Here are some highlights from today's episode

02:49 The problems just weren’t going to go away

03:19 This single event will put a lot more pressure on the industry

04:25 the prices are still pushing up

06:14 Keep the communication transparent with your client

07:15 We are flying blind

08:32 The fine line builders are working on

09:15 Is this making you anxious

09:32 Mitigating the delays in building

12:39 Is a cost-plus contract worth using

14:07 The mass resignation is coming to the building industry

15:35 What can I do to make my building business more efficient

16:48 Evolve and change

17:23 My predictions for 2022 in the building industry

18:23 The new question clients are asking builders

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00:46 What do others in the building industry think about builders

02:09 We all want a win: win partnership

03:39 How do we evolve our building business? What part do you play?

04:35 Do you get bogged down in the “DOING” in your building business

05:47 How do we evolve our building business so we can have more profits and time

06:20 People are more receptive to doing business in a different way – so how are you evolving?

06:56 What boundaries can be pushed in your building business

07:50 What will change in your life if you evolve your building business

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00:14 Resilience – can you bounce back

01:33 You need to realign with your plan

02:29 We want goals to come to fruition

03:27 How do builders typically fix a crack – do you follow this advice in your building business

04:29 This is why you don’t have success with your 90-day plans for growing your building business

05:20 Are you following a trend that is not serving your building business

06:29 What are you really wanting to achieve in your building business

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01:03 Don’t was your time on the things that won’t move your building business forward first

02:10 How do you stay motivated in you building business when your world is spinning out of control

02:49 Are we actually making any money?

6:06 This will take you down in you building business if you don’t keep it top of mind

08:57 This will reduce your anxiety and that record playing in your head of “are we making money?”

09:22 Start working smarter in your building business to survive in the current environment

Here are some highlights from today's episode

01:35 There is not a lot of support for builders to rear how to their business

02:39 There us a gap and who will stand in it for your building business

03:38 My secret $50k credit card debt

04:46 There are other options

05:50 Have you had to have this difficult conversation with your other half?

06:49 We can just walk away from it all, but will we?

07:30 You can have systems and processes, but it mostly comes down to us

08:05 I was looking for someone to meet me where I was at

09:11 Why was I uncontrollably crying

10:16 You need to define what you see as business success, not what others define it as

10:54 There is just no controls or dashboard, its not till you get to do or die

11:45 No one listens to your definition of success

12:25 How do you find your sweet spot in your building business

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00:25 We often know our building business is broken

01:29 Every business is owned and designed by you, and you are different to me

02:37 Disengage from what is not serving you in your building business

03:48 Is the slope you are on getting steeper

04:28 The building industry is currently working in an environment where every dollar counts

05:27 You need to put your hand up

05:42 Does your superpower lie in building business or building

06:00 Do you need to renovate your building business is it fit for purpose

06:47 If you’re not following the right path, you won’t get the outcome you deserve

07:24 It’s all about efficiency, control, motivation and railing down your system

07:37 How using a temporary fence can help your building business

09:21 How can you harmoniously arrange your building business?

11:24 Sometimes you can’t see it till someone points it out

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00:39 You all deserve a big rest

01:48 I want to be in by Christmas

02:56 An unprecedented year in the building industry

03:58 We typically start the year quietly but not 2021

04:50 The enormity of 2020 started to rear its ugly head

05:58 They extended the tight timeframes for home builders

06:24 I clearly remember his words “There is no way it will take that long to get a home started”

06:47 The labour force reduced, and the prices went up

08:15 March 2021 – Struggling to supply timber

09:15 Truss plants booked out till January 2022

10:31 Steel going up 40% in January 2022

11:47 How can you plan to build a home without a timeline?

12:13 What can we do to protect our building business?

13:01 Have you had the difficult conversations with your building clients?

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00:29 What does bigger actually mean?

01:26 What are the obstacles along the way to reaching your goals?

01:54 Do you go big or go home?

02:20 Builders typically grow their business by the seam of their pants

03:23 Can you afford the support you need to grow your building business?

04:42 What’s the difference between growth and scaling your building business?

05:54 Do you feel like your building business is out of control?

06:54 Have you got your building business to a point where you can increase your pricing?

07:48 How can you grow without accumulating a high number of overheads?

