Entrepreneurial Mindset with Florin Lungu

Episode recorded Live at IBGR.Network

Happy New Year! Make 2021 your best year yet!

Let’s recap what we’ve looked at over the last weeks in our season three.

We looked at the value of implementing SOP’s in your business and why it pays off to put the time into creating them.

Then we looked at assigning roles to your players and how clarity of responsibilities is key to any winning team. Every high-performing team has two things in place: each player knows exactly what their role is and everyone knows who’s in charge.

The next episode has been about the difference between leaders and managers: managers try to solve problems while leaders focus on building momentum.

We looked at how do we create a problem-solving culture in our organizations? And why do we have problems in the first place?

 The purpose of a problem is to call us forward so that we may go before the very conditions, circumstances, and thinking that created it.

 “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein

Problems are opportunities for us to become the solution, rather than seek a solution.

A question I love asking business leaders I work with is, how does your organization look like three years from now? What about five years? Or ten?

As you look at the things you want to achieve in your business over the next years, how big of a team you need around you to allow you to do that? Who in your current team is still with you five or ten years from now?

If 2020 was a difficult year for you, and I know it was for many of us, don’t put it behind you and move on to 2021 with the hope that things will get better, give some thought to what contributed to it being as it was and what you could do differently in the future to futureproof your business.  

What You Need to Know - The What

• Episode 1-4 - Creating Your Business Owner's Manual
• Episode 5-8 - Assigning Roles to Your Players
• Episode 9-12 - Creating Your 90-Day Plan - The Foundation For Growth
• Episode 13-16 - Leadership By Objectives – How To Build A Growth-Driven Organization
• Episode 17-20 - Creating a Problem Solving Culture in Your Organization
• Episode 21-24 - Reorganizing - The Right Structure For Your Future Organization
• Episode 25-28 - Reflection & Mindset - Making 2021 Your Best Year Yet

Before you forget about 2020 and you start the New Year with hope for a new beginning and a different kind of year, make sure to take some time to reflect upon what did you learn in 2020 and what do you want to take with you in 2021.

 Here are 5 Reflective Questions to start your year with:

1. What would I stop doing?
2. What would I start doing?
3. What would I do less of?
4. What would I do more?
5. What would I continue doing?

​Shows

·        Previous: Episode 25-28 - Reflection & Mindset - Making 2021 Your Best Year Yet

·        Next: Season 4  

Episode recorded Live at IBGR.Network

Happy New Year! Make 2021 your best year yet!

Let’s recap what we’ve looked at over the last weeks in our season three.

We looked at the value of implementing SOP’s in your business and why it pays off to put the time into creating them.

Then we looked at assigning roles to your players and how clarity of responsibilities is key to any winning team. Every high-performing team has two things in place: each player knows exactly what their role is and everyone knows who’s in charge.

The next episode has been about the difference between leaders and managers: managers try to solve problems while leaders focus on building momentum.

We looked at how do we create a problem-solving culture in our organizations? And why do we have problems in the first place?

 The purpose of a problem is to call us forward so that we may go before the very conditions, circumstances, and thinking that created it.

 “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein

Problems are opportunities for us to become the solution, rather than seek a solution.

A question I love asking business leaders I work with is, how does your organization look like three years from now? What about five years? Or ten?

As you look at the things you want to achieve in your business over the next years, how big of a team you need around you to allow you to do that? Who in your current team is still with you five or ten years from now?

If 2020 was a difficult year for you, and I know it was for many of us, don’t put it behind you and move on to 2021 with the hope that things will get better, give some thought to what contributed to it being as it was and what you could do differently in the future to futureproof your business.  

