The Trade Den
By Pravar Group
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Episodes: 134
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If you’re a tradie and you’ve gone out on your own you’ve probably done it because you want more out of your life… to earn more money, build wealth, have more free time with your family and live a great lifestyle.
But for so many business owners they end up working long hours, not generating enough profit and ending up tired, stressed and with no time to connect with the very thing that matters to them most … their families.
In The Trade Den Podcast, we pull back the curtain to share the same tools, stories and strategies that have helped hundreds of businessmen in the trades and construction industry transform their businesses and reconnect with their families.
If you’re ready to take back control of your business and life you’re in the right place, click follow so you don’t miss a single episode and head to The Trade Den to join our Facebook Community.
Ready to get off the Hamster Wheel and take your Business and Life to the next level? Book a Chat here
Find out more about Pravar Group at pravargroup.com or @rob_kropp
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131. Mindset Matters: From Tradie to Business Owner Identity Trap
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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130. Be the Lighthouse, Not the Tugboat: The Leadership Shift That Changes Everything
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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129. What Happened When Trent Stopped Avoiding the Hard Work
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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128. Account Management: The Revenue Sitting Right Under Your Nose
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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127. Growth Stalls When You Stay Stuck On The Tools
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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126. Money Matters: Variations, the Hidden Profit Killer
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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125. Why hiring an Admin is the best decision you'll make
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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124. From Shiny Light Syndrome to Laser Focused Leadership
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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123. Change Your Room, Change the Results
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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122. Mindset Matters: The Trap of Doing What You’ve Always Done
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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121. The Phases of Business Ownership - Part 3: The Lifestyle Business
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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120. Family Matters: Date Night Isn't Optional - Maintaining Your Relationship While Building Your Business
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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119. The Calendar Mistakes Costing You Time, Money and Sanity
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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118. Leadership Matters: Lazy Leadership Creates Dependent, Underperforming Teams
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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117. How Andrew Doubled Revenue Without Doubling His Hours
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May 27, 2026 |
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116. The Phases of Business Ownership - Part 2: The Shift to Owner-Operator
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May 20, 2026 |
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115. Productivity Burners & The Simple Steps to Improve Focus Now
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May 13, 2026 |
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114. Expensive Hiring Mistakes Business Owners Keep Making
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May 06, 2026 |
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113. Could Your Business Run Without You for a Month?
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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112. When Growth Nearly Cost Kade Everything
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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111. The Phases of Business Ownership - Part 1: Your Journey to Profit & Freedom
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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110. Mindset Matters: How to Break the Working Addiction
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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109. You Want Improvement? You Need to Measure It
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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108. The Hidden Cost of Being a YES Man
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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107. From Backyard Business to Nationwide Industry Leader
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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106. Money Matters: The Weekly and Monthly Habits That Drive Profit – Part 2
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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105. Money Matters: You’re In Business for Money, So Know Your Numbers – Part 1
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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104. Urgent vs Important: The Mindset Shift Every Trade Business Must Make
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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103. Building Systems That Free You From the Day-to-Day Operations
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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102. What it takes to run a successful business
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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101. Mindset Matters: Being a Great Tradesman Doesn't Mean You'll Run a Great Trades Business
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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100. How 15 Minutes on Monday Saves You Hours During the Week
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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99. You want the results? It’s up to YOU!
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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98. How to Roadmap Your Next 12 Month Growth Plan - Part 2
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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97. Goal Setting & Planning: It's time to step up and play a bigger game - Part 1
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Happy New Year – This Is Your Year | Returning 8th January 2026
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Merry Christmas | Returning 8th January 2026
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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96. Stop & Reflect: Turning This Year’s Wins & Lessons into Next Year’s Growth
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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95. From Confusion to Clarity - Jerry’s Epic 12 Month Business & Life Transformation
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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94. The 6 Essential Steps to a Stress-Free Christmas Shutdown
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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93. Stop Being the Bottleneck: How to Trust your Team and Let Go
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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92. Time Matters: Take Back Control with a Simple “Stop, Start, Continue” Framework
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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91. Grant’s mirror moment: What happens when you refuse to be average
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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90. How to Manage Stress in a Stress-Driven World
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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89. Leadership Matters: Calling all Control Freaks – Stop Strangling Your Business
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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88. Why saying “no” to more work may be the smartest move
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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87. From Chaos to Growth: How Phil Embraced Systems to Build His Bug Empire
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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86 . Family Matters: Parenting for Growth - The Impact Your Words Have on Your Kids
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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85. Stop Doing It All Yourself – Build Your “Power Team”
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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84. Mindset Matters: Fixed vs Growth, the Mindset that Makes or Breaks your Business
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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83. Shaun’s transformation from burnout to $3m+ trade business
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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82. Lifestyle Mastermind & Awards 2025 - Celebrating the year that has been
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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81. Money Matters: Don’t compete on price – the true cost of discounting
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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80. A Confused Crew Costs You…Set Your Team Up for Success on Site
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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79. Leadership Matters: Setting the Standard that Builds Success
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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78. Burnout and broken – how Dane rebuilt from rock bottom
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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77. The 3 keys to delegating without losing control
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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76. Family Matters: The Provider Trap – when good intentions go wrong
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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75. Habits – not hacks – shape the way you lead and live
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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74. Time Matters: Stop wasting time on stuff you suck at
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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73. How Matt Broke the $1M Barrier and Built without Burnout
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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72. The uncomfortable shift from doing the work to leading the team
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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71. Money Matters: Know these 4 numbers …or risk going broke
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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70. It’s decision time! Stay on the tools …or commit to growth?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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69. How saying no & finding clarity helped Andrew rebuild his business
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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68. Leadership Matters: Would you work for you?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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67. Difficult Conversations PART 2: Delivering hard messages with confidence
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May 28, 2025 |
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66. Difficult Conversations PART 1: Why avoiding them costs you more
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May 21, 2025 |
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65. How Mitch has built a business that runs without him
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May 14, 2025 |
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64. Mindset Matters: The truth about grit and what separates winners from quitters
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May 07, 2025 |
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63. Overwhelmed with decisions? ‘Wins, Flags & Roadblocks’ playbook is a must!
