STOP WORKING BROKE PODCAST

Being the owner sounds glamorous—until you’re the one carrying payroll, problems, employees, customers, and big decisions with no peer bench.

In this episode of Stop Working Broke, host Chad Murray talks about the real kind of loneliness entrepreneurs face (not “I need friends” lonely), why it quietly wrecks your decision-making, and how isolation turns into overthinking, delay, and compounded problems.

You’ll learn:

The most common signs you’re running your business alone (decision fatigue, cash-flow stress, confidence erosion, “success trap”)Why systems and hiring won’t solve the owners...

Duration: 00:30:28

Welcome to Stop Working Broke—the rebranded podcast from Outside the Business Box—hosted by Chad Murray. If you’re running job-to-job, chasing checks, and the phone gets quiet the minute you stop pushing, this show is for you.

Each episode is packed with real-world tips and straight advice to help service business owners fix the stuff that keeps them stuck: cash flow, marketing that actually works, better offers, follow-up systems, hiring, delegation, and operations—so you can build a business that runs without eating your life.

In this...

Duration: 00:21:17

Have a blast listening to my friend and mentor George Hedley of Hard Hat Biz.

You will not be disappointed! 

NOTE: this was on another Podcast I started that I rolled into 

Stop Working Broke.

Duration: 00:51:18

In this brutally honest episode of Operation Entrepreneur Freedom, Chad Murray pulls back the curtain on the toughest season of his business life. After nearly three decades in business and coaching hundreds of entrepreneurs, Chad shares how ignoring his own advice almost bankrupted him — again.

He talks openly about shutting down an 18-year market, hiring a COO to dismantle his company, and the emotional toll of making hard but overdue decisions. He also reveals the painful impact of relationships, imposter syndrome, and anxiety — and how he's finding clarity through it all.

Plus, you’ll hear two po...

Duration: 00:25:03

Silence Is Where the Money Is – 4 Sales Stories That Prove It

Most salespeople are afraid of silence. They rush to fill the gap… and kill the deal. In this video, I’m sharing 4 real-life sales stories where silence either made the sale—or cost someone thousands.

You’ll learn:

How silence creates buying pressure (without being pushy)The critical mistake sales reps make when they talk too muchWhat to do after you drop your price or proposalWhy the best closers let silence do the heavy lifting

If you sell in home services—o...

Duration: 00:16:26

Welcome to Operation Entrepreneur Freedom — the podcast that helps home service business owners design a business that runs (and grows) without them.

In this episode, host Chad Murray reveals why most service businesses stall at $1-2M and what you can do to break through fast. Spoiler: It starts with sales — but not in the way you're used to.

You’ll learn:

Why your current salespeople are holding you backHow separating sales from production unlocks scalable growthReal-life stories from McDonald’s, Rolls-Royce, Airbnb, and moreHow Chad replaced his top salesperson and grew 70% in one monthWhy...

Duration: 00:33:45

In this episode of Operation Entrepreneur Freedom, Chad sits down with sales legend Curt Tueffert, a seasoned pro who’s trained and managed sales teams pushing past $100 million in revenue. This no-fluff conversation is packed with real-world strategies for service business owners who are ready to build a true sales machine—and finally step out of the chaos.

From building trust-based sales processes, to turning techs into closers (and when not to), to creating systems that sharpen your team like a Kobe Bryant morning workout… this is the masterclass on sales leadership every $1M+ service business owner needs...

Duration: 00:56:04

In this episode, we dive into the brutal truth: your marketing stinks because you’re too cheap to play with the big boys. Stop whining about bad leads and start learning how to fix your ad strategy.

🔥 Here’s what we cover:

How to calculate your ROAS (Return on Ad Spend)

Why being burned by a crappy agency is NO excuse to stay stuck

The real reason you don’t scale—you don’t know your numbers

If you're a home service business owner tired of playing small, this episode is yo...

