93% of small business owners never make it to $1mm.

That means that less than 2 million business owners in the entire US get to $1mm annually in revenue.

With well over 300 million people in the US, that's not that many people!

This number makes me sad...for one main reason.

There are so many small business with an excellent service or product that is more than good enough to do well over $1mm.

Unfortunately, there is usually one big road block.

The owner!

242 episodes later, we are to the last Friday in 2018.

My #1 less from making it 242 episodes is this:

Every day that you keep going is another day that someone else quits.

If you love what you do and believe in it, keep going!

You might be one day away from the big break through.

If you suffer from the bright shiny object syndrome like I do, then this podcast (and book) is for you.

The ONE Thing by Gary Keller helps business owners determine what the ONE thing they need to do is...and then put it on the schedule to make sure it gets done.

There are so many opportunities out there and so many things we "should" be doing so how do we know when to say YES and NO.

I share with you how this book is changing the way I think and focus while growing my business for 2019.

Todd Palmer is the collaborative business advisor and CEO of Extraordinary Advisors (EA). Simply put, EA helps business leaders Get S#!t Done. 

In my interview with Todd we learn about how he was actually able to make the INC 5000 list SIX times. He also shares with us why he fired his ENTIRE staff at one point and started over from scratch. Lastly, he shares with us his philosophy on hiring - "hire for DNA, not resume."

NEWSFLASH: Way too many business owneres have way too big of an ego.

"Nobody can do it as good as I can!"

"Nobody knows what they are talking about. I'm the expert!"

Yet, when they run into problems, they still think they can do it all.

SECOND NEWSFLASH: There's no trophy for doing it all by yourself.

In fact, no successful business has ever been built by one person.

It takes a team...and a leader.

In today's episode, I share with you how I am empowering others to grow our business.

One of the top complaints I hear from business owners is "I just can't find good help."

What this really is, is just an excuse to not step out of their comfort zone.

They want to grow but they rather make an excuse because of their fear of the unknown.

Yet, they never really spend time on recruiting anyway.

In reality, recruiting should be treated like marketing...we need to proactively attract people to do business with us.

Molly Grubb is a dynasty builder. After seeing her family’s business torn away from her parents, watching them lose their identity and then walking away with almost nothing, Molly decided she wasn’t going to let that happen to other entrepreneurs and family business owners. 

Now Molly helps build, protect and maintain a family business owner’s dynasty. She is one of only 200 Certified Business Exit Consultants, and less than 7% of advisors that utilize all of the fundamentals of wealth managemen

Most business owners never track any numbers because they want to avoid the possibility of them being not so good.

As long as there's money in the bank, we're in business!

But that's no sustainable way to run a business.

You can't manage what you can't measure and your numbers are so important.

In today's episode I share with you some not so great numbers for our dog walking business.

You know what business owners are terrible at?

Following up!

We'll take the initial call, provide the initial estimate, answer the initial question and then get busy and totally forget about following up.

THIS is why you NEED a CRM System...even a basic free one will suffice.

Without a CRM system in place, you are leaving 10's of thousands of dollars on the table.

In this episode, I share with you some great free and paid CRM systems.

John and I have a great conversation about how his 5 Shift Principles can help you achieve the life you want. He also takes us on a journey of the 4 life transitions we all experience and how to master them. Last but definitely not least, John shares with us how to turn our past failures into future successes.