Pull Up And Thrive with Stephen Capps

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You will never achieve success by sitting back and waiting for it to happen. Being passive will NOT move you forward! In today's show, Stephen shares his new hiring tactics for 2024, perfect for blue-collar businesses. Learn how to find and attract skilled workers in a tough market. Discover practical recruitment strategies, hands-on hiring techniques, and tips for building a reliable team. Tune in to get straightforward advice on hiring the right people to drive your business forward in 2024. Don’t miss this episode packed with real-world tips on finding good help and mastering the hiring process!

Episode 6: 3 Myths Business Owners Believe About Hiring
Episode 22: How Do I Hire My First Employee? 1.0 11 Ways To Crush It When Making Your First Hire!
Episode 24: How Do I Hire My First Employee? 2.0 6 Strategies To Hire Like A BOSS
Episode 6 3 Myths Business Owners Believe About Hiring

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Stephen's website: https://www.stephencapps.com/
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Handyman website www.calltxgates.com

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How do you grow your network, and why is it important? In this episode, Stephen has special guest Jerry Iverson, a networking expert with 20 years in the trenches. Jerry lays out the importance of a network, how to build it, and how to grow your business. 

 Center of influence 

1-Cultivating that connection 

• Aligning myself with them 

2-Communication

• Identifying their pain point

3-Collaboration 

• Here’s a simple solution to your problem

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If we could go back in time, what would we tell our younger selves?  In this episode, Stephen lays out the 10 things he wishes he would have known when he started.

7 million able-bodied men out of the workforce
Episode 6 3 Myths Business Owners Believe About Hiring

1 Everyone is trying to figure it out

2 Don’t get stuck in your own head

3 You need 3 people in your life to keep you out of trouble

4 It’s way harder and takes longer than you think

5 Staying the course is the hardest part.

6 You have to surround yourself with smart people

7 Not everyone is your customer

8 Hire for culture fit first

9 Hire people that can produce an outcome

10 Cash is king

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Are you asking the question how do I grow my business? In this episode, Stephen lays out just that in 4 simple steps. 

1 You have to make a commitment to personal growth
Matthew 25:14: “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one, he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.
2 What is the outcome that you are driving towards?
 Episode 73: The Power Of Creating A Vision To Run Towards! With Mike Howerton
3 What are the habits that will drive me towards my vision?
Book- “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” by Scott Adams
Episode 9: Don't Set Goals! Do This Instead
4 Accountability
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Do you hate heartburn? Me too, but worse than that, I hate not knowing what’s causing it. Honestly, sometimes it’s really hard to put your finger on the source of the pain. In this episode, Stephen is going to tackle the 7 mistakes business owners make that are guaranteed ways to give you heartburn, revisited from episode 1 of Pull Up ANd Thrive.

Episode 1: 7 Mistakes business owners make that are guaranteed to give you heartburn.
Episode 82: 10 Old School Work Habits Guaranteed To Make You Money!
Episode 45: How Do I Set My Price? Helping You Make Money That's Out Of This World!
Episode 3: Where do I Start? Start Here
Episode 6 3 Myths Business Owners Believe About Hiring
Episode7: 3 Steps To Crushing It At Delegation
1- They don't know their numbers.

2- Don't have systems.

3- Hiring the wrong people.

4- Don't delegate.

5- They don't drive the business.

6- Lack of self-awareness.

7- Debt.

Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University 

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They say, “There’s no school like the old school.” On this episode, Stephen shares old-school work habits guaranteed to make you money! 

1- show up

2- give the customer a price
 Episode 48: Stop Doing Bids For A Living! And Start Making Money!!

3- do what you say you would do
Episode 38 No Excuses! 6 Ways To Avoid Excuses In Your Life And Business!

4- if it's not right. Make it right
Episode 41 4 Tactics To Keep Customers Coming Back For More! How Do I Get Customers For Life?
5- Don’t count your chickens before the hatch. Pay your bills first
Episode 42: Managing Cash Flow 101. Managing The Flow So You Can Avoid The Crash And Burn
6- Live on less than you make

7- tell the truth

8- treat people how you would want to be treated 

9- go the extra mile

10- out work everyone else

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We give ourselves too many outs, too many escapes. If this doesn't work, I’ll go back to my job. If living on my own doesn’t work, I’ll move back home with my parents. If this marriage doesn’t work, we’ll get a divorce. Too many easy ways out. If comfort is your priority, then the road to success may not be for you. To be successful, you have to grow, and growth is NOT comfortable, and comfortable is NOT growth. In this episode, Stephen lays out 3 things you can do that will drive your life and business forward.

1- there is no going back.
2- there is no plan B.
Episode 53: Stop Fighting Fires! Find The Friction And Stop The Fires.
3- pivoting is NOT quitting!
The path of the just shines brighter and brighter as the noonday sun Proverbs 4:18

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Everyone will face challenging times in life or business in the form of hardship, difficulty, loss,  slowed economic times, or another struggle sooner or later. The question is, are you ready? No one can be prepared 100% but in this episode, Stephen lays out 6 things you can do to navigate the struggle and thrive in uncertain times. 


"Everyone who hears his words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Then he went on to say everyone who hears his words and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand." Matthew 7:24-26

 "It rains on the just and the unjust." Matthew 5:45

2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”Surely, He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings, you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.  Psalms 91:1-6

1- It could always be worse  

2- Lean in

3- Don’t build a monument

4- Support system

5- Cash

6- You need a place of refuge

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How do I win at business without losing my family?  This is NOT something that you can do alone. It requires working together as a family.  In this episode, Stephen lays out 7 hacks for raising a family and getting things done!


1- You must have a work ethic!
2- You have to manage your time.
3- You must communicate.
Episode 52: You Don't Need Work Life Balance; You Need Work, Life Focus!
Episode 40: What Is The Key To Success? Communication Is The Key.
4- Work together.
5- Be intentional.
6- You have to run the business.
Episode 11: Who’s Driving The Business Anyways?
7- Take purposeful breaks.

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