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GROW by Design — 209 episodes

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Episode 209: Stop Chasing the Perfect CRM — Build the Right System for Your Service Business

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Episode 208: The Truth About Business Numbers (No One Tells You)

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Episode 207: From Chaos to Clarity: Your 90-Day Blueprint for Business Growth

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Episode 206: If Your Business Isn’t Changing, It’s Dying (Hard Truth for Entrepreneurs)

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Episode 205: How Entrepreneurs Balance Family & Business Without Burning Out

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Episode 204: How to Sell More in Your Service Business | Upselling Strategies That Actually Grow Your Company

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Episode 203: How Client Experience Becomes Your Strongest Competitive Advantage

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Episode 202: Why Employees Quit: Company Culture, Hiring & Leadership Mistakes Killing Your Business

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Episode 201: My Biggest Business Mistake of 2025 (And What It Cost Me)

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Episode 200 : kicks off 2026 with a raw, real reset.

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Episode 199: Why I'm Pressing Pause on the Podcast (For Now)

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Episode 198: The Raw Truth Behind Our 2025 Wins and Losses

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Episode 197: From Throwing Mud at the Wall to Strategic Growth Planning

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Episode 196: The Obsession Formula That Separates Winners from Losers

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Episode 195: The Mindset Shift That Eliminates Business Fear Forever

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Episode 194: Why Most Business Owners Chase the WRONG Customers

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Episode 193: The Truth About Fear and Leadership

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Episode 192: Why You're Not Making Money and How to Fix It

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Episode 191: The Next Stage Of Your Business Will Create Entirely New Problems.

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Episode 190: How To Become A Leader Worth Following And Build Your Management Skills

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Episode 189: Stop Wasting Time and Use AI Effectively in Your Business with Jaime Longoria

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Episode 188: The Mindset That Separates Successful Business Owners From The Rest

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Episode 187: Running Through Business Problems With an Endurance Mindset

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Episode 186: The Trap Of Being Busy Without Making Business Progress

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Episode 185: Knowing Your Numbers To Escape The Debt Spiral

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Episode #184: Controlling Business Growth Without Sacrificing Quality or Sanity

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Episode 183: From Marathon Runner to Financial Problem-Solver with Ben Voss

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Episode 182: Finding a Purpose Through Endurance Sports With Tyler Pedersen

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Episode 181: Nightmare Clients and How to Finally Handle Them

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Episode 180: The Leadership Framework Every Business Needs with Bob Turner

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Episode 179: Creating Systems That Scale Your Landscape Business with Caleb Auman

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Episode 178: The ONE Number That Will Make or Break Your Business in 2025.

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Episode 177: Building an Unstoppable Company Culture with Zoey

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Episode 176: The Truth About Marketing Your Business in 2025

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Episode 175: The Power of Narrowing Your Focus With Matthew Pennell

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Episode 174: Training Day 2025 Recap

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Episode 173: How to Handle Fires and Still Win the Day

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Episode 172: My Personal Formula for 2025 Success

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Episode 171: What I Learned from Running a 100-Mile Ultra Marathon

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Episode 170: Balancing Assertiveness as a Leader

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Episode 169: Building An Effective Day

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Episode 168: What being pushed to your Breaking Point Teach Us About Ourselves

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Episode 167: Lessons from 2024 and the Blueprint for a Better 2025

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Episode 166: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome at Every Level of Success

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Episode 165: The Mindset of Urgency and Building Momentum in Your Business

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Episode 164: Iron Man 2024 My Journey to 140.6 Miles

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Episode 163: Clarity in chaos, making self-improvement the ultimate goal.

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Episode 162: Scaling Smart ,Build a Team, Free Your Time, and Hit $1 Million

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Episode 161: Leading with Purpose While Managing Business, Family, and Community with James Beaudoin

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Episode 160: Steering your Business Through Unexpected Challenges

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Episode 159: The Final Mile High Profit Summit - Reflections and Lessons with Bree

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Episode 158: Building a Billion Dollar Goal with Oliver Fernandez

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Episode 157: Pushing Forward When Doubts Arise

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Episode 156: Today We Talk Marketing With Jean

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Episode 155: Real Talk - Navigating Failure and Turning Setbacks into Success

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Episode 154: The High Cost of Quitting: Why Perseverance Matters

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Episode 153: Boost Your Business with These 3 Simple Fitness Tips

