EXPERT SPOTLIGHT: How to get up the pointy end with Greg Lipschitz - Episode 56 of Better Business, Better Life!

Greg Lipschitz is founder & CEO of Summit Internet, a telecommunications company that owns and manages their national network. Through innovation & customer-oriented service, they’re challenging the way their competitors do business - as a result, Summit Internet is one of Australia’s fastest growing internet providers.  Greg has been a business owner for over 22 years and he is most proud of growing & maintaining a high performing team. He loves seeing his team succeed & completely trusts them, knowing that he can step out of the business and they will continue to strive & achieve amazing things.  Earlier this year, he actually had to take 6 weeks off due to a broken collarbone & didn't have to do a thing. He could & did walk away knowing full well that everything would run exactly as it should.  In this episode, Greg shares insider tips & tricks to points hacking – being smart about where & how you spend your money to get some extra perks.  “We all work so damn hard as business owners and we sometimes forget about the things that we can take out of the business that might not be financial. It might just be being able to travel in style.”  So one of the things he’s focused on over the last 22 years is how he can points hack through business and get that extra value & additional benefits to enjoy life even more. And one of these benefits can be travelling up at the pointy end of the plane! He shares the differences between points and status & how you can leverage both to your advantage. Not only that, you can use these points to reward amazing staff – for example, picking up their flight costs when they go on holiday.  Listen to the full episode to find out how you can change your spending habits to get you the biggest rewards. It may be something as simple as changing where you put petrol in your car!  Greg's Top 3 Tips:   1. Systems is definitely the biggest thing that will change your life  Let go and trust your staff. Enjoy business and have fun. If you feel that you're stressed out and you're not enjoying it, go and talk to someone about that, because that's a real problem. The enjoyment factor should be there.  2. Understand your cash flow  The way you use points hack your business can actually improve & streamline your cash flow as well, because you're doing things in a more systemised way. Don't buy irons and toasters with you points!  3. Spend your points  Collect all these points and actually go and use them. Don’t just sit on them! Have a lovely holiday, book up the pointy end & experience some of these first class trips out there. There's some amazing rewards that you can go & get. You’ll probably fly there maybe once or twice in your lifetime, but you're going to enjoy it. You've worked hard for it.  Debra Chantry-Taylor  Professional EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner  #betterbusinessbetterlife #entrepreneur #leadership #eosimplementer  Professional EOS Implementer Australia Professional EOS Implementer New Zealand