I wasn't sure what to expect when I interviewed Lucas but I can honestly say... "Mind blown!" 

On his one-pager, Lucas is described as, "For over 17 years, Lucas Root led numerous teams on Wall Street. After establishing a consistent track record of success, Lucas started his own consulting business. Lucas works with strong brands with a well-funded great idea, that don’t quite know how to execute. Since early 2019, Lucas has had the wonderful opportunity to speak to numerous audiences in North America, Australia, and Europe, as well as partner with both businesses and VCs for mentoring.

He had a number of topics we could talk about & we chose "Productivity - especially while Working From Home; includes brain state management, Routines, scheduling and planning, space management, clothing."

And what a ride that was! Normally we ask for 3 tips - this episode has an entire book worth of productivity tips through changing your brain state. I thought I was up with the play on sleep & brain activity, however, I walked away buzzing.

You can read more about Lucas here: https://lucasroot.com/

Lucas' Top 3 Tips

1.  Break down your day into time chunks that you can keep track of easily

Maybe it's an hour, an hour is a good place to start. Most people can keep track of their hours throughout the day. 

2. Come up with a plan for what you're going to accomplish in that hour

Have a very, very simple plan for every single hour throughout the day. And take a moment to either write it down or say it out loud at the beginning of that hour every hour every day. That's it. Very, very simple. That alone will make dramatic changes in your life. So you know it's noon, "I'm going to take my lunch break." Say it out loud. "For the next hour, I'm going to relax, not think about work and eat food done." You will find you have more energy at 7pm, just by doing that every single day.

3. Take notes

Write down the things that are on the list inside your head. Do it all the time, as often as you can tolerate. Most of the people that are in the productivity space, and I respect their opinions tremendously, say that a physical pen and paper is far more effective for this. So if you can carry around a notebook and a pen, do it. If you can't, electronic tools work.

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Wyndi (Rodokal) Tagi is a Visionary who is passionate about enhancing the mana of Māori and Pacifica People, with a vision to impact the lives of 10 million.

Wyndi took an idea, convinced her husband to start a business and things were going well. Then they were told by one of the big 4 accounting firms that they should stop spending so much time & money with their community & with their family - that their culture didn't differentiate them. It was demoralising but also a big turning point for Wyndi & her husband Eli. 

Hear how they took this, what it prompted in them & how they built this into a purpose-led business across several countries.

Wyndi is now one of my EOS clients. We connected on LinkedIn initially and just chewed the fat over a walk & talk. Later on, she contacted me having read the EOS books & wanted to talk to me to see if I could help them. She shares what EOS has done for the business & their family, how they went from 47 goals down to 6 & how they manage to employ family in the business without any issues.

More about Wyndi:

On her mother's side, she is from Ati-Hau-Nui-A-Paparangi, on her dad's side, she is of NZ European descent from England and Greece. 

After her first breast cancer diagnosis in 2017, she decided that she wanted to ensure she lived her best life and she wasn’t interested in dying with regret. So she's been living into her purpose, which is to better the statistics of Māori and Pacifica people. WE Accounting is one of the many vehicles she drives for doing just that.

Wyndi's Top 3 Tips

1. Have a good kaupapa for your business

So a clear vision, purpose & values and stick to them no matter what. Really understand what that is, and make sure it really aligns with you and who you are and what you want to achieve in life. If you do that, then that makes it easier for your team and anyone else to know who you are, what you're about and whether they want to join on the journey.

2. Have a clear business plan

It doesn't have to be 50 pages long. It has to be something that's really, really simple that you can look at daily, weekly, monthly, whatever, but read regularly. If you want to achieve your goals, they say write them down. And then, take action.

3. It's okay to hire family members

As long as they get the job, want the job and they are capable of doing the job. And they align with your values. Interview them like you would normally interview anybody. Get someone else in your team to interview them, too, if you feel that you need a different perspective, we've done that.

Connect with Wyndi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wynditagi/

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Erik Jensen is the Co-Owner of Predictive ROI—a 7-figure marketing agency helping businesses monetize their position of authority.