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Episode 152: Managing Overwhelm - 3 Key Steps to Reducing Stress

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Episode 151: How to Schedule Your Day for Maximum Productivity

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Episode 150: Why You Must Have Big Goals and How to Achieve Them

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Episode 149: Why Doing Hard Things Matters

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Episode 148: Pricing Lawn Care in 2024

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Episode 147: Marketing in 2024 with Cody Owen

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Episode 146: Health and Wellness Personally and in the Company with Zoey

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Episode 145: Be Flexible and Course Correct

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Episode 144: Running Your Company With Open Books

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Episode 143: Lucky Landscaping Owner Austyn Roth on Starting Young and Building a Successful Company

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Episode 142: Your Life Is Built on Purpose!

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Episode 141: Streamline Your Business with Purchase Orders

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Episode 140: Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy

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Episode 139: Zoey and Jacob On Big Changes For 2024!

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Episode 138: A Reminder To Stay UNCOMFORTABLE!

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Episode 137: Today We Sit Down With Our IL Sales Manager Jess

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Episode 136: How To Train Your Team

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Episode 135: The Hardest Parts of Scaling

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Episode 134: How to Achieve Your Goals

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Episode 133: The Negatives and Positives With Debt

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Episode 132: How to Streamline Your Business

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Episode 131: Be a Beta Tester with Jim Kruspe

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Episode 130: Do NOT Compare Pricing

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Episode 129: Intentionally Seek Discomfort

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Episode 128: Be Everywhere with The Landscape King

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Episode 127: Labor Struggles, Cashflow & Turning Bars into Landscape Centers with Tom Dausch

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Episode 126: The Motorcycle Accident

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Episode 125: [TAKEOVER] Jess Humphrey on Finding Balance

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Episode 124: [TAKEOVER] Female-Led Landscaping Company

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Episode 123: Success is an Inside Out Game with Tom Reber

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Episode 122: Key Financial Concepts

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Episode 121: Give the Best Product with Justin Norris

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Episode 120: Think Proactively, NOT Reactively with Dr. Matt Pennell

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Episode 119: The Return to Fundamentals with Caleb Auman

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Episode 118: A Wonderful Year of Growth with Jess Humphrey

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Episode 117: PERSEVERANCE

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Episode 116: Key Performance Indicators

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Episode 115: How to Grow Your Business in 2024

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Episode 114: Acquiring Lawn Care Companies with Bree Sefsick

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Episode 113: Too Dumb to Quit

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Episode 112: How Can Your Business Be Charitable?

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Episode 111: MMA, Divine Help, and the Secret to Success with Branden Hudson

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Episode 110: Answering YOUR Tax Questions with Brady Slack

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Episode 109: NEW in My Coaching Group for Service Businesses

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Episode 108: GPS On Your Lawn & Landscape Trucks

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Episode 107: Answering YouTube Questions & Comments

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Episode 106: Mile High Profit Summit Recap with Bree Sefsick

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Episode 105: What do you need to start a business?

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Episode 104: Gamify to GROW

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Episode 103: How to Master Hiring and Team Building in Your Landscaping Business

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Episode 102: REFOCUS

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Episode 101: Resiliency with Maddie Bishop

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Episode 100: The Bonding Nature of Doing Hard Sh*t with Jess Humphrey

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Episode 99: Learn a Little Bit Each Time with Jess Humphrey

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Episode 98: Taking Risks with Zoey Jones

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Episode 97: Four Things I Wish I Would Have Done

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Episode 96: "Sales" is Not a Dirty Word with Bree Sefsick

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Episode 95: NSFW Now (Part 2 of 2)

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Episode 94: NSFW Then (Part 1 of 2)

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Episode 93: Fitness with Jess Humphrey

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Episode 92: The One About Seizing Opportunities

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Episode 91: Your Energy Affects Your Sales with Bree Sefsick

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Episode 90: Our Employees Self-Manage Their Paychecks with Jess Humphrey

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Episode 89: Myths, Morning Routines & Mad at Toilets

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Episode 88: Three Lessons Learned From Our Time in Business

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Episode 87: The BIGGEST Money Mistake Business Owners Make with John Pajak

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Episode 86: Marketing & Getting What You Want with Michael Tandarich

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Episode 85: LASIK, Rabbit's Feet & Doing It Afraid

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Episode 84: Seniority, Raises & Healthy Competition

