Lazy Leverage

By Jon Matzner and Peter Lohmann

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Lazy Leverage episodes:

August 11, 2026 Three companies, one HR director | Lazy Leverage #121
Jessica Doyle's CEO and CFO were hand-building the company's reports in Excel. The formulas kept breaking, which meant the owners of the business were the ones fixing them. So Centennial went looking for a teammate who worked opposite hours, and the fix would be waiting before anyone logged on.
In this one: what it takes to run people operations across three companies at once, why HR's love of process makes global hiring feel like breaking a rule, and what changes when a talent leader stops being reactive and starts planning ahead.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage
01:15 - Three Companies, One HR Team
04:14 - What Managers Misunderstand About People
07:50 - The CEO and CFO Were Building the Reports
11:33 - The Prep Cook Model, and Why It Blooms
13:50 - Building Marketing, Then Building HR
17:32 - HR and the Habit of Saying No
21:24 - Start New Concepts or Buy Old Ones
23:42 - Where Are Your Employee Records
26:32 - Advice for HR Leaders Going Global
29:46 - Visit Your Team, It's a Business Expense

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Quotes Referenced:
Jessica Doyle on management: "You're not just managing somebody else's workload. You're managing people's feelings, and people's personal lives."
The leadership framework Jon cites at Sagan: habit one is know and take care of your people, habit two is communicate about performance, positive and negative.

People & Companies Cited:
Centennial Investment Partners, and the three companies Jessica covers: Loved Veterinary Services, in-home euthanasia and end-of-life care for pets; Dayrise Wellness, mental health therapy for all ages; and The Autism Therapy Group, one-on-one ABA therapy for children and young adults with autism

Tools Mentioned in the Episode:
ADP, Indeed, Excel, HRIS, Sagan AI agents

Follow Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmatzner/| https://x.com/MatznerJon| https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Jessica Doyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-doyle-81222aa7/| https://centennialinvestmentpartners.com/

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Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation

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33min
August 04, 2026 You Need to Get Good at Wasting Time | Lazy Leverage #120
Juan is who Jon becomes when he finally takes real time off. There is a specific shirt, one extra button undone, a jacuzzi and a cocktail. Then something breaks at the company, the shirt comes off, and Jon is back.
In this one: the AI that told Jon to sit on the beach and not write about it, the three categories Arthur Brooks says will make you good at leisure, and the fourth one Peter's grandfather figured out that Brooks left off the list.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage
01:39 - Brought to You by Sagan Passport
02:59 - Leisure Is a Skill for Strivers
07:51 - The Irony of Leisure Maxing
10:46 - David Choe and Art With No Purpose
12:46 - Alan Watts and Designing Your Environment
17:05 - The Asset That Never Hits the Balance Sheet
20:00 - Cocktail Hour at the Cottage
23:20 - Meet Juan, Jon's Leisure Alter Ego
27:09 - Category 1: Learning Things You Don't Have To
31:51 - Category 2: Relationships Nobody Pays For
35:57 - Category 3: Getting Philosophically Deeper
39:56 - The Missing Fourth Category: Wasting Time
43:48 - Why Your Best Ideas Arrive at Rest
48:42 - The Head Trash Around Taking Time Off

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Books:
The School of Life & de Botton, A. (2016). Small pleasures. The School of Life Press. (Jon refers to it as "Simple Pleasures" in the episode.)
The School of Life. (2021). A simpler life: A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity. The School of Life Press.
Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. Simon & Schuster.
Allen, D. (2001). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity. Viking.
Quotes Referenced:
Alan Watts (paraphrased): if you live for a goal that sits in front of you, you will still be living in the future once you reach it.
Arthur Brooks (paraphrased): leisure is not compensated, but it enriches us and it makes us better.
Rob Dyrdek: "You can do exactly what you intended to do and still have a terrible experience. That's why we use Energy Ratings in Existence."
Jeff Bezos (paraphrased): a senior executive only needs to make a small number of high-quality decisions a year.

