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Tom Brady’s Fox Sport deal

Tom Brady signed a deal with Fox Sports $375 million for a ten year contract. Tom Brady in fact one of the greatest of all time. Almost everyone in America loves and knows him, but Brady still doesn’t seem to be the ad hoc he once was. Tom Brady is a great competitor, but he doesn’t have that ad hoc personality. When something is scripted he will stick to it and won’t try to do something that would spark additional attention. Despite this fact, he still does well on his Instagram videos and also did very well in various commercials.

Hank and Ria Drama

Hank Lockwood and Maria Ciuffo (Ria) dated for around four years, and have recently broken up. They decided to keep things clean and won’t talk about it in the office. However, pictures starting coming out on Reddit of Marty Mush and Ria. Ria’s past relationship with Hank Lockwood makes the situation a lot more complicated than it should have. Barstool Sports has always been the one that positions people to stay in the drama. The whole office became split and are interviewing people within their office. This even involved Tom Brady and he weighed in on the issue. They possibly have a reality TV show in the middle of Barstool because of this.

Would you rather have Barstool Sports Channel or ESPN?

Barstool is a serious threat when it comes to providing information on trending sports and pop-culture. It is somehow divides the viewer’s opinions when compared to ESPN for quality sports content. However as far as being your go to information on trivial matters, Barstool episodes tend to grab more attention. Although Barstool can’t be compared directly to Disney and ESPN’s performance, Barstool still proves to grow and have steadily increased its following.

What is trending this week!

This week the guys from Brofessional Development take a look at what is trending the last week!  Tom Brady signs a huge deal to jump in the booth after his playing career!  EA Sports and FIFA split after a dispute over money and contract talks!

iPod has been discontinued

We all have had our fair share of using iPods and provided us with quick and easy access to our favorite music and playlist. It’s officially been laid to rest on May 10, 2022. One of the best features of having an iPod is it almost lasted forever. You would be listening to your music for an entire day and still have enough for the next. However, the steady decline in sales of iPods made Apple decide to discontinue its production. iPhones proved to be an alternative if not better, and allowed users to make calls and access social media.

FIFA and EA Sports have broken apart

At one point FIFA and have broken apart, and this is the same thing that happened with NCAA. NCAA made a contract about how the players should get paid. It’s true that college players don’t get paid to be in their game. This is why the attention is now on FIFA. FIFA is an organization that’s considered to be a corrupt one. This is in the form of higher members getting money for things such as the World Cup. The game alone brought 20 billion sales over the past 20 years. FIFA is asking for 1 billion for a contract from EA Sports because FIFA is a huge sport and is bigger than any other game they make. Compared to Madden and 2K22, FIFA provides more sales. Considering NCAA college basketball, it doesn’t seem that it will perform any better. However, the NCAA college football with EA sports is coming back this summer of 2023, according to the CEO of Collegiate Licensing.

What’s Trending this Week?

How Peloton exercise bikes became a $4 billion fitness start-up?

Peloton is now worth around $4 billion, they started to peak around mid-pandemic in 2020. In a year to a year and a half they’ve managed to grow in such a short amount of time. Eventually somebody will buy them out, it will just be a matter of who. It may be Apple or Amazon, but regardless of who, they will get bought out. They also acquired a new CEO and this is why their business is making the news. There’s still a small percentage of people who would buy a fitness bike and stay on their paid online courses of $39 a month. It’s still a different experience when you go to the gym and pay for their membership to go ride on a bike.

Elon Musk Plans to Unban Donald Trump on Twitter

Elon has made an official statement saying, “I think perma-bans fundamentally undermine trust in Twitter as a town square where everyone can voice their opinion,” He also added that temporary suspensions made sense. “If there are tweets that are wrong and bad, those should either be deleted or made invisible.” With this statement, Elon is making a point to show which direction he wants to go with the platform. Elon is transparent with everything he does and people may say, “I don’t like him” or “I like him”, this will not affect Elon’s plans or decisions.

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Being Flexible and Adapting in Business

Being flexible is not getting emotionally attached to specific outcomes. You can’t always get what you want, and there will be problems your business will have to face. You must have the ability to adjust when things don’t go according to plan. Being able to quickly adapt to a new circumstance can help you get to a new outcome that can further benefit your business growth. From a sports point of view, there are a lot of teams that show different types of changes in front of you. If you don’t learn to adapt and make adjustments your team will have a harder time winning.

