Episode 288: The Real Reason Working Harder Will Keep You Broke
The Mind Your Business Podcast
James Wedmore
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
What if I told you the less you do, the more money you'll make? It's true, and today I'm going to tell you how worker harder is preventing you from growing your business, making more money, and most importantly, making a bigger impact!
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In the episode you'll hear:
- What "working hard" looks like, and why it isn't the answer…
- How the rules of being an entrepreneur differ from the rules for an employee
- What I felt when I first started doing less
- The way you can start working smarter, not harder, today
- Money is a tool (and the right way to use it in your life and business)
- Why you need to know your hourly rate!
For full show notes and links, visit: http://mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/288
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Mind Your Business Podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | Episode number 288. |
| 0:06.6 | Today you're going to discover how working harder is actually keeping you broke. So stay tuned. |
| 0:17.0 | Hi, I'm James Wedmore and I've built a multiple seven-figure internet business that offers the financial freedom to do what I want when I want and I'm the first to say that hard work and hustle are not essential ingredients for your success. |
| 0:37.0 | So how do you build a thriving business from the inside out? |
| 0:41.0 | Now with over 3 million downloads this is the mind your business |
| 0:46.2 | podcast. |
| 0:49.2 | What's up ladies and gentlemen James Wedmore here and thank you so much for hanging out with me here today on |
| 0:57.0 | The Mind Your Business Podcast happy Monday assuming you're listening on Monday. We got a fantastic episode in store for you. This is a solo show. |
| 1:05.1 | It's just me. I'm going to be talking about making a case for why the harder |
| 1:10.0 | you're working. No, you got to hustle and grind 15 hours a day. Well that is the actual |
| 1:16.3 | number one thing that is preventing you from growing your business, making more money, |
| 1:22.4 | and having a bigger impact. |
| 1:25.0 | Who, this is going to be a bit of a controversial one. |
| 1:28.0 | Everyone's out there screaming in your |
| 1:35.0 | just not working hard enough. |
| 1:36.0 | Isn't that the truth? That's the only reason why you don't have the results you want |
| 1:37.0 | is because you're just not working hard enough. |
| 1:39.0 | You know, double down folks, double down. |
| 1:42.0 | So we're gonna get into all that and |
| 1:44.2 | more it's going to be a good one but by the way first thing we've had some |
| 1:49.1 | amazing episodes recently with some extraordinary guests, have we not? |
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