08:20 Scale individual aspects of your business

09:03 Stick to your differentiations

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00:18 Change who we need to become

01:19 Break the stigma and ask for support

02:06 We need to support each other

02:33 Hierarchy of human needs

03:09 Motivation changes as our needs are met

03:53 What needs do we have to meet to survive

04:50 Have you felt like you’re not worthy?

05:46 We just want to belong and to be accepted

06:32 Have you found a group you feel like you belong too?

07:00 You aren’t alone in your building business

08:17 You want to feel like your achieving

09:28 People are looking for security

09:58 Keep pushing higher

11:22 You need to be more open and vulnerable

11:42 What do you need to do to get your goals quicker

12:28 Do you have another self that stops you

13:30 If you aren't ok, reach out

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00:51 Work/life integration - how can you have it?

01:54 Who do you need to be to serve your clients

02:53 You still have to get your hands dirty

04:50 Are you doing this?

06:15 Do you need more support?

07:56 You need a custom plan for your building business, just like your client want for their homes

09:42 Why would you concentrate on marketing when your flatout in your building business

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00:42 Do you have enough cash in your building business?

01:21 What the government & clients see as an issue in your building business

02:36 Do you understand the startup costs of a building business

04:00 How important are trade accounts to your building business

05:21 How well did you plan your building business when you started, this can affect you for years

09:02 Are you prepared to lose your home?

09:59 If we have the info we wouldn't have to battle so much in our building businesses

11:13 What these 4 month delays are doing to our building businesses

12:30 How understanding the data and timing can help your building business

13:41 Are these costs really necessary in your building business

Here are some highlights from today's episode

00:42 If you don't have control of your finances, you don't have control of your business

02:01 Are you focusing on the past in your building business

03:03 Do you have the ability to see the future of your building business

04:11 What entering supplier invoices in every day can do for your building business

05:21 Are you still functioning with the basics in your building business. Is this causing you to fail

07:02 Do you see the patterns in your building business

08:39 The benefits of forecasting your income in your building business

09:38 Are you letting fear run your building business

10:42 Only you can decide what works best for your building business

11:43 The banks are only interested in protecting their asset, not your building business

12:22 Do you have enough forecasted cash flow in your building business

13:31 Is using invoice factoring in your building business a red flag for your clients?

14:47 Is low productivity affecting your building business?

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00:45 So what are the signs of trading losses in your building business

01:49 Are you looking at your cash position daily in your building business

03:33 Building businesses have a high amount of cash flowing through them, so why is it a problem?

05:00 What factors can affect trading losses in your building business

06:30 Do you use your credit card often. Beware of this

07:20 Not all transactions in your building business show up in your Profit and Loss, don't get caught

08:07 How do you forecast them money coming in your building business

09:55 One day I have no money, the next heaps. How to alleviate the stresses of this in your building business

10:51 I never wanted to take this route! Have you in your building business

11:52 Do you have the fight or flight reaction?

12:54 Do you have this constant overhead in your building business?

14:00 Why don't you want to pay the tax man?

Here are some highlights from todays episode

00:50 What a strategic plan can do for your building business

01:51 Do you have consistency in your building business

02:54 What is holding you accountable in your building business

04:03 Has strategic management in your building business gone by the wayside

05:02 Do you constantly keep having to deal with this in your building business

05:56 Have you lost the power in your building business

06:58 There is no reliability in the building industry at the moment

08:00 Do you have the courage to commit to the future

09:07 How can you stay in front in the current building environment

10:00 What are you going to achieve in in your building business in the next 90 days

11:44 Legal advice - who should you get it from for in your building business

12:44 Who's looking at the price increases in your building business

Here are some of the highlights from todays episode

00:20 What we can do to put our building business in a better financial position

01:20 Are you living on the edge of your seat in your building business

02:29 Does the business model builders use put us on the back foot from the beginning

03:13 Do you know the best way to determine if it's an overhead or COGS

04:44 Do you have enough capital to float your building business

05:48 This will help you with your cashflow in your building business

08:08 Have you thought about incentivising your trades/workers?

09:30 Do you buy the best tools for the job-site, but forget about this?

10:25 Will adding technology into your building business improve your clients experience

11:53 Is when you are looking at job profitability losing you money in your building business

13:20 What staying loyal to 1 supplier could be costing you.

