Growth Instigators Hotline

How hard is your pillow? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #78 and I am Aaron Havens. What’s the deal Aaron?  Yesterday you asked how soft my pillow is and today how hard?  Come on man? No, I'm not trying to gather personal information or p...

How soft is your pillow? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #77 and I am Aaron Havens. No, I'm not trying to gather personal information or push into a personal bubble here. I'm just asking, how soft is your pillow… and I'm not tal...

Where do you flourish?  What environment do you thrive in? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #76 and I am Aaron Havens. A dozen or so years ago I worked with a large organization that had offices all across America and had a global impact.  This...

Crack the code and let us know! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #75 and I am Aaron Havens. Life is violent.  The world we live in resilient and throws resistance our way every second of every day.  To live and survive, we need to lock arms and...

It’s time to go blow out the cobwebs! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #74 and I am Aaron Havens. This call especially goes out to Muckie from Colorado. My mom lied to me at least once in my life.  Maybe more.  One time for sure! Growing up she...

How many languages do you speak? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #73 and I am Aaron Havens.  In High School I took Spanish from Señora Trotter. I didn’t apply myself.   I put in the minimal work to just “pass” the class. And yes later, to this...

Fill in the blank. Work _______ not ______. (Hint, both words rhyme with “Barter”…. Work _______ not ______. Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #72 and I am Aaron Havens.  It’s incredible how efficient the right tool for the right job can be. Low...

Statement/story, 10 seconds max  Have you ever looked up and wondered how you got here? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #71 and I am Aaron Havens.  Every year I look up and think… man, that was a fast year.   I’m 49.  Just like that. One minut...

High fives all around.  That’s right.  We did it! “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #70 and I am Aaron Havens.  Do you celebrate the small things. Like I know it's a little silly and you might be tired of hearing it from me, but today is F...

Have you ever played that game Red light Green Light 123? “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #69 and I am Aaron Havens.  This game used to stress me out as a young lad. My brother was pretty good at it. He has a lot of patience either like to ru...

You wanna play?  You gotta pay! “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #68 and I am Aaron Havens.  This week our family is celebrating a wedding in Texas. Plane tickets are purchased. AirBNB’s are booked. Cars are rented.   Plans are all set. Now it...

Ready… Set… GO! “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #67 and I am Aaron Havens.  Mark Twain put it this way "the secret to getting ahead is getting started” Wake up. Put on your shoes. Slam that coffee. Jump in the shower. Send that email. St...

You don’t have to act like this doesn’t impact you.  In fact… let’s talk about it! “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #66 and I am Aaron Havens.  Years ago, I randomly reached out to a leader in the industry I was in. This gentleman had been in...

I’m always amazed what this one thing does in life. “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #65 and I am Aaron Havens.  Last night my business partner and I attended a big networking event put on by our local chamber of commerce.  Our company has bee...

1… whew.  2… whew.  3… whew.  That’s better. - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #64 and I am Aaron Havens.  Welcome to Thursday May 23, 2024 If your week was anything like mine… I’m feeling a bit impatient.  It’s Thursday.  I effectively have...

What would get you off of your reps? Get you off of your game? Force you to walk away? “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #63 and I am Aaron Havens.  The other day, my buddy was in the gym, pumping weights, checking out his biceps you know I&apo...

Don’t worry.  It’s not just you! - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #62 and I am Aaron Havens.  The world lacks confidence. The greatest of them all… the most influential, the smartest, the best looking, the highest achievers… everyone… gets n...

Who would be on your stage?  This message especially goes out the Ed from Colorado.  One of the all time great wrestling coaches! - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #61 and I am Aaron Havens.  Two weeks ago I attended the Colorado Wrestling Ha...

If you are faithful in three areas, I promise you, you will leave a resounding legacy! - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This is message #60 and I am Aaron Havens.  This message especially goes out to Jonathan from Florida.  When you break down life, we real...

Pick any iconic hand hand combat movie from the 80s and there's that epic scene where the hero takes a blow to the face, pauses, wipes, the blood off their lips, and you know I'll poop is about to break loose! - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This...

What motivates you?  What gets you amped up and ready to go? - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This is message #58 and I am Aaron Havens.  Those of you in sales have probably heard the term SPIFF. SPIFF stands for sales performance incentive fund formula, wh...

I guarantee you, this technique will help improve your memory! - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This is message #57 and I am Aaron Havens.  A mnemonic device, or memory device, is a learning technique that helps people retain or retrieve information by asso...

It served you well, now wave goodbye and grow on! - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This is message #56 and I am Aaron Havens.  This message especially goes out to Zoi from North Carolina Power Boom!  That’s what we would call it. When my daughter was first...

Is your hair greasy from the sweat? - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This is message #55 and I am Aaron Havens. Welcome to Friday!  We made it.  I’m not sure about you, as I look back on my week I vague recollection of a day called Monday and what was accom...

This is part “duce” of the hotline message from yesterday.  For those of you that were able to listen in yesterday… you can see how funny that is.  - “Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons, every day of the week. This is message #54 and I am Aaron Havens. Yesterday we talked about Optical...