When I talk to most business owners about their need to start creating systems, processes and SOP's, their first response is:

"I don't have time for that. I can't afford to take time to do that. I'm busy!"

My response is, you can't afford not to do it.

In today's episode, I share with you the easiest way to start creating systems and processes that literally doesn't take any more time.

Andy is #8 on LinkedIn’s list of the Top 50 global sales experts, where over 166,000 professionals follow his daily posts on sales. He is the author of two Amazon best-selling books, as well as founder of The Sales House, the first all-in-one modern personal growth program for modern B2B sellers. His top-rated podcast, Accelerate! with Andy Paul, with more than 700 episodes produced and nearly 2 million downloads, is the go-to resource for sales leaders and top sales producers.

In such a tight job market where employees have all the leverage with business owners, I find many employers trying way too hard to convince people to join their team.

They don't tell the truth.

They promise more hours.

They promise more opportunities for promotion.

And they try to justify why a wrong fit could work.

In today's episode I share with you how you should be approaching the recruiting process.

There are way too many business owners who say: "well, nobody is complaining so they must be happy!"

Yet in the same sentence they might also ask "why don't our customers ever come back?"

The reason is that unless someone is really upset with your business, they simply will just go quietly and spend their money elsewhere next time that they need the service/product that your business sells.

In today's episode I share with you two ways that to start getting regular feedback to improve your business.

When I started the podcast, it was really just so I could start connecting & interviewing really awesome people.

But I have gained so much more.

Podcasting has really made it clear that every day you keep going is another day that someone else quits.

There are so many podcasts that have less than 10 episodes or haven't put out shows in 7 months.

I didn't want to be that guy.

In today's episode I share with you my biggest takeaway & a few examples of how that has helped me with my businesses.

George Bandarian created his unique 5 Step Exit to Impact system to help successful entrepreneurs maximize enterprise value and sell their businesses for top dollar and allowing them the financial freedom. Having taken over a fledgling family business, growing it over 10X and now fresh off of his latest multi-million-dollar exit; he’s a family man,tech junkie, and he’s here to share with us what he learned from his exit, good and bad, and the 8 drivers that can maximize or destroy company value.

There are 1000's of tools out there for business owners.

The bright shiny object syndrome is real!

In today's episode I share with you the top 10 tools that we couldn't live without in our businesses.

Stop focusing on what the competition is charging.

Stop spending any time on what the competition is doing.

If you do that, you'll inevitably start competing on price...which is a big giant race to the bottom of the barrel.

Plenty of business owners say "but you don't understand! My business, my area is different."

That's all mindset!

In today's episode I share a few real-life examples of what you need to focus on instead!

99% of business owners spend their days just trying to fix problems, put out fires and avoid mistakes.

We'd make it a lot farther if we spent more time planning and executing on achieving excellence.

Are you striving for excellence or simply trying to avoid mistakes?

More importantly are your employees comfortable and empowered to make decisions (and mistakes)?

Jason Hsiao is the co-founder and Chief Video Officer of Animoto, an award-winning online video maker that makes it easy for anyone to create professional-quality marketing videos, even if they have no technical skills and have never created a video before. With the mission of empowering everyone to create powerful videos regardless of age or experience, Jason founded Animoto with his high school and Dartmouth College friends back in 2006.