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Careers and Cash Flow

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Now displaying: February, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
037 - What kind of company am I dating?
 
6 types of companies you dated before, or you are giving your love to right now:
 
Sweat Shop / Burn out program
 
Incubator
 
Couch Potato  
 
Old Boys Club
 
Growing Organization
 
University
 
 
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Feb 15, 2017
Focus The Fire Episode 036 - How to scale you
 
  • Systems over transactions
  • Get what's inside your head on paper. 
  • Document the process, especially for things you seem to do intuitively. 
  • Experiment with delegating certain tasks, or just ask someone to follow your instructions. 
    • Where to they ask questions? 
    • What went well or wrong?
    • How can it be more clear?
    • Can it be more efficient? 
  • There's only 1 you, but millions of dollars to make. 
  • Put your time toward its highest use. 
    • Is this task part of my core skills?
    • Is there someone else who can do this better or faster, while I do something more profitable? 
  • Review the process for improvements and adjust quickly
  • Shorten the feedback loop
    • Create, test, review, adjust. Repeat. 
    • Don't let fear lure you into procrastination
  • Tools to assist
    • Microsoft word / Apple Pages
    • Evernote
    • Trello
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Feb 7, 2017
035 - Finding your G spot
 
 
You might be good at several things, but there are 1 or 2 areas where your natural ability begins to shine brighter than usual. This doesn’t mean that you’ll automatically be amazing at this skill but you feel a level of comfort that makes you want to linger there and perfect that craft. As you get closer to that place you get excited about explore how deep the experience can go. This is your area of genius, your “G-spot” and magic lives here!
 
Finding your G-spot
  • What skill or area would you be willing to invested at least 5% of your income to develop and train?
  • If you could invest the time needed to be come an expert in one thing, what would it be?
  • What are the top three things that make you miserable at work? (Talking to people, sitting behind a desk, crunching numbers, et cetera)
 
Surviving the search
  • Identify a compelling reason for finding your G-spot. What specific needs will this satisfy in your life and the people or causes you care about?
  • Try to turn your current assignment into paid research & development for your G-spot
  • Schedule a specific time or amount of time you will spend each day perfecting your craft
 
 
Put some rocket fuel in your career. Grow faster, make deeper connections and more money.
 
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