Flexibility and Adaptation in Life and in Business

Being flexible is not getting emotionally attached to specific outcomes. Being able to quickly adapt to a new circumstance is another way of being flexible in business. Understanding that even when things go wrong there are always opportunities there. You have to be flexible to become a successful business owner or you won’t last very long.

Is being flexible more of an attitude or behavior?

Being flexible is about understanding that even when things go wrong, there will always be opportunities present.

The attitude should stay the same and your behavior should shift. This is because the attitude should remain constant when trying to achieve your goals. However, something may interrupt your behavior while trying to achieve that and this is where you have to be flexible. When a problem arises you shouldn’t always change your attitude, but your behavior instead. Attitude and behavior are a combination, and it’s a situation where you can’t only focus on one over the other.

Action creates motivation, if there’s action then you will be motivated to carry on with the action. So, if your attitude isn’t good, then this will be a big part of your problem. If you don’t take action, then you will never get your business to be successful.

Flexible and Adapting in Business

Benefits of being flexible and rigid in business

Being fluid is important, this is if you plan on something, then you should stick to it while changing a couple of things along the way. However, if you go back and forth with your plans or change too much, it causes you to get stuck. For this reason, being rigid especially when it comes to your business is really good in life. You can’t allow people to dictate your course of action with what you already have planned.

If you agree with a customer saying that you need to lower the prices on your products, then it will be expected of you on your next product. This is the same when managing your employees. If you set a standard they need to follow and keep it, and one employee doesn’t keep that. You will eventually need to confront that employee. You can be flexible in your business when you know it is in your capabilities, but only be flexible when things are out of your control.

For example, if your employee has a family emergency, then you can be flexible with letting them go for the day. If something happens to your supply chain such as an accident, then you can’t control that. Only worry about things you can control and try to develop an action plan to get to a solution.

When you learn from a problem or situation, then you are adapting. Adaption by definition is the process of changing. This applies to changing your product or service to better suit the preferences of your customers. You will move forward with your business by adjusting little things.

When can are you being too flexible?

Adapting is a part of our life, if you’re not adapting, then you’re putting yourself in a position not to succeed and grow your business. When you’re too flexible with every area of your business, then this may turn into passivity. Don’t expect to have growth if you’re not going to change and not meet your own expectations. You’ll only need to be flexible when you plan on achieving your goal, and can be too flexible for that goal.

If it’s for another thing, then it may have a negative impact on your business and its growth. Not everyone in your business is going to think like you and expect you to be flexible. If you have employees that you are often flexible with and allow them to do things that are out of your business growth, then you’re setting your business to get stuck. Your expectations should always be met and being too flexible can be a hindrance.

You need a solid structure to ensure that you’re ready to keep going forward. This is through setting your goals and allowing your employees to be aware of that goal. You still have to stay rigid in order to help your business grow and accomplish the things you want your team to accomplish every day.

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In this episode, we dive deep into what’s trending in business and entertainment.  From Drake’s versus Ceddy Bodwen roast on the internet, Drake getting revenge by sliding into his Wife’s DM, the Roe versus Wade debate on abortion rights, and the impact of the Fed announcing interest rate hikes by 50 points basis with the high inflation rate and GDP numbers being 1% on the negative.

Roe vs Wade, Fed Raises Rates, and BMI affecting Sexual Perfomance!

In this episode, we dive deep into what’s trending in business and entertainment.  From Drake’s getting revenge on an internet troll by sliding into his Wife’s DM, the Roe versus Wade deal, and the impact of the Fed announcing interest rate hikes with the high inflation rate and GDP numbers being 1% on the negative.

Besides, we look at Dave Chappelle’s attack on stage with a knife and how your BMI  and other factors might influence your sexual performance.

 Drake’s troll on Twitter

Somebody posted about standing up for dads that get mouthy and basketball games. Drake said, ‘it’s like a rite of passage, OG’s talk. I know I might be this way, even if my son is in a Rubix cube competition.”

