Business Owners Freedom Formula With Paul Maskill

Having left my job 10 years ago now, the journey has been quite the wild ride. I have scaled and sold two businesses. I had a e-commerce business that I hated. I have had partnerships that didn't work and one that works great. And taking the time to reflect, I've realized the only way to actually reach our full potential and have massive success is to have 4 things in place: Vision > Mentor > A Plan > Acccountability

Jim Oliver founded CreateTailwind in 1988 in Denver, CO. Originally a full service financial planning firm, Jim and his team weathered two major corrections on Wall Street and pivoted CreateTailwind’s focus to building wealth beyond Wall Street. Teaching clients to create wealth without Wall Street brokers and financial planners took off. To most people, becoming their own banker was something they couldn’t envision. Most people park their money in qualified plans or with a “broker” and hope that the money grows. Jim reminds his clients that “hope is not a strategy”. He teaches his clients that becoming their own banker means they accumulate money AND they deploy it to make even more money.

The stronger you protect your boundaries, the more freedom you will enjoy. We as business owners are very reactive...we'll react all day every day, putting out fires, answering the phone at all hours, doing things last minute and on and on. Yet if we never get into a proactive state-of-mind and rhythm, we'll inevitably get stuck and burn out. In today's episode I share with you a few real life examples of my business and my clients about how to start getting proactive so you can create boundaries and ultimately achieve ultimate freedom.

Thalia Toha is a business strategist specializing in supporting people looking to grow their business by getting more clients and developing problem solving skills. For almost 15 years, she has worked with leaders from a range of industries, from emerging entrepreneurs, US's 5th largest restaurant group, to LeBron-James endorsed brand. She is a Princeton grad, who loves researching new food trends. She's been featured on Huffington Post, Reader's Digest, worked with Forbes magazine, and many more.

Events + Response = Outcome This equation is always true but so important during times like the Coronavirus pandemic. I see way too many small business owners complaining and moping around because of the current events. But if you can't change them, focus that energy on your response instead. Yes, it sucks that...you can't operate normally, you didn't get your PPP and that Ruth Chris followed the rules too and got $20mm. But instead of worrying about what you didn't get and don't have, focus on what you do have and what you can do. You've got this!

Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, Clockwork, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest release Fix This Next. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies - one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Today he is running his third multi-million dollar venture, Profit First Professionals. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the former business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Over the years, Mike has traveled the globe speaking with thousands of entrepreneurs, and is here today to share the best of what he has learned.

Here's a quick few inspiring examples that shows it never hurts to ask. The worst they can say is no. The first example is how I simply asked Mike Michalowicz if he would come on my podcast...within in minutes, he said "YES, let's do it!" And then during the interview (episode 389), he shared with the listeners that sometimes you just have to reach out to your clients directly and ASK them what they need/want. Your biggest opportunities might be on the other side of that question.

Greg is an executive life coach and business advisor. He works with business owners through his platform Business Owner Freedom. He lives with his wife, Kim, and their two daughters in southern Middle Tennessee on their farm, where they raise pastured beef and lamb. He has been coaching and educating since 2010 after more than twenty years in corporate leadership positions.

If you are listening to this during the Coronavirus lockdown, you know I have been beating the drum of take advantage of this opportunity. When it's all said and done, we'll look back and wish we had this time back to work ON our business, ON ourselves, ON our relationships. So I do want everyone to realize how great of an opportunity this is. However, I also want everyone to give themselves a little grace. If you don't accomplish everything you want in a day, that's okay...as long as you keep moving the ball down the field. And as long as you don't make it a habit. I share with you a personal story of how I'm trying to do the same.

Henry is a serial entrepreneur, Small Business Coach, and Host of top-rated The How of Business podcast show. In addition to investing in and growing his businesses, he is dedicated to helping others start, run and grow their small businesses. Henry has over 34 years of diverse business experience, including successful careers in the information technology industry, sales, sales training and business ownership. He has been directly involved in over 10 different small businesses since purchasing his first business in 1991. He has developed and launched his own businesses, and has bought and sold businesses as well.