Here are some of the highlights from today's episode

02:07 The influence my Dad had on me going into the building industry

04:07 My Dad taught me not to be intimidated by the guys on the building sites

05:45 Once I finished school I became a Marine Scientist

06:25 I just didn't know how I could get into the Building Industry

06:54 I taught myself how to design homes

07:39 You will usually fall into your first project this way

08:30 It was always niggling in the back of my mind

09:15 The time I secretly racked up a $50k credit card bill

10:18 Where is all the money?

11:20 Is it really going that well?

12:26 Why do we keep it a secret? The conversations that could help someone

14:01 What is the publics perception of builders?

15:08 How much unpaid time do you you endure in your building business

17:23 A lot of building businesses are just mum and dad businesses

18:40 What needs to change in our industry if we can't even survive a 2 week shutdown

19:35 How do we shake the dodgy builder image?

22:10 My mission to fix the building industry

23:24 What are the true costs of building a home? Stop the price wars

24:35 We need to work as am industry, together!

24:03 If a builder goes, there are a lot that go down with them.

25:40 How you can help make the industry more professional

26:44 What can you do in your business to not be some venerable

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01:03 Do you have the tenacity to not quit?

02:08 Do you feel like this in your building business

03:16 Does cause and effect play a role in your building business

03:40 The knock-on-effect that effects your building business

04:53 You need to do this in your building business if you are living week-to-week?

06:39 Is this constantly in the back of your mind?

07:37 You have little time in your building business so are you using it wisely?

08:32 Who do you want to roll the red carpet out for in your building business

09:52 Have you got a springboard to use in your building business

10:31 Are you holding up a placard for your building business

Here are some of the highlights from today's episode

00:46 How can working with the right clients improve your building business

02:11 Do you have any parasitic relationship in your building business?

03:14 Have you had a commensalism relationship in your building business

04:40 How can you get them to say yes?

05:40 Have you built these foundations into your building business

06:23 Have you got the systems that will cause a richter effect your building business

07:28 Do handshake deals work in building businesses

08:14 Is this the main cause of complaints in your building business

09:04 Are you being clear with your instructions

10:11 Do this to gain credibility in your building business

11:34 Are you being lacks with your money in your building business

12:17 Do you ever say "it won't cost you much" to your client?

13:32 Do you only think about your critical pathways

14:30 Are you proving yourself to your client? It can make you more money

Here are some of the highlights from todays episode

00:58 Are you just trying to get money in your bank account?

02:06 It just doesn't seem to stop. You can't keep anyone happy!

03:01 Prevailing wisdom was to add more people to get your to the next level

03:58 How can you tighten up the efficiency in your building business

05:04 What common practices in building businesses that you feel are immoral

06:30 Tighten up your market. Stop the race-to-the-bottom.

07:59 This is one of the keys to increasing profits in your building business

08:47 How does the triple jump technique bring more money into your building business

09:47 What is the cost of finding more clients for your building business

Here are some highlights from todays episode

00:50 Do you have enough details to remove assumptions?

02:14 Is what you are saying or writing being taken to mean something else

03:02 Have you set up systems in your building business to get a magnitude effect

03:37 Cash is king, our lifeline!

04:02 How can you make the cash cascade into your building business?

05:02 Will you have enough cash if you put some aside?

05:55 What method do you use to calculate the money that is yours?

07:03 Does your building business need an immune booster shot

07:49 Is your building business functioning in a commodity market?

09:00 Is your building business giving your clients the best experience?

10:14 Do you have predictable progress in your building business?

Here are some highlights from today's episode

00:32 Has what you've been doing in your building business working for you?

01:22 Do you understand the market you are selling your homes into?

02:28 Which level of Westfield's would your building business be located on?

03:28 Do you use the client expose method in your building business?

04:38 What do your clients say about your homes?

05:33 Have you started to realise you don't need to accept all the people?

07:37 Are you asking the right questions in your building business?

08:02 Have you taken your client out of the buying cycle? or can another builder snap them up?

09:14 Prevailing wisdom is to educate your client via email. Does it still work?

10:33 Are other builders working with your ideal client?

11:17 Are ideal clients making a commitment to your building business?

13:11 Can your clients see themselves in the home you can build for them?

Here are some highlights from today's episode

01:24 Have you hit your peak growth phase in your building business?

02:24 Is there a storm brewing in your building business?