Ceddy Bowden replied, “I bet your son plays with ghost riders.” In revenge, Drake replied, “I just followed your girl because she is probably miserable and needs some excitement in her life.”

The Roe versus Wade deal

What’s Trending in Business and Entertainment
What’s Trending in Business and Entertainment

There was a leaked document that the supreme court will look at the case. However, it was an interesting time when the document leaked just toward the midterms and aimed to divide the country further.

More conservative states will probably ban it, and more liberal states will allow it. This last happened in 1973, and 50 years later, the issue is being revisited.

If they tighten up women’s ability to get abortions, there’s a need for male accountability since there’s a huge problem with fatherless children.

“The US Department of Justice shows children from fatherless homes account for 90% of all homeless and runaway children.”

However, there have to be some exceptions, such as rape cases or any serious medical condition affecting the mother and child.

Fed announcing interest rate hikes

It announced a hike by 50 basis points. With everything going on with inflation, the Fed is trying to curb the interest rates and bring inflation down.

 The GDP numbers are 1% in the negative. So, if there are two quarters in a row where the GDP is down, it means we are officially in a recession. The Fed is in a weird place right now, and they need to balance the interest rates, inflation, and the dropping GDP.

In real estate, the housing process has gone up by 30% over the last two years, and doing this, will bring interest rates down. A high mortgage rate equals high borrowing costs for buying a house. So, less people will buy, making the prices go down.

“Low-interest rates shoot up, and the pricing of houses and higher interest rates shoot down.”

 Dave Chappelle getting tackled on stage.

Dave Chappelle got tackled on stage when somebody tried to spear him. Busta Rhymes and Jamie Foxxx beat up the dude, and he ended up with broken wrists and a dislocated elbow.

BMI and Sexual Perfomance

“Researchers in Turkey did a year-long study on BMI and sexual performance. So what it says is men with a higher BMI last, on average, 7.3 minutes. But men who are leaner hardly make it to 108 seconds.”

However, the are other contributing factors such as:

  • Blood circulation: If your body fat is super high and will pump so much to keep your vital organs, it doesn’t give much attention to your dick.
  • Working out
  • Foreplay
  • Age

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One out of five mobile searches is for porn. In 2018, there were 33.5 billion viewers, that’s 92 million visits per day which is as much as the population of Canada, Australia, and Poland combined.

Tune into this episode and listen to some of the top-earners in the porn industry, highest-paid scenes, average annual pay, and our go-to search! Besides, just like any business, we get to discuss the new venture in porn, VR  porn. Tune in for more!

Porn as a Side Hustle? The business of the PORN industry!

One out of five mobile searches is for porn. In 2018, there were 33.5 billion viewers, that’s 92 million visits per day which is as much as the population of Canada, Australia, and Poland combined. Tune into this episode and listen to some of the top-earners in the porn industry, highest-paid scenes, average annual pay, and our go-to search!

In this episode

[01:26] What we’ve been up to

[06:11] Euphoria movie on HBO

[10:58] Porn overview

[13:19] The wage gap in the porn industry

[14:42] The highest net worth of all pornstars

[16:58] Highest paid scenes per type of porn

[21:22] How long is a porn scene

[23:05] Average annual pay

[26:28] The Go-To search

[30:44] Why do a lot of girls watch lesbian porn

[32:15] Percentage of porn mobile search

[32:57] The new venture in porn-VR porn

[35:30] A funny story on uncircumcised dicks

Powerful Quotes

  • It’s more a supply and demand thing. There are more people into anal than there are in double penetration.
  • If you do lesbian porn for 40hours a week, you are a millionaire
  • I like understanding the dynamic between the two people. It’s interesting, aligns up, and I feel like I could be the guy.
  • A lot of girls watch lesbian porn. There is no incarnation to become lesbian, do anything with other chics, or be bi. It’s like the porn that is guy and female porn. It’s all about the dude.
Porn as a Side Huslte

The main of every business is making significant earnings out of it. The porn industry is not any different. The industry makes $95 billion annually, with some top actors making lucrative earnings.

In this episode, we get to discuss porn statistics from the wage gap in the industry, highest-paid scenes, average annual pay, percentage of mobile porn searches, and the favourite go-to search. Besides, we get to dive deep into why most girls watch girl to girl porn.

