How do you outplay and outlast in the game of business?

How do you outlast your head trash - your mental fatigue that says that you can't do something?

Stefan explores how to create stamina in today's brain-stretch episode of our podcast.

When you give up on something and never complete it - it's a missed opportunity and helps create a pattern in your life of a person who just never finishes things.

Life is a pattern - the last 5 years are not much different to the 5 years before that. And the next 5 years will be the same unless you create new patterns so you can outlast the mental fatigue that gets in the way of stamina.

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https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

Rob and Rose Seymour are the owners of a unique business - PureProtect.

They are specialists in Mould, Damp, Water Damage and Indoor Air Quality and deliver hygiene and infection control solutions to industries where health and safety are paramount.

They operate as mould re-mediators, licensed builders and fix buildings and homes with mould damage.

They reveal how they have been able to achieve extraordinary growth, particularly over the previous 12 months, and go into detail about what changes they needed to make personally, and as a business, to achieve that growth.

One point to note is the enormous benefit that PureProtect has experienced since they began charging for quotes, rather than doing them for free. The flow-on effects throughout the business have been remarkable.

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"How to Grow a Business"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

Marc Montager is the Sales Manager at Alloys - "The Non-Traditional Distributor". With almost 30 years experience in the industry and with hard-earned experience in managing and growing high-performance teams, Marc gives tremendous insight into what it takes to build a high performance team and what to look for when recruiting new members into a team.

Marc is not one to tolerate mediocrity, and shares many of his personal experiences in managing teams and improving them for higher performance. He also shares his most important factors for success and what to look for in employees beyond technical capabilities, including urgency, willingness, curiosity and discipline.

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Need a business coach?

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Buy Stefan's Books:

"How to Grow a Business"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

This is a "brain stretch" episode in order to get you thinking about how your business is positioned, and how you plan to be innovative.

As we enter a new year, this is an important time to reflect upon how you position your business - who you are, what you do and who you do it for.

Stefan also explores the concept of whether you position yourself as a hero to your clients - or instead, whether you're a guide for them.

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Need a business coach?

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Buy Stefan's Books:

"How to Grow a Business"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

A recording of Stefan's speech to the graduating class at East Doncaster Secondary College.

As an alumni of that same high school years ago and ongoing involvement in the school community, Stefan was asked to speak to the Class of 2018. He gives some inspiring and practical advice, that not only will serve them well in their journey into the big wide world and adulthood, but also provides us all with some inspiration and reflection as we begin a brand new year.

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Need a business coach?

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Call 03 9001 0878

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Buy Stefan's Books:

"How to Grow a Business"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

Identifying and serving your ideal target market is vital to the long term success of your business. You need to shape your business from the foundations up, and focus on how you can best serve your ideal customer.

If you try to be everything to everyone, you are actually going to be no good to anybody. From a strategic point of view, your desired target market directs the cut of your business.

Stefan gives an example of when he was brought into his parent's struggling textile and manufacturing business - and how important important identifying and serving their ideal customer was in turning around the business.

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Need a business coach?

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Visit businessbenchmarkgroup.com.au.

Email [email protected]

Call 03 9001 0878

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Buy Stefan's Books:

"How to Grow a Business"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

What does it take to build an A-Grade team? Stefan explores what leaders need to do to grow high performance teams and what employers need to look for when hiring new members for your team.

Key to building a high performance team is a focus on progression, and not letting perfection get in the way.

Stefan also explores the four key attributes to look for when building a high performance team:

1. Organisational skills

2. Communication skills

3. Interpersonal skills

4. Analytical skills

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Need a business coach?

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Get in touch with Business Benchmark Group!

Visit businessbenchmarkgroup.com.au.

Email [email protected]

Call 03 9001 0878

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Buy Stefan's Books:

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"How to Grow a Business"

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-Business-Stefan-Kazakis/dp/0994545274

"From Deadwood To Diamonds"

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwood-Diamonds-Business-Achieve-Success-ebook/dp/B00J1V0TWI

Our interview with Damian De Vincentis, owner of be0nd plumbing.

be0nd plumbing (www.beondplumbing.com.au) is one of Victoria’s leading emergency response and maintenance plumbing companies who offer 24/7 emergency service including storm relief.

Being involved in reactive maintenance and having to work closely with insurance companies requires strict adherence to processes and inevitably a lot of paperwork. This is always a significant challenge to meet, especially in a fast-growing business.

Damian became a client of ours in November 2017. Since then, beOnd plumbing has gone from strength to strength.

• Revenue has more than doubled

• Team has grown from four to eight

• Huge improvement in process handling

• Key achievement has been building a trusted team of A-graders who reliably adopt and follow the procedures put in place.

Damian shares tremendous insight into how beOnd plumbing has been able to grow so successfully, especially over the previous 12 months, and how vital his team, and the processes they have put in place, has been to that growth.

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In business, and in your personal life, you make a choice: Are you a dream maker, or a dream taker?

In this brain stretch episode, Stefan explores the concepts of “Mindset, Belief, Identity and Accountability”, and how getting these right is crucial to your business success.

The reality is that to be successful in business, you need to have a curiosity-based mindset and be open to evaluating new information.

You need to open-minded about how to consistently do things better.

You need to cultivate an identity of embracing accountability. You need to have stamina, and ensure you always finish things – not just start them.

The journey of business is never a straight line. It’s not easy, which is why only 13% of adults in the world have the belief and mindset to run a business.

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Matthew Adams founded Motosign (https://motosign.com.au) in 2004 and has grown a business that is passionate about everything to do with signage - vehicle signage, car wraps, shop front signage, wall graphics, outdoor banners and much more.

Matthew joined our Board of Directors 12 program in 2017, and within one year, the business has achieved phenomenal growth, including doubling their revenue within a year, growing their team from 4 to 7 and doubling their Average Dollar Sale.

Matthew Adams explains the change in his in mindset and identity he's experienced in his first year as part of our Board of Directors 12 Program - and what that has done not only for his business, but also his family and personal life.

As Matthew mentions:

"My mindset has improved 1000% in the last year.”

My wife pointed out that since joining Business Benchmark Group, she could see the change in me. Having things like cashflow under control keeps a lot of pressure off the family. Paying for the kids schooling, paying off the house, paying for holidays... since our crisis point, it has freed things up a lot.

The sky is the limit. We would have never have even thought about a million dollars turnover three years ago!"

MotoSign continues it's exceptional growth, and is progressing and diversifying in all areas of the business. This episode is full of inspiration and advice for business owners at all stages of business.

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