it's quite a fun place to be. Everybody likes being here, people have their ups and downs of course but there is very little turnover, there is no stress in the office and nobody works over 40 hours. We don't have any of our middle managers working 80 hours a week no one works over 80 hours a week. 35-40 hours a week is the number one answering service in the United States with 2,000 competitors measured on a variety of very objective scales including profitability.It makes for a beautiful synchronized swing machine of a business and the owner doesn't have to be there. What more could you want as a business owner? Joey Bushnell: Absolutely. My next question was, why is delegation so important and do you have any advice to us for efficiently delegating tasks? Sam Carpenter: The owner or manager of the business should think 3 words on every decision that is made as they convert their business to a work the system business to an efficient business. Can I with this task... automate it, delegate it or discard it all together? Most tasks you can't automate, some tasks you can discard so that leaves most of the tasks to be delegated to other people. I've already gone through how to make that happen efficiently, you need to document. For inventory you need to document your processes and delegate stuff away. That is what I have managed to do enough of. Looking down from 40,000 feet if I had to really summarize things, I have found a way to delegate my expertise downward so other people can do it so I don't have to do it anymore. Joey Bushnell: How can we make the most out of our own personal time? Sam Carpenter: Let's go back to step one of getting it. My book is three parts, coincidentally, the first part is “Getting it”. So what the readers can do right now is look around the room, the car or wherever they are and see the separate systems. That is the thing to do with your personal time right now, right this minute. I'm looking around my room... there is a copier here, there is a monitor, a chair over there, there is a light switch on a wall and those are all separate from each other, they have nothing to do with each other. If someone walks in the front door here, it has nothing to do with someone answering the phone in the back room, they are separate. Walking down the street there's a tree, there is a fire hydrant, (if that is what they call them in the UK, you used to have phone booths the red metal and glass phone booths) but there are cars, a dog, power lines over the street. All of those things have nothing to do with each other. They exist in your world as separate. They're all connected because you are seeing them at the same time but they are separate. You go into your business and as soon as you can see the separate processes of your business the rest of it comes naturally. So if you are asking me what's the best use of my time right now, that is what you can do. Download the book, read part 1, get the separateness and then it will all make sense, you almost don't need the rest of my book once you get the separateness of your business and of your life. That is a mechanical fact, we want to think we are all one and everything is connected. I'm sure on an atomic level we are but that is useless information. Once you can start segregating your life into the separate components that it is, you can start to fix them one after the other. Ultimately your time will be spent working on those separate processes 100% percent of the time. Except for the fun part, Joey I know you like to interview people and I like to give interviews and I like to write. We do certain recurring things but 95% of our time should be on one time, creative system improvement tasks and system improvement is a great phrase to carry around. 12 inches in front of your face all day long. System improvement, system improvement that is where we should be spending our time. Joey Bushnell: If we are doing this right Sam, like you said, you have a 2 hour work week which is the dream for most people. I guess the rest of the time you are enjoying yourself? Sam Carpenter: I am. I have a friend who I am going to do some climbing with this afternoon. I had the decision this morning to drive my new car or my old beater, climber car as I call it. I took my climber car went out and had some coffee with another friend, now I'm doing this interview with you and remember you asked when I could fit this in and I said I don't care, anytime with me and you picked the time, it didn't matter to me. I saw a movie last night and I've got a date Friday, I can do whatever I want with my time and the things I want to do. Here's something, let me just mention it quickly because people find this interesting. So I'm a mountain climber and I have friends who want to be mountain guides. I have a friend who has climbed Mount Rainier, up here it's a pretty tall peak in the cascades, 300 times because he loves to climb. I have to ask him, do you really enjoy this? Has it really got you anywhere? And there are amateur bicycle racers who say “I want to go to Tour De France. Maybe someday they'll go but probably not. But then what? People have these things they love to do and they think they need to make it a vocation and that is a big mistake. I love to mountain climb but I realized I can set up a machine to provide me all the time and money I want to go anywhere in the world and mountain climb on my own time and not drag somebody up there who has never been up the mountain before, that is not fun! It's not fun to work 6 hours a day on a bicycle saddle because you like to race bicycles. So I really caution people about narrowing their scope of what they can do with their lives to what they like to do. There's all kinds of interesting businesses out there and not just internet businesses, not just online stuff but all kinds of crazy little businesses, an answering service or even a restaurant that can be automated and made to be run their own. Then they become an ATM or a money machine then go ride your bike and climb your mountains or go watch movies all the time if that's what you want. I really caution to people not to go down that road that seems to be in our culture, we should be able to do in our life what we love to do, you are just narrowing your prospects. There is all kinds of opportunity out there in business that can be fixed. I go back to what I said at the beginning, 9 out of 10 businesses are mismanaged. 