GROW by Design
By Jacob Godar
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Episodes: 211
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Jacob Godar is an expert at scaling contractor-based businesses and the founder of GROW Comm, a private coaching group for contractors. Each week, he shares experiences, lends advice, and teaches strategies to help you achieve your next level in your life, relationships, and business.
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Episode 210: Route Density: The Hidden Growth Engine for Service Businesses
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Episode 210: Stop Letting Up: Why Growth Is the Rent You Pay Every Day
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May 20, 2026 |
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Episode 209: Stop Chasing the Perfect CRM — Build the Right System for Your Service Business
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 208: The Truth About Business Numbers (No One Tells You)
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Episode 207: From Chaos to Clarity: Your 90-Day Blueprint for Business Growth
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 206: If Your Business Isn’t Changing, It’s Dying (Hard Truth for Entrepreneurs)
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 205: How Entrepreneurs Balance Family & Business Without Burning Out
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Episode 204: How to Sell More in Your Service Business | Upselling Strategies That Actually Grow Your Company
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode 203: How Client Experience Becomes Your Strongest Competitive Advantage
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Episode 202: Why Employees Quit: Company Culture, Hiring & Leadership Mistakes Killing Your Business
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 201: My Biggest Business Mistake of 2025 (And What It Cost Me)
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Episode 200 : kicks off 2026 with a raw, real reset.
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Episode 199: Why I'm Pressing Pause on the Podcast (For Now)
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 198: The Raw Truth Behind Our 2025 Wins and Losses
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 197: From Throwing Mud at the Wall to Strategic Growth Planning
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 196: The Obsession Formula That Separates Winners from Losers
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 195: The Mindset Shift That Eliminates Business Fear Forever
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 194: Why Most Business Owners Chase the WRONG Customers
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 193: The Truth About Fear and Leadership
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 192: Why You're Not Making Money and How to Fix It
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 191: The Next Stage Of Your Business Will Create Entirely New Problems.
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 190: How To Become A Leader Worth Following And Build Your Management Skills
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 189: Stop Wasting Time and Use AI Effectively in Your Business with Jaime Longoria
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 188: The Mindset That Separates Successful Business Owners From The Rest
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 187: Running Through Business Problems With an Endurance Mindset
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 186: The Trap Of Being Busy Without Making Business Progress
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 185: Knowing Your Numbers To Escape The Debt Spiral
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode #184: Controlling Business Growth Without Sacrificing Quality or Sanity
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 183: From Marathon Runner to Financial Problem-Solver with Ben Voss
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 182: Finding a Purpose Through Endurance Sports With Tyler Pedersen
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 181: Nightmare Clients and How to Finally Handle Them
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 180: The Leadership Framework Every Business Needs with Bob Turner
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 179: Creating Systems That Scale Your Landscape Business with Caleb Auman
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 178: The ONE Number That Will Make or Break Your Business in 2025.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 177: Building an Unstoppable Company Culture with Zoey
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 176: The Truth About Marketing Your Business in 2025
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 175: The Power of Narrowing Your Focus With Matthew Pennell
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 174: Training Day 2025 Recap
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 173: How to Handle Fires and Still Win the Day
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Episode 172: My Personal Formula for 2025 Success
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 171: What I Learned from Running a 100-Mile Ultra Marathon
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 170: Balancing Assertiveness as a Leader
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Episode 169: Building An Effective Day
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 168: What being pushed to your Breaking Point Teach Us About Ourselves
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 167: Lessons from 2024 and the Blueprint for a Better 2025
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 166: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome at Every Level of Success
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 165: The Mindset of Urgency and Building Momentum in Your Business
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 164: Iron Man 2024 My Journey to 140.6 Miles
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 163: Clarity in chaos, making self-improvement the ultimate goal.
