Category: Balance Series Bonus Content
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Can You Actually Find Balance?
Episode 24 of 24 in “Professional Balance” a bonus content series of the Saturday Morning Hustle Podcast. Two years ago, I started this bonus series to have different conversations than the weekly Saturday Morning Hustle podcast. But also as an opportunity to dive deep into the issues that challenge all…
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Management vs. Economic Reality
Episode 23 of 24. Starting or managing a successful business requires two things that seem in conflict: Understanding your “numbers” (cost, revenue, profit margins, conversion rate, churn, market share, ROI, etc…) to correctly manage the day-to-day operations of your business vs. guiding your business with long-term vision (value proposition, position,…
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Smartest Person Or The Wrong Room
Episode 22 of 24. You might have heard “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room” before. This quote, and many variations of it, have been attributed to various leaders pointing at the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are more intelligent than…
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Imposter Syndrome
Episode 21 of 24. Everyone has had a moment (or 2 or 3 or…) of Imposter Syndrome when they internally doubt themselves. Imposter syndrome is when someone is having success, is put in charge or given a leadership role, etc. but feels like they haven’t earned it or are incapable…
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In-House Team vs. Third-Party Support
Episode 20 of 24. Today we will discuss hiring help for your business vs. doing everything yourself. When do you need additional support and when should you stay entirely in charge of your business? What value comes from collaborating and from retaining control?
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Business Plans vs. Protocols & Strategy vs. Tactics
Episode 19 of 24. When it comes to guiding business decisions: big picture and day-to-day operations, where do you start and how do you balance Planning, Protocol, Strategy and Execution? These concepts are often misunderstood, confused for each other, combined or prioritized incorrectly.
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What The Market Wants vs. Disruption
Ep 18 of 24. Henry Ford is often attributed the quote “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses” in reference to building the first mass produced automobile. If Ford had given the market what it wanted, we might not have the transportation and…
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Marketing Strategy vs. Product Fit
Ep17 of 24. What you should change when a business is failing or a start-up can’t get off the ground: Marketing Strategy or Product Fit? Why has your brand not connected with the right audience to facilitate sales? Is it a marketing problem (wrong audience, wrong offer, wrong channel, not…
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Self-Improvement vs. Market Competition
Ep16 of 24. Let’s discuss the true nature of competition. Which is more accurate: Your only competition is yourself vs. market factors (competition, audience, etc) that should drive your decision-making process? Can you do both at the same time, and if so how? Where is the balance of internal processing…
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Collaboration vs Idealism vs Not Giving A F*@%
Ep15 of 24. We discuss building a collaborative community vs. leadership of an idealistic visionary vs. not giving a F*@% about other people’s opinions. How can you balance working with others, closely or as part of a group, while retaining control over your process and individually? Can you lead and…
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What They Want vs. What They Need
Ep14 of 24. Let’s discuss giving your boss or client gets what they want vs. guiding them to the best results. There is a lot to balance here: leadership, expertise, ego, chain-of-command and professional ethics.
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Mentoring Others vs. Being Mentored
Episode 13 of 24. Let’s discuss the lifetime value of mentoring – balancing providing mentorship to others and receiving mentoring yourself. This process is ongoing, often changing and lifelong in pursuit of success through personal and professional growth, understanding and commitment.
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Brand Now vs. Brand Later
Episode 11 of Professional Balance. We will discuss how to balance investment in branding with managing a realistic budget for a business – startup, current or pivoting. How much time, effort and economics should you dedicate to your business brand and marketing assets before it becomes burdensome or unproductive?
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Self Reliance vs. Collaboration
Episode 10 of Professional Balance. How can an entrepreneur or business owner balance their inherent attitude of “doing it myself” or the need to pay someone else to do what you can do yourself vs. the value add of saved time, maximized efforts, attention to details, etc… that comes from…
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Get Yours vs. Being Patient
Ep 9 of “Professional Balance” a bonus content series of the #SaturdayMorningHustle podcast. On this September 27th, 2021 episode we will discuss the balance of “A rising tide lifts all boats vs. get what you deserve because you earned it”.
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Entrepreneur or Business Owner?
We discuss the similarities, differences and balance of being an entrepreneur and a business owner. Technically I’ve been both. I started my first business as a teenager but had no concept of what an entrepreneur was or did. Now, I consider myself an entrepreneur first and a business owner secondarily.
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Working Smart vs. Working Hard
Episode 7 of Professional Balance. We will discuss Working Smart and then Working Hard. You need to do both, in that order but how do you balance how much attention, budget (energy and economic) and emphasis each side of this equation. Working hard without working smart will keep you busy,…
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