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What we consider to be high standard today is a joke!

The bar is so low because so many people choose convience over excellence. 

What is your standard? How often do you live it? 

This week we discuss why good enough isn't and how easy it is today to beat competition by showing up consistently.

Growth is simple, not easy.

This week I was humbly reminded of my journey as an HVAC technician due to being back in a service truck for our new business.  

But why do we make it so difficult? Greg and I discuss the dicotomy, experience and perspective of going from technician to owner and was it means that the work is Simple.

Risk comes down to what you are comfortable with in being uncomfortable.  What is your risk tolerance?  How do you manage risk?  This week we dive into these questions and work to uncover why we take the risk we do.

How do you keep score? Do you know if you are winning or losing? Do you know by how much?  This week we dive in to where you should be tracking your progress and where you should be focused. 

Is laziness considered self care?  Can you work too hard?  What's a good balance? How should you be acting as an employee?  

This week we dive into the mindset and discipline it takes to work hard by todays standards. And what it takes to stop making excuses. 

In business, there are seasons, peaks and valleys, high and lows, wins and losses.  But how do we navigate this?  It's easy to solve problems when you're winning, but what happens when you're not winning?  This week we jump into the reality of what it looks and feels like when you think you're losing.  

What are you neglecting in your business?

What decisions are you not making?

How separated are you trying to keep your personal life and work life?

We discuss these and the top 5 actions and decisions that most business owners don't address.

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This week we discuss TruPros, why so many business owners struggle with business and the fact there is no secret sauce to winning. 

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So good to be back on the mic and with me this week is my Blue Collar Brotha Greg Giroux.  What have we been up to?  We just passed our first 100 days since the aquisition of the HVAC company and wanted to share with you what that has been like so far. 

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What happens when someone asks for a discount?  How can you afford to give your work away? What does a 'Promotion' cost you in marketing? These questions and more are answered this week as I give examples, tangents and damn good reason to stop giving discounts. 

Get your tickets for the Strategic Growth Accelorator on August 22nd in Houston.

The book referenced in this episode is The Wisdom Of The Bullfrog by Admiral William H McRaven.

Taking on the responsibility of a leader is simple but difficult. But what does it mean? "When in command, command."  Be decisive, be confident and be passionate. 

Back on the mic is Nate!

We discuss a gift that arrived, the new acquisition and how too often employees will complain that systems feel too corporate. 

Get your ticket for our Stragic Growth Accelerator.  We are having a collaborative 1 Day event in Houston, TX on August 22.  Get to the website thetradesmanexperience.com to get your seat!

Why do always think that the next thing will be easier?  Or why we think this will solve all our problems.  The truth is you have to get better at picking what problem you want to solve. 

Check out this conversation from our monthly MasterMind - The Workshop. 

Two things can play havoc on your business, being everything to everybody and allowing your clients to use your business as a 0% bank.  This week we introduce some new directions of The Tradesman Experience, talk about some expansion of Battle Born Welding and what happens when you become a bank for your clients. 

Today I sit down with Bob Turner, founder of Summit Coaching & Consulting.  We dive into all things coaching in this conversation.  We talk about Bob's story, some of his accomplishmenst and where the trades are headed.  

After a few weeks, we are back on the mics!  We discuss Nate's interview on Bourbon & Ballistics podcast, his trip to Breckenridge, where business is headed, the common difficulties of being in business and why you shouldn't take yourself so serious. 

Why is fitness a staple in success?  It impacts our relationships, our career, our mental health and our confidence.  This week I sit down with someone that inspires me to do better and this guy is the real deal.  Travis and I discuss fitness through the lense of imperfections and failures, but also through the positvie impacts of doing the work. 

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Most of us don't like sales.  Mostly because we don't understand it, we try to sell out of our own wallet and we don't ask the right questions.  This week I sit down with Trenton Wisecup, an expert in the roofing industry and his gift is sales. Check out this episode and Trenton on social media. 

Everybody wants what everybody else has regardless of the effort.  This week Greg Giroux and I discuss the frustrations in business when the poor performers want a participation trophy. 

What is the metric of being the best in business?  Most of the time is a combination of self serving metrics that create the perception of greatness.  Honestly, being different is what sets you apart from the crowd.  This week Nate and I discuss culture, leadership, being different and what maturity in business can afford you. 

What does every compan and team need to get to the next level?  A lightning rod in their company.  Check out this episode to find out what a 'Catalyst' is and why you need one.