If you’re looking to understand the various dynamics in the porn industry, this is for you!

Porn Overview

The porn industry makes $95 billion annually. That is like the NFL, MLB, and NBA combined. In 2018, there were 33.5 billion viewers, that’s 92 million visits per day which is as much as the population of Canada, Australia, and Poland combined. Those are huge numbers.

The wage gap in the porn industry

The highest-paid porn star of all; time is Peter North. He made it from porn and appeared on the big screen in movies like Blade and Zack and Mirri Make a Porno. Peter’s Networth stands at 11 million dollars.

Jenna Jameson has the highest net worth on the female side, which stands at 30 million dollars.

When it comes to top earners, Tiger leads with 7.7 million dollars.

Highest paid scenes per type of porn

What is the highest paid scene between the different types of sex? That is Solo, Lesbian, Straight, Anal Group Sex and Double penetration? The answer is Anal.

“It’s a supply and demand thing. There are more people into anal than there are into double penetration.”

As opposed to what type is more difficult, it depends on what’s popular.

How long do sex scenes last

Some sex scenes could last from 45 minutes to roughly one how, but most scenes will last 20 to 30 minutes.

Let’s say one scene lasts an hour. You are a millionaire if you do lesbian porn for 40 hours a week.

Average Annual Pay

Just like in any business, there are low and high seasons. However, the average annual pay for a porn actor is between $40,000 to $50,000. In comparison to, the general annual salary for a person outside porn is $46,000

Favourite Go-To search

Most people do not have a go-to search, but they just browse all pages until they find the most interesting videos.

“I just browse the main page. When I see something I like, I pop it open and check related videos.”

You can also multiple tabs and figure out which is the best for you.

“It’s like asking me what my favourite type of food is. It depends on time.”

Why do most girls love watching lesbian porn?

A lot of girls watch lesbian porn. There is no incarnation to become lesbian, do anything with other chics, or be bi. It’s like the porn that is guy and female porn. It’s all about the dude.

They know what they are doing more than we ever could. It is more realistic to them.

Virtual Reality Porn

VR porn is expected to be a $1 billion business by the end of 2025. Just like virtual reality gaming, which is at $1.4 billion.

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What better way to learn Customer Service with Expert Shep Hyken! Great customer service keeps your customers coming back and increases your referrals. It is one of the best strategies to increase your revenue and gain a competitive advantage.

Customer Service Expert Shep Hyken!

Improving customer service is a vital part of growing any business. After all, the lifeblood of any company is repeat customers. As many as 70 percent of customers say they’ll spend more with companies that provide excellent customer service. In a market where it’s easier than ever for customers to take their money elsewhere, how can you improve your customer service?

What are some tricks in customer service? How can you succeed in excellent customer service? Besides, what’s your role as a leader in implementing customer service?

This article expounds more on some strategies you need to succeed in your business and keep your customers coming back. If you are wondering how to handle that unhappy customer who keeps complaining, this is for you!

Tricks in Customer Service

  • ●Process Improvement
  • ●Listening to the customer
  • ●Getting Feedback from customers
  • ●Acting on that feedback

Why most organizations fail customer service

Some organizations aim to invest in customer service, but they end up failing. Where do these companies go wrong? Such companies tend to invest in customer service based on the competitors rather than their customer’s wants.

You can’t just say, let’s give great customer service. There are certain angles you need to hit:

  • ●Have it in your culture

“Customer service is not a department, it’s part of the culture. It is the philosophy of the company.”

  • ●Proper Training

Training is not one time. You can’t just watch the course once. You have to go through it over and over again.

“Training is not something you did, it is something you do. It is ongoing.”

  • ●Who to train

Instead of creating the culture and training people properly, most organizations think they only need to train front-line workers. However, it’s never the case. You have to recognize that you have internal customers, the people you work with. If you do not treat your internal customers the right way, you do not expect these people to go and do a perfect job for the outside customer.

Role of Internal customers in Customer Service

Whenever a customer comes into contact with any aspect of the business, they form an impression. Therefore, no matter how big or small the company is, every person in your company has some impact on the customer’s experience.

Always ensure that you have good customer service. Are your employees working for a paycheck or the company? Do you pay them what they are worth? Ensure you create an environment that is fulfilling for your employees.

