The Family Focused Entrepreneur: Recent Episodes
Lance Cummins
Listen in to my interview with Dr. Sabrina Starling, founder of Tap The Potential, as she explains how a 4-week vacation could change your business.
- Visit Dr. Sabrina’s website, TapThePotential.com,for tons of helpful resources and to connect with Dr. Sabrina.
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My personal experience with a discovery about sales, sales process, and making things work for my personality.
Book of the Week Day of Dust – Ellie Cummins
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We’re traveling again, and there are a bunch of reasons why we do it. My family joins me “on location” to tell you their favorite reasons.
Book of the Week American Gospel – Jon Meacham
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Selling products online, family fines, manufactured urgency, and what Greg says is the main reason he’s accomplished some of his goals.
Greg is a college friend, and has inspired me with how he thinks about business and family. I love his fresh, unfiltered take on things. I think you will too.
Take a look at his website where he gives you the how of business at HowCentric.com and grab his free report on how to sell products online.
Book of the Week E-Myth – Michael Gerber
As promised, here’s a photo of the camper in progress:
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Super practical. Kinda brief. Surprise twist on a classic concept. It’s got all the elements.
I don’t profess to be the expert at building habits, but I have found a way that works for me. I just want to share them with you and see if it gives you some additional tools to add into your toolbox for habit-forming brilliance.
Book of the Week What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
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Make all the money you can, and use it all you can…to…
Well, you’re going to have to listen to the podcast to figure out how to complete that statement. We don’t have a ton of show notes this week, but here’s the link for the Book of the Week.
Book of the Week Profit First – Michael Michalowicz
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You’re in charge of your life. So, you don’t have to feel like you’re a slave to your phone. Here are 19 challenges you should try.
Here are the 19 cell phone challenges we talk about in this week’s show:
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Stop Pushing Me Around – Turn off all push notifications (Except for your subscribe to podcast of course)
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DND – Set Do Not Disturb times (Night mode)
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Hard To Hear – Turn the ringer way down all the time
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People Are Better Than Phones – If you’re having a conversation face to face don’t answer
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Count to 3 – Think before you answer
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No Elbows, No Phone – No phone at the table
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The No Phone Zone – No phone in bedroom (Buy an alarm clock if you need something)
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Live Without You – Leave it behind (in designated phone area)
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Just Click The X – Delete time waster apps & Delete social media apps
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OOO – Don’t answer business calls outside of your predetermined hours
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In My Own Good Time – Don’t have to answer texts immediately
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No Obligation – Choose to not return a voicemail or text
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Over There, Don’t Care – Don’t keep it close so it’s inconvenient
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Feel Like The 80s Again – Do a phone fast
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Have a Good Morning – Don’t look at your phone in the morning until X:XX
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Track Me – Download the Moment App
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Between The Lines – Use the “I’m Driving” mode on the new iPhone
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Stone Silence – Power it off
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Old School – Buy a book and bring it with you to read when you’re bored.
Book of the Week 50 Inventions That Shaped The Modern Economy – Tim Harford
So…what challenge are you going to try this week? Leave a comment below.
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Your most important team member in your entrepreneurial quest is your spouse. Here’s our take on how we view that role.
Jenny & I discussed our personality profiles in this episode. I would highly recommend taking the personality assessment. The folks at PeopleKeys have the least expensive one I’ve found that is thorough enough to be useful. Here’s the link to their shop: DISC Profile
What The Cummins Are Doing Right Now We’re doing what we love: camping in our little white box. Here’s a typical scene for us.
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Your secret weapon for finding time is staring you right in the face. Click for show notes.
Special Guests I talked with Jenna Spencer, CEO of AssistPro, LLC. If you need a virtual assistant that can handle direct client facing communication, you should check her company out and start a conversation.
Fun Stuff I mentioned in this podcast about my calendar. This is what one of my weeks looks like. I don’t always have a full Thursday blocked, but this happens to be the one with my monthly “Think Day” in there.
The Book of The Week The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
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As an entrepreneur you deal with the blues. You just have to sometimes. Let’s talk about real ways to gain a new perspective.
Notes * We heard from Rick & Sally Kennedy. I always love to hear their thoughts on what it really means to work together both in marriage and in business. – LovePlusWork * If you’ve got 10-16 year olds who love to read, take a look at Micah’s podcast where he gives book recommendations. http://micahcummins.com * I reference the Gratitude Journal that has really been a help to our family. Here’s Ellie’s blog post about it: http://elliecummins.com/a-gratitude-journal-and-a-challenge/ * I chatted with my Nectafy team on Slack about discouragement, and here’s what they had to say: *
Book of the Week * The Obstacle Is The Way (Amazon) + Author: Ryan Holliday
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As an entrepreneur you deal with the blues. You just have to sometimes. But discouragement doesn't have to take over. Let's talk about real ways to gain a new perspective.
You know that feeling you have with your business when everything is humming? You can feel that way about your family, too. And it's not near as complicated as you may think.
View episode show notes and listen on our website.
You've already done one of the craziest things you can do, you've started a business. So you may as well make the most of it.