What would happen if you got hit by a bus? What would happen to your business? What would happen to your family? In today's episode I share with you a few items that I believe every business owners should have in place...just in case! Not to mention how important systems & processes are if something was to happen...or if you just want to step away for more than 24 hours!

John Ferris is the founder and CEO of inVision Edge, a management consultancy focused on enabling innovation, clarifying strategy, and growing businesses. With a background in large organizations that includes leadership experience in sales and marketing, human resources, and organizational development, John is able to help organizations and business owners experiencing growing pains move past the obstacles holding them back and achieve great things. John’s latest product, The Playbook Edge System, is a do-it-yourself strategic planning framework designed to help businesses spend one day creating a plan and the rest of the year achieving their goals.

You hear me say it all the time that business ownership is a lonely world but it doesn't have to be. I believe that statement is more true now than ever. Although it's never easy to run a business, it's a lot easier to run it when the economy is rolling. However, when the economy crashes to a screeching halt, I believe we need community more than ever. Isolation is the enemy of success.

After a long, successful career at the top of the corporate ladder where he held various roles which included Sales Director, CEO and Executive Chairman, John Murphy set out help focus on helping and coaching executives & teams to deliver their optimum. John’s focus is about getting the results so you can develop the life you want and to ensure you have the tools to achieve success year after year.

Here are the facts: We can't change what the government does. We can't change what health officials do. And since we can't change it, there is no reason to use all our mental energy on complaining. Instead, let's stay positive and look for opportunities to rise up, be a leader and set ourselves apart. How can we double down and become our customer's #1 advocate? No matter the industry, there will be opportunities aplenty for those who are ready to take on the challenge.

Joel (pronounced Joe-EL) Louis is the founder and CEO of Integrator and Co., a digital marketing agency that helps experts reach more people, scale their business and increase online sales. Joel and his team specialize in funnel strategy, funnel design, funnel repair, and funnel building. In addition to generating millions of dollars and thousands of leads for his clients, Joel is a father of three and is passionate about the intersection of fatherhood and entrepreneurship.

I've talked to too many business owners lately who are struggling...which is OKAY. The part that's not okay is they have been struggling for too long and haven't reached out for help. It's as if there is a stigma around asking for help. When in reality, those who reach the greatest heights of success are the ones who surround themselves with other people to help them (coaches, mentors, accountability partners). There is no trophy for going it alone in business or in life. And the journey is a lot more fun if you do it with other people.

As a sales leader, Mark generated over $90 million in revenue at some of the world’s fastest growing companies like NetApp, VMWare, EMC and Service Now. Having succeeded at the highest levels in business, he realized, through his own experience and that of his contemporaries, that motivations that drive success for many people in their 20s and 30s, are often unsustainable into their 40s and 50s. Perspective, increased responsibilities, and pressures call for new skills and mindsets (resilience) in order to perform and thrive at peak levels. Mark is the author of the bestselling book, "Only 10s, Using Distraction to Get the Right Things Done”, which explores the exponential results available when you cultivate a mindset of internal leadership and the upcoming, “Mastering Midlife, How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You.”

When I quit my job almost 10 years ago and started my first business, I thought I had made it! No more boss. I have freedom! I had worked towards that goal for quite a while and once I achieved it, I didn't think I needed any other goals. And before I knew it, I was working 12-14 hour days with my main goal of just keep the business going...keep the hamster wheel spinning. That's when I realized I needed to change. It was time to set regular goals with a big vision at the top.

If your business deals with customers, and you want to understand what makes them tick, then you owe it to yourself to glean some knowledge from someone who’s literally “been there, done that.” Considered an expert in customer engagement and building consumer brand loyalty, Rob Gallo will share real-world stories of his 20+ years of successes and failures in the ultra-competitive casino business that translate into any industry which deals with customers as their life blood.