Category: Podcast

4 Skills Every Mentor Needs

I own the largest mentorship practice in the world for gym owners. There are over 900 gyms currently in the program, each with their own 1:1 mentor. The mentors are trained, drilled, tested and taught nonstop. They’re quizzed on our

The Hedgehog Concept

In his book, “Good to Great”, Jim Collins shares 6 big ideas that great companies have in common.

The unifying theme of the companies in his book is that they didn’t start out great, but became great when they acted on these big ideas.

One of the biggest is the “hedgehog concept”, which is a strategy of focusing hard on the thing you can do better than anyone else, and repeating it over and over.

Gaps, Gains and Gratitude

Entrepreneurs spend most of their time looking for the next problem to solve. They live in “the gap”.
This is often good for business, but bad for the entrepreneur.
Here’s how to build the habit of living in “The Gain”.

What Is “Thief Phase”?

In my book “Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief”, I broke the entrepreneurial journey down into four phases. In the Founder Phase, the entrepreneur is wearing all the hats. They’re bootstrapping, staying up late, building and testing products, learning to sell, opening

Amazing (Literally) Founder: Jason Katzenback

Jason Katzenback is the cofounder of Amazing.com, a company that did $45M per year selling on Amazon. As you’ll hear in this episode, Jason–an early seller on Amazon–quickly flipped his niche skill into coaching others. He took the time to

Breaking Down the Problem

Want your clients to get results faster? Make the steps smaller. This is a meta-skill for great coaches in every field: fitness, business and even spiritual leadership. Watch the video:

The Quicksand of Control

“Fix the leader, fix the business”. – Aaron Stokes, ShopFixAcademy In this series, I’ve been talking about the natural evolution of a business…and the things that stop it from growing. The things that stop the business from evolving are usually

The Valley of Death

“I can’t take on more business without more staff…but I don’t have the money to hire anyone!” I’m sure you’ve been there. Your business is busy, but you’re not making enough money. You have cash flow, but not enough to

The Swamp of Perfection

“Nobody can do this as well as I can!” – every entrepreneur, ever “Never mind. I’ll just do it myself!!!” – every human who thinks they’re saving time Early in my career as a fitness coach, a mentor told me

Systemize – Optimize – Grow – Scale

Every successful business grows through four stages: Systemization – optimization – growth – and scale. Systemization means getting every process in your business out of your head. Optimization means repeating the processes that work best, over and over. It also

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