PaintED Podcast

It takes effort to live happily ever after particularly if you're married to a business owner.

Being a business owner is a completely different dynamic to life than having a job with a structure, but have you ever wondered what it’s like from your spouse’s perspective? Listen in to hear what Christina Moore, wife of Elite Business Advisor’s Founder Chris Moore, has to share about the Pros and Cons of being married to an entrepreneur and a few key things that can help strengthen your marriage!

We can’t take credit that we save marriages, but we can confidently say we’ve helped multiple business owners get their business situated so it isn’t a strain on their marriage anymore! Schedule a free business analysis meeting at elitebusinessadvising.com to see how we can help.

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Listener Q&A: Recruiting & Hiring - Benji & Igor

About 2 months ago we put on our first digital Contractor Evolution Summit where we focused on recruiting and hiring.

We had so many questions during the live event that we couldn’t get to them all so here are an additional 9 questions that were too good not to respond to.

By the end of this episode you’ll know:

- Whether you should focus on recruiting "lifers' or also consider people you know will stay only a few years?

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Remember to put yourself into what you are making.

Doug Bates, founder and owner of Bates Painting Company, shares lessons from his incredible 42-year journey growing his business. An artist at heart, Doug shares why he only hires artists as his painters, and the impact he believes that has on the quality of their work and on his business. Doug discusses some of the biggest mistakes he has made in his 42-year journey, and how younger entrepreneurs can avoid some of these costly errors.

Topics Discussed:

- Mistakes to avoid, learned by Doug through the "School of hard knocks"

- How to leverage your current employees to grow your painting business

- The flywheel effect of growth, and why it's so powerful

- The difference between running a painting company, and being a painter

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We chase an illusion because we expect it to bring us fulfillment.

In this week's Bobcast, I chat with Lucas Kloska of Optimus painting based in Farnham, Surrey. If you're not following Lucas (Optimus Painting) on Insta you are certainly missing out. For me Lucas is one of the top sprayers, nailing his craft, and a thoroughly nice bloke to boot, that will help anyone (me included) with tips and advice on systems. Join us as we chat about his start from humble beginnings, going above and beyond for customers "it's not always about the money" and dealing with housewives.

So you know the drill by now, get a brew, pin back your lugs and give it a listen and give us (@ brothersofthebrushinsta and Lucas) your feedback by hash-tagging # brothersofthebrushpodcast on Insta, and well give you a shout-out back.

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Have a vision and experiment with it.

In this episode of Ask a Painter Live, Nick opens up about

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Expand the range of goods and services you provide.

In this week's Bobcast, we find time in his hectic schedule to catch up with Ireland's super talented Dominic Crowley. If you don't know or follow Dominic then you're missing out. Dominic is a wealth of knowledge within the trade, from years of experience and hard work. Based in West Cork South-West Ireland, where he turns out some cracking work. A man after my own heart, he has his systems nailed down turning out quality jobs like a well-oiled machine.

Join us as we chat about the pitfalls that come with the trade, expanding whilst keeping the quality of work up, and one of Dom's favorite social media gurus, Nick Slavik.

So you know the drill by now, get a brew, pin back your lugs and give it a listen and give us (@ brothersofthebrushinsta and Dominic) your feedback by hash-tagging # brothersofthebrushpodcast on Insta, and well give you a shout-out back.

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Simply put, your Big Rocks are your priorities.

Most people know and understand what their priorities are in life, but if you look at their calendar and their bank account it’s obvious, they aren’t living them out. In today’s episode, Mark Warren joins us to talk about the Big Rocks of Life and the 6 F’s to focus on to ensure you live out your life’s priorities.

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Creating and fostering a positive business culture is a recruiting approach worth investing in.

When it comes to solving business problems there will always be hundreds of theoretical or formulaic sounding answers floating around out there.

There is certainly value in these more textbook concepts, but one of the best ways we entrepreneurs learn is by simply listening to how other entrepreneurs have solved the same problem.

The problem we’re going to dissect in today's episode is recruiting and hiring one.

Today on the show we’re excited to have Brett Farrington, owner of Renova Exteriors and Holiday Spirit Lighting.

In the late summer and early fall of 2021, Brett was faced with a massive recruiting gap. His projections for the year's sales and production clearly showed he would need about 16 staff to get through his busy season and execute everything.

This created a pretty real “Oh Shit” moment for Brett because at the time Brett only had 4 people on the payroll. Now what's cool about this epiphany, and the steps he took thereafter, is his complete refusal to blame external factors or feel sorry for himself.

Brett faced a seemingly insurmountable problem and instead of comforting himself with the all-too-often used excuses (millennials suck, covid ruined the workforce, no one wants to work) he put his head down and got to work.

Now I don’t want to give away too many spoilers cuz I really want you to hear it from him, but some of the highlights for me were:

- The game plan that Brett came up with to eliminate the labor challenge he was facing

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Financial literacy empowers all of us to make smart decisions.

In this episode, Torlando chats with Quincey, who operates a financial services business in Southern California with her husband.

But it's Quincy's commitment to financial literacy in her community, which she promotes through schools, companies, and churches, that sets her apart. With her enthusiasm for ending human trafficking, improving access to clean drinking water, and animal rescue programs, she works diligently to improve the lives of others. She is also dedicated to spreading the importance of faith in her personal and professional life.

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Raising your standards means learning when to speak up.

In this week's # bobcast I catch up with Dean Wilkes of "Dean the decorator", based up north in Huddersfield. On this first episode of 2021, we dive in and chat the usual along with common sense (streetwise) about V's academics, lining somebody else's pockets, and the what-if of work. So you know the drill by now, get a brew, pin back your lugs and give it a listen and give us (@brothersofthebrushinsta and Dean) your feedback by hash-tagging either # bobcast or # brothersofthebrushpodcast on Insta, and well give you a shout-out back

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