243: Success in Business Begins with Clarity

With Clarity Wins Author Steve Woodruff

Just a few weeks ago, I’d never even heard of today’s guest. It’s amazing how fast you can take to someone else’s message when it’s delivered in the right way.

That is certainly the case for Steve Woodruff, the King of Clarity, and my guest today on the show.

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In a world filled with noise and distraction, the secret weapon any business can use to break through, Steve says, is CLARITY: Clarity of strategy (leading to focused direction), and clarity of messaging (leading to sales and referrals).

Clarity Wins: Get Heard. Get Referred is a proven handbook to create competitive advantage in any marketplace. You don’t have to spend a million dollars to rise above the noise and grow referrals. You just need to learn how to be clear.

Listening to this episode will ensure you’re headed in the right direction!

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240: The Serving Mindset: Stop Selling and Grow Your Business with Farnoosh Brock

The 5 Mindset Shifts You Need to Know!

Several of my guests this month are authors who are making return visits to the show. Today’s guest is one of them.

Farnoosh Brock first appeared on Read to Lead on episode #039 all the way back in April of 2014.

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In her brand new book out today called The Serving Mindset: Stop Selling and Grow Your Business, Farnoosh asks, “What if you could stop selling altogether and grow your profits?”

Well, with The Serving Mindset, you’ll learn how to serve, elevate your business success, and fell great all at the same time!

The book walks you through the process of why and how to acquire this “serving mindset” and put it into practice.

If you hate sales, this book will help you diagnose the source of this issue, understand how your mindset affects your sales directly, and discover a fresh approach to selling as serving.

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238: 8 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Grow Your Business by Becoming the Obvious Choice

Grab below my free PDF that accompanies this episode

In today’s solo episode, I dive into what I’ve learned over the last 10+ years about standing out as an organization or personal brand.

A complete grasp of these concepts is what allowed me to successfully navigate leaving my traditional job and venturing out onto my own over five years ago.

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I’ve given talks on this topic more and more this year and adapted this episode from my slides.

If you’d like to view my slides later, or while you’re listening to the episode, simply scroll down and enter your first name and email address to grab the free PDF.

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231: How to Go From Overwhelmed to Highly Efficient and Reclaim Your Life with Kris Ward

Author of Win the Hour, Win the Day

Today’s guest knows how to get attention. In a good way, of course.

She reached out to me recently with her compelling story that included a personalized video she created.

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Kris shared with me that she was inspired to write the book when the cards life had dealt forced her team to move forward without her leadership for a time.

The resulting book is called Win the Hour, Win the Day: Time Management for Small Business.

In it, Kris hopes to help teach you how to accelerate your business beyond your wildest dreams while reclaiming time for yourself.

Time management, she says, isn’t about going faster or being in a constant state of high activity. It’s not about being busy; it’s about being productive. Amen!

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229: Design Your Business to Run Itself with Mike Michalowicz

Author of Clockwork

By age 35, Mike Michalowicz had launched two multimillion-dollar companies.

Today he is the co-founder of Profit First Professionals, a membership organization of accountants, bookkeepers, and business coaches who teach the Profit First method.

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He is also the co-founder of the Provendus Group, a consulting firm that utilizes his business growth methodologies.

He is the host of the Profit First Podcast, he’s a globally popular speaker, and in addition to Profit First and several other books, he has written columns for the Wall Street Journal, Box Pro magazine, Entrepreneur, OPEN Forum, Harvard Business Review, and more.

In his new book, Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself, Mike asks, “Do you worry that your business will collapse without your constant presence?” If that’s the case, what if, instead, your business could run itself, freeing you to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit?

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