03:32 Why did you find this show?

04:27 Do you have plenty of cashflow in your building business?

05:30 Do you have enough checks & measures in your building business?

05:44 Prevailing wisdom relating to site supervisors for custom homes builders

06:24 Do you know the difference between growing & scaling a building business

07:33 Are your jobs dragging?

08:35 Do site supervisors have the same vested interest in your building business?

09:28 Do you want to go from out-of-control to secure in your own building business

10:15 Do you know why you started your own building business?

11:28 Not all clients are equal

12:01 Can you see visual progress when growing your building business

13:09 What pressures do you fell in your building business?

13:58 How do you affect your building business?

14:17 Can you push through, or are you settling?

15:27 Do you have the data to pick the best projects to work on

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01:35 This is how you graduate to the next phase of business growth

02:23 Are you a victim of doing this when you started your building business

03:42 You need to concentrate on this in the launch phase of your building business

04:42 This is how you set up a strong foundation from the beginning of your building business

05:37 The value of understanding the money basics in your building business

06:29 At this stage you start to realise you need more work/life balance

07:18 Have you felt yourself starting to analyse what's happening in your business

08:00 Setting the boundaries in your building business

08:54 This is the point you will probably need to get support in your building business

09:44 You can give someone a very specific role in your business

10:26 All of these areas will need to be worked on in your building business to secure it

11:06 You probably ask yourself this all the time

12:06 How do you secure your goals?

13:06 At this phase, working in your business becomes even more important

13:58 Refining this will get you to the next phase in your building business

15:08 What role does quality assurance play in your building business

16:15 Do you know which phase you start to become more profitable in your building business

17:14 You need to start this process in your business

17:56 Each builder has a different reason to liberate yourself from your business. What is yours?

19:11 It's not about you!

19:55 You need to let things go, in order to free yourself

21:18 It is at this phase you become aware that you need some help

What stage are you in & what you need to do to get to the next stage.

Here are some of the highlights from today's episode;

00:29 No one wants to talk about it, we hide it!

01:25 Does everyone see you as 'so well put together'?

04:02 Have you hit your tipping point?

04:42 We all want our family to come first!

05:53 Don't be that only person in your business

07:03 I couldn't see how I could help him! Don't leave it till crisis point.

08:03 You usually start a building business when you are frustrated with a situation

09:03 You've cut the cord! What do you do now?

09:32 You start to understand you need to make your business work

10:10 What's all this paperwork?

10:49 Are you at the stage where you are your business?

11:57 Have you set your business up making you the only one?

12:46 You start to realise you can't do everything?

13:23 You just want to be free of the job!

14:09 Have you hit a crisis point? Will you survive?

14:35 Can your business work without you?

15:08 You can start a sophisticated building business

15:40 Do you have a plan that is less people driven?

16:19 Do you have a clear picture of what you want your building business to be?

16:51 We do this for the homes we build, but not for our business

17:30 Are you building a consistent system that can be run by people?

18:14 Have you acted out your business plan?

19:08 We are here for a profitable business. Is yours?

20:00 Are tiy giving your client the experience they envisioned?

20:59 The business is not just doing the work, people expect an experience

Here is some of the highlights from today's episode

00:14 What is a Black Swan event & how it affects your business

01:30 Our projects all got put on hold

02:20 The flood of tears came

02:59 The podcast that shifted my mindset from panic to calm during a crisis

04:02 If it looks like your industry won't recover you need to do this

04:35 Why you may need to re-engineering your business

05:28 How can you re-engineering a building business?

06:26 There was no time to re-engineer our business

07:04 Homebuilder scheme - this was meant to bring certainty to builders

08:04 The building industry went from a stand-still to buzzing

08:28 The effect of jobkeeper on the building industry

09:41 What happens when 75,000 people take up Homebuilder grant

11:13 How quickly price increases were effecting builder - A profitless Boom

12:12 Provisional sums and Prime costs may have saved your business

13:05 I suspect some builders will go by the wayside

13:41 We need to be able to pivot

15:16 Everyone needs to be aware of the timing. Master the fine art of ordering

15:50 How will this effect mental health?

16:47 Don't just send an extension of time. Do this first!

17:30 What's your plan for shortfalls in cash?

17:45 Can you tell where the money is bleeding from

18:30 Don't be blindsided by this!