What You Need to Know - The What

• Episode 1-4 - Creating Your Business Owner's Manual
• Episode 5-8 - Assigning Roles to Your Players
• Episode 9-12 - Creating Your 90-Day Plan - The Foundation For Growth
• Episode 13-16 - Leadership By Objectives – How To Build A Growth-Driven Organization
• Episode 17-20 - Creating a Problem Solving Culture in Your Organization
• Episode 21-24 - Reorganizing - The Right Structure For Your Future Organization
• Episode 25-28 - Reflection & Mindset - Making 2021 Your Best Year Yet

Before you forget about 2020 and you start the New Year with hope for a new beginning and a different kind of year, make sure to take some time to reflect upon what did you learn in 2020 and what do you want to take with you in 2021.

 Here are 5 Reflective Questions to start your year with:

1. What would I stop doing?
2. What would I start doing?
3. What would I do less of?
4. What would I do more?
5. What would I continue doing?

​Shows

·        Previous: Episode 25-28 - Reflection & Mindset - Making 2021 Your Best Year Yet

·        Next: Season 4  

Episode recorded Live on IBGR.Network

I can’t believe it is Christmas Day and we’re closing in 2020. The year most people would want to forget but one that will remain in history as the year that weak many people up to reality. 

Before you close your year and you go celebrate the New Year with hope for a new beginning and a different kind of year in 2021, make sure to take some time to reflect upon what did you learn in 2020 and what do you want to take with you in 2021. 

Show Objectives - The Why

Most people react to failure or difficulties is that they want to put it behind as fast as possible so they don’t need to think about it. While that might give some sort of short-term relief, until we take the time to reflect upon how did we end up in that situation in the first place and change the cause of those results, we are not really protecting ourselves from ending up in the same situation again. 

If 2020 was a difficult year for you, and I know it was for many of us, don’t put it behind you and move on to 2021 with the hope that things will get better, give some thought to what contributed to it being as it was and what you could do differently in the future to futureproof your business.   

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. It was out of our control
2. How could we have predicted 2020?
3. What’s that much to learn from 2020? It will probably not happen again in another 10 years.

What You Need to Know - The What

Reflection time:

• What is one thing you are grateful for in 2020?
• What is one thing you will be glad to leave behind in 2020?
• What habit(s) have you developed this year that you will carry
• over into 2021?
• What relationship(s) have you developed this year that you will continue in 2021?
• What is your greatest wish for 2021?
• What will you do to ensure that wish comes true?

Mindset Building – 5 Mindsets for 2021 and beyond

• Burning Desire – The Starting Point of All Achievement
• Persistence – The Sustained Effort Vital to Success
• Faith – Belief in Yourself and Your Team 
• Decision – The Mastery of Procrastination
• Imagination – The Workshop of the Mind 

What You Need to Do​​ - The How

The FIVE Questions:

1. What would I stop doing in 2021?
2. What would I start doing in 2021? 
3. What would I do less of in 2021?
4. What would I do more of in 2021?
5. What would I continue doing in 2021?

​Shows

• Previous: Episode 21-24 - Reorganizing - The Right Structure For Your Future Organization
• Next: Episode 29-32 - Season Finale! 

Episode recorded Live on IBGR.Network

I can’t believe it is Christmas Day and we’re closing in 2020. The year most people would want to forget but one that will remain in history as the year that weak many people up to reality. 

Before you close your year and you go celebrate the New Year with hope for a new beginning and a different kind of year in 2021, make sure to take some time to reflect upon what did you learn in 2020 and what do you want to take with you in 2021. 

Show Objectives - The Why

Most people react to failure or difficulties is that they want to put it behind as fast as possible so they don’t need to think about it. While that might give some sort of short-term relief, until we take the time to reflect upon how did we end up in that situation in the first place and change the cause of those results, we are not really protecting ourselves from ending up in the same situation again. 

If 2020 was a difficult year for you, and I know it was for many of us, don’t put it behind you and move on to 2021 with the hope that things will get better, give some thought to what contributed to it being as it was and what you could do differently in the future to futureproof your business.   

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. It was out of our control
2. How could we have predicted 2020?
3. What’s that much to learn from 2020? It will probably not happen again in another 10 years.

