A Minimalist Approach to Business

Three Rules

Matt D'Avella

Advice, Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Documentary, Selfhelp, Howto, Health & Fitness, Tv, Health, Self-help

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Paul Jarvis shares why you might want to rethink growth as the status quo, how social media has changed the way we think about success & the three questions you should ask yourself before working towards any goal.

Find Paul here: http://pjrvs.com

Get the full full interview here: patreon.com/mattdavella

Transcript

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0:00.0	As a culture, we've come to believe that when building a business, bigger is always better.
0:06.6	More revenue, more employees, more followers, more square feet, more locations.
0:11.3	Those are the metrics that impress people. But can this relentless pursuit of more backfire?
0:17.0	Welcome back to The Ground Up Show. I'm Matt Diavella, and today I'm sharing my interview with Paul Jarvis.
0:22.2	Paul is the author of Company of One, Why Staying Small is the next big thing for business.
0:27.6	What if you focused on becoming better instead of bigger?
0:30.8	How might that change your business and your life?
0:33.9	Get the full 55-minute interview at patreon.com slash Matt Diabella.
0:38.5	Enjoy the show.
0:42.4	Paul, thanks so much for being here.
0:44.5	No worries. Thanks for having me.
0:45.7	It's really cool to meet you in person because we have over the past, I guess, year
0:50.8	been bumping into each other online through Twitter, email.
0:54.4	I think what's unique about your story is that you really started to apply minimalism to your
1:00.1	business.
1:01.3	And the whole book, Company of One, it's this idea that more isn't better, growth isn't
1:06.3	always good.
1:07.3	And that's the stock template.
1:09.7	It's the stock path that every company thinks they
1:12.1	need to go down that they need to just continually grow and grow and grow and grow and
1:16.4	I love that you're pushing back on this idea so tell me a little bit about what it
1:20.4	means to be a company of one yeah so at first it doesn't mean you're literally a one
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