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Episode 83: Acquisitions, Paying Yourself & Making a Profit with Sam Rankin

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Episode 82: Big/Little Kids

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Episode 81: Business, Relationships & The Future with Caleb Auman

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Episode 80: ANXIETY

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Episode 79: Five Questions & a Mugshot

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Episode 78: A Look Back with My LAST Boss, Brad Zara

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Episode 77: Best Known Beats Best Service (A Marketing Discussion)

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Episode 76: The Fastest Road to ROI with Eric Triplett

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Episode 75: "Last Week, You Were in Vegas"

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Episode 74: Customers, Culture & Coffee with Justin Norris

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Episode 73: 3 EASY Ways to Gain More Clients

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Episode 72: Training Day Recap

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Episode 71: Communication & Customer Service with Zoey Jones

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Episode 70: Spring Preparation

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Episode 69: Raising Kids & Raising Businesses

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Episode 68: Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, and Employees

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Episode 67: Hiring & Leading Employees with Jess Humphrey

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Episode 66: What's Your Word for 2023?

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Episode 65: We Did NOT Hit Our Goals

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Episode 64: Winning Marketing Strategies for 2023

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Episode 63: Perceived Perfection, Consistency & The Urge to Burn It All Down

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Episode 62: The Fear of Growth

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Episode 61: The Off-Season

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Episode 60: Let Me Tell You About You

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Episode 59: All About Homeschooling

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Episode 58: Uninfluenced

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Episode 57: Grow More, Give More

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Episode 56: Buying Lawn Care Businesses

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Episode 55: After Ian

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Episode 54: Before Ian

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Episode 53: You Belong in the Room

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Episode 52: Gatekeeper Confidence // The BEST Phone Strategies for Your Office Team

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Episode 51: Turning the Marketing Lever On/Off

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Episode 50: Cosmic Alignment & Events Galore

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Episode 49: What Gets Measured Gets Improved

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Episode 48: Depression & Golden Retriever Stuff

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Episode 47: We Put Our 6 Year Old On Payroll

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Episode 46: The August Curse

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Episode 45: Our Strategies to AGGRESSIVELY Grow a Landscaping Business

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Episode 44: Progress / Perfection

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Episode 43: Struggling to Hire Employees?

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Episode 42: Fail Forward

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Episode 41: The Audacity To Be An Outlier

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Episode 40: SHOW UP

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Episode 39: Your Office Team Opens Doors

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Episode 38: Your Money Has No Limit [part 4 of 4]

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Episode 37: I Am Unstoppable [part 3 of 4]

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Episode 36: From Near Death to 75 Hard [part 2 of 4]

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Episode 35: Love Is An Inside Job [part 1 of 4]

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Episode 34: Feel/Kill Imposter Syndrome

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Episode 33: Work F*cking Harder

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Episode 32: How to Reframe Negative Situations in Love & Business

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Episode 31: Radical Transparency

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Episode 30: The Wedge Salad Episode

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Episode 29: Q1 Recap

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Episode 28: In-House vs. Outsource?

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Episode 27: Work One Season Ahead

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Episode 26: Add Value Everywhere You Go

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Episode 25: HARD Conversations

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Episode 24: Pricing & Recommending Your Competition

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Episode 23: Contracts, Terms & Covering Your Ass

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Episode 22: PARENTING & This Season of Life

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Episode 21: Balancing Relationships [Q & A]

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Episode 20: How To Launch a New Service

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Episode 19: Stress, Health & Max Output

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Episode 18: Make the Right Decisions in Your Business

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Episode 17: Increase Prices in 2022

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Episode 16: The BEST Sales Advice For Landscapers

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Episode 15: New Year, New Goals

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Episode 14: What Does Your Business *Really* Do?

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Episode 13: REJECT CHAOS

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Episode 12: How To Tell Your Story (Marketing Your Landscaping Business)

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Episode 11: Working With Your Spouse

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Episode 10: Your Problems Are Opportunities

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Episode 9: Create Your Culture

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Episode 8: How To Beat Burnout As a Business Owner

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Episode 7: Everything That Could Go Wrong

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Episode 6: FEAR

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Episode 5: Hiring Strategies For Your Landscaping Business

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Episode 4: Is Networking Worth It?

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Episode 3: Waiting For Things To Be Perfect

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Episode 2: When Your Partner Does Not Support Your Business

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Episode 1: What Will Your Business Become?