Duration: 00:53:35

Pay or Get Sued: How I Learned Payroll Law the Hard Way 💸⚖️
You don’t know what you don’t know—until you’re in court. In this episode, Chad Murray shares the gut-wrenching story of how a single payroll mistake triggered a lawsuit that nearly wrecked his business. Learn the legal landmines of paying employees (hourly, salary, commission, and performance pay), the truth about overtime law, and how to avoid getting crushed by labor attorneys.

Whether you're a service business owner or just trying to figure out how to compensate your team without breaking the la...

Duration: 00:32:43

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What happens to your business if you're gone tomorrow?

In this raw and brutally honest episode, Chad Murray shares two moments he nearly died—and the two wildly different outcomes for his business. In 2006, his appendix ruptured… and his business went bankrupt. In 2021, his lungs failed from COVID… but his business hit $100K weeks without him.

This is the tale of building a business that’s dependent on YOU... versus one that runs without you.

💥 The truth is: Most service businesses are one injury, one illness, or...

Duration: 00:37:18

This might be the rawest, realest, and most action-packed sales episode we’ve done in a long time.

Chad Murray sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and “Call The Damn Leads” founder Drewbie Wilson, who breaks down why most businesses are leaving millions on the table—because they simply don’t pick up the phone. From growing up hustling, traveling the country in an RV with his family, and building a brand that’s become a movement, Drewbie brings fire from the trenches.

🔥 You’ll learn:
-𝗪𝗵𝘆 "𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀" 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻—𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 -𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀!
-𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆
-𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟯 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 -𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗮𝗿𝗲
-𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺

Plus, Chad opens up about revamping his own almost $5M company’s sales process and the mindset shifts required to go from chaos to cashflow.

👊 If you want to stop struggling with lazy follow-up, bad hires, and inconsistent sales… this episode is your blueprint to get UNSTUCK and SCALE.<

Duration: 00:47:38

🚀 In this episode of Outside the Business Box, Chad Murray sits down with Bryan Clayton — the founder of GreenPal (the “Uber for Lawn Care”) and former CEO of a $10M landscaping company he scaled and successfully exited.

Bryan shares real, in-the-trenches lessons about:

How he scaled his landscaping company from a $20 lawn job to over $10 million in annual revenueThe challenges of transitioning from running crews to running a businessHis biggest mistakes (including a $600K Department of Labor fine 👀)Why most service business owners stay stuck in "self-employed land"How he landed major commercial clients like McDonal...

Duration: 00:52:42

The Top 20 Dumb Mistakes Business Owners Keep Making 🚨

Welcome to another brutally honest episode of Outside the Business Boxes, where Chad Murray pulls no punches. In this episode titled "The Dumb Episode," Chad breaks down the top 20 dumb things business owners do that sabotage growth, kill profit, and keep them stuck in the hamster wheel of hustle.

From keeping toxic employees to refusing to raise prices or delegate, Chad’s calling it out — because someone needs to. If your business feels like Groundhog Day and you’re not scaling how you want to… you might be doing so...

Duration: 00:42:31

Re-Introduction What This Podcast Is About 

Small business

Chat with Chad to discuss your business and you want to scale. 

YouTube - Discover how to Design a Business That Runs (and Grows) Without You

Duration: 00:30:57

Welcome back to the Outside the Business Box Podcast with your host Chad Murray — business coach, speaker, and multi-million dollar service business owner. 🚀

In this episode, Chad dives deep into how he completely reinvented his sales process with a physical, flip-through sales presentation tool — and the results are already changing the game.

💥 From a typical slow April…
➡️ To $133K in sales in one week
➡️ With $24K in a single day just one week later
➡️ And a rep who was almost fired now doing $50K+ weeks

This is real, raw, and practical stuff you can...

Duration: 00:35:31

Price Conditioning to Crush Sticker Shock in Sales | Outside the Business Podcast

In this episode of Outside the Business, I’m giving you a raw, real update on my world—what’s going on with my businesses, why I’m feeling like me again, and how we just had a record week in April that beat all of last year. 💪

We’re diving into the art of price conditioning—a powerful sales tactic that helps eliminate sticker shock and sets your customers up to see the value before they see the price...

