Have you tried hiring your brother-in-law or the person from church, and it was an epic fail? Hiring the wrong person is bad enough, but when you think your new hire will solve a specific problem and it doesn't, it is even worse.  In this episode, Stephen takes a deep dive into hiring strategically and how to identify the person you need to solve the problem you have.

Episode# 22  How Do I Hire My First Employee? 1.0 11 Ways To Crush It When Making Your First Hire!

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Over the next week, take 30 minutes a day and think about 1 question each day.
Where do I want to go in my business?

How are you going to get there?

Hiring, systems, sales

Who do I need to help get me there? 

What is my biggest pain point?

The Road Less Stupid (book)

Episode#1  6 Steps To Overcoming Adversity

1- Do you like doing the work, but you want to grow your business?

2- Are you difficult to work with?

3- Do I need to subcontract?

4- Know your own strengths and hire someone who complements- 

5- Do you want to own or run a business?

6- What is my biggest pain point?
Episode#1  6 Steps To Overcoming Adversity

 

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Have you ever asked the question how do I get customers to pay my price?   If you have you are not alone. In the episode, Stephen lays out 8 things you can do to get customers to pay your price! 

1- show up

2- present to a qualified customer

3- be professional

4- Have a system

5- Be clean

6- Stand behind your product or service

7- Identify your customer’s pain

8- Serve

Philippians 2:5-11

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The only thing scarier than hiring an employee is hiring your first one. In this episode, Stephen shares his failures and his successes when adding new team members.  He also gives you a road map to make that first hire so you can look like a rock star out of the gate! 


1- Slow down

2- Think long term

3- Mission Statement

4- Be clear on the role you're hiring.

5- Have the required tools in place for the new hire to win!

6- Hire motivated people

7- Be in a strong cash position

8- Hire part-time help or on a contract bases

9- Be creative

10-  Be honest

11- Be passionate

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Do you live a normal, ordinary life, and you wish something exciting would happen to liven things up?  In this episode, Stephen tells how an encounter with a nurse in a hallway changed his perspective of living an ordinary life.

3 ways to be extraordinary at your life

1- treat everyone the way I would want to be treated.
2- Be kind 
3-Commit
4-Give

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 The bully in the schoolyard sometimes makes a home between your ears. In this episode, Stephen shares his own struggles with fear,  self-doubt, and overcoming studdering.  He'll lay out how each of his difficulties was a bully and how sometimes you have to punch the bully in the face.   

1- don’t compare yourselves among yourselves this is unwise 2 Corinthians 10:12

     I am what I am by the grace of God 1 Corinthians 15:10

2- what is your past experience telling you?  

3- do you check the boxes for what you want to do? 

4- Be you 

 5 exercises to help you conquer your fear. 

1- Do something to face your fear
2- Get support 
3- Tell someone about your fear
4- Make a declaration
5- Take action

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We all have things we believe for one reason or another. Most likely we heard something, watched something, or were brought up a certain way. By seeing or hearing something it creates a myth or a filtering system. In this episode, Stephen will bust some myths that will help you change your filter, not in your AC but the one between your ears.  


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 We all want to think that we're great leaders, but what are the actions that great leaders take? In this episode, Stephen asks the question "are you a leader or a worker?" Find out what the differences are and why you should be a leader.

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Are you tired of being in the same place in your life or business? Are you ready to go to the next level?  Going to the next level is awesome, exciting, and a little scary, and in order to get something you've never had, you'll have to do something you've never done. In this episode, Stephen lays out the 4 steps so you too can go to the next level.

1- Think different
Proverbs 3:7  For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he
Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to.

2- Problem-solving

3- get wisdom

4- repetition works

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Why do some people win in their life and business and others just can't seem to figure it out?   Is it opportunity, Information, or  Funding? In this episode, Stephen gives the top 3 reasons why people don't win.

Episode 15 Is Your Weakness Actually A Strength?

Board of directors from  Episode#14 Decision Making Made Simple

Proverbs 11:14  Multitude of council there is safety
Luke 14:28..... sitteth not down first and counteth the cost

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Have you ever wanted to give up but you knew the stakes were too high? In this bonus episode, Stephen shares his own struggles and overcoming the obstacles. Get ready to lean in, and defend the line!

Habakkuk 2:2 write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets so that he may run that readeth it

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