What You Need to Know - The What

Reflection time:

• What is one thing you are grateful for in 2020?
• What is one thing you will be glad to leave behind in 2020?
• What habit(s) have you developed this year that you will carry
• over into 2021?
• What relationship(s) have you developed this year that you will continue in 2021?
• What is your greatest wish for 2021?
• What will you do to ensure that wish comes true?

Mindset Building – 5 Mindsets for 2021 and beyond

• Burning Desire – The Starting Point of All Achievement
• Persistence – The Sustained Effort Vital to Success
• Faith – Belief in Yourself and Your Team 
• Decision – The Mastery of Procrastination
• Imagination – The Workshop of the Mind 

What You Need to Do​​ - The How

The FIVE Questions:

1. What would I stop doing in 2021?
2. What would I start doing in 2021? 
3. What would I do less of in 2021?
4. What would I do more of in 2021?
5. What would I continue doing in 2021?

​Shows

• Previous: Episode 21-24 - Reorganizing - The Right Structure For Your Future Organization
• Next: Episode 29-32 - Season Finale! 

Episode recorded Live on IBGR.Network

I can’t believe it is Christmas Day and we’re closing in 2020. The year most people would want to forget but one that will remain in history as the year that weak many people up to reality. 

Before you close your year and you go celebrate the New Year with hope for a new beginning and a different kind of year in 2021, make sure to take some time to reflect upon what did you learn in 2020 and what do you want to take with you in 2021. 

Show Objectives - The Why

Most people react to failure or difficulties is that they want to put it behind as fast as possible so they don’t need to think about it. While that might give some sort of short-term relief, until we take the time to reflect upon how did we end up in that situation in the first place and change the cause of those results, we are not really protecting ourselves from ending up in the same situation again. 

If 2020 was a difficult year for you, and I know it was for many of us, don’t put it behind you and move on to 2021 with the hope that things will get better, give some thought to what contributed to it being as it was and what you could do differently in the future to futureproof your business.   

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. It was out of our control
2. How could we have predicted 2020?
3. What’s that much to learn from 2020? It will probably not happen again in another 10 years.

What You Need to Know - The What

Reflection time:

• What is one thing you are grateful for in 2020?
• What is one thing you will be glad to leave behind in 2020?
• What habit(s) have you developed this year that you will carry
• over into 2021?
• What relationship(s) have you developed this year that you will continue in 2021?
• What is your greatest wish for 2021?
• What will you do to ensure that wish comes true?

Mindset Building – 5 Mindsets for 2021 and beyond

• Burning Desire – The Starting Point of All Achievement
• Persistence – The Sustained Effort Vital to Success
• Faith – Belief in Yourself and Your Team 
• Decision – The Mastery of Procrastination
• Imagination – The Workshop of the Mind 

What You Need to Do​​ - The How

The FIVE Questions:

1. What would I stop doing in 2021?
2. What would I start doing in 2021? 
3. What would I do less of in 2021?
4. What would I do more of in 2021?
5. What would I continue doing in 2021?

​Shows

• Previous: Episode 21-24 - Reorganizing - The Right Structure For Your Future Organization
• Next: Episode 29-32 - Season Finale! 

Episode recorded Live on IBGR.Network

I can’t believe it is Christmas Day and we’re closing in 2020. The year most people would want to forget but one that will remain in history as the year that weak many people up to reality. 

Before you close your year and you go celebrate the New Year with hope for a new beginning and a different kind of year in 2021, make sure to take some time to reflect upon what did you learn in 2020 and what do you want to take with you in 2021. 

Show Objectives - The Why

Most people react to failure or difficulties is that they want to put it behind as fast as possible so they don’t need to think about it. While that might give some sort of short-term relief, until we take the time to reflect upon how did we end up in that situation in the first place and change the cause of those results, we are not really protecting ourselves from ending up in the same situation again. 

If 2020 was a difficult year for you, and I know it was for many of us, don’t put it behind you and move on to 2021 with the hope that things will get better, give some thought to what contributed to it being as it was and what you could do differently in the future to futureproof your business.   

