Momentum for the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT) (Alex Charfen - Entrepreneur, Biohacker)

This is a really important lesson for every entrepreneur out there, including me. In my twenties, I had the belief system that if I told anybody that they were doing a good job, that they would get complacent. So, all I did as a leader was tell people what they were doing wrong. If you're treating your team in a way that's punitive, if you're not acknowledging all the amazing things they do, you are creating a massive amount of stress between you and your team members. This is one of those changes of behavior that takes faith on your part but I promise that you achieve so much more momentum with positivity rather than negativity. 

You absolutely can have the team you've always wanted. Go to billionairecode.com/apply we're ready to help you make your biggest outcome. 

As an entrepreneur, do you have a difficult time asking for support? 

Asking for support can leave us feeling vulnerable and exposed.  It’s ironic when we come to understand that we’re also the ones who need it most. 

Getting let down by coaches is becoming something all too common.  Chances are, you’ve been burned or know someone who has. 

There are a few important questions you really should ask yourself before investing in a coach.  The fact is, there’s a lot more to lose than money. 

Have you checked the size of your coaches equation? 

Once you’ve hired someone, how do you know that they’re the right person? There’s one filter I’ve always used and it’s never let me down. Expect initiative & proactivity.  When I hire a true believer I expect that that person will drive through anything they need to, contact who they need to contact, ask questions, do what they need to do and figure out how to get things done because I want them to show initiative and proactivity.  That’s how you build a world changing company and make your greatest contribution.

This weekend was awesome. I went to the Formula 1 race in Austin with my friends Brian and Haley Burt. They are extraordinary entrepreneurs, and I share some of their company story in this podcast.  Watching them go from just a couple of people a few years ago to over 100 people and an eight-figure business has been incredible.

After the race, while we were waiting for our ride, Brian shared a story that blew me away.  It includes the scariest government organization in the United States and is a lesson for all of us.

I got permission from Brian to share this so that you can learn from him like I did.

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The events of the past few days show just how much trouble we are in as a country.

Alex Charfen, a business growth coach who helps entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses, gives practical, tangible, and actionable tips that you can implement into your business right now.

When one conversation can be silenced, any conversation can be silenced. When only one side of an argument is allowed, you don't have a democracy, you have a dictatorship.

Even if you disagree with those being targeted, the fact that they are being targeted should terrify you.

This is my personal experience - what it feels like and what happens when institutions target individuals.

Your business has the potential to change the world, and the only way to see that potential become a reality is to implement a strategic plan. If you're ready to learn more, go to https://predictableplanningsystem.com/pps/pps-reg/ to get started.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://charfen.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://momentumplanner.com/mps and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

Every entrepreneur has got to the place where they want to quit.

It happens to everyone, including me. All of the noise and short term tactical urgency can make you want to just give up.

If your days are getting tactically harder, you're building a house of cards.

There is a better way.

When we start as entrepreneurs, we must do everything to be successful. There's really no other way to start a business.

Once we are up and running, if we want our businesses to continue growing, delegation is one of the disciplines we must understand.

If this is not easy for you, you are not alone. It isn't easy for any of us. Delegation is difficult. For some of us, delegation has become so difficult that we stop trusting that we can. This is one of the most limiting beliefs we can develop as entrepreneurs.

There was a significant time period in my entrepreneurial career when I believed this. I did not trust delegation, and it held me back, kept me trapped in the day-to-day of my business, and stopped my business from growing.

In this episode, I share a process with you where you can make delegation permanent and start to trust that you can delegate. You will also start seeing the possibility of just how much more you can delegate, so you can have the life you want.

For support with your business, navigate to simpleoperations.com. We are looking forward to connecting with you.

I see entrepreneurs all the time comparing their worst day to someone else’s best day. Let’s face it. On social media, people just share their best, but you can’t compare your worst day to what appears to be someone’s best.

Comparison is dangerous. For everyone who appears to be perfect on social media, remember, every person out there is going through something. Don’t ever assume they aren’t.

When someone else shares a positive, use it for inspiration. You are the only person you should judge yourself against. When you compare yourself to yourself, you’ll create more momentum than you ever thought possible.

When you’re ready for it, here are a few ways that my team and I can help you grow and scale your business:

1. Get a Free Copy of My Book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you and you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and then go into the world and insist it become a reality.

2. Take our free Momentum Masterclass.

In this free training, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure & noise, how planning systems play a huge role in your success and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team to take you from where you are today to a place where there is consistent growth and scale, just head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

This episode is for anyone who’s had team members throw a tantrum. The kind of tantrum where they blow up and act unacceptable. They completely shock you with their behavior and perform out of the ordinary from how they have previously been. In the future, here’s how to prevent them from torching the place on the way out.   

It may be hard to hear, but these tantrums could be a result of something you are doing. It’s important to not blame the person for being crazy or assume there’s something wrong with them. When there’s incongruency in a business’s leadership, you can trigger childhood feelings and rebellion against authority.

A leader can trigger these childhood behavioral patterns by being incongruent or having miscommunication. These patterns can show in the forms of unhealthy competitions, meltdowns, playing managers, and ultimately acting just like a child. Tantrums can be avoided by creating clarity, dividing responsibilities, documenting, and having transparency with your team.   

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Take our free Momentum Masterclass.

In this free training, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

Millennial's and younger entrepreneurs have made an impression on today's marketplace. Unfortunately, the conclusions that the market has come to are for the most part incorrect.

A simple Google search on "millennial's and work" turn up titles like:
- Eight Reasons Millennial's Seem Lazy At Work
- Do millennials Have A Lesser Work Ethic? 
- The Problem With The Millennial's And Work Ethic

Most of my podcasts are directed towards visionary entrepreneurs, but this one is going to be a little different. In this episode, I want to talk to the EPTs who are working with the visionary entrepreneur. When it comes to visionaries, one of the biggest obstacles you will have is with communication. I want to share with you how to better communicate with a visionary in a way that they actually hear you. 

Anytime in a business when we can change communication and comprehension, it improves the company. So for you as the EPT working with the visionary, you need to learn how to communicate with them in a way that they hear and understand you, even when it’s challenging. I know that it’s hard to talk about tough issues with a visionary. But as a visionary myself, I can tell you we need to know what’s going on regardless of how difficult the conversation may be. Because if we don’t know what’s going on we can’t change anything and when we get caught off guard, that’s the worst feeling in the world. 

Here are a few strategies to communicate with visionaries: 1.) Stop thinking of information as positive and negative. 2.) Be transparent and direct to the point. 3.) Avoid being emotional at all costs; don’t react to the reaction. 4.) Don’t just communicate the issues, come prepared with a solution or two. 5.) Let us know how the problem is going to affect us as a company internally and externally with our clients. 