“If you take care of people on the inside, they are going to take care of people on the outside.”

Customer Service Solutions

Teach your customers to use customer service resources such as customer relationship software.  Using this software enables them to resolve issues on their own within a short time.

“It is impossible to wow someone everytime they call. I’m calling to enquire my bank balance. Wow that’s amazing. It doesn’t happen.”

Although you cannot always wow a customer, you can amaze them all the time by ensuring every interaction they have is slightly better than average.

The unhappy customer versus the happy customer

If you get someone that complains and always has an issue, it is an opportunity to learn from that. How do you get to eliminate, mitigate, or train people to respond, so it does not happen again?

For both the happy and unhappy customer, you need to ask the reason behind it. If it is bad, what can you do about it and prevent it? If it is good, how do you operationalize it?

The role of leaders in great customer service

In a customer-focus culture, leaders have to demonstrate what they want everyone else to do.

“Wear it on your sleeve and have it in your heart. Walk the talk.”

As a leader, always stoop to excellence. Be willing to stoop to whatever level to ensure an excellent experience.

Communicating with your Clients

Good customer service involves communication with your clients. You can do this via personalized handwritten thank you notes, texts, emails, or videos. It does matter whether it is digital or handwritten. Just personalize it and do it right!

Hope you enjoyed our episode with Customer Service Expert Shep Hyken!

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In this mini-episode Shep Hyken tell us the 6 steps to have your customers saying “I’ll Be Back!”  From his most recent book Shep sums up what it takes to be succesful creating loyal customers that will come back again and again to do business with you! 

If you enjoy this short teaching episode make sure to listen to our full length podcast with Shep as well.

Have your Customers Say “I’ll Be Back” with Shep Hyken

In this mini-episode Shep Hyken tell us the 6 steps to have your customers saying “I’ll Be Back!”  From his most recent book Shep sums up what it takes to be succesful creating loyal customers that will come back again and again to do business with you!  If you enjoy this short teaching episode make sure to listen to our full length podcast with Shep as well.

hep Hyken, CSP, CPAE is the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations. As a professional speaker and author, Shep works with companies that want to develop loyal relationships with their customers and employees. He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Amazement Revolution and The Cult of the Customer.

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A lot of people look forward to starting their own businesses and having their dollar work for them so here are some Businesses to Start in 2022!. Some are already in business, but they would go for new ideas if they would only go back in time. What are some of the interesting business ideas entrepreneurs can go for?

In this episode, we get to share our current businesses, and if we were to start over, could we still pick a different business or stick to the same business? Besides, based on our experience, what can we do differently now?

If you are looking for some interesting business ideas and books to guide you through it, this is for you!

 

Finding your niche as an entrepreneur can be challenging. You might already have an established business, but you could do things differently looking back. You probably have new ideas or are looking for interesting ideas to get that dollar to work for you.

Tune in to this episode and listen to some powerful insights about business, favorite books on business, and what we would do differently if we were to start over again. Besides, what interesting business ideas would we go for. Find out more on this episode!

In this episode

Businesses to Start in 2022!

Business Ideas Finding your niche as an entrepreneur can be challenging. You might already have an established business, but you could do things differently looking back. You probably have new ideas or are looking for interesting ideas to get that dollar to work for you.

[00:30] What’s trending

[05:32] About NFT’s and Crypto

[09:13] Palatin stocks

[11:34] Quotes on businesses

[13:22] Recap on our mastermind group event

[24:59] Favorite books about owning businesses

[30:46] Inflation – how it is affecting businesses and pay raises

[35:01] If we were to start over again, what businesses sound interesting, and what would we do differently?

Powerful Quotes

  • Influencers can do more for a company than a sports athlete can right now. They can make a thirty seconds TikTok right now and sell it for 250 grand for it.
  • You have to build a business around your business brand
  • It’s always easier to slow someone down than speed them up.
  • A player wants A players around, B players want C players around so they can look like the shining star.
  • In order to stay in business, you have to keep up with market trends. You have to be ahead of the market trends.
  • If you can’t do something for five days in a row, why do you expect to have a reward?
  • Daily consistent efforts eventually will compound and pay off.
  • There is a lot of money in anything service-based.