19:44 Are you making the mistake of only looking at your turnover?

20:17 Are you one of the builders that has lost their confidence?

21:14 Do you know your capacity?

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00:39 Builders need to embrace the concept of the who to acheive more

01:17 Who do you need in your building business?

01:51 How can a 17 year-old understand this concept better than a builder?

02:44 What is the concept of the Who?

03:51 Builders do embrace who's on the building site, but not in the business

05:10 Prevailing wisdom is to hire on attitude. Let's challenge this!

06:20 Why are you showing Jo what to do?

07:13 I learnt you need to pick the best!

08:06 Leave them to do what they are employed for!

09:00 We are limiting our business by thinking we have to do it all

09:58 Is this the best way to find the right employees?

11:31 Does aligning an applicants values with yours bring you the best?

12:37 What opportunities does the world economy bring builders?

12:55 You can find people virtually

13:58 I have used this to increase the speed in achieving my goals

15:11 What can asking yourself a better question bring you?

15:51 Are you trying to make someone fit into your business?

Here are some of the highlights from today's episode

00:16 Builders often have a hard time letting go of the decisions

00:48 Why was Michael Jordan so great?

01:29 So What is the difference between a visionary and an integrator?

02:12 Who is the visionary in a building business?

03:18 How do the actions of others effect your building business

03:37 Custom builders don't have the same luxuries that project builders do

04:03 How can custom builders move in the right direction when you don't have a compass

04:49 How having sign posts in your business will help you

06:29 Builders need to let go and turn over anything not defined within your role

06:36 This is where the reinforcements need to step in

07:24 The prevailing wisdom is to get off the tools and work in the business. Let's look at it in a different light

08:49 The builder has better problem solving skills

09:37 Business owners are aware we aren't the same. What we can learn from ants

10:46 Supervisors may have been a worker and don't have the foresight you do

11:03 Where does an integrator fit into your business. What do they actually do

11:54 The benefit of an integrator over a supervisor

12:50 Who is the most trusted person in the world to a custom home builder

13:48 The builders wife, reinforcing the business

14:46 The client doesn't need to know how you will physically build a house

15:55 Let's start a movement to bring recognition

17:20 Let the clients know there are more people in the business than just the builder

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00:18 Your Business Character

01:27 Is your website optimised to draw in your ideal client?

02:22 What is making you distringuisable from other builders

03:15 Business Character is about what you offer your ideal client

04:09 Using my own business as an exmaple of a disconnect in brand messaging

05:23 I had to change the messaging, it had to evlove

06:10 The messaging was not right to attract our ideal client

06:33 What story are you telling your ideal client? In my mind I had the right story

06:55 Start aksing yourself, what do most people think about my business?

07:27 Your brand character also encompasses your logo, colours and fonts. The look and feel of the character

07:56 There is rarely a strategy developed behind what you are trying to acheive for your clients

09:35 Developing your business character. What are the 3 key messages you need to include

10:49 You need to portray how relevant your homes are to your ideal client

11:14 Come up with ways to portray your business as better than another building business

11:52 Find your guiding light for all your business decisions

01:30 How to convey the right message to capture your ideal client

01:33 I've spend years trying to work out how to work with my ideal client

03:10 In their eyes we've broken their trust

03:44 What a client may tell you & what you take from that can be 2 completely different things

04:19 It's not just about who your qualifying, it's about who you're talking too!

04:57 You need to start the process before they come through the door

05:35 What does your messaging say?

06:49 At the start they were my dream client!

08:44 There needs to be another layer of protection to save you time, money & stress

10:17 Your client's aren't educated in the cost differences & benefits

11:00 Are yoy the builder of everything?

11:26 You need to peel back the layer and capture the right type of client

Here are some highlights from today's episode;

00:17 Why Don't I ask for Help!

01:13 If you don't have foundational support

01:54 You do get support but probably don't realise

02:57 Builders are happy to use the money that owners pay them

03:38 The builder is kept accountable to give the client a result

06:38 They think they have the skill to do the work

07:28 They start building & realise there are all these details

08:16 We often don't see the clients money as paying for overheads as they are intangible

08:54 Start insuring that we are investing in growing

09:39 I know he needed the support....wives & partners jump into be the support

10:07 A lot of builders cringe at the cost of paying for programs

11:23 One way to keep your money within your family

12:54 What's your minimum monthly costs?