Follow these strategies, and a visionary will hear you and actually look forward to your interactions. If you want more help with this, go to Billionairecode.com and jump on a call with a member of my team.    

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

Thanks to Ryan E Ross and Lisa Saladino Garife I had the opportunity to speak to the Urban Leadership Foundation of Denver last night. I have had the opportunity to speak to some of the most exclusive crowds in the world. I've been on some of the most important stages out there. But there's something about having the opportunity to contribute in this way that lights me up like nothing else.

Being able to volunteer my time and share our concepts with people gives me a different level of motivation than getting paid for a keynote. There was a time in my life when an entrepreneur and made a massive contribution to me and I feel like it changed everything. I've been on a quest my entire life to do that exact same thing for as many entrepreneurs as I possibly can.

Evolutionary hunters are different than the rest of the world. We are more sensitive to the world around us, we see opportunity and risk in a different way and we are driven to continue to go forward and seek momentum.

Anything that gets in our way or causes constraint throws us off.

How much, we don't know. But it is clear that when people like us experience too much pressure and noise things do not go well.

There is one place where far too much of the world invites rather than defends against pressure and noise and that is what we put in our mouths.

This may be one of the most important podcasts I have recorded.

If you're one of those entrepreneurs who loves to work, do not skip this episode because of the title. Even if you want to continue working a ton, this episode will make you more effective and efficient and likely grow your top-line revenue and profitability.

If you're an entrepreneur who's tired of being the biggest bottleneck and does not want to be working all the time, this episode is for you. I know it's counterintuitive, but one of the fastest ways to grow a business once you have a team is to work Less. 

In this episode, I detail how you can work less solving the problems in your business and why this will help you avoid plateaus, grow your team, and have the business and life you want.

Running and growing a business is the greatest form of personal development on the planet. The behavior change required of an entrepreneur as their business grows is the hidden cost of growing a business. No one talk about how much you must unlearn and change at each stage of your business’s growth.

In many ways, the growth of the business depends on the entrepreneur becoming the leader that can run the business. Failure to grow often leads to the business plateauing or backsliding.

In this podcast, you will learn what behaviors must shift for entrepreneurs as you grow your business. You will learn how you must change in order to grow a business that gives you the life you want.

Ready for more?
Book a call with our team and see how we can help you get out of overwhelm and calm the chaos in your life and business: https://simpleoperations.com/survey

Don't let anyone convince you that you have to live a life of sacrifice to be successful. For me, I create the life I want today. I intentionally build my business around who I am so that I can live the perfect day of my life every day.  If you're constantly hustling and working yourself into the ground so that someday you might have some payoff, ask yourself what if someday never comes? Don't put off being excited about your life and doing what you actually want. Build your life right now, the way you want it. 

It’s the mark of an excellent organization when you know what you’re doing, everyone on the team knows where they’re going, and everyone feels that they play a part.  When your team has clarity, it’s crazy how fast they’ll go.  One of the tools we use to align teams is the Waterfall. It’s a dynamic document that essentially acts as a 30-day strategic plan. It ensures you maintain momentum and gives you clear direction. The Waterfall is the single most important document in my company and it may become the single most important in yours.

As an entrepreneur, the expectation in a lot of spaces in our line of work is that you will get up, drink coffee, and work till you have to go to bed, then repeat it the next day. This "grind mindset" is not realistic and will lead to you being burned out, and not showing up for yourself and your team. In this episode, Alex talks about how he escaped the grind mindset and how he now sets himself up for success by taking time for himself and how you can too.

Ready for more?
Book a call with our team and see how we can help you get out of overwhelm and calm the chaos in your life and business: https://simpleoperations.com/survey

When you have the right people, in the right places on your team, it will drive your company forward. As entrepreneurs, we get to a point where the momentum we create alone is no longer enough, and this is when we need a team. As entrepreneurial personality types, we need more protection and support than the average person to get where we want to go.

The shift from "me" to "we" in a team setting is one of the most transformational and profound changes a person will go through. Remember, the right person in your company should create massive momentum for you. The wrong person can distract or destroy your entire team. Put the right people in the right places in your team, and you will see your business increase momentum like never before.

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Watch our free presentation on Momentum Masterclass.

In this free training, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

Most entrepreneurs have a hard time scaling businesses because they don’t make things easy enough on themselves. To scale, you need to simplify. Typically, businesses start with one person doing everything. As the company generates more success, it’s difficult to jump out of the place of doing everything yourself to outsourcing work. Once you get to the level of success where you are no longer able to do everything alone, evaluate your business. Look at where you are struggling and how you can make things easier. 

In our coaching program, the clients who have experienced fast growth have a common denominator. They simplified like crazy. As entrepreneurs, it’s difficult for us to make things easy on ourselves. Complexity, work, and struggle all feel natural to us. As we grow, everything becomes more complex, and the success we achieve creates a deficit. It’s important for you to know that simplicity scales naturally, and it’s nearly impossible to scale complexity. Here are three things you can start simplifying today in your business: tighten up your avatar, streamline your delivery, and clarify the promise you provide as a company. Trust me, when you simplify everything gets easier. 

Resources mentioned:

Billionairecode.com

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Watch our free presentation on Momentum Masterclass.

In this free training, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

If you're in this because there's a change in the world that you are convinced HAS to be made and you're the person to make it, then you have to be a huge fan of your team!  You shouldn't just trust your team, you should be excited to work with them.  When your team has wins, you should be excited for them, not just for your business. If you feel like that towards your team, you're going to have a game-changing organization and momentum is nearly guaranteed.

I have had the opportunity to be up close and personal with some of the most influential and successful entrepreneurs in the world during my professional career. I was a consultant to Fortune 500 companies in my twenties, and during that time I had the opportunity to witness decision making at a high level when companies experienced crisis or challenges. There is one thing that every massive organization does that helps them be successful during times of difficulty, and I want to share it with you.

The reality is that most entrepreneurs are unwilling to accept that they must be prepared for the worst case scenario in their business and in the world around them. Right now, the challenge many entrepreneurs are looking at the thing happening in the world with a hoax mentality, and the damage it could do to their business is devestating. let me show you why.

Resources Mentioned:
https://billionairecode.com

It's inevitable, as an entrepreneur you are going to experience a crisis. It's part of the game that we have decided to play. I often tell my members, crisis is normal, crisis is part of the human condition, the world is always in crisis.

Even though crisis is inevitable, how it affects you is not. Throughout my career, there has been a consistent difference between the entrepreneurs who do well, make a massive impact, and achieve their goals and those who don't.

