The Blue Collar Boss Podcast

There's a term for always wanting to be somewhere else, never feeling successful until you get to the next level, until the next house, or car.   It's very common to put of happiness until later when things will be better.  The truth is that if you can't be happy now, you probably won't be happier if and when these other things do come.  I discuss this in depth on this episode.

Have you ever put money into something or someone that just wasn't paying off but you thought "I've put so much money or time in this that I don't want to stop because then I will have wasted all that I have invested"  That's the fallacy of sunk costs.  I discuss this at length of how to recognize it and get out of it!

In this episode I finish my take on the book "Who Not How"   This is a great book and I highly recommend listening to it or reading it as soon as possible.

I discuss the two types of problems that face us in business Technical and Adaptive. What it means to have a "cost" mentality.

"If you have enough money to solve a problem, then you don't have a problem" is my favorite quote from the book!

Please join us or support the Sweep Away Cancer Rally!  

Here's the link: www.sweepawaycancer.com/sac-rally

In this episode I talk about the upcoming Sweep Away Cancer Rally in the Smoky Mountains.  The dates will be May 28 & 29 so mark your calendar to join us.  Details and registration will be coming soon at www.sweepawaycancer.com.

 I am reading a new book called Who Not How by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan.  I'm just barely into the audio version and it is already full of great ideas that I discuss.

This weeks episode is about the book The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham.  This is an older book about making business fun to play for like a game for all of your employees.  The book talks about the importance of transparency of your numbers and processes to be able to get everyone rowing in the same direction.  

This weeks episode I talk about the challenges of the winter storm that has gripped Tennessee.  I also discuss a book I recently read called the 12 week year and tow very different American Icons, Carroll Shelby and Jeff Bezos

I'm going to start putting the podcast on Youtube on a weekly basis so check it out if you prefer video!   It's under Mark Stoner

This week I give a sneek peak at a new podcast I'm doing with my friend Tiffany Largie.  We talk about the pitfalls and rewards of delegation. 

Enjoy!

What's the one thing that will help most people grow and scale their business?  It's simple but not easy.  If your business isn't growing and scaling, theirs one thing that you aren't doing for sure!  There is some reality that you are going to have to face as well.   Listen up and I hope you like it!

My 100th episode!  I get to interview a fascinating guy with a background that you hear about in the movies plus he's a Gracie trained Brazilian Jujitsu black belt.  He has started 2 gyms in the Maryland area and talks about some of the challenges in the Covid world.  We talk about his journey from civil servant to entrepreneur....enjoy!