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“This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” - Admiral Jim Stockdale For my previous podcast click here. Leadership Series: Correcting employees Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To...

Let us start with determination. When I first started out, there was a "Honeymoon" Phase. This initial excitement helped me push through the first small bumps in the road. However, after a few months, I came to the painful realization that reality did not match my dream very much. I still could see where I wanted to go, but it was going to be a much longer road then I first anticipated. This is wh...

When you have employees, it is only a manner of time before they will need to be corrected. This is something that if done well can create trust, loyalty, and respect, done wrong could cause you to lose the trust, respect, and loyalty of your employees, but lose your employees altogether. For my previous podcast click here. Flexibility is A key to success Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by usi...

Flexibility is a massive key to success, while not the most important it can be a key factor to success. For my previous podcast click here. The differences between sales and marketing Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Thanks for listening to the O’Connor Bootstrap p...

Today I am going to talk about a concept called "required secondary powers." This comes from the website TV Tropes and a full article can be found here Required Secondary Powers . To sum up, most superpowers you see in the movies, only work if they have other secondary powers to go with it. For example, let us take the power of super speed. In order to run super fast, you would need super breathin...

When I first started up I naively thought that because I was good at sales, I would also be good at marketing. Boy was I wrong! For my previous podcast click here. Leadership Series: The Peter and Dilbert principles Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Thanks for listen...

Today I am going to start with a question. Who do you think is the most successful type of person in general. The hard driver who does not care who they step on, or the nice guy? Well, a professor named Adam Grant did a study on this very topic. You can find an article about it here. In his study, he actually found that in a sense nice guys do finish last, but the hard-driving one does not win eit...

There are two opposing principles in business the Peter and the Dilbert principles both addressing the problem of how incompetent people wind up in management. I look at these with my ideas on how to avoid both. For my previous podcast click here. Leadership Series: Personality Tests Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O...

Personality tests are popular for businesses to use when hiring and when working with their teams. This can be controversial as well, as some feel these are just short of astrology. So is there a use for these tests and how far can you trust them?  For my previous podcast click here. Leadership Series: Doing the dirty work Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To tran...

Never give up. Even if your life has been rough or you are living paycheck to paycheck in a dead end job, it is not too late to change. All you need to do is decide to start. Often we keep doing the same thing day to day and expect and hope for something different. This, of course, is one definition of insanity.  How old is too late? Well, I can't say. Grandma Moses started painting at the ag...

One of the biggest differences between a boss and a leader is that leaders are willing to do the dirty work. That is to say, that a true leader is willing to do any task required, no matter how menial that needs to be done. This does not mean they do them all the time, or even need to do them, but are willing to do them. A boss just orders their employees to do it for them. For my previous podcast...

Why call it an "Origin Story?" and not something else, such as an introduction to, or getting to know, Isaiah. Sure, being my third episode I do want to share with you a bit more about who I am, and where I came from, but that is beside the point. A good origin story gives the why to the who. For the previous Remastered episode click here. Remastered Series Season 1, Episode 2: DC and Marvel Exten...

I have covered business and politics a few times before. I did not think I would revisit it, that is until one business crossed the line. For my previous podcast click here. Hiring series 6: The Contract and Compensation Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Thanks for l...

The final step is creating the contract, and setting up the compensation plan. I discuss the basics of a contract and do an in-depth exploration of compensation plans. For my previous podcast click here. Hiring series 5: The Interview Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HER...

You finally have gone through countless applications and read through resumes, and now it’s time to do the all-important interview. Here is how I do mine. For my previous podcast click here. Hiring series 4 : The hireing process Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Than...

The hiring process should not be haphazard but well thought out. From placing the job ad to the final interview the process should deliver you the best quality candidates and employees. For my previous podcast click here. Hiring series part 3: Your first hire Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast...

Who should you hire first? Opinions vary widely on this subject, here are a few of mine. For my previous podcast click here. Hiring series part two: Are you ready to hire? Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Thanks for listening to the O’Connor Bootstrap podcast, an At...

When it’s time to hire you to need to do it at the proper stage of your business development. You also need to start planning and starting the hiring process well before it becomes an emergency. For my previous podcast click here. Hiring series part one: Why Should you Hire? Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor B...

Surprisingly enough many bootstrappers do not want to hire anyone. I believe this to be a mistake, and I detail the reasons you should consider hiring people. For my previous podcast click here. The "What is holding you back series" : Laziness Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by cli...

Most Bootstrappers are anything but lazy and even bristle at the thought. However, there are several ways that we can fall into lazy behavior no matter how motivated we are. For my previous podcast click here. The Blessing of Adversity Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HE...

When you go through hard times and adversity, do not lose hope, as there are blessings in adversity. Adversity can fuel your ambition, teach you how to deal with problems, and make you value what you earn. Without it, you may have a nice life, but you will not likely be a highly successful person. For my previous podcast click here. Leadership Series Introduction: What is a leader? Get your free 1...

Today I start off my series of leadership by defining what a leader is, and how that is different from a boss. For my previous podcast click here. The what is holding you back series : Perfectionism Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Thanks for listening to the O’Conn...

Doing a good job and holding a high standard of excellence is an important thing. However, if your striving for excellence leads you to perfectionism, it could cause you to freeze up and arrest all forward movement. For my previous podcast click here. The “ What is holding you back?” series: Comfort Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scrib...

For my previous podcast click here. Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Thanks for listening to the O’Connor Bootstrap podcast, an Atheoz business solutions podcast. You can reach out to me at Isaiah@ballongeventbyraa.com If you find value in my podcasts please subscri...

Humans like to be comfortable, and that in and of itself is a bad thing. However, being comfortable can steal your drive to succeed, and can lead to some unexpected traps. For my previous podcast click here. Donald Trump’s Taxes Get your free 1/2 hour consultation by using our contact page. To transcribe your work, Happy Scribe.c o Join the O’Connor Bootstrap Podcast FB group by clicking HERE Than...