People & Frameworks Cited:
Arthur Brooks, Harvard Business School, on leisure as a developed skill
Alain de Botton, Swiss-born philosopher and founder of The School of Life
Alan Watts, philosopher
David Choe, artist, painted the mural in Facebook's first office
Rob Dyrdek, founder of Existence, the time-tracking platform behind the calendar
Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, on the loss of third places
Wim Hof, breath work
Crane Breaks, Peter's month-off practice

Tools Mentioned in the Episode:
Claude, Zapier, Notion, Slack, Riverside, Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses

Related Reading:
Arthur Brooks on why leisure is a skill worth developing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Sk2LgtJno

Follow Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmatzner/| https://x.com/MatznerJon| https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pslohmann/| https://x.com/pslohmann| https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation
👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

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52min
July 28, 2026 I'd Put These $300 Glasses on Every Employee | Lazy Leverage #119
Jon bought a pair of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses to take pictures with his kids without pulling his phone out. Weeks later, he's texting his AI agent from them, dictating voice memos into Codex hands-free, and rebuilding how his content workflow captures footage.
In this one: why he'd put a set on every employee if he still ran a home services business, the backdoor around Meta's ecosystem that lets you route commands to any AI agent, and why the future of field ops looks a lot like a body cam.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Meta Ray-Bans: What They Actually Do
02:53 - The Fantasy: Fewer Screens, More Leverage
09:03 - Texting Your AI Agent (The Meta Backdoor)
14:33 - Long-Form Voice Notes via Google Voice
20:49 - Give Every Crew a Set: The Content Machine
25:25 - Live Event Coverage That Actually Works
29:21 - Master Plumber / Junior Plumber Leverage
32:22 - The Body Cam for Your Business
36:20 - How do you picture a year in your head?
38:32 - Wrap + Next Week Tease

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Quotes Referenced:
Leonardo da Vinci: "Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work the least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form." (Recorded in Vasari's Lives of the Artists.)

Tools Mentioned in the Episode:
Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, OpenAI Codex, Claude, Google Voice, AgentMail, Zapier, Airtable, AppFolio, Slack, HubSpot, NFC tags

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pslohmann/ | https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation

👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW
🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lazy-leverage/id1777098486
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40min
July 21, 2026 The Airbnb Tax Hack Is a Trap | Lazy Leverage #118
Every entrepreneur who writes their first six-figure check to the IRS hears the same pitch: buy an Airbnb, use the depreciation to wipe out your active income, save a fortune on taxes. Peter and Jon spent months looking at it. They're both saying no.
In this one: why the Airbnb tax hack is a trap, what post-economic living looks like, and the four escape routes every operator considers when the tax bill hits (and why most cost more than they save).

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Peter's Two-Night Think Week
05:35 - Your First Six-Figure Check to the IRS
10:55 - The Four Tax Escape Options
13:05 - Donor Advised Funds & Foundations
16:47 - Starting a Business Just for Depreciation
22:25 - Read the Primary Sources
26:00 - Real Estate Professional Status & the Depreciation Play
33:45 - The Short-Term Rental Loophole (And Why It Sucks)
39:46 - The Sagan Retreat House Play
43:20 - Real Estate for Preservation, Not Deal-Making
54:08 - We're Post-Economic

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Books:
Grann, D. (2023). The wager: A tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder. Doubleday.
The School of Life & de Botton, A. (2016). Small pleasures. The School of Life Press.
Forester, C. S. (1937). Beat to quarters. Little, Brown.
O'Brian, P. (1969). Master and commander. J. B. Lippincott.

Quotes Referenced:
Sam Altman (paraphrased): "Unless the opportunity is so good that it makes the rest of your career up to that point look like a footnote, you don't do it."

People & Frameworks Cited:
Thomas Kopelman, financial advisor at AllStreet Wealth
Moses Kagan, Adaptive Real Estate
Logan Rankin, real estate operator

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation

👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lazy-leverage/id1777098486
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58min
July 14, 2026I Locked 15 Business Owners in a Room to Solve AI. Here's What Works. | Lazy Leverage #117
Jon just put 15 business owners in a room in San Diego for 2.5 days. Everyone doing over $3M a year. Nobody selling AI courses. In this episode: the 8 rules Jon and Zaki (Sagan's President of AI) came out with, why theory of constraints filters every AI decision, the 4 levels of AI access every home services business needs (spoiler: don't hand Claude Code to your maintenance tech), and why almost everything you're seeing right now is faster horses. Plus a new benefit for Crane members announced at the end.

Chapters:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:49 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage
2:02 - Brought to You by Sagan Passport
3:19 - The Sagan X AI Event (15 Business Owners in San Diego)
8:24 - Rule 1: Global Talent + AI Agents Are the Same Pursuit
14:44 - Rule 2: Theory of Constraints Is the AI Money Filter
19:40 - Rule 3: The 4 Levels of AI Access in Your Company
31:26 - Rule 4: Experimentation vs Production
35:23 - Rule 5: Source of Truth vs System of Record vs Endpoints
44:30 - Rule 6: Perfectionism Is the Enemy of AI Adoption
49:44 - Rule 7: Everything Is a Technology Problem First
53:25 - Rule 8: Faster Horses vs Cars (Agent-Native Building)
58:30 - Announcement: Sagan Agent Builds for Crane Members
1:00:30 - Closing

References Mentioned in This Episode -
Books:
Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press.
Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (2005). Blue ocean strategy: How to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant. Harvard Business School Press.
Porter, M. E. (1980). Competitive strategy: Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors. Free Press.
Roff-Marsh, J. (2015). The machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function. Greenleaf Book Group Press.

