Fingertips
Rock Climbers hang on by their fingertips.
Not only does this make their fingers stronger than average, rock climbers rely on them to ‘feel the rock’ so they know where to move next.
This is how I’ve come to think of small business owners.
Most of us hang on by our fingertips as we’re scaling the heights.
We don’t have a large margin of error.
There’s rarely a safety net.
Yet we do it because it’s our pursuit.
Which is why I put so much...
Botching a quote
That seems expensive.
Have you ever thought that? Have your customers?
Here’s an example.
YouTubers Trent and Allie are self-building their home in the Utah mountains. After receiving a quote for drywall (plastering), this was some of their reaction:
“It came back super high…”
“They’re trying to charge us double…”
“It doesn’t make sense…”
“So we’re in the market for some other quotes…”
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Top 5 issues...that aren't
At the start of the year, I asked ChatGPT what the 5 top emerging issues were for business.
Thing is, they're not emerging at all. Rather than burning issues, they seem, well, blah.
- Financial management
- Future planning
- Economic shifts and inflation
- Employee communication
- Staff retention
To my way of thinking, these issues fail to get to the heart of why running a small business (or leading a team) is so challenging.
That's what I reveal in this video, including what to do instead.
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Five burning issues
Five emerging issues that small business owners are struggling with right now?
That’s what I asked ChatGPT.
The unsurprising result?
It came back with issues that are NOT in fact emerging. They’re not new. They are not of this time, specifically.
And that’s because not as much changes as we think.
The fundamentals of running a business stay the same.
So, what were the five issues ChatGPT listed?
- Financial management - being able to manage cash flow and budget
- ...
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