If you are an entrepreneur that hates meetings, I feel you. I've been there. Early in my career, I avoided any meetings with my team. I felt like they were a waste of time and unproductive, and I could always be doing something more important. It wasn't until I figured out how to make meetings productive, effective, and exciting that my business grew as fast as possible. Once I had a system to make my meetings effective, I realized that my company wasn't growing because I wasn't meeting with my team and setting clear expectations. Let me share with you how to make your meetings productive and exciting so that you and your team can achieve everything you want. Simpleoperations.com

In this episode, I want to convince you that the only culture you want in your business is a culture of performance. I've had countless entrepreneurs tell me things like, “Alex, I know we're not making the money we want right now, and maybe the business isn't profitable, but we have such a great culture!" Statements like this make me cringe. With a great culture, projects are successful, things get done on time, and the business makes money and grows. If these things aren't happening, you may love your team, but you don't have a performance culture, and a performance culture is what makes companies great. Simpleoperations.com

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In the last episode of the podcast “Get Unstuck in Sales”  I shared the process for any entrepreneur to get out of sales and move into more strategic activities in your business.

In this episode, I share the simple tactic I have used repeatedly as a consultant to immediately improve any sales team's performance. 

When I talk to an entrepreneur and this is missing on their sales team, I immediately know they are not getting the maximum productivity out of the team, and they could be selling more.

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If you are an entrepreneur who has grown your business by doing most of the sales yourself, this podcast is for you.  Offloading sales to someone else who can do them for you is one of the biggest catalysts for growth that you will have if you are in this position.

Sales is where I see entrepreneurs get stuck, resulting in a business plateau. If the business doesn't Plateau, staying in sales where I see entrepreneurs working too many hours and feeling stuck in the business's tactics.

If you have a straightforward process for successfully offloading sales, you can release this tactical activity in your business so that you can focus on strategy.  Strategy and longer-term thinking are what will grow your business.  

In this podcast I share the process for offloading sales so that you can grow the business you want. 

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This weekend was awesome. I went to the Formula 1 race in Austin with my friends Brian and Haley Burt. They are extraordinary entrepreneurs, and I share some of their company story in this podcast.  Watching them go from just a couple of people a few years ago to over 100 people and an eight-figure business has been incredible.

After the race, while we were waiting for our ride, Brian shared a story that blew me away.  It includes the scariest government organization in the United States and is a lesson for all of us.

I got permission from Brian to share this so that you can learn from him like I did.

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You have probably been told that compartmentalizing your life will help you get more done.  I know I’ve heard this over and over again.  When I was younger, I heard it so often that I thought it was true.

These days, when I hear someone say that we need to compartmentalize, I cringe. 

Not only is successful compartmentalization near impossible, but compartmentalization also creates unhealthy competition in our lives.

If you have been trying to compartmentalize your life, I suggest you stop. 

In this episode, I share a more productive way to prioritize and achieve the outcomes that are important to you. And it won't drive you crazy the way the compartmentalization will. 

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In the second half of my interview with Gabe Arnold, he shares even more of the tools and resources that helped him double his business. If you haven't listened to episode 818 yet, you may want to before you listen to this one. 

In both episodes, I was excited to hear Gabe get into the details of what he did so that you can do it too. If you want to grow your business, have more time for yourself, and feel confident about having your team support you, this podcast will show you how.

I'm excited to share this first in a two-part series podcast with Gabe Arnold. Gabe runs Business Marketnig Engine and has doubled his business in just over a year. Doubling the size of any business is an achievement; however, Gabe has also worked Less in his business than he did before. This makes his story extraordinary.

In this interview, Gabe not only shares what he did but, more importantly, how he grew his business and had more time for himself.