Emperor's New Groove Was Secretly About Your Business

Episode 28The emperor in Emperor's New Groove was blaming others else for throwing him off his groove. Most business owners are doing the same thing, except no one is actually throwing them off. They are doing it to themselves.Brett Adams and Jason McKenzie unpack every form of self sabotage they keep running into with the entrepreneurs they talk to. The owner whose month got "chopped up" by his own calendar. The one who is terrified to grow because he keeps chasing shiny objects instead of doing the basics. The body that manufactures stress chemicals and then drives a person to drink to escape the feelings the body created in the first place.Along the way:Why a 20 minute conversation with a lawyer can wreck half your day, and the phrase Jason uses to short circuit the panic before it starts ("it is not a threat")Bart Miller's trick for thanking your body for trying to protect you so the stress actually melts awayWhy A students become professors, B students get jobs, and C and D students end up hiring everyone elseJason's sword fighting analogy for business: most owners are just blocking the attack, which is exactly why they keep getting stabbed. You have to block AND threaten at the same timeThe entrepreneur who built wild success because nobody had told him yet that what he was doing was impossibleThe billionaire who drove a $200,000 car, and the religious friend who called that the only thing he did wrong (spoiler: it was not)The Catholic priest and the pie: a tiny parable about whether you are doing good for its own sake or for the rewardWhy family is the reason you can grow a business, not the obstacleThe closing invitation: cut out the people who want to keep you small, and surround yourself with the ones who push you to be bigger than you think you can be.Chapters:00:00 The Emperor's New Groove lesson01:18 "My month got chopped up" by who, exactly?02:37 Why a 20 minute lawyer call wrecks half a day04:07 Your body manufactures feelings it then tries to escape05:13 "It's not a threat" reframe05:59 Thank your body for trying to protect you07:06 Why school doesn't teach any of this07:30 A students teach, B students get jobs, C and D students hire everyone09:25 The U.S. military's cowboy advantage11:35 Sword fighting and what most entrepreneurs get wrong13:55 Why a four pound sword raises your heart rate15:31 What most business owners get wrong when they're getting attacked18:30 "I tried everything" usually means "I didn't know what to do"19:05 Business as a vehicle for personal growth19:28 Marriage, kids, and business push you into new territory21:30 The man who succeeded because nobody told him he couldn't23:50 The billionaire's $200,000 car27:15 The Catholic priest and the pie29:31 Cut out the people who want to keep you smallGrazora Life, helping small business owners build businesses that propel them, not crush them. New episodes weekly.#smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #mindset #selfsabotage #grazora