14:12 Support will get you there quicker with less headaches

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Here are some highlights from today's episode;

00:24 Striping down your business to the studs

01:05 We need to rebuild our business and change the industry

02:14 Builders are tarnished

02:56 You need to 'collapse time'

03:58 Custom construct Code

05:07 Building a house to a plan has a predicatable outcome

06:17 Builders Talk BIG!.. Find your sweet spot

07:20 Where do you want to be?

08:42 The prevailing wisdom to 'getting off the tools'

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Here are some highlights from today's episode;

03:06 Client's don't care

05:16 Solve problems or fulfil on a desire, this is what create money

06:18 Chasing the Feeling

08:15 You don't get paid to be a specialist, you get paid to solve a problem or fulfil on a desire

08:48 The challenge is to find what is most valuable

09:53 Every client has a different definition of value

10:47 You want to find the most valuable problem to charge the most, and costs the least

12:33 Potentially we are setting up to loose... we just become a commodity

13:02 Customers just look at the pieces, product and processes... we need to uncover the value of what the client wants

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Here are some highlights from today's episode;

00:53 3 Founding Frameworks

01:21 CONSTRUCT framework helping to successfully deliver your clients custom home

01:55 This is the part builders enjoy....

02:50 If you talk to older builders....

03:34 There is a lot more processes that need to be focused on

03:55 This is where the emotion starts to come into it

06:00 Having frameworks to control allowances

06:52 We are the experts and do it all the time..

08:29 If you've got your paperwork and that system....

12:45 CASH! what we all do it for

15:02 Supervisors and how much they cost you...

15:50 Price increases are we in for a profitless boom?

17:34 CULTIVATE what are you doing to ensure clients keep giving you money

18:38 Second money is the best money

19:56 If I can add $250k by not having to find another client...

20:27 It's not till the start to knnow, like and Trust you

21:23 Cultivating a cliet is making them happy and spending more money

22:41 What are you letting them down with?

23:33 The 6 founding frameworks

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Here are some of the highlights from todays episode;

01:17 Founding frameworks are like engineering plans for building a home

02:21 Your business will always be broken

03:48 Founding frameworks allow you to focus on a custom plan

04:43 charging for quotes, doesn't work in all geographical areas

05:49 CAPTURE how are you capturing the attention of your client

07:08 CAPTIVATE how are you moving your clients towards signing a contract

07:50 Why do we get clients at the end of their research cycle?

09:25 Clients don't relaise all buildig businesses are the same

10:08 We're not making the noise to be SEEN

10:42 The clients aren't aware of how we can help them

11:45 Finally someone that said YES

12:10 Clients will settle for the Loudest, Cheapest or Quickest

12:55 CONVERT getting them to shake your hand

13:42 We need to give the client an experience

16:14 Clients often see a house as a house and are prepared to settle for standard

17:29 The sale only happens when they sign a contract

18:27 Learn how to become a salesperson in your business or your'll have no business

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Here are some of the highlights from todays episode

01:02 My word of the year

02:48 Put in a Framework....

03:55 A lot of us question the time our businesses take away from our family

04:57 No real clear direction for your business?

05:33 Soon the business starts to own us

06:38 We start our businesses back to front

07:15 What does money do for us, its really just a tool!

08:05 Look at when you first started your business what were you imagining

08:34 It's just like designing a custom home

09:56 You just think I will grow!

10:53 Advice is to get off the tools!

11:39 What is scaling? Why is it better than growing

13:20 Having the systems and frameworks sets us up for freedom

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Here are some highlights from today's episode;

01:08 What is your businesses starting benchmark?

02:43 This starting point allows you to reflect!

04:09 What markers can you dig up?

05:21 Like flood level benchmarks you can use these markers to mitigate effects

07:08 Benchmarks will help predict busy periods

08:12 There is always those times when you think.....

09:57 These are the expenses that will occur in that time

12:32 Although builders have a lot of work they may experience hadrship

13:21 What didn't go to plan?

14:54 How many social media posts have you done, are you top of mind

18:13 We often say I have enough work, but you could be missing out

20:15 These are the numbers that help you decide where to focus in your business

21:32 Is your website set up to repel the wrong clients

22:46 Before they come in I already have an insight....