9 out of 10 businesses have no bottom line and can be picked up for a song and a dance that is how I bought this call center for nothing at all. I think I paid $21,000 for it and $5,000 down back in late 1984. It's a $5million business, it's worth $5million and it has no debt, and I love it for that reason and I love it because I only work 2 hours a week, it's a money machine. There is all kinds of opportunity out there. Joey Bushnell: And it's all thanks to getting your systems in place. The first 50 Years of your life Sam, the freedom you now have, just wasn't there. But now that you have the systems in place, you have the time and freedom to do what you want with your life, which is like I said for most people, it's almost a paradigm shift that most people don't think is possible but actually it can be when the systems are in place. Sam Carpenter: There are a lot of people out there who are doing this and it has a lot to do with mechanics. It has nothing to do with emotion, your IQ, how good looking you are it has nothing to do with any of that, it has to do with the machinery which has no emotion or expectations, is it running efficiently or not? That is the question and it has nothing to do with if you are a good person, if you go to church everyday or anything like that. It has to do with... Is the machinery operating properly? This comes down to our readers looking at their lives and saying "what mechanically works in your life and what mechanically happens?". If I go down to my car right now and turn the key will the motor of the car start? In all probability, it will. If I skip dinner tonight will I be hungry at 10pm, yes I will. There are certain things we know absolutely about our mechanical lives and that is what we go back to. Emotion is fine but not in what I'm talking about, this all boils down to let's get the mechanics correct in our lives and what we will find is the happiness and emotionally satisfying part will come along naturally afterwards. You mentioned the word paradigm and the paradigm most people have is, "I have to do the right things, work hard, get the right education, have the right smile on my face and then all the good things will come". No, actually you have to get the machine fixed and operating properly. It's amazing when you have a lot of time and money and you get to do creative stuff all day long and you get to do the stuff you want to all day long, guess what? You become a happier person. You are helping the people around you, so I have this non profit in Pakistan in all places, that I just sent $1,000 over to the small school yesterday. I get huge satisfaction out of that and I'm able to help the people, the people who work here get double what they make anywhere else. That is the supreme satisfaction. I've got more money in the bank than I need honestly for my lifestyle. The satisfaction comes after fixing the machine. Joey Bushnell: Brilliant. My next question is, sometimes as a small business owner we suffer from, or we do it to ourselves, procrastination. How can we beat procrastination? Sam Carpenter: Let's go through a typical scenario, the testimonials on the website. What those people did was they read a book, they got the concept of separate systems and then they applied it, and I try to be very careful about recommending this but if you are going to apply this methodology to your business, find a process that can be easily fixed and you can see results with straight away. In a perfect place, say you have a business with 10 people in it, I know a lot of people out there are internet people and may only have one or two people but understand what I'm trying to say, if you had a business of 10 people, 3 people are answering the phone put them together and find out among you as the leader and the 3 people, the best way to answer the phone. Write it down maybe in seven steps, step one pick up the phone, step two say "ABC company this is Janice" on to 3,4,5 through the whole process. Get everyone to do that every single time and you will notice an improvement in how your incoming people and their comportment will be happier.Then you take a little bigger process and maybe now you're going after one that is really problematic. I talk about very specifically in the book about one, how we went through and there were 53 steps. I never had to do the process again, my first 15 years I was spending 2 hours a week doing this process and I haven't done it in 13 years. So I saved 2 hours a week for the last 13 years, do the math, it's about a year of 40 hour work weeks. Now that process has been performed perfectly for 13 years as we tweak it and make it a little better every day. So what you want to do in summary is find a couple of little processes that you can improve relatively quickly. This one process that I haven't done in 13 years took us 8 hours of time fix. 8 hours of my time, maybe an hour of two other peoples time to help me put the process together. You find something that is relatively easy to fix that will have some what of a dramatic impact and now you will not procrastinate. You will not procrastinate because the results are so awesome. Usually what procrastination is “No I can't do this now, I don't want to do this now because I have this fire to kill over here” that is really what people are saying. Or “I've got to recover from my 16 hour day yesterday.” Pretty soon your hours of the day shorten up and procrastination disappears because you are not living a life of fire killing, there aren't anymore fires to kill and you are down to a minimal amount of work per week and you are making a lot of money, you get excited and procrastination is just gone. Joey Bushnell: I like the analogy in