Quotes on business

  • In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins, cash, and experience. Take the experience first, and cash will come later.

For people who are a little further in their career, maybe you are in college or just graduated, you can intern somewhere for a free or stipend. Pick someone’s brain and learn more about whatever you want to become good at. Once you gain the experience, money will follow later.

  • Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.

Starting a business is the start of true self-education. You are learning every day, it’s a rollercoaster with ups and downs, and you have to be ahead of all the market trends.

  • Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving, they make mistakes, but they do not quit.

The compounding effect

If you want to start a business, put one hour or day into the course, and it will eventually compound over time. If you can’t do something for five days in a row, why would you expect to have a reward?

“ Daily consistent efforts eventually will compound and pay off.”

Once you put consistent effort while starting your business, it will be super impactful. Attack the process with your efforts. Identify your good habits and do them every single day.

The Built to Sell Book

The Built to Sell book is one of the best books when it comes to starting a business. It expounds on the difference between creating a job for yourself and being an entrepreneur is creating something scalable and saleable. Even if you do not intend to sell the business, put those processes in place so that other people are working in your business and you are working on your business. That is, you are worried about the strategies and scaling. This, in turn, allows you to build multiple streams of income, and you won’t have to rely on one stream.

Inflation, how it is affecting businesses and pay raises

With 6% inflation, the dollar will not get stronger in the next five years. The pandemic forced most businesses to shut down and some people to lose their jobs. Despite the high inflation, most businesses can only manage a 3% pay rise.

Interesting Business Ideas

Property investment

Once you invest in property, you let the dollar work for you instead of putting all the work in yourself, and besides, you get to have more time for yourself.

Service-based Business

Investing in a recession-proof business such as heating and cooling, trash services, and cleaning services is a lucrative idea because people will always need such services.

 “There is a lot of money in anything service-based.”

Businesses that can’t be automated

Investing in businesses that can not be automated, such as recruiting, is also a lucrative idea.

Real Estate

Investing in real estate is lucrative since there will always be a need for people to live, and we are not creating more land.

“90% of millionaires are made from real estate, and there will always be a need for people to live.”

Private Equity

Private Equity is an alternative to public financing to invest in companies or engage in buyouts. You end up making money by charging management and performance fees. Besides, watching start-up companies grow, being a part of them, watching them grow as someone else runs the business makes it a good business idea.

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In this episode, we talk about leadership. We share some insights on the different quotes on leadership, the various books on leadership, the difference between a boss and a leader, what we have learned about leadership over the last year, and the bad boss stories. We also speak about what has been going on with us, the biggest focus as a leader in 2022 and, the best way to establish yourself as a leader within your organization without stepping on your manager’s toes. Tune in to learn more on leadership and other exciting topics!

Leadership! How can you be better!

This week the Bros dive deep into leadership!  With the first episode of the new year the guys wanted to start with a powerful episode!  Leadership can be looked at in several viewpoints.  As business owners they break down what it takes to be a great leader along with examples from some of the biggest influencers in the business and entrepreneurship world! 

Timestamps

[00:36] What has been going on with us

[07:01] Quotes on leadership

[09:26] Books on leadership

[12:55] The difference between a boss and a leader

[19:25] What we have learned about leadership over the last year

[27:09] Bad boss stories

[36:20] The biggest focus as a leader going on in 2022

[39:18] The only fans inquiry

Notable quotes

  • “People may forget what you said or what you did but never forget the way you made them feel.” By Adrian Gostick.
  • “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others but far enough ahead to motivate them.” By John Maxwell.
  • “A lot of people see leadership as a position rather than a responsibility.”
  • “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.”
  • “For a business to be successful, there is supposed to be a leader and a boss.”
  • “A boss is an authority. A leader is an influence.”

“People may forget what you said or what you deed but never forget the way you made them feel.” By Adrian Gostick.

Leadership is a quality that every individual and organization must have if they want to achieve their aspirations. A leader is an individual who has many followers. He is a motivator and inspires others to work towards attaining target objectives and goals. As a leader, you have a sympathetic, understanding, and accepting attitude. You can delegate and inspire, motivate, teach and mentor. You appreciate the talents and skills of others and possess many of these yourself. Your knowledge of human nature enables you to anticipate reactions, balance interests, and achieve the desired goal.