The first group consistently turns any crisis into an opportunity. The second group sees crisis as an obstacle and that will stop all of us.

Resources Mentioned:

https://momentummasterclass.com

It’s important to have a business that’s built in a way that creates value, that makes it worth a high dollar value. What investors want to see is company documentation, they don’t just want to know the end result, they want to know the road you took to get there. If you can’t provide this documentation, it’s any easy way for your business to lose value.  Even if you’ve never considered selling, I want to show you how important having company documentation really is.

In an entrepreneurial business, the most common issue I’ve encountered is that the entrepreneur in charge is buried by the responsibilities of running and growing that business on a day-to-day basis.

Alex Charfen, a business growth coach who helps entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses, gives practical, tangible, and actionable tips that you can implement into your business right now.

More often than not, entrepreneurs say that they are drowning in things that need to get done. At the end of the day, they look at what they still have left to do and wonder how in the world they are going to get it done.

It’s as if the entire business is hitting a bottleneck and there is no end in sight.

By the end of this 24-minute podcast episode, you will understand:
- What the biggest bottleneck in entrepreneurial businesses is.
- The tangible, tactical, and transformative steps you need to take to break the biggest bottleneck.
- How getting past this will grow your business exponentially.

The Momentum Podcast is created specifically for entrepreneurs like you to get into momentum and take the rest of the world with you. If this episode helped you do that, take a moment and leave a review. Let us know how we have helped you make a bigger impact on the world.

Your business has the potential to change the world, and the only way to see that potential become a reality is to implement a strategic plan. If you're ready to learn more, go to https://charfen.com/standby to get started.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://charfen.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://momentumplanner.com/mps and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

This is a first for the Momentum Podcast...Recently I recorded an interview with one of my clients, Sterling Griffin, on his podcast, LifeChanger. It was SO good that I had to share it with you guys too. I thought it would be interesting for you to hear me on the other side of an interview, answering questions. I hope you enjoy it! 

To give you a sneak peek, in this episode we go over:

-The Entrepreneur Personality Type (EPT)

-Sterling’s growth in our coaching program 

-How to surround yourself with the right tribe

-Eliminating pressure and noise in your life 

-The Billionaire Code 

Resources mentioned:

Billionairecode.com

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Watch our free presentation on Momentum Masterclass.

In this free training, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

If you are anything like me, you can have 100 things go right, one go wrong and you will consistently remember the one. In all my years as a consultant, there is one meeting I remember over and over. I got called out by my client in a very embarrassing way and I will never forget it.

It makes sense we have a hard time letting go of terrible meetings, lost deals, being called out, or even just being embarrassed. All of these situations expose us, make us feel vulnerable and can even make us feel at risk.

We are Evolutionary Hunters, mistakes used to kill us. We are programmed to play all out and we all know sometimes it feels like life and death. This obsession over what went wrong is an ancient survival instinct that has served people like us for millennia. In order to stop the obsession over where we missed, we have to proactively create a new perspective for ourselves.

Welcome to the third and final part of creating a movement. We wrap up the conversation on how to turn your mission and business into a real movement. In this last part, I open up the discussion for Q/A. 

Listen in as the audience asks questions on how to identify your niche, what you do when you have your avatar, and more. Get ready, this episode is going to inspire and challenge you. If you haven’t, go back and check out the first two parts of this series, they really set up the framework for the dialog in this episode. 

A few takeaways from the episode:

-Niche your avatar down as much as possible. 

-If you build a movement the right way, it will grow on its own. 

-Movements overcome, adapt, take marketing and supercharge it, and change the world. 

-Grow your business to the point where it’s an empire.

-Create a movement, go out and make things happen, and change the world. 

Resources mentioned:

https://billionairecode.com 

https://www.charfen.com/podcast/

https://billionairecode.com/apply-now

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

4. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

Every one of us has made a mistake. If you are like me you have made many, public, avoidable, gruesomely embarrassing mistakes in your life. We all know how it feels, the second you recognize that you did something wrong and it is going to cause a problem…

Your heart jumps into your throat.
You instantly feel accelerated.
And pressure annoys goes up immediately.

People look broken without a plan.  When you don’t have a plan, you will believe you have people issues and face constant turnover. Conflict.  Frustration.  Things not getting done.  Without a plan, the team doesn’t have clarity, so they become tentative and are less likely to take risk and commitment to the work goes down.  Your team without a plan will be frustrating and annoying.  This is not a people problem.  This is the direct result of not having a clear plan connected to a long-term vision.

With a clear plan, your team will perform at a higher level and clarity and confidence will go up.  Strategic plans connect day to day activities to long term vision.  With a strategic plan, momentum will be created faster than you thought possible.  

If you are ready to create a strategic plan so your team knows exactly where you are going, reach out to us at billionairecode.com.

As many of you know, I used to be a one on one consultant for over a decade. With that said, today’s podcast topic is going to be one that will seem very surprising coming from me. I want to talk about why one on one coaching or consulting may not be your best option, and how it may end up hurting you rather than helping you. If you are currently working with someone one on one or plan to in the near future, listen to this episode first and then proceed with caution.  

In most cases, working one to one is not as beneficial as working with a consultant who has built out their systems with a team. One to one consultants usually have a lack of systems, documentation, and processes with no built out structure. Even though you feel like you’re getting all of their attention and a personalized delivery, this isn’t usually the case. What you are often getting is a much slower and tedious delivery, rather than one that’s fast and all at once. 

One to one consulting seems like the easiest and most valuable choice, but it’s the most dangerous way to move towards an outcome. If you want real results and fast, you need a consultant who has systems and a team. You will receive the outcome they have created with their team through processes, documentation, structure, and a platform you can rely on. 

Resource mentioned: 

http://predictablebusinesssystems.com/

As visionaries, we always want to be doing everything, everywhere, all at once. We always see everything in the future as bright and vibrant, which results in us planning too much not only for ourselves but also for our team and setting unrealistic expectations, thus setting ourselves up for disappointment. In this episode, I will show you how to break free from this mindset.

Ready for more?
Book a call with our team and see how we can help you get out of overwhelm and calm the chaos in your life and business: https://simpleoperations.com/survey

One of the biggest challenges in entrepreneurial businesses today is meetings. If you are a visionary entrepreneur, you should not be running meetings. One, you probably don’t like doing them and two, you’re probably not very good at it. For the sake of yourself and your team, you should be a passenger in your meetings. 

