many times most business owners, they just wake up every morning and they put their firefighter

hat on and it's like, okay, what's coming at me today? And I'm going to go put that out. And I was kind of

the same way because I didn't know really any different. And I see a lot of business owners do the same

thing. So for me, the best way to start focusing on what actually matters and getting really

productive is getting really clear on your vision. Why did you start your business in the first place?

We had all these hopes and dreams and then within a couple weeks, a couple months

and running our business, those are like gone out the window and it's kind of survival mode.

But if we don't have a clear destination, we don't really know what we should be working on anyway. So that's really where I start with everybody, you know, whether it's

businesses that I run or businesses that I've invested in or businesses that I'm coaching is,

where do you really want to go? What does your ideal life look like? Where are you spending your time?

You know, what are you doing? Are you traveling? You playing golf, spending more time with your kids,

whatever it is. And then how much money do you actually need to make that happen? And

when we get really clear on that dollar amount, it starts to take the emotion out of business

decisions. Because so many times we as business owners, we just say, I think this is what we should

be doing. And instead, let the numbers dictate what you should actually be doing. So if you know

exactly where you want to go personally,

then you just figure out what type of business do I actually need to build

to actually make that happen.

Welcome to the Home Service Expert,

where each week Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs and experts

in various fields like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership to find out what's really behind

their success in business. Now, your host, the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello.

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