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Scaling Smart ,Build a Team, Free Your Time, and Hit $1 Million
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 161: Leading with Purpose While Managing Business, Family, and Community with James Beaudoin
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 160: Steering your Business Through Unexpected Challenges
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 159: The Final Mile High Profit Summit - Reflections and Lessons with Bree
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 158: Building a Billion Dollar Goal with Oliver Fernandez
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 157: Pushing Forward When Doubts Arise
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 156: Today We Talk Marketing With Jean
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 155: Real Talk - Navigating Failure and Turning Setbacks into Success
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 154: The High Cost of Quitting: Why Perseverance Matters
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 153: Boost Your Business with These 3 Simple Fitness Tips
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 152: Managing Overwhelm - 3 Key Steps to Reducing Stress
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 151: How to Schedule Your Day for Maximum Productivity
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 150: Why You Must Have Big Goals and How to Achieve Them
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 149: Why Doing Hard Things Matters
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 148: Pricing Lawn Care in 2024
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 147: Marketing in 2024 with Cody Owen
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 146: Health and Wellness Personally and in the Company with Zoey
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 145: Be Flexible and Course Correct
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 144: Running Your Company With Open Books
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 143: Lucky Landscaping Owner Austyn Roth on Starting Young and Building a Successful Company
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 142: Your Life Is Built on Purpose!
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 141: Streamline Your Business with Purchase Orders
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 140: Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 139: Zoey and Jacob On Big Changes For 2024!
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 138: A Reminder To Stay UNCOMFORTABLE!
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 137: Today We Sit Down With Our IL Sales Manager Jess
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 136: How To Train Your Team
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 135: The Hardest Parts of Scaling
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 134: How to Achieve Your Goals
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 133: The Negatives and Positives With Debt
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 132: How to Streamline Your Business
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 131: Be a Beta Tester with Jim Kruspe
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 130: Do NOT Compare Pricing
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 129: Intentionally Seek Discomfort
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 128: Be Everywhere with The Landscape King
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 127: Labor Struggles, Cashflow & Turning Bars into Landscape Centers with Tom Dausch
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 126: The Motorcycle Accident
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 125: [TAKEOVER] Jess Humphrey on Finding Balance
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 124: [TAKEOVER] Female-Led Landscaping Company
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 123: Success is an Inside Out Game with Tom Reber
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 122: Key Financial Concepts
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 121: Give the Best Product with Justin Norris
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 120: Think Proactively, NOT Reactively with Dr. Matt Pennell
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 119: The Return to Fundamentals with Caleb Auman
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 118: A Wonderful Year of Growth with Jess Humphrey
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 117: PERSEVERANCE
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 116: Key Performance Indicators
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 115: How to Grow Your Business in 2024
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 114: Acquiring Lawn Care Companies with Bree Sefsick
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Too Dumb to Quit
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 112: How Can Your Business Be Charitable?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 111: MMA, Divine Help, and the Secret to Success with Branden Hudson
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Answering YOUR Tax Questions with Brady Slack
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 109: NEW in My Coaching Group for Service Businesses
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 108: GPS On Your Lawn & Landscape Trucks
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Answering YouTube Questions & Comments
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 106: Mile High Profit Summit Recap with Bree Sefsick
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 105: What do you need to start a business?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 104: Gamify to GROW
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 103: How to Master Hiring and Team Building in Your Landscaping Business
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 102: REFOCUS
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 101: Resiliency with Maddie Bishop
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 100: The Bonding Nature of Doing Hard Sh*t with Jess Humphrey
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 99: Learn a Little Bit Each Time with Jess Humphrey
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 98: Taking Risks with Zoey Jones
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 97: Four Things I Wish I Would Have Done
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 96: "Sales" is Not a Dirty Word with Bree Sefsick
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 95: NSFW Now (Part 2 of 2)
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 94: NSFW Then (Part 1 of 2)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 93: Fitness with Jess Humphrey
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 92: The One About Seizing Opportunities
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 91: Your Energy Affects Your Sales with Bree Sefsick
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 90: Our Employees Self-Manage Their Paychecks with Jess Humphrey
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Episode 89: Myths, Morning Routines & Mad at Toilets
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 88: Three Lessons Learned From Our Time in Business
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May 31, 2023 |
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Episode 87: The BIGGEST Money Mistake Business Owners Make with John Pajak
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 86: Marketing & Getting What You Want with Michael Tandarich
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May 17, 2023 |
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Episode 85: LASIK, Rabbit's Feet & Doing It Afraid
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 84: Seniority, Raises & Healthy Competition
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 83: Acquisitions, Paying Yourself & Making a Profit with Sam Rankin
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Episode 82: Big/Little Kids
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 81: Business, Relationships & The Future with Caleb Auman
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 80: ANXIETY
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 79: Five Questions & a Mugshot
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 78: A Look Back with My LAST Boss, Brad Zara
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 77: Best Known Beats Best Service (A Marketing Discussion)
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 76: The Fastest Road to ROI with Eric Triplett
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 75: "Last Week, You Were in Vegas"
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 74: Customers, Culture & Coffee with Justin Norris
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 73: 3 EASY Ways to Gain More Clients
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 72: Training Day Recap
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 71: Communication & Customer Service with Zoey Jones
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 70: Spring Preparation
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Episode 69: Raising Kids & Raising Businesses
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 68: Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, and Employees
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 67: Hiring & Leading Employees with Jess Humphrey
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 66: What's Your Word for 2023?