Chances are you are the one currently leading your team meetings, and it needs to stop. You should be a passenger at every meeting. To do that, you need someone else to conduct them. As the CEO of a company, you are much more effective as a participant in meetings. When you aren’t forced to lead a meeting for your team, it’s going to free your mind, give you a different perspective, and provide you with contrast. 

Resources mentioned:

Billionairecode.com

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

Only 3% of businesses will ever eclipse $1 million in gross revenue year. Only four out of 1000 businesses Will ever grow to over $10 million dollars a year. There is a reason. In order to grow foreword and get the help you need, you need to know what you're going. Most businesses work on a project by project basis deciding what to do in the moment and then trying to get everything done going forward.

The most successful organizations in the world are able to plan forward, know clearly where they are going, gain perspective along the way and most importantly share all of this with the entire team.

100% of businesses need to pivot right now. Some are making a minor pivot, some are making major changes, and some are going to change almost everything or start over. Yesterday I shared how to understand which of these three your company needs. Today I want to share how to create your pivot plan.

Crisis creates ambiguity, and ambiguity creates constraint.

In a crisis, it's important to lower ambiguity and increase clarity for everyone on your team and everyone around you. In a pivot, it feels natural to make decisions on the fly, without using a framework, and use your gut. This is dangerous. Especially if you have a team.

Don't we all wish we had the upper hand?  I know that I always want to hold the advantage in my market and in my everyday life.

There is a simple way that you can start building your daily advantage.  It's a simple concept that you might have heard about before, but maybe not explained in this way.  I want to talk to you about morning routines.  

If you have a morning routine that supports you and creates momentum, you will be blown away by what you can achieve.  Make your first hour your best hour and be energized for the whole day.

Every day is game day for an entrepreneur so make every day count.

If you're ready to create a morning routine but you're not quite sure where to start, you can check out mine.  Go to morning.charfen.com - Get inspired, take away some ideas, or even give my routine a try for yourself and see how it can help you. 

We are all part of the social media experiment.  We live in this world that is so overexposed, social media has created an entirely new dynamic to the way that we interact and communicate with each other. 

Entrepreneurs now feel multiple types of pressure. There's the pressure to succeed but there's also the pressure to appear successful on social media. We now feel that we need to be putting out this image that we're always happy and things are always great, at the same time as building our businesses. 

Here's my argument, too many entrepreneurs are spending a ton of their time, effort and cash to LOOK successful, and if they re-routed that into actual activities that create success, they would get there. 

The energy it takes to look successful could actually be used to build real success. 

Creating fake momentum and fake status will only cause you pressure and noise that will slow you down.  If you want more momentum than you ever thought possible check out momentummasterclass.com 

You may have a business but do you have a real company? Do you have an organization that helps you achieve at a level higher than you could yourself? Are the results predictable and can they be anticipated? Does your team feel safe and feel like they have a place where they can succeed?

If any of these things are missing from your company today, then you are not maximizing your potential or doing everything that you can. One of my clients Molly Keyser who owns Boudie Shorts is building a real company and doing it fast.

The changes are so real that even her team is giving her feedback.

If you have a company that you are trying to grow, you have to hear this.

Bio hacking has become mainstream, and it feels like everyone is doing it. The reality is that the bio hacking community is made up of people like us.

We are physiologically sensitive momentum based beings that are highly sensitive to constraint.

Most of the population has realized that by optimizing ourselves, we optimize our results and our momentum.

There is one bio-hack, one habit, that will improve everything else you do and help you optimize faster.

If you don't pay attention to this keystone habit, it doesn't matter what else you do; you will not optimize.

If you're running a business, listen up, building a company on an unstable foundation will leave you exposed and unprotected. The new world of DIY legal services online is exposing entrepreneurs to a host of liabilities. A lot of people don't take care of the legal issues and challenges associated with starting a corporation for fear of the expense, some attorneys out there are taking advantage of the rush of entrepreneurs wanting to start a corporation and are overcharging for their services, avoid them. Find a good attorney, good legal advice is worth your money and it may not cost as much as you might think. I want to make sure you're building only on a solid foundation and will be protected moving forward.

Does exposure lead to success?  

It depends on where you're at within your business.  There are three questions to ask yourself before committing.

I had an interaction with one of our members at our event where he told me, “the problem with the people on my team is they don't see things like I do.”

As a Visionary entrepreneur, I can't tell you how many times I've thought of this myself. I can clearly see the problem, and I can clearly see the solution, but the people around me just can't see what I see.

If this sounds familiar to you as an entrepreneur, there's a reason; this is our life’s work as visionary entrepreneurs.

I look forward to sharing it with you in this episode because it may change your perspective on… everything.

For support with your business, navigate to simpleoperations.com. We are looking forward to connecting with you.

As entrepreneurs, there are metrics and scoreboards that we should track in order to measure our success. These can become incredibly complex and noisy.

There is one simple scoreboard that will show you your momentum, and I want to share it with you.

Alex Charfen, a business growth coach who helps entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses, gives practical, tangible, and actionable tips that you can implement into your business right now.

By far, the metric that has made the most significant impact through tracking is Net Worth.

What are you worth? What is the sum of all of your money. It is a simple measurement of your contribution to the world, and in this podcast, I will show you why it matters and how to start tracking your net worth today.

Your business has the potential to change the world, and the only way to see that potential become a reality is to implement a strategic plan. If you're ready to learn more, go to https://predictableplanningsystem.com/pps/pps-reg/ to get started.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://charfen.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://momentumplanner.com/mps and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

This episode is for any entrepreneur who feels like they are struggling, hitting obstacles, and feeling massive resistance.  Far too many people out there marketing in a way that indicates the entrepreneur is growing a business should be easy. I want you to know it is anything but.

Growing a business is one of the most challenging things we can do with our lives, but it is also one of the most rewarding.

If you have encountered obstacles, pressure, and noise while growing your business, this episode will give you a new perspective.

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I have the distinct honor of working with some of the most talented, interesting, and game-changing entrepreneurs in the world today. From Face Yoga to my guest today, each and every business I work with has something unique to offer the market. Darian Khosravi, or Kosmo as we know him, is one of the entrepreneurs making a massive contribution and changing the world, through his barbecue sauce.

In this episode of the momentum podcast, I sit down with Darian and talk about how he is using his business to drive the positive change he wants to see in the world, and how he is continuing to grow his business even in this crisis. You will get an incredible amount of value out of this conversation.

Resources Mentioned:

PredictableBusinessSolutions.com

The toxic top producer will destroy your team faster than anybody else. When you have a top producing team member that's treating other people in a negative way and you don't stop it happening, you're telling your team firstly, it's acceptable behavior and, secondly, if you are a top performer it's okay to be a jerk. This will destroy trust amongst you and your team and rob you of momentum. You cannot leave a person in place who is working against you and your culture. 

