The Freedom Focused Podcast

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about taking time out of your daily routine for quality time to think . Time to think is important not just for big important decisions, but also for the smaller decisions that we’re faced with every day as small business owners related to: Personnel, customers, the products and services we provide, marketing, sales, and finances. He’ll talk abo...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about Rejuvenation . What it takes to truly unplug, relax, and recharge your batteries. He’ll be sharing with you exactly how to make certain that you always have time in your schedule for rejuvenation, so you can better manage the stress, overwhelm, and burnout that too many small business owners have to endure. Enjoy the show and don't forget...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be doing a debrief on the online course he just finished launching, “Dream Team” Builder . Joining Daran for this discussion is one of the students in the course, Ben Weiss. Ben is not an ordinary student. He’s created his own online course, and so can provide critical feedback on what worked and what didn’t as he moved through the modules and lessons in t...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be bringing together all that he's talked about in the past several episodes (i.e. core values, vision, pre-employment quizzes) to show you how, collectively, everything works together to help you to hire exceptional people for your organization. People who will be a right fit for your team, aligned with your core values, engaged, and energized to help you...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about a simple process for getting to know people better so that when you bring someone new into your organization, you'll have greater confidence that they'll be a good fit, hit the ground running from day one, and stick around for a while. He's going to first talk about a couple of ways to gather very useful data from the people in your organi...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about one of the most powerful ways to boost morale, team cohesion, productivity, and excitement in your organization. Something that every small business owner already has, but few take full advantage of. He's talking about a VISION for the future! If you underestimate the value of creating and writing down your vision for the future, you would...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about an important item of your business that many, if not most, small businesses never put in place, robbing them of a competitive advantage and a very important opportunity to achieve significantly better results, even greatness , in everything they do. This important item is core values . Daran will share the process he teaches small business...

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be interviewing Dirk Haupt to learn what his tips and tricks are for greater productivity. Dirk has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years and during this time has started 4 businesses and sold 2. He has an MBA from Arizona State University and taught classes for ASU's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute as well as various business classes at Paradis...

What if you could be more organized and productive at work and in your personal life? Imagine how much more you could achieve each day, each week, each month, and each year. Imagine how much more reliable you would be. In this episode, Daran will be sharing his secrets to becoming much more organized and productive both in your personal and professional life, resulting in reduced stress, anxiety,...

In this episode, Daran will be talking about one of the most effective ways for small business owners to change what they are doing in order to move their business from where it is today, to where they want it to be at some point in the future... habits . He will share what research says about how long, on average, it takes for a person to form a habit. He will share some of the specific best prac...

In this episode, Daran will be talking about one of the biggest causes of stress for small business owners: the loss of an employee. Whether employees leave voluntarily or involuntarily, the impact to small businesses, especially those with a very small staff, is almost always significant. The business suffers a loss of productivity, output, employee morale, and all the dollars associated with the...

Freedom Secrets with guest Matthew Gardner In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be interviewing his first guest, Matthew Gardner with HealthMarkets , the #1 ranked health insurance agency in America as rated by Trustpilot. Matthew is a Personal Benefits Consultant working in the Arizona market with over 50 agents as part of his team. While Matthew may not be a small business owner in the trad...

Welcome to The Freedom Focused Podcast! In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will explain his formula for moving small business owners from less freedom to more freedom, as measured by the "Four Levels of Freedom Survey" . The foundation of the Freedom Focused program is people . Daran will provide an overview of how you create a "Dream Team" of high quality, highly aligned, and highly engaged emp...

In this special podcast, made just for small business owners , host Daran Wastchak talks about how to increase both your personal and professional freedom as a small business owner. More specifically, Daran shares his formula for greater freedom called "Freedom Focused." On a regular basis, the podcast includes special episodes with guests called "Freedom Secrets." Guests will share what they've d...

Do you know how free you are? Welcome to The Freedom Focused Podcast! In this episode, host Daran Wastchak introduces The Freedom Focused Podcast as well as himself, then shares information about personal and professional freedom for small business owners, including two free tools that will help you to know just how free you are. How do you define "personal freedom"? How do you know how free you a...