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. It was out of our control
2. How could we have predicted 2020?
3. What’s that much to learn from 2020? It will probably not happen again in another 10 years.

What You Need to Know - The What

Reflection time:

• What is one thing you are grateful for in 2020?
• What is one thing you will be glad to leave behind in 2020?
• What habit(s) have you developed this year that you will carry
• over into 2021?
• What relationship(s) have you developed this year that you will continue in 2021?
• What is your greatest wish for 2021?
• What will you do to ensure that wish comes true?

Mindset Building – 5 Mindsets for 2021 and beyond

• Burning Desire – The Starting Point of All Achievement
• Persistence – The Sustained Effort Vital to Success
• Faith – Belief in Yourself and Your Team 
• Decision – The Mastery of Procrastination
• Imagination – The Workshop of the Mind 

What You Need to Do​​ - The How

The FIVE Questions:

1. What would I stop doing in 2021?
2. What would I start doing in 2021? 
3. What would I do less of in 2021?
4. What would I do more of in 2021?
5. What would I continue doing in 2021?

​Shows

• Previous: Episode 21-24 - Reorganizing - The Right Structure For Your Future Organization
• Next: Episode 29-32 - Season Finale! 

Recorded LIVE at IBGR.Network - Your Business Growth Radio

A question I love asking business leaders I work with is, how does your organization look like three years from now? What about five years? Or ten?

As you look at the things you want to achieve in your business over the next years, how big of a team you need around you to allow you to do that? Who in your current team is still with you five or ten years from now?

 That’s some really thought-provoking set of questions I’ll love to explore with you today.

 Show Objectives - The Why

These questions are universal regardless of the growth stage. During Stage I, this is simple. You’re a hand full of people and no processes or organizational charts to think about. During Stage II this is an academic issue because you are so focused on generating sales that the answer to the question is "whatever” and “whomever.” Now you are in a different spot, there is time to give this thought and make it a priority because what happens at Stage III is your future.

 From this point forward your goal for organizing the company is simple - focus all of the employees to pull together in one general direction to maximize impact - "getting the herd headed roughly west.”

 Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. This is not a priority.
2. How do I even know where I want to be in 5 years?
3. People aren’t serious. You can’t find good people anymore.

 What You Need to Know - The What

 ·        Not all people on your team need to be with you three years from now.

·        Not everyone has a seat on your bus.

·        Your top talent always has options

·        Some need to step up and some need to go.

·        Don’t send your ducks to the eagles school.

 What You Need to Do​​ - The How

1. Make it a priority.
2. Visualize your future business.
3. Sketch your 3-year organizational chart.
4. Map out your current players to the future roles
5. Identify who’s not up for it.
6. Create a plan to fill the empty seats.

 ​Shows

●      Previous: Episode 16-20 - Creating A Problem-Solving Culture In Your Organization

●      Next: Episode 25-28 - Making 2021 Your Best Year Ever

Recorded LIVE at IBGR.Network - Your Business Growth Radio

A question I love asking business leaders I work with is, how does your organization look like three years from now? What about five years? Or ten?

As you look at the things you want to achieve in your business over the next years, how big of a team you need around you to allow you to do that? Who in your current team is still with you five or ten years from now?

 That’s some really thought-provoking set of questions I’ll love to explore with you today.

 Show Objectives - The Why

These questions are universal regardless of the growth stage. During Stage I, this is simple. You’re a hand full of people and no processes or organizational charts to think about. During Stage II this is an academic issue because you are so focused on generating sales that the answer to the question is "whatever” and “whomever.” Now you are in a different spot, there is time to give this thought and make it a priority because what happens at Stage III is your future.

 From this point forward your goal for organizing the company is simple - focus all of the employees to pull together in one general direction to maximize impact - "getting the herd headed roughly west.”

 Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. This is not a priority.
2. How do I even know where I want to be in 5 years?
3. People aren’t serious. You can’t find good people anymore.

 What You Need to Know - The What

 ·        Not all people on your team need to be with you three years from now.