A business owner since age 14, Erik began his entrepreneurial journey via a national juggling business that took him and his brother around the country.

Now the Chief Strategy Officer at Predictive ROI, Erik developed the podcasting strategy that made the agency over $2M, which was featured in the book Profitable Podcasting.

In this podcast, we talk about why it's important to own your own platform (from lessons learned in the past), how juggling can pay ou rway around the US for years & how to build your own platform so that you are not reliant on others.

Erik's top 3 tips:

1. Figure out how to leverage your time.

We all have the same amount of time in our days. The more you can do with that time, the better. Stop doing the things that you suck at. Instead, find or hire the people who are really good at the things you're bad at. Don't hire people that are like you, right? If they're just like you, then they're going to have similar skill sets.

2. Run towards the pain

If there is a particular challenge that you have in serving your clients, or there's a particular challenge that your clients can't overcome, run towards that pain. Because if it's a pain for you, it's a pain for your competitors. You're going to put yourself at a competitive advantage if you can solve the problem for yourself internally. And if you're running towards the pain that your clients have, and solving that for them, then you're their white knight. You can come in and say, 'I can take care of this, it doesn't have to be a problem anymore. We have the solution.' Both of those are pretty good things to have. Competitive advantages and being able to be the right fit for your clients to solve their problems.

3. Build and utilise social proof

There are two stages in the basis of building social proof mastery. The first one is you need to define where you're getting communications that provide the sort of proof that you want. Remember, social proof is just any sort of proof that comes from a third party. This could be awards, accreditation, businesses that you currently serve, case studies, testimonials etc. Understand the places where you're actually getting these from, and make sure it all goes into a database.

Then the second part of it is to try to empower, if possible, one person on each of your channels. Give them ownership of that and say, 'Look, we have given you this great set of content. What we want you to do is utilise this content, at least x number of times in this period of time, on each of these platforms. Honestly, do those two things, build the database, and then empower someone with clear instructions on how to utilise it. Take advantage of your social proof.

Get the FREE book - https://predictiveroi.com/free-book/

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast

Or connect with Erik here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-jensen-b9946068/ 

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As Chief Operating Officer & EOS Integrator at BusinessOnline, Jeff focuses on creating operational excellence as well as working with clients to provide strategic consulting on their digital marketing programs. 

In his role at BusinesOnline Jeff is responsible for overseeing Paid Media, SEO, Creative, Content, Analytics, Account-Based Marketing (ABM), Client Services, Program Management, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions. He has over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies in the Travel, Retail, Etail, Consumer Electronics, Financial, High Tech and Business to Business Industries with clients such as Sony, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Samsung, IBM, T-Mobile, Disney, Nikon, Apple, State Farm, Intel, Informatica, and Microsoft.

In this episode, Jeff talks about how EOS has worked in their business & why introducing processes & systems, such as EOS, do not stifle creativity but actually improve it!

Jeff's Top 3 Tips are:

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast

Or connect with Jack here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-martin-52ten/

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Levent Yildizgoren was born in Turkey, but has spent the last quarter of a century running a highly successful, professional localisation service based in the UK.

His decades of learning about the pitfalls and prizes the export market presents are shared in his book through his LINGO model.

He has helped companies to do business in more than 100 languages!

He has also grown his own company from being a one-man band at home to being an international consultancy.

In this podcast he shares his own personal journey as well as sharing his experience in expanding into international markets - giving tips & pointers on not only how you should do it, but also why you should do it.

Levent's top 3 tips:

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast

Or connect with Levent here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leventyildizgoren/

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Jack Martin is the Co-founder of 52TEN, a proud U.S. Army Veteran, Father & Husband.

In this episode, he talks us through how he founded 52Ten, 6 years ago & has built it up to over 25 people. He share the challenges he has faced & how he overcame them, plus where that name come from.

But most importantly he shares with us how he keeps his family 7 children & particularly his wife happy & how he brings Andrea on the EOS Journey.

Jack's top 3 tips:

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast

Or connect with Jack here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-martin-52ten/

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Henry Daas is a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker, serial entrepreneur, author, coach, screenwriter, avid golfer, biker, and international traveller. He is also a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Connecticut.