Quotes Referenced:
Charlie Munger: "Technology can either help you or kill you. The difference is whether the customer gets all the savings or some of the savings go to shareholders."
John Maynard Keynes: "In the long run we are all dead." (Jon attributes this to Buffett in the episode. It's actually Keynes, from A Tract on Monetary Reform, 1923.)

People & Frameworks Cited:
Justin Roff-Marsh, Sales Process Engineering (Ballistix): https://ballistix.com/

Tools Mentioned in the Episode:
Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Gemini, Airtable, Postgres, Service Titan, Lead Simple, AppFolio, Rentvine, HubSpot

Related Reading:
Jon's full recap of the Sagan X in-person AI event with 13 takeaways from the room: https://lazyleverage.beehiiv.com/p/we-hosted-an-in-person-ai-event

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation

👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial
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1h 2min
July 07, 2026Why You Can't Put Your Phone Down (And How to Actually Fix It) | Lazy Leverage #116
Jon and Peter break down the two-step system Jon uses to put the phone down on weekends: uninstall the apps and route notifications through an AI agent so you never touch the dopamine loop directly. Also: Sagan's first in-person AI event in San Diego, and the 7 rules Jon and his team are using to actually make money with AI (as opposed to McKinsey slides and info-seller grift). If you can't leave your phone in the other room, this one's for you.

Chapters:
0:00 - Cold Open
1:03 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage
1:46 - Peter's Phone Addiction Confession
2:38 - Brought to You by Sagan Passport
5:10 - Mid-Career Entrepreneur Realities
6:40 - "I'd Light Incense to This Phone"
9:02 - The Weekend Uninstall Strategy
11:17 - The Codex + iMessage Split-Step
16:41 - The Dumb Phone Experiment
22:11 - Phones in the Bedroom: Give Yourself Permission
23:47 - The Apple Watch Solution
28:08 - Sagan's San Diego AI Event
28:56 - The Gap in AI Content Right Now
33:29 - Scoping Is Now Everything
37:55 - Rule 1: Cost Savings Is Just the Entry Point
39:00 - Rules 2-3: Frequent Work + Jobs Not Roles
39:53 - Rule 4: Build Against Your Constraint
41:35 - Rule 5: Build Drafts, Not Ships
45:24 - Rule 6: Your Software Stack Is Strategic
47:33 - Rule 7: First Builds Should Leave Assets Behind
49:03 - Why Sagan Is Positioned for AI
50:18 - Adverse Selection & Kidnapping Insurance
54:33 - Closing

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Books:
Reese, J. (2011). Make the bread, buy the butter: What you should and shouldn't cook from scratch--over 120 recipes for the best homemade foods. Free Press.

Podcasts Referenced:
EconTalk with Russ Roberts: https://www.econtalk.org/
Stuff You Should Know: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/

People & Frameworks Cited:
Justin Roff-Marsh, Sales Process Engineering (Ballistix): https://ballistix.com/
Cedric Chin's Commoncog: https://commoncog.com/

Tools Mentioned in the Episode:
Codex (OpenAI): Jon's iMessage-to-Codex agent workflow
Claude Code: Jon's daily driver
Beehive: Peter's newsletter platform (used in his Twitter DM automation)

Related Reading:
Jon's full recap of the Sagan X in-person AI event with 13 takeaways from the room: https://lazyleverage.beehiiv.com/p/we-hosted-an-in-person-ai-event

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation

👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

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55min
June 30, 2026Why You're Tracking 74 KPIs and Still Going Broke | Lazy Leverage #115
Jon and Peter break down the simplifying framework quietly running their entire business strategy: the 2 numbers every CEO needs to track, pulled from Justin Roff-Marsh's speed-based operating system and theory of constraints. Why most business owners track 74 KPIs that don't matter. Why your bottleneck is the most profitable thing in your business. The 2-system model (business as usual vs growth) that stops your operations team from stealing resources from your marketing engine.