your book Sam of Whack-a-mole. Sam Carpenter: Yeah, go to Google if you don't know what whack-a-mole is and they'll see it's just getting better and better at killing fires, but they will get you in the end. Joey Bushnell: Yeah, a game you can't win! So my last question is, should we be aiming for perfection or does that just hold us back? Sam Carpenter: Yes we should be aiming for perfection however let me redefine perfection. Let's say we are trying to create a process which has a lot of steps in it and it's 98% perfect, well subjectively what we call 95%-98% perfect. In order to get 100% perfect we are going to spend a huge amount of time to get that extra 5% or 2% to make it absolutely perfect, in this very subjective world so I would question if you could make any process working. Perfect is getting it just about, almost perfect without wasting time making it too perfect. In a way I could answer your question by saying strive for perfection but know that if you get to 100% perfection in the colloquial sense or in a classical sense, you have probably spent too much time doing it and that in itself is imperfection. We allow for mistakes around here, mistakes happen but we don't get all bogged down in bureaucracy and going crazy with these processes trying to get them just perfect. That goes with everything, how you ride your bike, your marriage, how you take care of your dog. You need to be consistent and congruent but it doesn't have to be perfect every minute or you turn in to this person we call a control freak. You don't want to be that. Joey Bushnell: So you apply a 98% rule to that Sam? Sam Carpenter: I like 98% it feels about right to me. If you are in high school or college and you get 98% on an exam, you now you did damn well. You didn't get it perfect but it was certainly well enough. Maybe getting 100% on every exam would make you a little weird. Joey Bushnell: Sam, thank you so much for doing this interview with me today it's been absolutely fantastic. For those who haven't read this and currently do not have the books, where can they get it because they need it, there is a lot more than just what we have spoken about. Sam Carpenter: Workthesystem.com is the place to start. There is all kinds of resources take a look at the testimonials. Read the front page, there is a little video I do there, be sure to look at the FAQ's. The FAQ's sum up all that we have talked about today and I'm quite proud of those. I have tweaked those over several years and I think they are really good. That website will lead over to the work the system academy website where we have an online program and then we do one on one consulting. We have some very large international clients and we have some very small clients we do a coaching to. So under the products and services tab people can look at that. The second most important thing would be to follow directions. You can download the entire PDF of the book and the audio of the entire book as reported by me. I own the manuscript so that's different from 99% of publishing deals I do have a legitimate publisher, it's not self published. So we are able to do with it what we want. Interestingly I got a wire from a publishing company in china yesterday and it looks like we are going into china with the book now which is pretty cool. Joey Bushnell: So people can go straight there and download the full version for free in either PDF or Audio? Sam Carpenter: Yes, it is available in various companies in hard copy and it's on amazon as hard copy and the website you can buy it as hard copy too. As a hard copy book it's a very nice book, it makes a great gift for someone who is working more than 80 hours a week. Joey Bushnell: I'll put links for everyone to click them and go download it, thank you that's an incredible offer. If applied it will change lives. Thank you once again Sam for spending time with me today and sharing this great information with us all. Sam Carpenter: No problem Joey my pleasure, we love you Brits! Keep up the good work over there. Thanks Joey, take care. Joey Bushnell: Thank you take care.

Whack-a-mole. You know the game where the mole pops its head up and you have to hit it as quickly as you can? Do you feel like your business world looks a lot like that?There is a better way! You can systemize your business so it will grow and flourish without sucking up every ounce of energy you have and every minute you possess.Sam Carpenter used to run himself ragged as the President of Centratel, one of the largest commercial telephone answering services in the USA. He then discovered the power of systems and everything changed for him and the business. Sam went from 80-hour work weeks down to just two-hour weeks while at the same time multiplying his income 20-fold.Once he proved it, he wrote a book about the systems and processes he instituted at Centratel and outlined how to make them work for other business owners. I discovered the book a couple of years ago and devoured it. We then implemented systems into our business and it changed things dramatically for us too. The book Sam wrote is Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less.Today on the RIMproReport, I am honored to have Sam Carpenter join us to talk about how you can escape the frustrating world of putting out fires and reacting to the whack-a-mole existence and create a business that works for you.As an added bonus, I purchased 20 books from Sam to give away on the show today. All you have to do is share this interview link with other business owners on your social media platform of choice, then send me an email to request a book. Please include your mailing address as well. I'll send the book to the first 20 who respond.If you want to learn more about Work The System, download the pdf version. To learn more about how you can implement Work The System processes into your business, visit www.WorkTheSystem.com.We will also get you caught up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show. It's incredibly good.Special Thanks to our Exclusive Show Sponsor, O'Neil Software.