To lead, you must first follow. The best way to be a leader is to learn to be a great teammate. If you are looking for tips on how to build a strong relationship with your teammates or how to prove that you can be depended on during tough times, this episode is for you.

Quotes on leadership

Leadership! How you can be a Better Leader!
Leadership! How you can be a Better Leader!

Quotes on leadership are a great way to inspire your team or remind everyone how an effective leader should act. In this episode, we talk about the quote from Adrian Gostick “People may forget what you said or what you did but never forget the way you made them feel.” This quote explains that leaders should create a conducive working environment for juniors. A lot of people see leadership as a position rather than a responsibility.

We also discuss the quote from John Maxwell “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others but far enough ahead to motivate them.” This quote relates mostly to smaller businesses. Leaders need to create a bond with their workers in order to increase productivity.

Books on leadership

Leadership books are designed to help you lead your organization to achieve its goals. While reading a leadership book may sound like an easy thing to do, it is something that should not be done lightly. This type of book is designed to delve into the nature of yourself as a leader and how you can improve on certain qualities of good leadership, such as charisma and vision.

We discuss Extreme Ownership, a book written by Jocko Willick. It tells real-life stories on leadership. We also discuss the episode on strengthening a struggling team in the Craig Groeshel Podcast, talking a lot about the hard conversations you need to have with your team as you are trying to grow an organization. As a leader, you are there to help them be better at the business and help create wealth.

The difference between a boss and a leader

“ For a business to be successful, there is supposed to be a leader and a boss.”

They are a lot of misconceptions about the difference between leaders and bosses. For example, a boss is someone who gives you work to do, while a leader gives you clear direction and purpose. Sometimes this direction might include hard work, but that is what gives meaning to your mission and vision. While a boss has the aura of being in charge, a leader takes responsibility for their group and its outcomes.

A leader is someone who cares about other people’s success, while a boss cares only about the paychecks they collect. However, for any business to be successful, both must be present.

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Having regular reflection on every aspect of your life allows you to understand better where you want to go and develop a growth mindset. As we start this new year, reflect and audit your past year. What have you accomplished? How has your circle been? Have you built any long-term networks?

In this episode, we look at some of our reflection points for the past year with our guest Blake. What are some of the most significant changes we made in 2021, and what are our focus areas in 2022? Besides, we discuss how proving doubters wrong turned us into the best version of ourselves. Tune in for more!

Reflecting and Auditing The Past Year

Having regular reflection on every aspect of your life allows you to understand better where you want to go and develop a growth mindset. As we start this new year, you need to reflect and audit your past year. What have you accomplished? How has your circle been?

In this episode

[01:33] Meeting Blake

[05:40] Quote on reflection

[06:00] Our reflection points for the past year

[08:09] About the book The Darkside of the Light Chasers.

[08:24] 2022 Goals

[12:37] Provingdoubters wrong

[18:35] Looking into negative situations

[20:39] Biggest changes we made in 2021

[21:45] Achieving your goals

23:11] Focus areas in 2022

Powerful Quotes:

  • We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.
  • I have all this shit going on, I have all these people bending against me, but I’m gonna come out on top.”
  • The best revenge is success, but more importantly, the best revenge is becoming a better person.
  • Whenever shitty circumstances arise or are out of control in your life, you have two options. Sit down and be like, bitch, and let your life become shittier and just say it’s like you are a victim of circumstances someone else created or just move forward.
  • When you reflect, you can have a better understanding of where you want to go and how you want to build on that.

Quote on reflection

  • We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience- Experiences can shape us, but how they shape us is how we take a look at those experiences and decide to act from those experiences.

The Dark Side of The Light Chasers

What is your reflection point? How can you have a better reflection of yourself? The book The Dark Side of The Light Chasers is about self-reflection.

             “You see yourself, but you can lie to yourself.”

As you think of what you want to achieve in 2022, it’s good to ask people what they think about you.  What do they like or hate? They have to be brutally honest with you so that it inspires you to do better.

Proving doubters wrong

You’ve probably faced adversity, and everyone thinks you can’t do better. These vulnerable situations turn out to be the greatest motivators. 

