Stephen shares his journey into entrepreneurship, from volunteer firefighter to a multi-location health and fitness business owner. He describes his approach to leadership and communication, and how it has transformed his businesses. Stephen also describes his proven system, the FREEDOM Framework, doing more, moving faster, and executing at a higher level. The key takeaway is that you need an effective system to meet your goals and go after the right opportunities.
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
[1:36] Stephen’s favorite brew
[3:03] Developing an entrepreneurial mindset as a volunteer firefighter
- How Stephen’s career transitioned from computer engineering student to volunteer firefighter to health and fitness entreprenuer.
- Opening up his first business in 2009, which grew into a portfolio of 17 gym locations.
- How entrepreneurship launched Stephen’s consulting and thought leadership brand.
[11:57] How to approach leadership and communication as a business owner
- The importance for providing a better environment for your customers and your employees.
- Why defining your goals and acquiring news skills to essential for growth.
- The many challenges of growing your first business and how it evolved his leadership mindset.
[19:41] Four Pillars to Stephen’s FREEDOM Framework
- Stephen’s profit per acquisition model (lifetime – acquisition cost – fulfillment cost).
- Using PPA to make logical decisions on opportunity.
- Using the Freedom Framework to create more opportunity and growth in your life.
[31:18] Stephen’s hot take on gurus and coaches
- Gurus and coaches are promoting smaller, more profitable businesses as better.
- Whether guru advice is genuine belief or failure to solve real business problems.
- The importance of learning to grow, scale, and develop leadership skills.
[35:22] Final thoughts and takeaways
- Understanding that you need a system in your world to make sure you’re getting the right things done.
- You need to balance both education and action – don’t get stuck focusing on one over the other.
- Pace yourself and you’ll make some movement in the right direction.
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