Momentum for the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT)

Have you always had the feeling that you were different? Not like everyone else, maybe you or even the black sheep or the standout in your family that just doesn't think like the rest. If so, you and I have a lot in common. In this podcast, I share the preface of my book, The Entrepreneurial Personality Type, and my thesis on exactly Who We Are and why the world sees us as they do. You can get you...

You may not know this, but as entrepreneurs, we are predisposed to tolerate too much. If you are an Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT), tolerating too much will cause massive constraint in your life. We are physiologically sensitive momentum-based beings that are highly reactive to constraint. When we stop tolerating, we automatically create momentum. In this podcast, I share a process with yo...

As an entrepreneur, one of the least intuitive things to do is make things easier on yourself. As we grow our business and things get more difficult, we do more to reach higher levels of success. Intuitively, it feels like the harder things are the better the business will do. The reality is the opposite. If your days are getting tactically harder, you are building a house of cards. You are becomi...

Growing a business beyond just running at yourself and working with the team requires you to progressively and strategically let go of what you are doing. This means letting go of doing it all yourself and letting someone else step in. This is difficult for all of us as entrepreneurs. It is difficult because starting a business requires us to do everything, so we are psychologically conditioned th...

As an entrepreneur, I have always been in search of advantage. How do I get ahead, how do I get more done, and how do I make more happen in the world. In my early career, this meant how do I work harder, longer, and put out more effort.  As I grew as an entrepreneur and learned more about productivity and delegation, I realized I could evolve my approach to getting things done.  If you are on a jo...

There is a trend in entrepreneurship today that says that you need to get up in the morning and just get to work. Hustle and grind until you are successful. The reality is that entrepreneurs like you and me are physiologically sensitive, momentum-based beings who are highly sensitive. The sensitivities we have to the world around us are actually a superpower. And we should be doing everything we c...

Being an entrepreneur is one of the fastest growth tracks for personal development. Every new level of growth in your business requires a massive amount of growth as a person. You will not recognize yourself when you have grown to seven-figures and beyond. At the same time, there are patterns that I have seen in entrepreneurs like us and even in myself. One of the most challenging place for an ent...

We are entering into a very challenging time in US economic history, but make no mistake, this will impact entrepreneurs on a global scale. People are starting to see the symptoms of the coming crisis, and entrepreneurs in particular are starting to get scared that they are going to lose their businesses and their security. I'm here to tell you that in any crisis, there is opportunity. Entrepreneu...

We are entering into a very challenging time in US economic history, but make no mistake, this will impact entrepreneurs on a global scale. People are starting to see the symptoms of the coming crisis, and entrepreneurs in particular are starting to get scared that they are going to lose their businesses and their security. I'm here to tell you that in any crisis, there is opportunity. Entrepreneu...

Entrepreneurs are physiologically sensitive momentum based beings and we are highly sensitive to constrain. This is the reason that I created the Natural Thirst Challenge Water is the ultimate performance enhancer because it doesn't matter what you eat, what supplements you take, or how well you take care of yourself, if you aren't hydrated you aren't optimized. Even if you have tried to drink mor...

Once per quarter we gather our members for the Simple Operations Summit. Members attend online and in person, and one of the highlights of these events is always when we can get a group of our members together for a panel. It is an opportunity to see the radical growth that these entrepreneurs experience as they implement the Simple Operations System. In this episode of the Momentum Podcast, you w...

The most important resource you have as a visionary entrepreneur is time. The more you push, the more you grind, the more you go beyond your true capacity, the less effectively you will sustain your growth over time. Million dollar businesses come and go because they burn out quickly when an entrepreneur does not have the space and time to build a real business. Businesses that sustain growth are...

In the high-pressure and high-stakes of running a business, it can be challenging to deal with the mistakes your team makes. In my twenties, I am embarrassed to admit that I caused a lot of collateral damage to my team by blowing up, making knee-jerk decisions about redeployment, and not realizing that the mistakes were the result of the pressures of the business. Now that I have grown businesses...

This podcast is specifically for my 20-year-old self... When I first started my entrepreneurial career as a leader growing a business, I learned a ton of lessons. I struggled with immaturity, short-sightedness, and a lack of leadership. The more I have walked this path, the more I have learned about what it means to be a true leader. One of the areas where I have felt this the most, and one of the...

There is one simple thing that the team members you want to recruit, hire, and bring into your company fear... And this might shock you. It's underutilization. A person with talent, skills, abilities, and a desire to contribute is someone we call an "A-Player". They are the kind of team member that you want on your team. They work hard, they deliver quickly, and they are motivated to help your bus...

Entrepreneurs are physiologically sensitive momentum based beings and we are highly sensitive to constrain. This is the reason that I created the Natural Thirst Challenge Water is the ultimate performance enhancer because it doesn't matter what you eat, what supplements you take, or how well you take care of yourself, if you aren't hydrated you aren't optimized. Even if you have tried to drink mor...

The most important hire you can make is the one you don't have to. There's this pendulum swing that happens to entrepreneurs. Most entrepreneurs wait way too long to get help with the things they need. It is hard to ask for help, get support, and get what they need to move forward. On the other hand, once you start to grow your business and bring in talented team members, there is something that h...

The most important hire you can make is the one you don't have to. There's this pendulum swing that happens to entrepreneurs. Most entrepreneurs wait way too long to get help with the things they need. It is hard to ask for help, get support, and get what they need to move forward. On the other hand, once you start to grow your business and bring in talented team members, there is something that h...

As entrepreneurs, we strive for success. We push and breakthrough challenges. It is just part of who we are. The challenge is when we do not feel like we are making progress. It can be constraining, increase pressure and noise, and demotivate you. One of the reasons entrepreneurs struggle to see whether or not they are moving forward is because the lack measurement. How do you know if you are movi...

On a recent member call, we had two incredible entrepreneurs, Gabe Arnold and Chris Kennedy, share how process, structure, and routine have helped them create freedom in their businesses. Entrepreneurs looking for freedom will leave a 9-5 job to work from 9 to 11 at night and call it freedom. In order to really create the space that you want in your business, process, structure, and routine is the...

Create space for what comes next. This is one of the mantras of successful entrepreneurs. Offloading the things that are taking your time away from strategically growing your business will accelerate your growth. The process for doing this, however, can be one of the most challenging that entrepreneurs experience. It is uncomfortable to give up the things that feed your business passions. The issu...

Given everything that is going on in the world right now, there is one very important action that entrepreneurs should take. There is an awareness that can put us into momentum and help us stay there. It is simple, but incredibly difficult in times of pressure and noise. In fact, the very definition of what we do as entrepreneurs amplifies pressure and noise in our lives. If you are addicted to mo...

Cadey and Alex were recently in a Mastermind event discussing performance metrics with an entrepreneur with a problem. Their sales metrics were slipping, and they were reviewing the KPIs every week seeing the decline, but there was a challenge in correcting the KPIs and turning them in the right direction. Alex and Cadey have been married for nearly two decades, run numerous multi-million dollar b...

This is one of the most challenging topics for me to cover. Early in my career, I told a consultant that one of the things I wanted most in my business was that I wanted my team to like and and to be close to my team members. He told me I was looking for validation from my team, and it is a dangerous place to be as a entrepreneur. If your focus is on how much your team likes you rather than on the...

As entrepreneurs, there are some pieces of advice or lessons that should be shared and spread so that we can help each other avoid mistakes in the future. One of the most common mistakes entrepreneurs find themselves making is judging the success of their business on the size of their office space. Here's the reality, holding onto office space for the sake of ego can crush your business. I know, I...