The relationship you have with your team members, particularly your operator, can make or break your success as an entrepreneur.

Alex Charfen, a business growth coach who helps entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses, gives practical, tangible, and actionable tips that you can implement into your business right now.

Anyone who says business isn't personal hasn't grown an organization to the level where they should be giving advice. As you grow, your ability to grow the business is entirely dependent on your ability to lead the people closest to you within the organization.

In this podcast, I sat down with three entrepreneurs and their operators to talk about how communication has changed their relationship and the impact it has had on their business. I hope this interview encourages you to invest in the relationships within your business so that you can grow and scale effectively.

Your business has the potential to change the world, and the only way to see that potential become a reality is to implement a strategic plan. If you're ready to learn more, go to https://predictableplanningsystem.com/pps/pps-reg/ to get started.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://charfen.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://momentumplanner.com/mps and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

My wife, Cadey, and I have built businesses that have helped thousands of entrepreneurs navigate crisis situations. We helped thousands of entrepreneurs navigate a financial crisis that was brought on by the market, personal issues, and challenges in their business. There is a way to successfully navigate challenging times for entrepreneurs and the good news is that we can do it successfully every time.  I’ve seen it, coached it, and implemented it myself in order to build successful businesses in the middle of challenging circumstances.

In this episode, I want to help you understand that in the middle of a crisis, there is more opportunity. Multi-billion-dollar companies will be launched in this crisis. Opportunities come when markets are unstable and there's only one way for us as entrepreneurs to take advantage of them. We must adopt the right mindset. It's not what comes naturally, but it's what will actually get you through this and help you make a massive contribution.

Resources Mentioned:

PredictableBusinessSolutions.com

As entrepreneurs we have heard this expression so many times our mind finishes the sentence for us, "you become the average of the five… people you spend the most time around.”

This never sat well with me. I always knew there was something wrong with this statement. In principle, it sounded good and I heard it from so many people so many different times, it seemed like it was just accepted fact.

In the second half of my interview with Gabe Arnold, he shares even more of the tools and resources that helped him double his business. If you haven't listened to episode 818 yet, you may want to before you listen to this one. 

In both episodes, I was excited to hear Gabe get into the details of what he did so that you can do it too. If you want to grow your business, have more time for yourself, and feel confident about having your team support you, this podcast will show you how.

For visionary entrepreneurs, one of the biggest fantasies out there is to hire one person who is going to do all the things in our business that we don’t want to do, so we can stay in the visionary seat and grow our business without any frustration or pain. It feels like if we could only find the person that would take care of all of the details, we could stay in our zone of genius. The issue is, it takes a lot more than just a person; it takes an entire system to protect and support an entrepreneur. The expectation that a single person will come in and fix everything is unfair to them and unfair to you.  

The Traction EOS System revolves around the concept of an innovator who does everything in the business for the entrepreneur. And this podcast I discuss why this is not only unrealistic, it may cause you serious issues and get you stuck in a way no entrepreneur wants to be stuck.

Resource mentioned: 

http://predictablebusinesssystems.com/ 

P.S. If you are ready to continue the conversation, here are a couple of ways you can connect with us:

1. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

2. Apply to work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to Predictable Business Systems, and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

The fourth quarter is a time of year where either due to tradition, habit, or excuse, the crowd has already predetermined that it will lose momentum.

Most people make up their mind in advance that they are going to overeat, drink more than they normally would, and exercise less during the fourth quarter.

There is no other way to look at this than pre-determining that you will lose and lose momentum.

This is insanity because the fourth quarter is a time of year where there is a huge opportunity.

The fourth quarter allows you to exponentially outpace your confrontation.
All you have to do is step out of the crowd.

Brilliant children are different, that is what makes them brilliant. If they were just like every other student or person, they would be average. Different is the very definition of brilliant. Brilliance is motivated differently than the rest of the world. Self-direction and self-actualization are the goals of every brilliant child although they can't verbalize this or explain this to an adult. A child that may struggle or even look dysfunctional in school, may be able to focus for long periods of time on their own. In this podcast, I share a couple simple tactics on how to better relate to your brilliant child.

The way that most entrepreneurs hire people is challenging. It's usually a family friend or an acquaintance or someone who knows somebody. If I'm honest, this is how I used to hire people with very little success.

When I realized that hiring decisions should be difficult, and you should have a hard time choosing the winning candidate, everything got better. Building a team can be life-changing when you get the right people on the team the momentum you can create is unimaginable.

Resources Mentioned:
https://predictablebusinesssolutions.com

Create space for what comes next.

This is one of the mantras of successful entrepreneurs. Offloading the things that are taking your time away from strategically growing your business will accelerate your growth. The process for doing this, however, can be one of the most challenging that entrepreneurs experience.

It is uncomfortable to give up the things that feed your business passions. The issue is that these are often the areas where entrepreneurs become bottlenecks and hold themselves back from success.

This comes up consistently for the members of our programs, and it is an important conversation for entrepreneurs growing past seven figures.

Join us for a look inside the room at a Members Only summit. This is a conversation that will change the way you approach your time in your business.

The Momentum Podcast is created specifically for entrepreneurs like you to get into momentum and take the rest of the world with you. If this episode helped you do that, take a moment and leave a review. Let us know how we have helped you make a bigger impact on the world.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://simpleoperations.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://simpleoperations.com and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

This is a question I get often from entrepreneurs, especially those who have achieved a level of success and financial stability.

It is surprising for each of us when we recognize this loss of passion, drive or enthusiasm.

Out of nowhere, we realize that we are approaching the day to day with a less than enthusiastic attitude. We may no longer feel like our activities are inspiring or exciting and we recognize we are simply going through the motions.

This does not usually last long, we either need to be inspired and compelled to go forward or we will have a difficult time getting things done. Eventually, a loss of passion can lead to procrastination, missed deadlines, and even what appears to be self-limiting behaviors and self-sabotage.

There is only one consistent way that I have seen entrepreneurs reignite their passion, create the excitement they once felt and get back into momentum.

Does this situation sound familiar?

Your team gets nervous every time you go to an event because they know that the things they have worked on for the last several months will no longer matter when you come back.

This issue plagues entrepreneurs around the world.

I call it "Shiny Object Syndrome."

So many entrepreneurs have an addiction to new.

Here's the reality. Your addiction to new is keeping you from mastery.

When you have the tools, systems, frameworks, and structures in your business to get repeatable and predictable results, you will see that "new" is damaging your team and keeping you from growing a world-changing empire.