Duration: 00:25:20

🔥 Get Out of Your Comfort Zone & Scale Your Business | Outside the Business Boxes Podcast w/ Chad Murray

Welcome to Outside the Business Boxes, where we dig deep into what it really takes to grow a service business. In this episode, Chad Murray—7-figure entrepreneur and coach—dives into the raw truth about business growth:

-Why getting out of your comfort zone is non-negotiable
-How failure is actually part of the blueprint to success
-The Emperor Moth metaphor and what it means for your business
-Scaling struggles, mindset traps, and marketing risks
-Real s...

Duration: 00:29:25

🔥 How to Break Through $1M and Scale Your Business Fast! 🔥

In this episode of Outside the Business Boxes, Chad Murray opens up about his personal and business struggles — and how he’s using those lessons to help business owners break through the million-dollar ceiling. If you’re stuck, overwhelmed, and not sure how to scale, this episode is for YOU. Chad dives deep into the mindset shifts, sales strategies, and business systems you need to stop spinning your wheels and start growing.

💥 What You'll Learn:
✅ Why you’re stuck under $2M — a...

Duration: 00:41:25

The episode is about rebranding, what does that look like?
I then get into sales and mindset. 
 This is my Wednesday evening talk show Chat w/ Chad on my private Facebook group Chimney World. 
You don't have to be a chimney company, this episode is for any service business!

Duration: 01:02:46

This episode is about employees! Enjoy.

Read my book... Operation Entrepreneur Freedom. Click the link to purchase.
I have coaching spots available and a Mastermind group starting soon.

Click... Chat with Chad to schedule a free session to discuss having him work with you to build a better company that doesn't have to rely on you.

Duration: 00:58:44

Who Not How...

Read my book... Operation Entrepreneur Freedom. Click the link to purchase.
I have coaching spots available and a Mastermind group starting soon.

Click... Chat with Chad to schedule a free session to discuss having him work with you to build a better company that doesn't have to rely on you.

Duration: 00:55:48

Building rapport is the hardest sales item to teach. Having a system in place to train is essential in progress to building a world class service business. Mike Fasy and Chuck Roydhouse were on tonight's episode of Chat w/ Chad.

If you want to get the Chimney Closer app go to https://chimneycloser.com and click the button to schedule to purchase.

Duration: 01:03:58

Chat w/ Chad Business Coaching Live
Micromanaging. When is it needed or is it?

Book Free Discovery Call with Chad. 
Let us discover getting your mindset on track to winning.  We will look at your systems and will come up with a plan of implementation.  Numbers, we will dive into the numbers and get your numbers better discoverable for finding issues and more profits. 

Duration: 01:17:14

I was fortunate to have a few coaching clients join me on Chimney Worlds
Chat w/ Chad to tell how my business coaching as helped them in their business.
It was a good time discussing the systems, accountability gained, and mindset I have been able to help them all with as well as helping them all make a lot more money!

Book Free Discovery Call with Chad. 
Let us discover getting your mindset on track to winning.  We will look at your systems and will come up with a plan of implementation.  Numbers, we wil...

Duration: 01:13:55

In this episode I'm chatting about my return to podcasting after pausing for a few months. When owning a business things take priority to what you have to do and the past few months it was getting my home services business back on track.

I discuss the system of Trusting Systems and not the employees. You can always trust a process over people because the process is the business. Once the systems are all being properly worked then you build a culture around the people. (not in the podcast)

I have coaching spots available and...

Duration: 00:28:46

Death is a part of life. It will affect us all personally and in our business.
We will discuss what kills a business and what you need to do to prevent the toxic culture from thriving.
Then we will be getting into what is reborn in your mindset.

My new book is out, Operation Entrepreneur Freedom. Click the link to purchase.

Duration: 00:45:34

Bill is a chimney industry speaker, consultant, and of course a business owner.
We chat about the differences in business models from the scaling aspect.
While our philosophy are on both spectrums we see many commonalities.

