The Unshackled Owner

My wife and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary so we went on a fantastic trip to Cuba. The place was amazing and beautiful. We stayed at an Airbnb and our hosts were very gracious. But aside from all that, I realized something very important from the people there and the situation they’re in, in terms of being an Unshcakled Owner. More importantly, I realized this from what the people were doing about the situation that they’re in.

Matthew Pillmore is the founder and CEO of VIP Financial Education, a 17-year-old company that’s helping people take the banks’ products and turn them back around against the bank so that you can eliminate personal debt faster. he goes into detail about these wealth weapons that everyone, not just entrepreneurs, could be benefited by.

Tracy Hazzard is the cofounder of Hazz Design and cohost of the WTFFF?! podcast. She talks about 3D thinking in how she and her husband, Tom Hazzard, started out their entrepreneurial journey, how they floundered for a few years, and how they have put systems in place to get them where they are today. She also discusses how those years of floundering has taught her so much of what she needed to know to be successful today and in the future.

Daniel Ruke, everybody just calls him Ruke, is the founder CEO of blinkStyle.com, a very cool media company. He talks about unleashing your super powers and intentionally designing your own unshackled life. Ruke discusses purposefully figuring out how to make money from what you love doing and what you’re good at, because those are your super powers.

This episode’s guest is Scott Carson of We Close Notes. He talks about how he made money in an up market, but more importantly how he found a way to make money in a down market. Scott illuminates the importance of being creative and thinking outside the box to get back up from rock bottom, and shares his view on you can do in your business to become an unshackled owner.

One of the things that I’ve been looking forward to is beginning to introduce you to some of the people that can shed light in a very specific way so that you can get the knowledge you need to make smart choices as you’re building your business. Today’s guest is Bill Kelly of WJKelly Solutions. We’re going to talk about resources and how to handle those resources successfully, and whether your best option is to bootstrap or not.

“Money without brains is always dangerous”, Napoleon Hill. Today Aaron discusses how to view and understand your financial statements, including Profit & Loss, Sales, Inventory, Cash Flow, & Payroll. Rich people constantly learn and grow, and poor people think they already know. Don’t miss Aaron sharing his rock bottom life event, his deepest well of despair, that occurred prior to his greatest success.

Most people who have made it really big in business, at first had many failures before they succeeded. Having tenacity, the ability to hold on even when things seem to be failing, is critical. “Courage is not having the strength to go on, it’s going on when you don’t have the strength”  Theodore Roosevelt. It is really all about sticking with it. Genius is 1% talent and 99% hard work. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat” F. Scott Fitzgerald    Have the courage to stick with it!

Most people Aaron meets who are starting a business think too small. People that set small goals will probably achieve them. However, in the same amount of time it takes to reach that small goal, you could also reach a much larger dynamic goal. As we start 2017 Aaron asks, “how big are you willing to dream?” The biggest obstacle to gaining real wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small you are only going to get small results. Aaron tells you how to set the big goal, and also shares the goals he has set for his own company for 2017!

Most business owners are not good at hiring and managing people. They need to learn to look at their people as human resources, the very best resource they can get their hands on. When you look at your team members as an investment, not an expense, and how you are going to get the best return on that investment, you can help them to be the best they can be, you are able to drive the process and be a true leader. If you are honest enough to say “Here are some things I am not good at.” When you are open and clear about who you need to hire to balance your own strengths, you look like a winner, a smart leader that others want to follow. You can not be a master of all things. You have to be an expert in what you know, and outsource or hire where you are weak. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Henry Ford.