356: What Would Lu Do? Q2 Series | When the Right Thing Gets Hard | Part 5: When the Wrong Opportunity Looks Exactly Right

Today on Window Treatments for Profit This is the final episode of the series. And it is the one LuAnn has been building toward the whole time. Because saying no to the wrong opportunity is the hardest decision in intentional growth. Not the no that is obvious. The no that looks like revenue. The no that comes with a relationship attached. The no that arrives during a slow month when every rational instinct says yes. In this episode, LuAnn shares a real text exchange that happened this week between an EW member and a designer who wanted to know her discount on a Hunter Douglas house. She walks through exactly what the EW member said back, why that response was not a closed door but a defined one, and what happens next that tells you everything you need to know about whether the relationship is worth pursuing. She also addresses directly the danger of using not our client as a lazy conclusion instead of an earned one, and explains the distinction between skilled disqualification and face-value dismissal. And she introduces a phrase she uses when speaking live: legalized money laundering. The business that looks busy, feels productive, generates real revenue, and still has nothing left at the end of the year because the model was never protected. This episode is for any window treatment business owner who has ever taken work they should not have because the alternative felt worse. And for any owner who is ready to stop building a treadmill and start building a business that creates wealth. WWLD: Volume or Value? Two Proven Models to Grow a Profitable Business WWLD January Series — Decision 5: Grow Intentionally, Not Accidentally What Would Lu Do?: How to Qualify Leads Without Disqualifying Your Future Revenue Our Favorite Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windowworksnj.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exciting Windows⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What’s new with LuAnn Nigara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Power Talk Friday Tour 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Docuseries!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.luannnigara.com/cob⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Purchase LuAnn’s Books Here: Book 1: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Audiobook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 2: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 3: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LuAnn’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Tweet Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Follow Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Listen Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