My book is now published on my life story on scaling my business.
Operation Entrepreneur Freedom

Duration: 01:04:27

Ted Lasso Leadership Lessons is a list I believe you can live and lead you life and business.

If you want me as a coach or have us do your marketing email...
outsidethebusinessbox@gmail.com

Duration: 00:30:41

Healthy and back with a Rebrand of Outside the Business Box. 
I have started a digital Marketing Agency with my daughter and now a second daughter is on board!
We get page 1 results. I still business coach. 
Enjoy...

Duration: 00:28:38

Sales, it is a funny part of every business. 
Insurance but not the liability kind. Back up employees!


Enjoy

Duration: 00:35:32

This episode I discuss where I've been, what I've learned, and where I'm going with STRESS, ANXIETIES, and GROWTH with it all.
I believe this is a special episode because I think all of us Business Owners have in their own way a system of dealing with stress that is either helping or NOT helping. 
I discuss the system of dealing with stress and anxiety to get growth and life balance... enjoy!
Want to work with me? Click my calendar link here to get a Free Chat with Chad...
https://calendly.com/chad-outsidethebusinessbox/1-on-1-discovery-call-how-i-can-help-you-grow Duration: 00:37:05

How to give raises that you don't have to fund! Let the clients fund the employees a better life!

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:36:54

Page Austin is my guest for two reasons this week, one because she has a fascinating story of being at the White House on the fateful day of 9/11 and because nobody graciously live culture more than Page. She is the real deal!

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:48:32

Systems, Mindset, & Trouble is the scaling formula that I use to get business owners to operate a bigger and/or better business.

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:39:47

Welcome 2.0 to Outside the Business Box Podcast.
I rehashed my first podcast.

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:46:40

Do Not Let Angry or Disappointment Control You and how I deal in 2022.

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:28:51

Marketing talk with Steve Orandello with Hozio.
If you want to talk to Steve about your marketing go to www.hozio.com 


If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:52:44

CRM, Scripting, Bundling, Vendor Relationships

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:31:24

Building a Business Part 3 Advertising Training and Trouble

If you are wanting to start scaling... Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:43:51

Building a Business Part 2 - Mindset and Leadership

Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:20:03

Building a Business Part 1 The Power of One
We will discuss the first steps in scaling.

Book to Start Scaling You Business.

Duration: 00:33:42

PMA   Positive Mental Attitude

Transform your business... Book a Call with me.

Duration: 00:30:36

Thriving, Stagnant, or Dying
Business transformation starts with you.

If you want to transform your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:30:08

Noise is all around us, are you listening or working on your business to adapt. 

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad...https://calendly.com/chad-outsidethebusinessbox/let-s-chat-about-your-business-tips

Duration: 00:19:18

The Power of Positivity
Let's get real and make our own fortunes.
This episode is about making it happen with positive mindset.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:29:57

Hire a business coach to help you navigate the business questions on when to put gas on something or let off like marketing.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:29:49

Jonathan owns several home services companies and is co-owner of the The Huge Convention for Home Services.
Https://thehugeconvention.com

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:39:49

Chuck and I discuss how we scaled our business and some sales talk too.
Chuck owns Winston's Chimney Sweep in Manassas, VA services the Washington DC area. 

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 01:04:25

One thing all success stories have in common is discussed in this episode.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:28:16

Tom and I discuss his venture into the chimney business which is backwards from most chimney sweeps.
We also have a great business discussion on prices and intentional culture.
This episode is for any business owner!

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

YouTube - Discover how to Design a Business That Runs (and Grows) Without You

Duration: 01:10:59

Firstly let me thank you for listening!
Mark and I go deep into a our difference on how we hold our company accountable.
Through two very different paths we came to a similar result, accountability success.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

YouTube - Discover how to Design a Business That Runs (and Grows) Without You

Duration: 01:18:25

Mindset to get the right staffing.
Think labor for profit not labor as an expense.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:30:06

People, People, and more People

Today we discuss people.
The recognition, the mindset, the emotions.

