My Business On Purpose

There's a hit show out right now called Yellowstone , and while I can't fully endorse it due to there being quite a bit of language and adult content, there have been some amazing quotes that have caused me to think. So... for the next several weeks I'm going to dive into some of these quotes and talk through their application to business and life. Good afternoon friends, Thomas Joyner with Busine...

You know that moment when you open the mailbox and you see the letter with your name on it? Not the spam mail, the credit card offer, or the latest internet bill. That feeling you get when you open a letter personally addressed to you, Hannah or Jason. Behind those words are thought, courage, joy, laughter, tears, surprise, or motivation. Words are powerful, especially when they are directed to yo...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. Let's take a look at where you are as a business. I am going to keep my content short and sweet today because I have a homework assignment for you…. Yes, you! Have you assessed your business? Lately? Quarterly? Yearly? Ever?  Maybe you have, and maybe you haven't... But there is a good chance this is a good season for you to take a little time to g...

6 weeks left in 2021! Supply chain issues everywhere, in-laws on the way in town next week, presents to order for Christmas! Take a deep breath, carve out some time for some Personal Prep for 2022. Good morning everyone, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. Two weeks ago, we talked about tweaking and refining your Vision for your business. Last week we looked over your finances and built o...

Near the end of each calendar year we walk our heroic business owner clients through a powerful three-day experience we call BOP Prep Week . For those of you who were High School football players, think back to the dedicated week known as summer camp, or two-a-days.  It was intense, grueling, and wildly necessary. Those are times that teams grow in their camaraderie, intuition, trust of each other...

Alright, 7 weeks left in 2021. We spoke about the first step in your year-end business checklist last week. So, if you missed that... stop this real fast, go back and listen and then come back to today. It's that important and I don't want you to miss any steps! What do we need to do in our business, to prepare for 2022? Good morning everyone, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. Last week...

I was sitting on the backside of an eight-person round table in the middle of a high-ceiling, golf club meeting room clearly designed with interiors from the 1980s and yet to be updated. In the middle of a presentation on resource management the presenter said this, "you can always make more money, you can always make more friends, but you will never be able to make more time... time is a non-rene...

K.I.S It's not that kind of tutorial, keep it simple .. Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. I think there are times that we can overthink our businesses.  Our strategies, our processes, our employees' production, our sales, you name it... we can overthink it.  An article written in the Harvard Business Review written by Melody Wilding, states,  "Deliberation is an admirable and essen...

We have 8 weeks left in 2021, even less if you subtract time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years! So, what do you need to do before then? Let's build a checklist together! Good morning everyone, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. Real quick. If you have not already, go to boproadmap.com/healthy and take our healthy business assessment. If you're curious at all about how well your b...

We have massive expectations at the end of a year headed off into the wild optimism of what a new year might bring... new products, new opportunities, new revenue goals. And then we look up and it's March...June...August... and we do it all over again, hoping that we'll take it more seriously next year, but never stopping to make the time to give next year the pre-planned attention that it both ne...

In six days, I had flown on seven planes, spent the night in five cities across three time zones, and finally landed back satisfied and fulfilled. It was a whirlwind tour to meet new business owners and to connect with some of our long-term clients.   A theme emerged immediately within a group of 17 remodeling contractor owners that I was speaking to in Vancouver, Washington, and that theme contin...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose. Let's talk about the impact your business is making. And today, I'm not talking about the goods or services or products that your company offers. I am talking about the impact you are making in your communities.  Recently I was reading an article from Cumberland Bussiness.com. They had a few things to say about local businesses… First, they said th...

If there's a phrase that describes the small business experience... it has to be "survival of the fittest!" So what questions do you need to ask of yourself and your business to make sure you survive? Well, I've got three for you... so, let's talk about that today. Hey everyone! Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. In the crazy pace that most small business owners run, it's easy to run thr...

Hey y'all Brent Perry with Business on Purpose.  Let's talk about qualifying leads in your business.  In an article written in Business News Daily, Max Freedman writes, "Lead generation is important, but qualifying your leads to determine which ones are worth pursuing can save you time and money." Now I don't know about you, but saving time and money when it comes to your business should be a prio...

Why do we push so hard for weekly team meetings? Let's talk about that today! Hello there friends, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. So, if you've listened to this podcast much at all, you know one of the cornerstones of our system is the Weekly Team Meeting. But why? Don't most team meetings just turn into a task list that's communicated verbally to a team? Just a box that's checked of...

As we got started, the mood of the room was tempered.  We were a small group of 20 business owners all from the same town and with a narrow purpose; help each other to discover simple ways to lead our teams into a post-pandemic world . The volume of life is on maximum decibels and the opportunity to come into a quiet, intentional room to think and respond are becoming scarce. After a few minutes w...

Scott touched on it and really hammered it home. Culture is NOT an Accident. It's fought for, cultivated, intentional, curated, and tangible.  About a year ago, we were looking to expand our coaching staff and I stuck my neck out for a buddy. He began the interview process, which is lengthy, sat in on some coaching calls and team meetings, went through our Vision Story and I'll never forget when h...

Hey, y'all! Brent Perry with Business on Purpose.  As I am recording this, my beloved UT volunteers just received a good old-fashioned whoopin from the Gators down in Gainesville, FL.  Now anyone who knows anything about college football could have told you before the ball was kicked at 6:00 pm down at Ben Hill Griffin stadium what the outcome of the game was going to be.  But I would be lying if...

Hey y'all, Brent Perry here with Business on Purpose. The question on the table today, how to make your business adaptable? And I guess before we dive into this question we have to take a small step back and ask ourselves… What does it mean to be adaptable? And is it important that we are building a business that is in fact adaptable?  An article written by Martin Reeves in the Harvard Business Re...

Do you give anyone license to speak into your life? Does anyone have a voice? Well, let's talk about why that's important today. Good morning friends, Thomas Joyner here with Business on Purpose. I was driving home from the gym this week and pulled up at a traffic light. Normally I kind of just zone out. Not really taking much in. It's a great time for quiet and thought before a day of coaching. ...

Although I am a child of the 1980s, I never fully embraced its music; too much hairspray and synthesizer for me.  But for all of the studded leather jackets and the poorly designed Buicks of the '80s, the famed duo Hall and Oates did have a song title that still resonates, Everywhere I Look . They decried, " Everywhere I look I see people waking up, so why are we still sleeping, everywhere I look...

Hey y'all, Brent Perry here with Business on Purpose.  It is once again the time on the calendar when the Business on Purpose team looks ahead and plans out our next 12 weeks of action. Each of us makes sure we get our 12 week goals and actions planned out, and we invite our clients and their teams to join us in the challenge of taking back our time and defining the important goals we want to acco...

What is every business out there dealing with right now? Employees and hiring! So how do you make sure you are hiring the right people, or maybe more importantly not hiring the wrong people? Let's talk about that today. Good morning friends, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here. I can't tell you the last time I walked into a restaurant and I didn't immediately see a "We're Hiring" sign in t...

Hey y'all, Brent Perry here with Business on Purpose.  I asked a few of my clients and friends who are business owners over the past couple of weeks, what keeps you going in your business? On the not-so-fun days. The hard days. The want to check out at 10 am and be anywhere else days. Here were a few of the responses… "Getting the opportunity to serve clients through the biggest purchase/sale of t...

What little things do you allow in your presence that affect the culture of your business? Do they even matter? Absolutely! Let's dive in and talk about that stuff today. Good morning, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here, and I am so glad you tuned in today. I was sitting with business owners all of last week talking through each of their employees and the little nit-picky things that frus...