About this episode
Jon Dale discusses the complexities behind the simple question of how a tradie's business is performing, focusing on profitability, time management, and personal freedom.
Hi Tradie, how's business? That's a pretty open question, isn’t it?Usually, the answer to that is pretty basic, isn’t it?"Not great""Pretty good""Good, we're booked out till Easter"But they're just conversational responses, aren't they? They're not real answers to the question.I'm a business coach, obviously, so I am interested in a real answer to the question, which will be longer and more complicated.It might involve a general statement like those ones but then some further clarifications.If we're having a Strategy Session and you're considering buying my program, we start here and I probe for specific answers.I want to know how are money, time, and freedoom -the 3 things everybody wants.We're interested in how profitable your business is—how much you get from it as wages and profits compared to how much you want to be getting and compared to the industry benchmark.We're interested in how hard you're working—how much time you put into your business and how much is left for you.And we're interested in how much you get to enjoy that time without worrying about stuff or being called by people or having to have your phone or laptop with you to check…
People in this episode
Host: Jon Dale
Topics covered
- business coaching
- profitability
- work-life balance
- business efficiency
- tradies
Keywords
- business performance
- tradie
- profit
- time management
- freedom
- business coaching
- strategy session
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