#3377: How To Operate "Like A CEO"

Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

Dre Baldwin

Business

4.9 • 600 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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You’ve heard the phrase “operate like a CEO,” but what does that actually mean? In this episode, I break down the real mindset and actions behind CEO-level leadership. Whether you run a business or you’re the only person in it, you are the CEO. And even if you work a job, you can still move like a CEO. Today I show you exactly how to make that shift, no fluff, just straight strategy. Let’s talk about it. Show Notes: [01:33]#1 Your presence sets the tone for the entire organization on a daily basis. [06:58]#2 Operate from and maintain a vision of the future. [15:18]#3 Your approach is a system, it's not a mood or a feeling. [18:15]Recap Power Presence Protocol 🦁🔥 [Starts August 19 LIVE!!] 👉 http://www.WorkOnYourGameUniversity.com/Power 🎓 Work On Your Game University Get structured, get paid → WorkOnYourGameUniversity.com 📧 Dre’s Daily Emails (Free) Clarity. Strategy. Execution. → WorkOnMyGame.com 🤖 Chat with DreGPT AI that thinks like Dre → DreAllDay.com/AI 🎧 Free Audiobooks The Third Day → ThirdDayBook.com/audible Mirror Of Motivation → MirrorOfMotivation.com/audible 📚 Claim Your Free Books The Third Day → ThirdDayBook.com Mirror Of Motivation → MirrorOfMotivation.com Sales Discipline System → SalesDisciplineBook.com Overseas Basketball Blueprint → BallOverseas.com How To Play As Well As You Practice → HoopHandbook.com/Free 💵 Support the Show CashApp → Cash.app/$DreBaldwin 📱 Connect with Dre Instagram → Instagram.com/DreBaldwin TikTok → TikTok.com/@WorkOnYourGame YouTube → YouTube.com/DreAllDay Twitter / X → X.com/DreAllDay Facebook → Facebook.com/WorkOnYourGameUniversity 🎙 All Episodes + Archive → WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com

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0:00.0	Things may not always look good. You may not always be so certain about the future, but you need to project those things that you feel good, things look good, and you're certain about the future. Why? Because if you fault or everybody else is going to fall apart.
0:15.0	Day all day.
0:16.0	Work on your game. Work on your game. Work on your game.
0:20.0	This is Drey Baldwin, and Work on your game is the on your game. This is Drey Baldwin.
0:22.6	And work on your game is the system that turns discipline into dominance.
0:27.2	Today's topic is what it actually means to operate like a CEO.
0:34.1	All of you have heard this phrase, especially if you're an entrepreneur, you're in the business world.
0:37.3	You've heard people talk about operating like a CEO or having CEO energy or doing what a CEO does or
0:43.9	something along the lines of that phrase, something that rhymes with that metaphorically.
0:49.0	And a lot of entrepreneurs talk about this concept gets thrown around a lot.
0:52.4	So let's talk about it because it is a real thing.
0:55.3	And we're going to get literal here today. And those of you who are already CEOs, and if you are the
1:00.6	only person in your business as a solepreneur, you are the CEO, even though you may not give
1:04.7	yourself the title. And or for whatever reason, you want to start operating like a CEO.
1:08.9	We're going to talk about how you can actually do
1:11.4	this and have a real path towards understanding how it's done regardless of what the organization
1:16.6	is entrepreneur or not because you can be a CEO you have to be an entrepreneur CEOs often
1:21.3	are working in companies four to 500 companies Forbes companies and corporations so how can you be a CEO and operate like one, regardless of what you're doing? Again, you could be a high school principal. You can operate like a CEO. Let's talk about it. Point number one, say, topic. Once again, what it actually means to operate like a CEO. Number one, your presence sets the tone for the entire organization on a daily basis. This is the number one job. If you're a CEO,
1:45.9	this is the number one job that you have. Your number one job is not to be the smartest person
1:52.5	in the room, even though you may be the smartest person in the room. It's not to have a shiny
1:57.2	resume. It's not to have a corner office, a business suits, or a business card. The most
2:03.2	important thing CEO does is they set the tone for the entire organization through your
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