Who are you and your value.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:30:18

Get going on the hard breakthrough of busting to 2 mil!

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:40:08

Dan Platta is my guest. He is an entrepreneur that happens to be a bookkeeper. He owns a few businesses with a partner in the maid and window washing realm.

If you need a CFO or a bookkeeper schedule a demo with Dan to see what he can do for you.
https://calendly.com/dplatta  

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 01:04:26

Stressed Anxiety and the Cure

Had a rough week and what I did to get through it.

Enjoy!

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:29:12

Risk management in a service business.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:35:25

Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible For Helping

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:38:54

Chat with Chad and Cody - The How We Turned Our Company Around

Cody and I just talk about our successes over the past few years and how we did it.

Enjoy...

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 01:16:17

Go Get You Some Excitement!

Duration: 00:32:43

No Accountability Makes Me Angry
Enjoy...

Duration: 00:24:34

Why sales is NOT a dirty word.

ENJOY....

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:33:24

We keep talking so here's how to implement culture into your business.
Enjoy...

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:29:12

Are you leading the business?
When its grim what do you do?
Discipline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just walk into the fog to see the next 100 feet.

Answers coming, enjoy...

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:34:48

Old School Marketing Is Not Dead and Money are my topics today.

Click the link to join my Group Coaching. 

Duration: 00:26:50

Motivation and Losses
Motivation is hogwash! Get moving to get motivated.
Losses are the best growth learning tool, experience!

Duration: 00:36:00

Mike Fasy is a Service Entrepreneur that owns a California Chimney Sweep and a screen door operation.
We are best of friends and week talk about how to keep scaling our businesses.

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 01:04:35

Hiring, Training, Meetings,  and Repeat

Duration: 00:26:26

Apps are what I am thankful for in 2021. 
Obviously I thankful for all my family, friends, and employees and Apps are on the top of my  success list!

Value of an app is much more than the price of the cost of the app! 

MY apps...
KickServ - Estimating and Invoicing
Monday - management tasks with accountability (possibly going into Connecteam)
Connecteam - HUGE for almost everything HR, Training, Rewards, Culture!
Quickbooks - Accounting
Manula - Handbook (inputting into Connecteam in 2022)
Fast Field Forms - Self made inspection for...

Duration: 00:48:18

What Masters Services did to almost double our monthly fall sales! 
Hiring, Training, and Meetings!

Duration: 00:38:09

I was a bullied in high school. I don't often talk about it.
It was a huge part how I got to my success.
 
Also I'm writing a book! 

Duration: 00:27:37

The most common question to me is how did I walk away from my business and it still operates. Truth is it was years in the making and has had it's up and downs, mostly ups.

I've been coached in participating more in my business and did it through systems instead of showing up.

It isn't everyone's model however it my give you some good insights on how to operate as much as you do currently. Or maybe it will guide you into a much more free time?!

If you need to talk...

Duration: 00:43:37

This is my "How to Hire" system.


If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:42:51

No teasers here, you just gotta listen... lol

Duration: 00:20:10

I put a list together of my coaching business essential systems.

You can get a good look into what you can add to your business with this list. Of course, contact me if you would like assistance.

One thing that gets lost in coaching and consulting from a list like this is the chat, the objective feedback with a conversation with me. 

Enjoy...

Duration: 00:50:16

Octavio is a chimney entrepreneur that talks with me today about is story and how he holds his employees accountable. 
He did something I don't know if I have the guts to do at the time he did it!
Listen to the end to see how it turned out, it's amazing!

Duration: 00:51:18

Fear holds us back to not let us be the potential we should be without fear.

Listen to me discuss some of my fears. I also do a presentation on Million Dollar Habits from a coach friend of mine Jeffrey Rogers. If you want to be in a great entrepreneurs group coaching go to Jeff's website and contact him. 

https://www.jeffrogerscoach.com/

Duration: 00:36:28

I go through some of my favorite podcast clips and share them with some more insightful thoughts. 

