a red flag in your business
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This may be hard to hear. But every problem in your business is a YOU problem. It’s not the market. Or the economy. Or the employee who doesn’t listen. Or the annoying customer. It’s YOU. I sat down with my homey, Travis Howard, who delivered this tough love to me during the latest episode of the podcast. Travis is a former cannabis attorney turned consultant. He’s worked with everyone from scrappy startups to companies that just raised $500 million. Here’s how he put it: “Every business problem is a SELF problem in a different costume.” Think about it. That “external” problem you keep blaming? It’s just life unfolding. A customer said no. The vendor didn’t deliver on time. The market shifted. These aren’t problems. They’re just things that happened. The REAL problem is how you react. Travis walked me through his whole framework for building conscious businesses. We covered:
Spotify homies... CLICK HERE Most entrepreneurs spend all their time fixing external stuff. When the real work is internal. And sometimes it’s tough to admit that. |
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