Momentum for the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT)

It's the emergency every entrepreneur has nightmares about but we are all too scared to plan for. Alex Charfen has run and coached six-, seven-, and eight-figure businesses through crisis, economic challenges, and emergency situations. This might be the most important episode of this podcast because having this knowledge can save you so much time, heartache, and profitability in your company.   In...

When you're running a business, you obviously want to hire the best employees to work in that business. The challenge is that the best employees are the most difficult to retain. Maybe you've had the experience of hiring someone who had all the makings of an A-Player, but they left after six months for a better opportunity. How can you keep the best employees and make sure they have what they need...

Running and growing a business is the greatest form of personal development on the planet. The behavior change required of an entrepreneur as their business grows is the hidden cost of growing a business. No one talk about how much you must unlearn and change at each stage of your business's growth. In many ways, the growth of the business depends on the entrepreneur becoming the leader that can r...

This is the letter I wish I had received before I became a CEO over 25 years ago. There is so much about accepting this position that we are not told or warned about. When we accept the position of CEO, we commit to being different than everyone else so that we can make a contribution greater than everyone else. It is the most difficult thing you will ever do, but the rewards are eternal. It is a...

As entrepreneurs, we live for momentum. We need it like the rest of the world needs oxygen. But, no matter who you are or what you are doing, it is inevitable that you will fall out of momentum and feel it in your life and body. It can manifest as frustration, anxiety, anger, or a lack of motivation. When this happens, it can be difficult to get the momentum going again. I have discovered a hack,...

Written communication can be misinterpreted based on the recipient's state of mind and emotions. Especially for entrepreneurs, the tone we write in is exactly the emotion you are feeling at the time, regardless of if you recognize it or not. Have you ever sent an email and thought you did it all professionally, in spite of what you really wanted to say, and the person still got offended? That's wh...

Over the past year of focusing on our product and working with entrepreneurs, we have reorganized Simple Operations as a business and we have been on a mission to understand the problems entrepreneurs need to solve in order to create momentum. Especially in the market today, creating a high-quality product and delivering it well are often overlooked.    In this podcast, I discuss the three types o...

For entrepreneurs, it is incredibly important to maximize your energy, engagement, and presence in order to make better decisions and be more productive. The advice commonly given to entrepreneurs, like grabbing coffee and immediately starting work, can negatively impact energy levels and lead to a massive crash, and I don't just mean in the afternoons. In this podcast, you will learn how to optim...

I often share with entrepreneurs that process will set you free. What I mean is that process will protect you to the point where you have more protection than you ever have. The more you develop the processes in your business, the more you will create a system that protects your time and focus to allocate them on what will grow your business. The more process you create, the more your team will st...

As entrepreneurs, we often feel like we need to challenge ourselves to the absolute extreme in order to drive ourselves forward. A goal doesn't mean as much to you unless its as intense as climbing mount everest. In many ways, this is a superpower for you in your business, but it has a significant drawback. Your team is not wired the same as you. Even if they share your entrepreneurial spirit, as...

As an entrepreneur, one of the most valuable skills we can develop is leadership. Growing as a leader can be incredibly difficult when we have so much going on around us that is demanding our time, effort, energy, and focus. One of the fastest shortcuts to blocking out the noise and focusing on growing as a leader is nervous-system regulation.  In this podcast, I discuss how cold plunging has radi...

In order to grow as an entrepreneur, you must go from doing everything in your business to having help and support. Especially when it comes to the day-to-day operations of the business. This process of transitioning is not just a single hire; it requires a methodical and systematic approach to permanently delegate tasks.  In most cases, bringing in a high-level executive is not necessary for earl...

Hydration is the most important habit to stay engaged, have more energy, clarity of mind, eliminate brain fog, body pain, improve digestion and sleep better. On the flip-side, dehydration is damaging and affects everything we want to do as entrepreneurs and as people. It can cause inflammation, joint pain, back pain, neck pain, brain fog, confusion, frustration, anxiety, depression, irritation, an...

Visionary entrepreneurs have a hard time with meetings. Most visionary entrepreneurs have a difficult time with meetings because they tend to get distracted and lose focus easily. They may start fidgeting or thinking about other things they could be doing, which can make it challenging for them to stay engaged in meetings. Instead, we recommend that entrepreneurs shift from meetings to targeted in...

As an entrepreneur leading a team, it's common to feel overwhelmed with a never-ending to-do list and a sense of dread about each day's tasks. You might even experience what I call the "quitting fantasy," where you consider shutting down your business and doing something else. However, as entrepreneurs, we have a drive and compulsion to be in momentum and make things happen, so we rarely quit for...

The concept of Momentum from Stillness was first introduced to me by one of my coaches, Kylie Ryan, a few years ago. Initially, I was repelled by the idea of Momentum from Stillness because I thought it meant I needed to slow down, stop doing things, and stand still. This made me feel uncomfortable and restless, but I've since learned that I was misinterpreting the message. There is an overwhelmin...

As an entrepreneur, one of the skillsets you will develop for leading your team is to create cooperation over competition. While some healthy competition among team members can be beneficial, competition that becomes systemic can lead to destructive forces such as politics, silos, and turf wars. Instead, entrepreneurs should create opportunities for cooperation with their team to create a strong c...

Over the past five years, I have spent a considerable amount of time researching, investigating, and then using psychedelics as a healing modality to help me process trauma, move my life forward, and become a better husband, father, and CEO.   The experience has been life-changing and invaluable. Up until now, I have not shared a lot of the details of my experience, but last week I was inspired to...

5As entrepreneurs, we step into our roles as Visionaries to create freedom. The challenge for many of us is rather than creating freedom, we create a business that needs infinitely more time from us than a job would. There is one consistent reason that I see entrepreneurs stuck in the day-to-day of their businesses. The reason is counter-intuitive. Not many people talk about it, but when you resol...

As entrepreneurs we have been convinced that the better we do, the easier things will get. That there is this magical time in a business where we won't have any more problems if we do everything right. Unfortunately, this is just not true. In any business, growth creates complexity, and success creates deficit. The better we understand this concept, the faster we can grow our company, get stronger...

It is relatively easy to see the tactical help we need when growing a company. When we get overwhelmed in sales, we need a salesperson. We need someone to handle customer service when there are too many customer inquiries. A deficit we don't often see coming and catches so many entrepreneurs off guard is when we need more leadership in our business. In companies I've owned and coached, I've seen t...