In this episode, we are joined by Justin Dyson, former CEO of Kids and Such. Justin struggled with an addiction to "new" and it kept him from being able to build the business he wanted. In fact, it kept him in a state of fight-or-flight that was hurting his relationship with his family and his team.

By committing himself to install the Charfen Cadence in his business, Justin broke his addiction to "new", and built a business that gave him the freedom he always wanted as an entrepreneur.

Resources Mentioned:
https://billionairecode.com
https://charfen.com/5core

The majority of Entrepreneurial Personality Types don’t play to win, they play not to lose. This may sound like the same thing but it isn’t. Unfortunately far too many of us make a commitment to an outcome or a goal and immediately begin de-escalating that commitment. This is clearly playing not to lose and will rarely get you what you want.

If you set a goal that you are committed to, prove it to yourself by consistently escalating your commitment. Play to win and you will achieve your goals and so much more.

In this episode, Alex talks about why operations are important. How they can change your business and relieve constraints off your team and yourself. This will be a game changer for you and everyone in your business and will create flow. If you want to know how to do this, this episode is for you!

Ready for more?
Book a call with our team and see how we can help you get out of overwhelm and calm the chaos in your life and business: https://simpleoperations.com/survey

At the end of each week do you wonder where the time went and what you actually achieved? In our company at the end of the week, it feels like it's been a month because my entire team just gets so much done each and every week. It feels like we're in a time warp.

When you don't drive pace through process, any momentum you get will be temporary. Having a strategic plan that your whole team sees and understands means consistent forward growth.  

The business that we have today was started completely new in July 2017. Today we are under 2 years old and we are experiencing insane success because we have the right systems and processes in place. Every business can do this, you can do this. We are experiencing time warping momentum and you can too. 

You've got this and if you want some help go to billionairecode.com fill out a short application and we can show you what to focus on right now and what you need to focus on next. 

Sometimes as entrepreneurs, we are in such a hurry to help someone, or even correct someone, that we invalidate them without trying. Here is the scenario, someone asked you for advice, and without any clarification, you get it because you think you know the answer. You may actually have the right answer, and know exactly what they need, but if you have not clarified with them, they probably are not going to trust it.

As a CEO, and a coach, and even a father, I use the Two-Question Rule to make sure that my advice is heard, and it's actually helping.

Resources Mentioned:
https://billionairecode.com

Lawsuits are ridiculous.  Here's the truth...

If you're pushing limits as an entrepreneur, sooner or later you're probably going to end up in some sort of legal conflict.  

When you get into a legal conflict, no matter what the official outcome, my contention is that everyone loses. 

Do not take legal conflicts lightly. Lawsuits are a huge financial, emotional, and energetic drain in any business. 

At the end of the day, no-one wins. 

For entrepreneurs winning is important. Making progress, creating new outcomes in the world, and getting into momentum is everything for us. When we are in momentum we feel most alive and we create more momentum. When we feel constraint of any kind its throws us off and can prevent us from moving forward.

There is a simple and predictable way to make sure you win every day. You shouldn't compromise and except a day where you don't make progress, let the rest of the world do that, as an evolutionary hunter you should commit to forward progress daily.

So often, for entrepreneurs, there is a hesitation to face the realities of your business. Many of us feel the pressure of making our numbers sound better than they are with the people around us, or worse, ourselves. When we make the situation in our business sound better than it actually is, we run the risk of missing the important steps we need to take to ensure our business is growing.

In this episode, Alex shares a personal example of what happens when an entrepreneur is not honest with themselves about where they are in their business and how you can start to fix that issue right now. Alex also shares the dangerous feeling of not wanting to sell to your friends, and the deeper meaning behind that hesitation.

Resources Mentioned:

https://billionairecode.com

As an entrepreneur, we feel like all we want is for a business to grow. We think about it all the time, we put time into it, we set goals around it, growth is one of the most important things in our lives.

Then the business starts growing! And before you can even celebrate, you’re already overwhelmed with everything you have to do.

Alex Charfen, a business growth coach who helps entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses, gives practical, tangible, and actionable tips that you can implement into your business right now.

If you stay overwhelmed, things do not get better. You’ll start to develop negative feelings towards your business, towards your team, and eventually even your customers.

There is a better way…

Your business has the potential to change the world, and the only way to see that potential become a reality is to implement a strategic plan. If you're ready to learn more, go to https://predictableplanningsystem.com/pps/pps-reg/ to get started.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://charfen.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://momentumplanner.com/mps and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

In this episode, Alex challenges the pervasive hustle culture in entrepreneurship. He shares how entrepreneurs can shift from relentless hustle to a more intentional, regulated approach.

The episode explores the paradox of hustle versus stillness, emphasizing the power of creating momentum from stillness. It questions the myth that success only comes from constant activity and urges entrepreneurs to redefine success by taking moments of stillness to inquire within.

Gain insights into the importance of clarity, timeless activities, and aligning with personal strengths. Embrace stillness, spend 10 minutes in reflection, and witness the enhanced creativity that follows.

As a bonus, Alex also introduces the Ten Day Natural Thirst Challenge. Visit getthirstynow.com to embark on a transformative ten-day journey to lasting hydration.

Join Alex in this thought-provoking episode, challenging hustle norms and unveiling the path to success through stillness and intentional living.

Ready for more?

Recently I was at an amazing event, ArchAngel, in Canada put on by my friend Giovanni Marsico. At the event, we were masterminding at tables, and Gio asked across the room what I thought about entrepreneurs leading by example. I responded by saying entrepreneurs should never lead by example. Disavow any thought of leading by example. It's one of the worst strategies we can use as an entrepreneur. As you can imagine, I had a lot of heads turn so I had to explain myself.  

You don't want your team to do what you do. You want your team to do what they do. You want your team to achieve what they are expected of in their individual positions. You don't want them to show up and act like you. Leading by example is one of the biggest traps we can fall into because when we take on the mantle of leading by example, it makes you responsible for what's going on in the business. Not only does it make you solely responsible, but it's also just not enough. It's a good start but here's the problem. Far too many entrepreneurs look at that as "the speed of the boss is the speed of the team." Which really translates to, the speed with which you as the leader to offload and change your behavior is the speed at which your team will modify and grow. 

Another reason why you don't want to lead by example is that you don't want a team of people like you. You can be an inspiration to your team as to what a leader looks like, but you don't want them to mimic everything you do. Can you imagine an entire group of people exactly like you? It would be a disaster. So you can be an example, but your team can't succeed just by looking at you as an example. Every member of your team needs clear outcomes, measurements for perspective, and clear accountability. 