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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62. Family Matters: How to keep Business from Hijacking Your Home Life
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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61. Decision-making: seizing an opportunity …or sinking your ship?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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60. Mindset Matters: Confidence manifests when you take action
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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59. The busyness trap and why it’s holding your business back
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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58. Money Matters: Is sloppy spending killing your profits?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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57. He Was a Jack of All Trades, Now He’s a Master of Business
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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56. Leadership Matters: There are no bad teams, only bad leaders
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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55. Freedom comes from structure not just systems
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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54. Family Matters: Quality time beats clocked time…every time!
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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53. Corey’s journey: from leaving the tools to leading the business
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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52. Money Matters: You’re in business to make money
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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51. Working Longer and Harder is NOT the Answer
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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50. Mindset Matters: Momentum is a must for business growth
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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49. How Adrian’s discipline and powerful support network prevented him from giving up
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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48. Mindset Matters: Motivational myths busted & the truth to getting things done
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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47. How to hit the ground running in 2025
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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46. Making your New Year’s Resolutions actually stick
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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45. Highlights from the Trade Den in 2024
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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44. Reflecting on YOUR 2024
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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43. From 80+ hour weeks to Operational Freedom & a 6 week holiday with Frank Virtu from RFV Property Services
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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42. How to Finish 2024 Strong & Get the Most Out of the Christmas Break
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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41. From burning out to breaking through with Andy Clyde from Inline Cabinetry
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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40. How to Retain Great People in Hard Times (Part 3)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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39. How to Recruit even in a Tough Labour Market (Part 2)
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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38. How to Design a Productive Ground Crew (Part 1)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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37. How To Become a Dad Your Kids Will Remember
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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36. Scaling From 12 to 80+ Employees, $14Mill in Revenue & Named Great Place to Work with Simon Parker from Parker Precision
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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35. Win The Morning, Win The Day
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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34. Struggling to Leave Work At The Door? Our Guide to Separate Work & Home Life
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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33. Finishing Strong: How to Avoid Christmas Chaos and Set Yourself Up for Success in 2025
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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32. Behind The Scenes of Our 2024 Lifestyle Mastermind & Awards Night
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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31. The Blueprint for Building a Successful Business Partnership, with Chris & Andrew from Kinetic Electrical & Data
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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30. How to Transition From Being A Mate to A Manager
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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29. How to Drive Productivity Without Getting Dragged Back to Site
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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28. The 3 Questions You Can Ask to Learn and GROW From Every Challenging Situation
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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27. Face the Facts: How is Alcohol Affecting Your Personal and Business Success?
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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26. Overcoming Adversity: How Zach Hansen Went from Leaving High School at 15 to Leading a Team of 13 & a Turnover of $3 Million
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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25. What You Need to be Charging in Your Trades Business (Pricing Part 3)
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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24. How to Adjust Your Prices as Your Business Grows… Without Losing Customers (Pricing Part 2)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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23. The Most Costly Pricing Mistakes You Can Make in a Trades Business
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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22. The Strategic Hires EVERY Trades Business Needs When They Hit $80k a Month
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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21. The SECRET To Having Work/Life Balance
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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20. Overcoming Fear to Break Through the $1mil Mark and Build the Life of your Dreams with Phil Dawes
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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19. This Follow Up Process Made Our Client $250k in 2 weeks
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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18. How to Get New Customers & Increase Sales WITHOUT Feeling Pushy
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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17. The Fastest way to Fill your Sales Pipeline
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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16. How Ben Wolff went from $250k In Debt to be On Track to Turnover $5Mil this Year Whilst Only Working 40 hour weeks
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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15. 5 Strategies that can add $50-$100k To Your Bottom Line in the next 90 Days
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May 29, 2024 |
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14. Why Making More Money Won’t Solve Your Money Problems
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May 22, 2024 |
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13. From Almost Losing His Family To Having It All, Turning $6.5 Mil and Working 30 Hours A Week with Nathan Wilson from Rescue U Plumbing
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May 15, 2024 |
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12. 2 Questions to Stay FOCUSED & Get MORE Done!
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May 08, 2024 |
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11. The Cycle That HURTS So Many Trades & Construction Businesses (and costs you money!)
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May 01, 2024 |
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10. How to STOP your Team Hijacking your Time AND Cut your Phone Calls in HALF
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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9. From Working 70hrs+ to a $650K Net Profit Turnaround & A Complete Personal Transformation with Anthony Rentzis
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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8. Unlocking Capacity is Your Key To Growth
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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7. Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Prioritise What Matters Most
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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6. The SECRET to having MORE TIME in your Week
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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5. If you feel like Shutting Your Business Down … this Episode will Change Your Life with Ahmad Radi from Radi Electrical.
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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4. The Reason Trades Business Owners Get STUCK and Can't Grow
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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1. Why So Many Tradies Lose It All & How This Podcast Will Help You
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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3. What $1 Million+ Trades Business Owners & Great Sporting Teams Have in Common
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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2. Behind the Mic with Rob Kropp & the Origin Story of Pravar Group
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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The Reality of Running a Business in the Trades & Construction Industry. Welcome to The Trade Den 🔨
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Mar 04, 2024 |