He recently authored the 432-page book, FQ: Financial Intelligence. In it, he explores every aspect of personal finance. He helps people to learn how to:

Henry's Top 3 Tips / Tools:

1. Don't be afraid to experiment with Saas products

2. Explore the 5 reasons that small businesses fail

3. Use Money tools in your business & your personal life

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast

Find out more about his book & courses here:  https://www.daasknowledge.com

Or connect with Henry here: http://henrydaas.com/ 

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Kison Patel is the Founder and CEO of M&A Science, with a passion to drive the M&A industry forward. 

He was an M&A advisor for ten years in which he sold larger companies such as commercial banks and hotel chains. In 2012, he noticed teams lacked efficient technology to manage deals and created DealRoom, an M&A lifecycle management platform.  

In 2016, he started the M&A Science podcast devoting his time to creating a platform where all the best practitioners could share their best practices and lessons learned from real-life deals. Kison then created The M&A Science Academy in 2020 to offer step-by-step training to those looking to master M&A featuring courses created by top-level practitioners. Through developing technology, educational content, and industry training, Kison aims to bring better practices to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values, and competition. 

He is a best-selling author & has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Investing.com, Business.com & CEOWorld Magazine. 

In this podcast though we talk about the journey of growth for DealRoom as a business as well as the personal growth & development that Kison has undertaken on this journey. 

Kison's Top 3 Tips 

1. Adopt discipline 

2. Establish a learning pattern 

3. Learn to have empathy 

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast 

Join the M&A Science Community here: https://www.mascience.com/newsletter-signup  

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"Being an excellent husband, father, friend & entrepreneur is a choice. Easy to say, hard to do." That's how Corey describes himself on his LinkedIn Profile & when you listen to this podcast you'll understand how he achieves all of these.

Corey works as the Co-Owner & President of All Volleyball Inc - a family-owned business that has been running for many years. 

Just 2 years ago, after trying to implement many other business systems, the family business decided to go with EOS & use a professional implementer to help them.

In that time they have survived & thrived throughout a pandemic & grown the business to 5x its revenue. However, it hasn't been without its challenges.

Find out why they chose to go with EOS, what it has done for the business & how they went from 5 family members on the leadership team down to just one but how they still all get along & love each other.

Their story is VERY inspiring & if you're a family business owner or part of a family business, you will take a lot from this episode.

Corey's Top 3 Tips

1. Find a system or create one

And then once you have it, don't deviate from it! Corey's family business implemented EOS / Traction & he strongly recommends it but maintains that sticking with any system will work.

2. Stop playing store

You've got to lean into the hard stuff to get the results!

3. Get or ask for help!

It's tough doing it alone. Find support from a coach, a peer group, mentors... Or all 3.

Head to our website for the full transcript & more tips & tools - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast

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Rob Hughes is the CEO of Hughes Integrated, a StoryBrand Certified Marketing Agency. As a top-rated StoryBrand Certified Guide, Rob’s passion is in helping small businesses accelerate growth. 

Since 2011, Rob has coached hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs from over 30 states, giving them the direction and confidence to take their business to the next level. Rob leads a team of marketing ninjas at Hughes Integrated, a StoryBrand Certified Marketing Agency dedicated to growing client revenue through powerfully effective digital marketing tools. 

His agency runs on three books: Traction (by Gino Wickman), Building a StoryBrand (by Donald Miller) and Profit First (Mike Michalowicz). In this podcast he talks to me about the lessons he has learned in scaling his business from a one-man band to the team of Ninjas he now has & how the 3 books guide his life. 

Rob also hosts The Thrive Collective Podcast and serves on StoryBrand's Guide Advisory Board. 

FREE StoryBrand Lesson: How to Use Story To Sell More - https://hughesintegrated.com/how-to-Use-story-to-sell-more/ 

Website: Hughes Integrated 

Podcast: The Thrive Collective with Rob Hughes 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/storybrandguide/ 

Head to our website for Rob's top 3 tips and resources - https://www.debrachantry-taylor.com/podcast 

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