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Episode 65: We Did NOT Hit Our Goals
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Winning Marketing Strategies for 2023
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Perceived Perfection, Consistency & The Urge to Burn It All Down
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 62: The Fear of Growth
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 61: The Off-Season
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 60: Let Me Tell You About You
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 59: All About Homeschooling
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Episode 58: Uninfluenced
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 57: Grow More, Give More
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Episode 56: Buying Lawn Care Businesses
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Episode 55: After Ian
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Before Ian
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 53: You Belong in the Room
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Episode 52: Gatekeeper Confidence // The BEST Phone Strategies for Your Office Team
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Episode 51: Turning the Marketing Lever On/Off
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Episode 50: Cosmic Alignment & Events Galore
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 49: What Gets Measured Gets Improved
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Depression & Golden Retriever Stuff
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Episode 47: We Put Our 6 Year Old On Payroll
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Episode 46: The August Curse
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Episode 45: Our Strategies to AGGRESSIVELY Grow a Landscaping Business
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 44: Progress / Perfection
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Episode 43: Struggling to Hire Employees?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Episode 42: Fail Forward
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Episode 41: The Audacity To Be An Outlier
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 40: SHOW UP
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Your Office Team Opens Doors
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Episode 38: Your Money Has No Limit [part 4 of 4]
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 37: I Am Unstoppable [part 3 of 4]
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Episode 36: From Near Death to 75 Hard [part 2 of 4]
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 35: Love Is An Inside Job [part 1 of 4]
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May 25, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Feel/Kill Imposter Syndrome
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Work F*cking Harder
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode 32: How to Reframe Negative Situations in Love & Business
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 31: Radical Transparency
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Episode 30: The Wedge Salad Episode
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Q1 Recap
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Episode 28: In-House vs. Outsource?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 27: Work One Season Ahead
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Episode 26: Add Value Everywhere You Go
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Episode 25: HARD Conversations
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Pricing & Recommending Your Competition
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Contracts, Terms & Covering Your Ass
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 22: PARENTING & This Season of Life
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Balancing Relationships [Q & A]
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Episode 20: How To Launch a New Service
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Stress, Health & Max Output
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Make the Right Decisions in Your Business
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Increase Prices in 2022
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Episode 16: The BEST Sales Advice For Landscapers
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Episode 15: New Year, New Goals
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 14: What Does Your Business *Really* Do?
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Episode 13: REJECT CHAOS
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Episode 12: How To Tell Your Story (Marketing Your Landscaping Business)
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Episode 11: Working With Your Spouse
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Episode 10: Your Problems Are Opportunities
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 9: Create Your Culture
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Episode 8: How To Beat Burnout As a Business Owner
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Everything That Could Go Wrong
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Episode 6: FEAR
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Hiring Strategies For Your Landscaping Business
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Is Networking Worth It?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 3: Waiting For Things To Be Perfect
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 2: When Your Partner Does Not Support Your Business
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 1: What Will Your Business Become?
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Oct 13, 2021 |