I really have fun going through 2 years of my own growth and hopefully yours as well!

Duration: 00:38:11

Jesse Peralta is a second generation sweep out of Portland, Oregon.
He has scaled his business to Washington, Ohio, and California.

He and I discuss scaling your business and much more!

Enjoy!!!

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 01:11:30

Scenario's and Situation's
Have you caught an employee moonlighting or doing side jobs?
Have employees leaving before the job is completed?
Do you have a plan for rainouts?
Do you schedule for profits?

This episode I dig right in...

Duration: 00:30:04

In this episode I discuss achieving greatness. 
If you don't try you will never move your business, yourself, your family, and your friends to a higher level.
I tell a greatness story of when I was in Basic Training for the Army National Guard about becoming the Platoon Guide through graduation. I am very proud of that greatness.

Duration: 00:29:24

I recorded my "Chat with Chad" show on my Facebook Group Chimney World.
I detail my Covid-19 hospitalization for 21 days. I came close to being on a ventilator!

What's your crisis plan if you were not able to work for an extended amount of time? 

How to find applicants in todays odd world. I found Facebook to be extremely easy and successful.  

Duration: 00:44:52

Covid Finances and Masonry Solution

Duration: 00:23:02

Nuggets - A Couple of Systems for Workflow

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:23:02

Warning "F" Bomb or 2 but not explicit.
I choked this week, best just listen...

If you need to talk about your business schedule a free chat with me, who knows it may just change your life!
Book a Chat with Chad

Duration: 00:19:07

Many service entrepreneurs are always on the "Go Button" in their business. I shed light on when to go and when to coast.

Duration: 00:28:57

Leadership for your team from the top down.

Book I reference is Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet, Stephen R. Covey
It was referred to me by Steve Scally. Thanks Steve!

Duration: 00:42:31

Relationships is the best way to grow. 
Make a new friend that is more successful than you and watch you and your business grow! 
Go be the the least successful person in a group.

It's the best advice on this podcast I think I've given to this point!

Duration: 00:37:17

Short podcast due to the 4th of July holiday. 
Standard operating Procedures. SOP's 
How to get your system of SOP's.

Duration: 00:05:17

Controversial! 
The beginning business growth model for 1-2 trucks to 6 trucks.
Disclosure: You got to be on top of the training and manage the newbies! 
If you are in Oklahoma or New Jersey this model does not apply. You need to get NFI certified. Check your current and upcoming laws.

Duration: 00:38:55

Just relationship building and business talk! 

Duration: 01:04:22

I am all over the place in this episode. Hiring, numbers, scaling, and more. 

Duration: 00:35:22

Easy but painful,  get right legally.
FYI, I get a little spicy in this one so please be advised if you have a younger listener. 

Duration: 00:31:51

It was my greatest pleasure share the mic today with John. His business is a boomin and everyone is taking note. 
John is entered into the consultant possible coaching realm. We talk today about his business, how Mark Stoner influenced him and I, and how he can help his future clients.
If you want to work with John call his landline at 603-605-8000. That's right, no texting. Leave a message if he doesn't answer. 

Duration: 00:53:54

Chuck is an awesome guy with a real passion for education. He is a firefighter, has a degree in Fire Science from Shepherd University, owned a landscaping business that he then turned to the chimney sweep industry.
He is active with the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) and is currently on the Executive Board of Directors, serving as Vice President and former Treasurer, Chairman of Educational Development, Treasurer of Sweep Away Cancer, and Chairman of the CSIA Master Chimney Sweep Committee.
To get in touch with Chuck email chuck@roydhouseeffect.com or visit his website https...

Duration: 01:11:03

I am often asked how did I walk away from Masters. Well I made my systems work efficiently enough to allow a GM to manage without me. 
Build the systems that makes your business operate smoothly then set up a GM for success! 
Enjoy...

Duration: 00:55:26