It’s almost Christmas and we’ve spoken the last few weeks about strategies you can implement to not just have a cracking end to 2024 but make 2025 your best year yet. 

Often this time of year we’re so busy just trying to get to the finish line but if you want 2025 to be DIFFERENT, one of the keys to success is taking the time to actually reflect on what happened in your year. 

At Pravar, our two step process is the thing that sets so many of our clients up for success, which is the same thing that the top 1% of athletes and business leaders do as well.

In this episode you’ll learn:
🔨 How debriefing and reflecting is the key to sustainable success
🔨 The 2 Steps to Round out and Reflect on Your Year
🔨 The 4 critical questions and why they are important
🔨 How to anchor your success and carry the momentum into 2025

If you want to have the best 2025 yet and get some support to grow your business and reclaim your time … Book a free Strategy Call here 

And if you’re not already part of The Trade Den community on Facebook make sure you join and tell us what your wins from 2024 were as well. 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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Frank, like a few other client stories you might have heard, first contacted Pravar when he was working 80+ hours a week, was chained to his phone getting 80-100 phone calls a day, had no admin, no structure and no time for his family … and then he found out his wife was having twins.

In under 3 years Frank has completely changed his business and his life. He only works 30 hours a week, he’s taken a six week family holiday to Italy and he’s now in a position where he’s able to start to build his own family legacy and wealth. 

But that’s not the end of his story. Frank’s personal transformation from someone who had no time to eat, drank beers every night and in poor physical shape, to now quitting spoking, fixing his health and becoming a role model for his kids and his family.

Frank didn’t believe that he could do this … but he DID see other people who had done it before him and that was all he needed to think that perhaps he could make the change too.

If you’re currently stuck living a life you hate and want to make a change in 2025 book a free Strategy Call here 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

🔨 How Frank brought on and setup his first admin hire when he didn’t even know what she’d be doing

🔨 The biggest mindset shifts that helped Frank delegate and trust his team

🔨 The steps Frank took to be able to leave work at work and be a present Dad and Husband

🔨 A framework we teach that Frank lives by which has helped him build his personal wealth, improve his health AND work less than ever before. 

If you’re not already part of The Trade Den community on Facebook make sure you join and tell us what your wins from 2024 were as well. 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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Talk to any Trades Business Owner, December is just one of those months…increased workloads, looming deadlines, unrealistic expectations from customers and you’re trying to do a full month’s worth of work in less than 3 weeks 

Everyone is tired, worn out and just want a break. 

Getting the end of the year right is the difference between setting yourself up for an incredible 2025 OR chasing your tail all year and starting behind the eight ball. 

And it doesn’t involve some crazy strategy or not taking any time off, today what we’re going to be talking about is the 5 percenters that will make sure you get a break, you’re not worried about your cashflow AND you’ve set yourself up to have the best start to 2025 that you can. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

🔨 5 Key Strategies to Finish 2024 Strong

🔨 How to manage your cashflow and minimise stress over the Christmas Break

🔨 What you can do NOW to make sure that January is your best yet

🔨 How to make sure you actually get to spend time with your family and recharge over the break 

If you want to have the best 2025 yet and get some support to grow your business and reclaim your time … Book a free Strategy Call here 

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

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These client stories are some of our listeners favourite episodes. 

And it’s not just because they hold the ‘secrets’ to growing your business, getting you off the tools and living a life that you love … but it’s because they are people, just like you who made a choice to do things differently.

Andy Clyde from Inline Cabinetry has gone from working 80+ hours a week, getting hundreds of phone calls, doing EVERY single role in his business himself and not being able to grow his revenue to having his biggest year yet on track to turn over $3.6 million, working 40 hours a week, has a team of 13 and is about to move into a new office space. 

But that’s not even the best part. His partner Maddie used to not even bother calling to ask for help with their four kids because the answer was always going to be ‘Nah I’m too busy’ … Andy used to rush through reading the kids bedtime stories so he could get back to the laptop and was working so much he missed every single event. 

Now he hasn’t worked a Saturday in months, he goes to the kids sport EVERY SINGLE NIGHT and after a pivotal moment last year, stopped bringing his laptop home completely. 

So much of Andy’s story is about stepping into the man & leader you need to become to create this freedom and life and that’s what you’re going to hear today. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

🔨 The one thing Andy wished he did earlier that was the key to his growth 

🔨 The shift Andy made to transform from Andy the Cabinet Maker to Andy the Leader & Businessman

🔨 What so many business owners do to sabotage their path to growth and freedom 

🔨 The structure that allows Andy to grow his business but ALSO be a present dad and partner

If this has resonated with you and you want to build a roadmap to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to go … Book a free Strategy Call here 

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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You found the ‘perfect person’, you got them trained up, you’ve taken a step back off the tools and then they drop the bombshell that they want to finish up. 

Over the last two weeks we’ve gone through how to design a ground crew that actually supports your business goals and how to find the right people … so this week we’re talking about how to keep them and how to become a place where people actually want to work.

And it’s not just paying them more money. 

If you haven’t listened yet you can find Part One here on Apple and Spotify and Part Two here on Apple and Spotify

Aside from being frustrating, there is an actual cost to losing employees, and it’s not just financial. 

When you have to recruit and retrain there’s lost billable time, lost productivity and could even be reputational damage.

