Daddy..."You Need To Get A Real Job"

Happy Easter..

I love spending time with my family. I cant think of anything better to do. My 6 yr old son is starting to become very inquisitive and started asking questions about what I do. This video tells the entire 1 minute 43 second story...Enjoy

Leave a comment or two and enjoy your Easter,
Justin

5 Tips For A Successful Contractor Mastermind

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               I am blessed to be a part of a highly organized mastermind that focuses on accountability and Growing each others business. I wanted to give some tips to Contractors who have thought about Mastermind groups. These tips will make your mastermind blossom with ideas.

1. Choose the right fit: I interviewed 21 people before choosing the right players for our group. I focused on what others could bring to the table that I didn't posses and vice/versa. We all have similar personalities but, were very distinctly different. All different trades.

2. Get Organized: Have the schedule set and agenda sent out ahead of time. Here is what works best for us and will work for you. 

A) Meeting Organizer-We choose to rotate monthly. 5-7 in group. Meet Weekly or Bi Weekly.

B) Tell us your win this past week- Give each other about 3 minutes each or pass if you have no win. 

C) Hot Seat-This is the focus of the meeting. Someone from within the group explains the challenge their facing and each person take a turn giving their opinion. 30 minutes total

D) AHA Moment-This is not just for Opera, give something of value during the AHA moment Example: New technology, Marketing, Sales Tip. 2 minutes each

3. Accountability: Once your in, you have to make meetings. Missing throws everything off. Too many misses and your out.

4. Take notes: I personally record all my Masterminds. Some of the info talked about is so rich I have to listen twice. Plus taking notes makes you engaged in conversation. I have personally taken away several ideas worth six figures or more overtime.

5. Have Fun: We meet for breakfast and we meet for lunch sometimes. Relax environment and the creativity goes through roof.

I have attached the meeting agenda that we use with some notes here: http://static.smartpassiveincome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mastermind-Structure.pdf

COMMENT, If your interested in Masterminding shoot me a message and lets chat? Justin

WOW...Thank You. The 4 Minute Idea.

My pool guy Jack comes every Wednesday like clock work to clean and balance my pool. In the past several years I have only seen him twice. I got a brief conversation with him in 2011 to talk about a new pump that started leaking.

When I come home every Wednesday the pool looks great, which is what I am paying for.

The pool deck looks spotless of leaves and debris, which I do not pay for.

It took me about 13 cleanings to realize that everyday there was leaves and debris everywhere. I finally called Jack and found out that every Wednesday he blew the pool deck off. WHAT..Why?

Jack informed that when he unloads his trailer to clean the pool he has a small gas blower that he uses to blow the leaves off the deck and away from the pool. Once the pool is clean the presentation is better to have a clean deck and pool. Also, there was chance the deck leaves would end up in the pool by the time I got home.

This took Jack an extra 4 minutes to blow my deck off every week. This equates to 16 minutes per month.

WOW..Thank you, was my response.

The Aha moment was then for me. What am I doing to get a similar response, WOW thank you??

What are you doing in your business to get a WOW Thank you?

This past Wednesday we posted our 11th Podcast for Contractors. Marketing the Basics, great information. Here is the link to listen on your Phone or Computer. http://contractorssecretweapon.com/back-to-the-basics-marketing/