Our first ever outside podcast with a couple cigars.  This week Nate and I sit down in person to discuss the 3 days of evaluation and training with Battle Born Welding, what the future holds and a genuine conversation back and forth while the dogs run around in the background. 

Owner is not a role is the company and Leadership is not a job.  Too often these two are confused with each other.  So what's the difference? 

Instead of targeting leaders in this episode, I put my focus on EMPLOYEES.  And let me just warn you, IT IS NOT KIND!!  But my plan is to create conversation within yourself and the company you work for.  GSDMF

The silent killer of Leadership.

Too often we downplay hard work and claim we should only work smarter. This week we dive into what this should look like.

This week I sit down my friend and business partner Greg Giroux.  If you haven't read the book Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell, you will by the end of this conversation. As a small business owner we wear multiple hats, often times too many hats. So how do we get through that? Join in as we discuss the book, our tactics and the difficulties of delegating.  

Are leaders born or made?   Join me this week as I sit down with my old friend BJ Jones, as he shares lessons learned from childhood, being a Combat Marine, law enforcement and becoming a Christian. 

Often it's not the big things that kill a business, it's a bunch of small things.

Another hear has passed. This week Nate and I discuss some of the lessons learned and mindset changes as we roll into 2025.

What is the current state of AI in the service industries?  This week I set down with Charlie Felker with Free 2 Grow and we discuss the gains, benefits, pros and cons of using AI in your business.  Check them out at free-2-grow.com

Don't be seduced by Mental Masturbation!!

Happy Holidays everyone!!  This week I am resharing another one of my favorite episodes.  We orginally launched this back in 2023 and it still comes up in conversation.  Also, we are taking a couple weeks off of recording for the holidays and will be back in full swing after the first of the year.  Thanks for listening!!

What happens when you over work your top performers? Join us this week as we discuss performance punishment, how to recognize it and what to do to correct it. 

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Happy Holidays everyone!!  This week I am resharing one of my favorite episodes.  We orginally launched this back in 2022 and it still comes up in conversation.  Also, we are taking a couple weeks off of recording for the holidays and will be back in full swing after the first of the year.  Thanks for listening!!

What if you were the best customer??  This is a question we rarely ask ourselves, yet we hope and want our customers to always be on their best behavior.  This week we share what we think being the best customer really looks like or being what Nate describes as being a Daymaker. 

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What is the biggest mistake leaders make??

Why are people trying so hard to get the next promotion?  What should they do instead?  This week Nate and Josh discuss why trying to promote should not be the primary focus, but getting better at what you're currently doing instead.  

Can you be a Leader and a Friend?  This is a concern I hear often when it comes to leadership.  It is believed that you can get too close to lead someone.  This week I jump into the pros and cons of this dilemma and discuss how you can prevent this from becoming an issue. 

Back in the studio this week is the one and only Nate Newton.  Where has he been?? Find out in this week's conversation as we discuss what happens when you don't stay in your lane of business and start chasing shiny shit.  

Most of us despise the thought of being a 'salesperson'.  Because of that, we focus on the work instead of the client.  We hope they tell us what they want.  We only want to do the work and get paid at the end.  This is why you suck at sales.  What if there was a different way?  Tune in this week as I walk you through The 5 C's and how this takes you from selling to serving. 

This week I am sharing with you week 10 Q&A of The Blue Collar Boot Camp.  There is another Boot Camp launching in January, enrollment begins soon. 

We just finished our 2 Day Business Builder and man was it awesome!!  As a take away from the last couple days I wanted to talk about where to start.  For most of us we are reactive and busy and tell ourself that we are productive.  Unfortunately that usually isn't the case.  Listen up this week to find out where to start.

If you don't know people you don't know business.  If you don't know money you don't know how to be a business owner.  To many businesses suffer from poor money management and ultimately fail and poor money management is not a math problem, it's an attitude promblem.  This week Greg and I are back on the mics talking about how your money problem is a major problem.   Our advice is BE CALCULATED

There is a war coming in the Blue Collar World.  Massive amounts of private money is being poured into our industries to buy up market share.  Why is this happening?  How can we fight it?  Tune in and find out...

This week I have my Blue Collar Insiders partner Greg Giroux back on the mic.  Mostly we discuss the evolution of the coaching, what's available and our experience so far inside our program The Blue Collar Boot Camp.

Two important factors of business are money and time, so what happens when you start losing the return on them?   This week we discuss the Law of Diminishing Returns and how it impacts profits, moral, relationships and our time. 

Pulled this one from the archives.  Episode 5, Meet Battle Born Welding.   Oldie but a goodie.