Don't ever fall into the trap of saying I lead by example. It's one of the most disempowering thought processes you can take on as an entrepreneur. You may inspire people by example and be an example of what someone in your co should look like, but you can't lead by example. You should lead by process, structure, and clarity that will give your team the ability to win. If you're ready to start leading your team through a process and become the CEO you know you should be, stop waiting and contact us today. Let us help go to billionairecode.com. 

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

I made a promise to myself when I started this podcast.  I promised myself that I’d be totally transparent and share what I was thinking. 

This might rub some people the wrong way. 

Status does not create success.

Finance and accounting are an absolute function in a business. It's either done or it isn't, there is very little ambiguity. Either a business is provided with clean financials on a monthly basis, or they aren’t.

Over 90% of the entrepreneurs I talk to are not getting clean books on a monthly basis. A lot of them do not have a solution in place, so not having books is understandable. What is shocking is how many of them have a solution in place, but they have fallen behind for some reason.

This is unacceptable. If whatever solution you have in place for accounting and finance is not able to provide you with clean books on a monthly basis, they have a professional responsibility to tell you to find another solution.

The one department you can never chase, is finance and accounting. There is more exposure here than just about anywhere else in your business.

The Momentum Podcast has officially had a podcast takeover. Our Business Growth Strategist, Jeremy, decided he wanted to play me for a day and switch the roles up. In this two-part series, Jeremy is actually going to be interviewing me...He’s going to ask me the questions he’s been wondering, and one’s we get asked often. We’re going to dig into my background, history, and how I got to where I am today. Stay tuned!

A few highlights from the show:

-How the processes and systems we use and teach were born.

-The issues and challenges I faced when I was younger. 

-How admitting I needed help changed my life and lead me to the team I have now. 

-The importance of routines and habits. 

-My bankruptcy in 2007.

-Growing the CDP Designation to 10+ million and making the INC 500 List 3 years in a row. 

-My lightbulb moment of building a business that was universal and timeless. 

-Much more...

Resources mentioned: 

Go to https://www.charfen.com/resources/ to grab your free copy of “The 5 Reasons Why Companies Should Scale, Don’t.”

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

Process creates intimacy, and can rebuild a marriage or any relationship.

Alex Charfen, a business growth coach who helps entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses, gives practical, tangible, and actionable tips that you can implement into your business right now.

A couple weeks ago I got a call from a friend of mine who let me know that he was having issues in his marriage. He and his wife were not ready to get divorced, they weren’t fighting, they were just in a place of apathy.

Years ago, they both started withholding and not sharing everything in their marriage. The small degree changes day after day resulted in a place where they are now miles apart and are more like a business partnership than a marriage.

The Momentum Podcast is created specifically for entrepreneurs like you to get into momentum and take the rest of the world with you. If this episode helped you do that, take a moment and leave a review. Let us know how we have helped you make a bigger impact on the world.

Your business has the potential to change the world, and the only way to see that potential become a reality is to implement a strategic plan. If you're ready to learn more, go to https://charfen.com/standby to get started.

Our entrepreneurial journey doesn't end here! Be sure to check out our Facebook Community filled with entrepreneurs just like you who are getting into momentum and building world-changing empires ---> https://charfen.com/community

If you are an entrepreneur who is listening in and you can relate, then be sure and head over to https://momentumplanner.com/mps and gain access to one of the most requested business tools to grow and scale your business in any market condition, even in this one.

We just had the close of our second full year in business. The last six months have been exceptional for us. Our company has been growing like crazy. One of the major things we’ve focused on is planning. I always say that if you don’t have a plan, you’re going to be the biggest bottleneck. We’ve used our strategic planning process to coach 100’s of millions of dollars in growth with our clients. Another thing we’ve really cracked down on is documentation of key processes and simplifying everything we possibly can to scale. 

To put things into context, in September of last year, we pulled all of our paid marketing so I could get out of sales and delivery. As a result, we grew our team to 15 people and had our most profitable year yet. We also launched our newest product, Billionaire Code Foundation. We started the Foundation with a small beta group. Our goal was 25 sales, and we ended at 32, with NO paid marketing. In the past few months, we also dealt with some serious health issues with my wife, Cadey. With my wife out of commission and me working at 30% productivity, our business still grew thanks to our incredible team. I can’t stress this enough...having the right team is everything. 

We’re currently at a $3 million run rate and on our way to the $3 - $10 million growth phase on the Billionaire Code. Stepping into this leader phase and delegating success has led us to have an amazing team culture. But the biggest and most exciting thing that has happened in the last two years is our client success stories. So many of our clients are exploding and hitting new milestones. Tune into the show for a full overview of what the past 24 months in business have looked like for us!

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Watch our free presentation on Momentum Masterclass.

In this free training, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

It doesn't matter how long you been an entrepreneur, or how long you have a running team, sooner or later you have the thought “wouldn't it easier if I just did all of this myself?”

Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs get stuck in the place where they are doing it all themselves. Less than 10% of entrepreneurs ever build a team and any type of foundational stability.

Adam and Jennifer Sewell ran a medical practice what they were doing everything themselves. The pressure got so high that it wasn't good for them, their team, or the patients they were helping. Many doctors just stay in this condition, grinding it out every day and having a marginal effect on those around them.

That wasn't enough for adamant Jennifer, they decided to radically change the way they run their practice. As you will hear in this interview, they went from being overwhelmed and doing it all themselves did focusing on their health, their business, and creating massive momentum.

I know you are going to be as inspired by them as I am.

Far too often, entrepreneurs share stories with me of going out and trying to get help with an issue in their business and almost immediately feeling like they let themselves down.

One of the hardest things we do as entrepreneurs is ask for help. Even though we know we need more help than the average person, any request we make for help leaves us feeling vulnerable and exposed.

Over the past few weeks, I have had at least three friends tell me stories of consultants or coaches they have hired that have let them down, exaggerated their capabilities, and made up their backgrounds and credibility.

When it comes to getting help, let me share with you a process that will allow you to trust but verify and have confidence you will get the help you need.

For support with your business, navigate to simpleoperations.com. We are looking forward to connecting with you.

I make the argument that 99% of companies don't need a CFO. Yes, you need clean bookkeeping, you need a profit and loss statement and you need to understand where the money and finances are in your business.  But you don't need someone in a full-time finance position in your business. It's been proven over and over again that the best way to handle accounting and finance is to outsource. Don't let anyone talk you into a CFO because you just don't need it.

See how I can help you create momentum in your business - alexcharfen.com 

NOTE: In this podcast I mention the name of a service firm that we used to work with for our outsources finance and accounting.  We no longer work with that firm so rather than eliminate this episode where is a tremendous amount of value, instead we decided to just remove the name of the firm from the audio. 

