Episode 248: TMBA 248: The “Steak Dinner Problem” and Polyphasic Productivity
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2014
⏱️ 32 minutes
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http://www.tropicalmba.com/lifestylebusiness/ This week, we're talking about John Reineck's "Steak Dinner Problem", and how we interact with our clients. We had a great discussion with Taylor Pearson about it in the comments of our recent article about The Coconut Cash Conundrum. We're gonna be sharing some advanced level strategies on how to handle this complex situation that entrepreneurs face when their business starts to dictate the orders. We'll also talk about how to identify one thing that benefits your business and maximize your efforts during your most productive hours.
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| 0:00.0 | Really, really nice shirts to have if you're growing something down there. |
| 0:03.5 | Polo shirts are pizza friendly. |
| 0:05.2 | I think that's what you're saying. |
| 0:06.1 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:09.7 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:11.2 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your |
| 0:15.1 | earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking |
| 0:19.9 | to grow better, more profitable |
| 0:21.7 | location independent businesses. |
| 0:23.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, |
| 0:29.0 | check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:37.2 | Yeah, buddy, happy Thursday morning. It's the tropical NBA podcast. As is per the usual, I'm joined by the boss man all the way from California. What's up, brother? Hey, man, how's it going? Just sitting here. Actually, having a beer today. Oh, yeah? Really? Wow. Yeah, shit, man. Why not? Very nice. Well, what kind is it? Bring us on the inside, man. |
| 0:55.5 | I can't tell you that much. |
| 0:57.8 | It's Belgium, though. |
| 0:59.4 | Today, wow, no wonder you can't tell us. |
| 1:04.4 | So sophisticated, boss, man. |
| 1:06.7 | Today we are going to talk about some high-level stuff, actually. One of the things when we were discussing the points in this week's episode, Ian, you were like, hey, I want to be sure that I don't know if this advice applies to anybody. Like, this is like kind of once you have momentum. So this might be like a tropical MBA 302 course, how to get more lifestyle out of your business once you're, you sort of have |
| 1:29.7 | some momentum going. And, you know, I'll tell you this, Ian, the reason that inspired this episode |
| 1:34.4 | is one of the most universal things that I see happen when people get success in business |
| 1:40.7 | is that they start taking orders from their business rather than giving orders |
| 1:45.7 | to their business. They let their business... You should be shipping orders out to your customers, |
| 1:49.6 | right? That's how it's like you're you're taking marching orders from your business rather than |
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