Chapters:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:49 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage
1:11 - Today's Topic: Theory of Constraints
2:11 - Knowledge = The Ability to Predict
3:21 - The $10M Test (Kayvon's Investment Banker Insight)
4:46 - Inorganic Growth as a Valuation Multiplier
5:32 - Is Your Business Chaotic? The Flowchart
8:33 - How to Select Your Constraint
10:18 - Celebrate the Constraint
14:32 - Two Systems: Business as Usual + Growth
16:53 - Why BAU Robs Resources From Growth
18:13 - The 2 Numbers Every CEO Should Track
20:54 - Hormozi: Profit Is Unnatural
22:33 - Productivity of the Constraint (Contribution Margin)
26:00 - On-Time Task Completion of Non-Constraints
27:37 - Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication
32:25 - Why Software Doesn't Report These Numbers
37:10 - Peter on Phone Addiction
38:37 - The Sacrificial Lamb Trick
41:15 - Andrew Carnegie's "Suggestions, Not Orders"
42:15 - Closing

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Books:
Carnegie, A. (1920). The autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. Houghton Mifflin.
Geneen, H., & Moscow, A. (1984). Managing. Doubleday.
Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press.
Roff-Marsh, J. (2015). The machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function. Greenleaf Book Group Press.

Articles & Newsletters:
Cedric Chin's Commoncog (knowledge as ability to predict): https://commoncog.com/
Commoncog: There Is No Truth in Business, Only Knowledge: https://commoncog.com/no-truth-in-business-only-knowledge/

Justin Roff-Marsh, Sales Process Engineering (Ballistix): https://ballistix.com/

Quotes Referenced:
Leonardo da Vinci: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." [cited via Jordan Muela's email signature]

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation

👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial
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43min
June 23, 2026He Quit Private Equity to Buy a $5M Pool Business | Lazy Leverage #114
Jon sits down with Austen Ebenger, a 28-year-old Wharton undergrad and NYU Stern MBA who left private equity in Boston, moved back in with his parents, and bought a $5.4M pool construction business in Orlando. In the first 90 days he lost $200,000 on a permitting disaster. A Zimbabwe hire with zero permitting experience fixed it. Inside: how he found a stale BizBuySell listing, why he skipped Q of E, why he uses global talent to upgrade quality, and his thesis for buying adjacent businesses next.

Chapters:
00:00 Cold Open
00:52 Welcome to Lazy Leverage
01:34 Penn & Wharton Banter
02:18 Austen's Path: Wharton → Stern → PE
04:02 Brought to You by Sagan Passport
05:36 The Self-Funded Search Process
07:09 Why He Avoided Buy-Side Brokers
08:49 Finding the Deal on BizBuySell
10:22 Getting His Florida Contractor License
11:59 Deal Terms: 10% Down, No Q of E
12:45 Service Provider Shoutouts (Benchmark, Hsu, Hettich)
18:23 The $200K Permitting Disaster
20:29 The Zimbabwe Hire That Saved the Business
23:12 Hire for Attributes, Not Experience
25:48 Hard Chargers vs Steady State People
28:24 The 3 Things Orgs Don't Naturally Do
33:55 Sagan Hires: Permitting & Colombian Drafter
36:42 Building an Anti-Fragile Organization
40:03 Notion as the Agentic Brain
42:54 River-Proofing Your Standards Docs
47:23 The Big John Lesson
50:08 The Industry Thesis: Global Talent + Acquisitions
56:03 Two Businesses Inside Every Business
58:32 Closing & How to Reach Austen

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Books:
Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press.
Guidara, W. (2022). Unreasonable hospitality: The remarkable power of giving people more than they expect. Optimism Press.
Roff-Marsh, J. (2015). The machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function. Greenleaf Book Group Press.

Speeches & Quotes Referenced:
Roosevelt, T. (1910, April 23). Citizenship in a republic ["The Man in the Arena" speech, delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris].
Tyson, M. (1987). "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" [interview quote].

Service Providers & Resources:
Benchmark International (M&A broker): https://www.benchmarkintl.com/
Eric Hsu, Lawyer 4 SMBs (closing attorney): https://lawyer4smbs.com/
Brad Hettich, Commercial Lending X (SBA loan): https://commerciallendingx.com/
BizBuySell: https://www.bizbuysell.com/

Previous Episode Referenced:
Lazy Leverage with Yossi Wachtel (reverse hospitality, Monkey Wrench Plumbing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295DTy6vOAU

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/
Follow Austen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austenebenger/ | https://southernpooldesigns.com/

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58min
June 16, 2026The 3 Levels of Buying Back Your Time | Lazy Leverage #113
You have money. You don't have time. Jon and Peter break down the 3-level hierarchy of buying back your time, pulled from Dan Martell's framework by way of a viral Jeremy Haynes post. Cleaners and food delivery. House managers and executive assistants. A-player specialists who replace you in your highest-earning role. Underneath it: the inherited money scripts that stop business owners from using money to buy themselves a life, and Jon's argument for why he STILL doesn't have an EA. If you've ever felt rich on dollars and bankrupt on hours, this one's for you.