·        Not everyone has a seat on your bus.

·        Your top talent always has options

·        Some need to step up and some need to go.

·        Don’t send your ducks to the eagles school.

 What You Need to Do​​ - The How

1. Make it a priority.
2. Visualize your future business.
3. Sketch your 3-year organizational chart.
4. Map out your current players to the future roles
5. Identify who’s not up for it.
6. Create a plan to fill the empty seats.

 ​Shows

●      Previous: Episode 16-20 - Creating A Problem-Solving Culture In Your Organization

●      Next: Episode 25-28 - Making 2021 Your Best Year Ever

Recorded LIVE at IBGR.Network - Your Business Growth Radio

A question I love asking business leaders I work with is, how does your organization look like three years from now? What about five years? Or ten?

As you look at the things you want to achieve in your business over the next years, how big of a team you need around you to allow you to do that? Who in your current team is still with you five or ten years from now?

 That’s some really thought-provoking set of questions I’ll love to explore with you today.

 Show Objectives - The Why

These questions are universal regardless of the growth stage. During Stage I, this is simple. You’re a hand full of people and no processes or organizational charts to think about. During Stage II this is an academic issue because you are so focused on generating sales that the answer to the question is "whatever” and “whomever.” Now you are in a different spot, there is time to give this thought and make it a priority because what happens at Stage III is your future.

 From this point forward your goal for organizing the company is simple - focus all of the employees to pull together in one general direction to maximize impact - "getting the herd headed roughly west.”

 Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. This is not a priority.
2. How do I even know where I want to be in 5 years?
3. People aren’t serious. You can’t find good people anymore.

 What You Need to Know - The What

 ·        Not all people on your team need to be with you three years from now.

·        Not everyone has a seat on your bus.

·        Your top talent always has options

·        Some need to step up and some need to go.

·        Don’t send your ducks to the eagles school.

 What You Need to Do​​ - The How

1. Make it a priority.
2. Visualize your future business.
3. Sketch your 3-year organizational chart.
4. Map out your current players to the future roles
5. Identify who’s not up for it.
6. Create a plan to fill the empty seats.

 ​Shows

●      Previous: Episode 16-20 - Creating A Problem-Solving Culture In Your Organization

●      Next: Episode 25-28 - Making 2021 Your Best Year Ever

Recorded LIVE at IBGR.Network - Your Business Growth Radio

A question I love asking business leaders I work with is, how does your organization look like three years from now? What about five years? Or ten?

As you look at the things you want to achieve in your business over the next years, how big of a team you need around you to allow you to do that? Who in your current team is still with you five or ten years from now?

 That’s some really thought-provoking set of questions I’ll love to explore with you today.

 Show Objectives - The Why

These questions are universal regardless of the growth stage. During Stage I, this is simple. You’re a hand full of people and no processes or organizational charts to think about. During Stage II this is an academic issue because you are so focused on generating sales that the answer to the question is "whatever” and “whomever.” Now you are in a different spot, there is time to give this thought and make it a priority because what happens at Stage III is your future.

 From this point forward your goal for organizing the company is simple - focus all of the employees to pull together in one general direction to maximize impact - "getting the herd headed roughly west.”

 Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. This is not a priority.
2. How do I even know where I want to be in 5 years?
3. People aren’t serious. You can’t find good people anymore.

 What You Need to Know - The What

 ·        Not all people on your team need to be with you three years from now.

·        Not everyone has a seat on your bus.

·        Your top talent always has options

·        Some need to step up and some need to go.

·        Don’t send your ducks to the eagles school.

 What You Need to Do​​ - The How

1. Make it a priority.
2. Visualize your future business.
3. Sketch your 3-year organizational chart.
4. Map out your current players to the future roles
5. Identify who’s not up for it.
6. Create a plan to fill the empty seats.

 ​Shows

●      Previous: Episode 16-20 - Creating A Problem-Solving Culture In Your Organization

●      Next: Episode 25-28 - Making 2021 Your Best Year Ever