24:16 These markers give us the ability to make better judgement calls

26:23 Make sure your mind your own busiess

27:31 Why do some builders seem more successful

29:06 Just like scaffolding, frameworks can save your business

30:09 Just like the homes we build, they are not the same, same

31:41 We know there is a framework for building but we often forget them

32:44 We often resort to using tactics but the don't give you repeatable success

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Here are some highlights from today's episode

01:16 I Believe in plans that are as custom as the homes we build

01:55 I believe in assessing the tools you have available & create frameworks around that

02:17 Frameworks are designed for .....

02:53 5 Different pressures that show up in our lives

03:30 The wonky wheel thingy!

04:17 Our businesses are run by us!

04:45 Most coaches only talk about 2 pressures

06:30 One pressure is CASH

06:43 One pressure is TIME

07:18 One pressure is ENDURE

08:34 One pressure is EXPEND

08:55 One pressure is EFFORT

09:40 One pressure is CONCENTRATE

11:50 How do you rate your pressures?

12:58 Where are you at in your Business?

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00:15 What keeps powering me

01:36 What does this mean for your family

02:56 Why don't we just work for someone else

03:40 I was getting a strong call!

04:58 Are we using borrowed business models

06:24 Do you only get fixed amounts of money per year?

07:27 I need to start investing in my own business

08:34 Learning how to control

09:57 We are in control of how we design our business

12:02 We need to change the business model!

13:17 Most think to increase capacity, is to put on a supervisor

14:30 I believe that bringing more women into the industry....

15:04 Do you think you could improve your husband's business

16:15 Do you have The Mentality of not knowing how to build

17:29 Helping you design your business

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00:41 Imagine siting in your lounge room....

02:24 Angela, have you had thoughts of ??

03:49 When you start your business you think you will have lots of Money

04:04 When it all fell apart

05:44 We had to make a decision - Fight or Throw in the Towel

06:56 Isn't that why you go to trade school?

07:53 I Started to realise only You can improve your business

09:16 I Started a search for a way to do business better

10:43 We would of walked away....

11:42 They say to Become a specialist...

13:07 Not just know what to do but know how to do it..

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Here are some of the highlights of todays episode;

02:08 - Why I started the show

02:50 - I started on job sites.......

05:18 - Started teaching myself how to design homes & opened custom building business

06:40 - What has it got to do with you & the building industry

07:08 - The customer service side of the business is never really taught

08:12 - Need to start identifying as significant part of business (wives/partners)

09:14 - Reinforce the industry

10:02 - The only way we make

10:40 - Started Builders Torque

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00:48 I bet you never thought you would have had to deal with so much in a year in your building business

01:41 Have you been out of control and overwhelmed in your building business

03:24 have you felt like there has been some more administration in your building business

06:17 Did you know most productivity issues in your building business is doe to this one thing…

07:18 How do you find motivating reasons to keep going in your building business

07:39 Is this record constantly on replay in your head?

08:34 You need to have the ability to stop and be aware and kill off what is not serving you in your building business

09:47 Are you the biggest problem in your building business

10:15 I share my plans with you for my building business – how it will evolve? Follow my journey

11:54 Don’t just change for the sake of it

Here are some of the highlights from today's episode

00:29 Do you know the 5 distinct phases of growth in your building business?

01:15 You will face challenges, circumstances and conveniences in your building business

02:25 Everyone wants to get to the next level. What is the benefits to you?

03:15 Do you know what the first phase is in a building business?

04:24 You might not be getting the type of work that you want

05:30 Do you know what the second phase is in a building business?

06:02 Have you brought in the reinforcements?

06:37 Do you know what the third phase is in a building business?

07:42 You can't keep doing everything!

08:44 Do you know what the forth phase is in a building business?

09:43 Do you have boundaries in your building business

10:57 Are all the homes you are building in your ideal niche?

12:01 Are you getting a natural attrition of clients coming to you?

12:56 Do you know what the five phase is in a building business?

13:44 Are you mostly working on your business or in it?

14:18 Are you installing the right frameworks in the right order, in your building business?

16:08 Have you inadvertently skipped a phase in growing your building business?

17:24 Have you been paying yourself?

18:26 Can you take a shortcut to build you businesses reputation?

19:43 What help can help?

20:39 I'm here in my business, how do you get there?