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Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS

Business | "I Was Stuck In A Rut. I Didn't Know Any Better. Selling Was Difficult. Staffing Was Difficult. I Was About Ready to Hang It Up. Now, We Are Actually GROWING!!! The Training Will Rock Your World." - Nick Smith

Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS

Clay Clark

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0

My name is Nick Smith and I'm an agency owner with Farmer's Insurance.

0:04.0

I grew up in a middle-class family all the way up until I was about 13 and then my dad lost his job and then all of a sudden he was gone and I was being raised by my mom by herself.

0:15.0

She was probably making 20 grand a year in order for me to have a car. I had to pay for the car. I had to pay for the gas. I had to do everything on my own.

0:24.0

So the independent thinking had to come early and if I wanted to do anything.

0:29.0

A couple years ago, man, I was stuck in a rut. I really honestly was and I couldn't see it.

0:34.0

Not because I was doing it wrong. It's because I didn't know any better. Rates were not good.

0:40.0

Selling was difficult. Staffing was just unbelievably difficult to keep good staff in here. I was having a ton of turnover.

0:49.0

And I was about ready to hang it up and sell out. I was just done.

0:54.0

And that's about when I got introduced to the concept of the will of wealth and drive.

1:00.0

Some of the specific things I've learned about running my business is systems and being organized.

1:06.0

Before, I think I just kind of shopped from the hip a lot of times.

1:11.0

But since, you know, I started this whole journey and I've developed systems for each of the employees but not just the employees but for the position.

1:19.0

So the fear of wondering when I'm gone, wondering if things are being done, I don't have to worry quite as much.

1:28.0

Business wise, finally got over the hump and we're actually growing again.

1:32.0

Whereas before, we were just declining, declining, declining. And now we're back up and we're back over what we were a couple of years ago now.

1:39.0

The training is ongoing even from where I'm at now. I still feel like I need to give further.

1:45.0

Training itself is just, it'll rock your world.

1:49.0

It really will change the way you think and look at business.

1:53.0

So all those things just kind of culminated into this big successful business that I feel like I have now.

2:01.0

All that stuff has just been life altering, man.

2:05.0

Hello, my name is Charles Kohlaw with Kohlaw Fitness.

2:09.0

Today I want to tell you a little bit about Clay Clark and how I know Clay Clark.

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