So we’re not just going to teach you today how to build a company that people never want to leave but how to link the physical design of your team, your recruitment process and this final piece all together so that you bring the right people in from day one. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

🔨 Who you should ACTUALLY let go of in your business 

🔨 Why paying people more isn’t the answer 

🔨 4 Strategies that are MORE effective to get people to stay than paying them more money

🔨 The secret to holding GOOD people in the long term 

Want some help to get your recruitment and retention process sorted? Book a free Strategy Call here 

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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Are you putting ads up on Seek but keep wondering “Why is everybody so terrible?”

Are you stressed because you can’t seem to get any suitable applications at all?

If you answered yes, keep reading.

Last week we spoke about how to get clear on who you want to hire and when the right time is… Getting this right is the first part of the equation in successfully growing your business and getting your time back. 

If you haven’t listened to this yet make sure you tune in here on Apple or Spotify. 

Today we’re getting into how to find the right people. We’re going to take you through the reason your job ads aren’t working AND other strategies that you can implement to make recruiting one of the easiest parts of your business. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

🔨 The thing that's getting between you and finding the RIGHT person for your role 

🔨 Why what you did in recruiting a few years ago, won’t work now

🔨 A strategy you HAVE to implement if you want to attract the best 

🔨 6 out of our 24 Strategies that are proven to work … even in a tough labour market 

If you want some help and to get your recruitment strategy sorted book a free Strategy Call here 

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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Do you feel like there’s just no good people to hire?

Or maybe you’ve got no idea how you’re going to be able to afford to step back off the tools yourself, or do it without everything falling apart.  

Getting the right people at the right time is crucial to growing your trades and construction business but something that we see so many business owners get wrong.

This week is the first part in our series around hiring the team that will help you grow and take your business to the next level.

In this episode we’re going to be talking through some key questions you need to reflect on to make sure that your next hire is both the person that will move your business forward AND that it’s NOT someone you’re going to have to replace in 6 months time. 

If you want to have a productive and profitable ground crew, this episode will teach you how to design a team that is exactly that.

And if you want some help to figure out WHO your next hire should be book a free Strategy Call here 

Tune in to learn:

🔨 The 3 different types of hires you should be making 

🔨 How to find the gaps you need to fill in your current Ground Crew 

🔨 The mistake most people make when deciding whether to hire another tradesmen or apprentice 

🔨 WHEN you should be hiring and can you actually afford to take another person on? 

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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Are you:

• Missing out on precious family moments because of work?
• Struggling to balance the roles of being a provider and a dad?
• Unsure how to create meaningful connections with your kids?
• Or feeling guilty for not being present enough… but don’t know where to start?

In today’s episode, we are diving into a topic that’s close to home for both of us… The difference between just being a parent and fully showing up as a dad. 

As business owners, we know the pressure of balancing a demanding work life while trying to be there for our families. It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that providing financially is enough, but is that really the relationship you want with your kids?

Join us as we chat about the impact long work hours are having on your children’s development, the unique challenges of being a dad to young children versus adult kids, and how to realise when your work justifications are becoming excuses.

In this episode you’ll learn:

🔨 The Difference Between Being a Dad Versus Being a Parent 

🔨 The importance of prioritising quality over quantity when it comes to time with your kids 

🔨 3 powerful concepts to help you become a more Present, Engaged Dad

🔨 How to foster a relationship with your kids that Challenges, Supports, and helps them Grow

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Ready to reclaim your nights and weekends and get off the tools? Book a Chat here 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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When Simon started with Pravar he had 12 employees and was turning over $2 Mill a year. 

Now he’s built a team of over 80 and is on track to do $18mill+ this year. 

Today’s client story isn’t just about the logistics and business strategies Simon had to implement to be able to achieve this incredible growth. It’s about the leader and person he had to become to be able to get his team to grow alongside him. 

Simon has created such an incredible culture within his business that even when everyone else was struggling to hire he attracted A players and was named the 25th great place to work in a company of his size. 

If you want to scale and do it properly, or you’re curious how to get your team to lift their standards so they operate at the same level you do … don’t miss this episode! 

You’ll Hear 

🔨 How to find and attract the RIGHT people 

🔨 What it takes to create a culture of excellence where your team do their roles even better than you would

🔨 The strategic change Simon made to open new markets and scale his business 

🔨 What it actually takes to lead a team of 80+ and the changes he had to go through along the way 

And if you want to scale your business and set yourself up for success book in a free strategy call here 

Want to join a community of like minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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What’s the first thing you do when you open your eyes in the morning?

Do you grab your phone? 

Check Emails?

Read The News? 

Maybe you see a notification you really wish you didn’t?

If you look at highly successful people in their field whether it’s elite athletes or elite business people every single one of them sets themselves up for success every day. 

And you don’t have to go to the extremes of saunas, ice baths, and an hour of meditation, there are only FOUR simple, sustainable elements that most of them look at to change the game completely. 

So today we’re going to be using this episode to reflect on the things you might be doing that are either setting you up to WIN or FAIL and what you can implement instead. 

If you haven’t listened to episode 12 where we go through 2 questions that will help you to stay focused and get more done make sure you check it out

On Apple

And Spotify

You’ll Hear 

🔨 The 4 Key Elements of A Winning Morning Routine

🔨 What to do in the first 5 minutes of waking up to set yourself up for success 

🔨 How to make these changes part of your life FOR GOOD instead of just a few weeks 

🔨 The reason you feel like you’re constantly in firefighting mode and how to take back control 

Want to join a community of like-minded tradesmen or have a topic you want us to cover? Join The Trade Den on Facebook 

Ready to reclaim your nights and weekends and get off the tools? Book a Chat here 

Find out more about Pravar Group at www.pravargroup.com or @pravargroup.

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