  “I fucking know for a fact that one of the main drivers for me to start a business and pull the trigger was getting fired by a company.”

Rather than bringing you down, they will always spark a growth mindset. Adversity pushes you to start your own thing. It’s actually a blessing in disguise.

   “The best revenge is success, but more importantly, the best revenge is becoming a better person.”

Reflecting and Auditing The Past Year

Looking into negative situations

Different things have happened in our various aspects of life. Facing negative situations is a part of it, but how you handle the situation is the most important thing. 

  “Whenever shitty circumstances arise or are out of control in your life, you have two options. Sit down and be like, bitch, and let your life become shittier and just say it’s like you are a victim of circumstances someone else created or just move forward.”

Achieving your Goals

  “Thoughts and feelings create new circumstances, but new circumstances do not create new thoughts and feelings.”

If you want to achieve a house or car, getting these things will not change anything about you. It is the thoughts you create while you grow that can create those fucking circumstances. It is not about the goal of getting that car or house. It’s the journey where you feel I’m becoming the one that fucking deserves it.

Focus Areas in 2022

Having audited the past year, what are key focus areas in 2022? Find a comfortable ground, and do not be hard on yourself. Be empathetic and find someone to walk you through the storm!

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As we start a new year, everyone is looking forward to being a better version of themselves and on goal planning. What areas do you need to improve on? How do you intend to remain persistent in hitting your goal? Any goal properly set is halfway reached. You need to know where you are going before you get there and be persistent.

Goal Planning!

As we start a new year, everyone is looking forward to being a better version of themselves. What areas do you need to improve on? How do you intend to remain persistent in hitting your goal? Any goal properly set is halfway reached.

Goal Planning!

In this episode we focus on how we can keep ourselves accountable and where we plan to go in 2022. Besides, we look at quotes on goal planning, why we begin to fall off months after setting our goals, auditing our goals, finding a business, and how you can leverage on debtTune in for more!

Quotes on Goal planning

  • You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. What systems do you want to have in place for your business to help? In any sort of business, if you do not have a process and you are not habitual in something that you do, daily or weekly, you will never hit those goals.
  • Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Once you have your goals set, they take a shorter time to manifest, and if you have no goals, they will take long before they manifest.
  • A goal properly set is a goal halfway reached. You have to know the direction you are headed before you start getting there. So, before embarking on something, sit down and set your goals. Always plan on what you need to achieve first.
  • Persistence is more important than talent when it comes to achieving goals. You might get super-pumped when setting goals, then a month, two months, or a few months later, you start to fall off. The main reason we do not end up hitting our goals is that we stop. 

Auditing your goals

You’ve probably set goals at the beginning of the year, but a few months later, you have already lost track. How can you keep your goals in check? To keep them in check, you need to audit your goals’ progress regularly.

   “In order to hit those goals, you have to stay on a daily test, weekly, monthly,  and quarterly. You got to keep updating.”

Although auditing seems tough and time-consuming, it is worth it. At the end of it, you get a clear picture of where you are going, and it keeps you motivated.

Paying yourself and separating your personal expenses while in business

You have to separate your business expenses from your personal expenses in any business. You can do this by paying yourself. Set yourself on a paycheck and try to live within it. 

Besides, track your business expenses and use your business card to settle them.

Leveraging on debt

You can leverage debt and make more investments depending on your risk tolerance.

“It does no good having no debt if I’m planning on it making me more money.”

Besides, if you look at the super successful people financially, they leverage debt. It’s the only way to grow and build a positive cash flow.

Once you leverage on debt, ensure the liability becomes an asset at some point.

“If you want to buy a $300,000  house, you have to put a 20% down payment. You can rent it out for $2500 a month, but the mortgage payment is $1500 a month. You make $1000 a month, and you have people paying off the debt. The asset becomes a liability.”

Finding/Acquiring a business

So many baby boomers have been in business for the past 30 or 40 years, and they are checking out. It’s a golden opportunity since people will start their businesses, and some may be retiring. If you are looking to start a business, stick to the niche.

“For instance, if you purchase the biggest printing company. Find out their main supplier for ink and paper. Anything that you are purchasing through someone else grab them up.”

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Hope you enjoyed this weeks podcast on Goal Planning!