Successfully starting a business requires you to do everything.  So,  successfully starting a business conditions you to do everything.  The idea gets stuck in your head that to continue to be successful you must keep doing more and more yourself.  The goal for you as an entrepreneur should be to offload where you can so that you can grow and evolve.  You need to offload to create space for the entrepreneur that you are becoming. If you're doing too much and you're overwhelmed, you are stunting your entrepreneurial growth.  

Sometimes when I share my story with people, it sounds unbelievable. The reason is, when you are telling someone your background, you only hit the highlights. most people don't share the challenging details. As entrepreneurs, it's important that not only we are aware of the challenging details of our stories, but that we are also radically transparent about them. That's how we learn, and the people around us learn.

There are a lot of entrepreneurs out there that are afraid to share the challenging part of their background, they don't realize, is if they don't they miss sharing some of the most important lessons you’ve learned. Our biggest challenges, typically result in our biggest periods of learning and growth.

This is the mistake that drove me to learn how to use attorneys and the law to keep me safe and business.

Resources Mentioned:

https://momentummasterclass.com

There are five things I cover when working with spouses that run business.  Working with your spouse can be amazing unless you have these core components.  In fact, it can become a meat grinder.  

The pressure of running a business is huge.  There is no relationship that is perfect.  These foundational concepts will help you significantly.  

Entrepreneurs who bootstrap and entrepreneurs who have taken money from investors or venture capitalists have two completely different experiences in business. In 99% of the cases where I've worked with entrepreneurs who have taken the money, it doesn't work out to their advantage. They feel a completely different level of pressure with debt and investors over their heads. Tune in for a conversation on loans, partial sales, majority sales, complete sales, and negotiations. 

If you're an entrepreneur and your thinking about taking money from investors or venture capitalists, listen to this podcast first. When it comes to taking on funding, loans, or money always do so with caution. Because when you do, it completely changes the way you interact with your business. There's no pressure like taking on money and having investors.     

Resources mentioned:

Freemomentumbook.com

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Join our Billionaire Code Facebook Group.

Come hang out in our Facebook group of over 2,000+ members where we regularly share about team building and company growth.

4. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

5. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

In the right context joint ventures, partnerships, affiliates, and endorsements can all be incredible but do your due diligence because list vampires are brutal. A list vampire will have a broad business opportunity for something very generic, they sell hope and dream products.  If you are contacted by one of these people be cautious, slow down and do your research or they will hurt your relationship with your customers.

I have not had a perfect career.  No coach should claim to have the perfect career.  We learn from the mistakes we make and the challenges that we have had to overcome in our lives. I am a better coach because I've had to work through the tough times myself. From being a young successful consultant to entering early retirement, from an explosive property portfolio to bankruptcy, and climbing my back to the top again.  I want to share with you my career background, right from the beginning, with all the bumps in the road along the way. You don't need to be perfect, just try to make progress. 

I will always share with you my mistakes, so you don't have to make them in the same way. If you want to start growing your business faster and want to benefit from my experiences, reach out to me billionairecode.com/apply 

This topic is important in the environment in which we find ourselves in the world today.  

Is it ok to discriminate against a human being in 2018?

Welcome to the second part of The Marriage Process. In this episode, we share more audio of the panel Cadey and I did for our clients at our Billionaire Code Summit. Listen in as we begin to break down the rules we have when it comes to entrepreneurs in relationships, especially in marriage. Learn with us how to have a relationship that goes the distance, lasts, and changes the world. 

This episode is all about how to put more time into your business to help your marriage grow. If you do things the right way, you will find alignment with your partner and start to enjoy your company and relationship again. In this segment, Cadey and I stress the difference between time and quality of time. We get real with you on what our relationship looks like now and what it’s taken us to get there. Tune in to learn how you can start planning strategically with your partner, develop processes in your relationship, and create forward-looking goals.   

Resource mentioned: 

https://billionairecode.com/apply-now  

When you’re ready, here are a few ways my team and I can help scale your business:

1. Grab a free copy of my book: The Entrepreneurial Personality Type.

This book will show you why, as an entrepreneur, there is nothing wrong with you, and how you’re not alone. We are the few who dare to dream of a better future and go into the world, insisting it become a reality.

2. Join Momentum Masterclass.

In this course, you’ll learn how to eliminate pressure and noise, how planning systems play a massive role in your success, and the keystone habits every entrepreneur needs to develop.

3. Subscribe to the Momentum Podcast.

The Momentum Podcast will walk you through the importance of building a team, scaling companies, and ultimately, making your greatest contribution to the world.

4. Join one of our programs and work with me and my team.

If you’d like to work directly with me and my team, to take you from where you are today to a place where there are consistent growth and scale, head on over to billionairecode.com and we’ll send over some details to get you started.

I define discipline as keeping the commitment that you make to yourself. I have a confession to make; naturally, I'm not very disciplined. It's actually difficult for me to remain disciplined. I can intend to do something, get up in the morning, think about it, forget that I was going to do it, and then realize a day later I didn't do it. It's incredibly frustrating.

Even if something is important, if I just try to use discipline and willpower, chances are it's not going to happen. And if it does happen, it's usually the exception. Most people around me would be shocked to hear this because they see me as incredibly disciplined, consistent, and capable of doing more than most people, and just about everything I do.

This is also true.

I was not born disciplined, but I have found a simple way to create extraordinary discipline that gets results.

Resources Mentioned:

https://billionairecode.com

As an entrepreneur, I have always been in search of advantage. How do I get ahead, how do I get more done, and how do I make more happen in the world. In my early career, this meant how do I work harder, longer, and put out more effort.  As I grew as an entrepreneur and learned more about productivity and delegation, I realized I could evolve my approach to getting things done.  If you are on a journey to get more done, feel more productive, and have a more significant impact, this episode will help you understand how to do this in just ten minutes. 

What do your team members actually hear when you talk about your vision?

There are far too many people and books that tell you that if you have a vision that your team will figure it out. 

Are you hiding from your team?   

Every one of us needs a first follower.  Someone who believes us and what we do.  

As entrepreneurs, we're constantly stepping into the unknown.  

When you're creating the future, you just need one other person's confirmation to change everything.  

This is the third level in The Billionaire code.  There are 1.7 million promoters and they earn between 100k to 300k in annual revenue. 

Should you sell more or obsess over the product you have? 

Simplify your product delivery and get more people in the door.  These two things will save you at this level. 

When it comes to attracting your tribe, entrepreneurs now a days have a radical opportunity. 

Are you leveraging the tools at your disposal?