Chapters:
0:00 Cold Open
0:28 Welcome to Lazy Leverage
1:34 Jon's Obsidian + Claude Code GTD System
9:00 Atomic Units & The Morning Brief
11:47 Brought to You by Sagan Passport
13:06 Topic: The Hierarchy of Buying Back Your Time
14:54 Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate
17:56 The Entrepreneurship Floor Strategy
22:44 Level 1: Why People Don't Hire Cleaners
24:00 Money Scripts (Ramit Sethi)
26:56 The Guilt of Having Help
30:57 Using Money to Fill Your Own Cup
39:53 Level 2: House Manager + Executive Assistant
44:09 Jon's "Do Less" Anti-EA Philosophy
51:18 Level 3: A-Player Specialists
56:19 Getting Comfortable With 80%
59:02 Spending Money Is a Skill
1:01:21 Money Doesn't Buy Happiness? Try a Night Nurse
1:03:01 Things That Create Experiences
1:04:44 Closing Thoughts

References Mentioned in This Episode -

Books:
Allen, D. (2001). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity. Penguin.
Ferriss, T. (2007). The 4-hour workweek: Escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich. Crown.
Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press.
Jorgenson, E. (2020). The almanack of Naval Ravikant: A guide to wealth and happiness. Magrathea Publishing.
Martell, D. (2023). Buy back your time: Get unstuck, reclaim your freedom, and build your empire. Portfolio.
Sethi, R. (2009). I will teach you to be rich: No guilt. No excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-week program that works. Workman Publishing.

Articles & Source Posts:
Jeremy Haynes (original "Hierarchy of buying back your time" post that inspired the episode): https://x.com/thejeremyhaynes

Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/

Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/

🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com
Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation

👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/

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1h 6min
June 09, 2026The Survival Guide for Outgunned Small Operators | Lazy Leverage #112
Jon and Peter take MCDP 1 Warfighting, the Marine Corps manual Jon hands every new Sagan hire, and apply it to small business. Why small companies beat bigger ones with maneuver instead of attrition, how commander's intent runs a team better than any process doc, and what to do the next time someone on your team makes a $50,000 mistake. If you're tired of being the bottleneck on every decision, this one's for you.
0:00 Cold Open
1:24 Welcome to Lazy Leverage
2:52 Brought to You by Sagan Passport
4:11 Broker Owner Recap & PM Trends 2026
5:53 Sagan's Async Education Pivot
8:32 Today's Topic: MCDP 1 Warfighting
9:08 Business as a Nonlinear System
12:56 Clausewitz on Friction
15:07 Attrition vs Maneuver Warfare
19:05 Speed and Focus as Weapons
20:43 Surfaces and Gaps
25:12 Building Strategic Positioning (Porter & Blue Ocean)
29:08 Harmonious Initiative
30:40 Defining the Main Effort
32:15 Commander's Intent
36:10 Mission Tactics: The Leadership Promise
42:40 How You Handle Mistakes
46:05 Leadership Death Zones
54:27 Acting Decisively With Incomplete Information
56:18 Closing Thoughts

- References Mentioned in This Episode

Books:
Crabtree, G. (2011). Simple numbers, straight talk, big profits!: 4 keys to unlock your business potential. Greenleaf Book Group Press.
Gerber, M. E. (1995). The E-myth revisited: Why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it. HarperBusiness.
Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (2005). Blue ocean strategy: How to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant. Harvard Business School Press.
Porter, M. E. (1980). Competitive strategy: Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors. Free Press.
Sun Tzu. (2009). The art of war (L. Giles, Trans.). Pax Librorum. (Original work published ca. 500 B.C.E.)
U.S. Marine Corps. (1997). Warfighting (Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1). Department of the Navy.
von Clausewitz, C. (1989). On war (M. Howard & P. Paret, Eds. & Trans.). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1832)
Wickman, G. (2012). Traction: Get a grip on your business. BenBella Books.

Reports & Case Studies:
PM Trends 2026 Report (Lohmann, Muela, Parsons, Hahn): https://pmtrends.com/
NARPM Accounting Standards: https://www.narpm.org/education/narpm-accounting-standards/
Cirque du Soleil Blue Ocean Case Study: https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/blue-ocean-strategy-examples/cirque-du-soleil/

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