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How To Be Moderately Successful.
Mike Scott
40 episodes
1 month ago
Send us a text In this episode, Mike Scott dives into the importance of challenging assumptions in business. From personal anecdotes to practical advice, Mike explores how identifying and questioning assumptions can lead to better decision-making and a more resilient company culture. Tune in to discover how embracing this mindset can transform your business processes and foster a culture of psychological safety. Find out more about working with me or about applying to join the ILN. mike@smbma...
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Send us a text In this episode, Mike Scott dives into the importance of challenging assumptions in business. From personal anecdotes to practical advice, Mike explores how identifying and questioning assumptions can lead to better decision-making and a more resilient company culture. Tune in to discover how embracing this mindset can transform your business processes and foster a culture of psychological safety. Find out more about working with me or about applying to join the ILN. mike@smbma...
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Entrepreneurship
Business,
Management
Episodes (20/40)
How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP40 A 'call out the assumptions' culture.
Send us a text In this episode, Mike Scott dives into the importance of challenging assumptions in business. From personal anecdotes to practical advice, Mike explores how identifying and questioning assumptions can lead to better decision-making and a more resilient company culture. Tune in to discover how embracing this mindset can transform your business processes and foster a culture of psychological safety. Find out more about working with me or about applying to join the ILN. mike@smbma...
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1 month ago
14 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP39 Navigating Personal Growth as a Business Owner
Send us a text summary In this conversation, Mike Scott and Simon Hareb discuss the creation of the Intentional Leaders Network, a program and community designed for business owners who have experienced success but seek to integrate intentionality into all aspects of their lives. They explore the challenges leaders face, the importance of accountability, and the process of self-discovery that the network facilitates. The conversation emphasizes the need for a supportive community and the to...
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7 months ago
40 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP38 - Why Equal Equity Splits Often Fail, And How to Do It Right
Send us a text In this conversation, Mike discusses the critical importance of having open and honest discussions about equity distribution among co-founders when starting a business. He emphasises that while many assume a 50-50 split, this often leads to complications later on. Drawing inspiration from the book 'Slicing the Pie', he outlines a structured approach to fairly allocate equity based on contributions such as cash, time, resources, and intellectual property. By tracking these contr...
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7 months ago
16 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP37 Dealing with Failure and Financial Loss
Send us a text In this episode, Mike Scott shares a personal experience of financial loss and explores the concept of reframing failure. He discusses the emotional journey following a significant loss and emphasizes the importance of separating one's identity from failures. By focusing on identity, environment, and habits, Mike provides insights on building resilience and navigating challenges in business and life. Takeaways Reframing failure can lead to personal growth.Experiencing loss ca...
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7 months ago
17 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP36 AI - Getting real ROI in your business.
Send us a text In this podcast episode, Mike and Gaurav Devshamar discuss the practical applications of AI in business, addressing common misconceptions, data privacy concerns, and the accessibility of AI for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). They explore how AI empowers generalists, automates tasks, and aids in knowledge retention, ultimately transforming business operations. The conversation emphasizes the importance of adapting to rapid changes in technology and encourages business...
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8 months ago
40 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP35 Your 1-Page marketing plan, with Allan Dib
Send us a textFind out more about working with me. mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
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1 year ago
56 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP34 Building a systems lead business with David Jenyns
Send us a textThe conversation explores the importance of systems and processes in businesses, with a focus on the book 'Systemology' by David Jenyns. The main themes include the definition of systems and processes, the ideal businesses for systemization, the role of systems in reducing dependency on individuals, and the starting point for systemization in a business. The conversation also touches on the balance between systemization and creativity, the value of capturing tasks and processes,...
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1 year ago
53 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP33 Gaining alignment where it matters
Send us a textIn this conversation, Mike discusses the importance of gaining alignment within organizations and provides practical tools to achieve it. He emphasizes that without alignment, organizations lack clarity and become leaderless, resulting in inefficiency and poor performance. Scott introduces the concept of creating a vision, using the Jim Collins and Jerry Porras framework, to establish core values, purpose, big hairy audacious goals, and vivid descriptions of the desired reality....
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1 year ago
24 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP32 Know Your Numbers! With Chris Wheldon.
Send us a textIn this conversation, Mike interviews Chris Wheldon, an investor and entrepreneur, about the importance of understanding and analyzing numbers in small and mid-sized businesses. Chris shares his experience in acquiring and investing in businesses and highlights the key metrics he looks at, including cash flow, profit, margin, cost structure, and return on capital. He emphasizes the need for business owners to have a strong grasp of their numbers to make informed decisions a...
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1 year ago
51 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP31 Negotiation tools that work
Send us a textIn this conversation, Mike shares practical tips and tools for negotiation. He emphasizes the importance of finding leverage and using it to create a win-win outcome. He discusses the power of anchoring, where starting with a higher price or set of terms can reposition the negotiation in your favor. He also suggests using the phrase 'Is there any flexibility on this?' to negotiate better terms. Lastly, he recommends using the question 'How am I supposed to do that?' to challenge...
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1 year ago
21 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP30 The three hats you wear as a founder
Send us a textIn this conversation, Mike discusses the three different roles that entrepreneurs play in a small and mid-sized business: shareholder/investor, director, and employee. He emphasizes the importance of understanding and separating these roles to avoid overwhelm and maximize productivity. Scott provides a delegation framework, the 70% rule, and introduces the Eisenhower matrix as tools to prioritize tasks and focus on high-value activities. He also encourages entrepreneurs to...
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1 year ago
29 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP29 Who should be on your leadership team?
Send us a textIn this episode, Mike discusses who should be on a leadership team. He emphasises the importance of a strong and disciplined meeting rhythm, including annual planning, quarterly planning, weekly leadership team meetings, and daily huddles. He breaks down the primary functions of a business into operations, sales and marketing, and finance, and explains that the heads of these functions should be part of the leadership team. Mike also advises framing the invitation to join the le...
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1 year ago
11 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP28 Creating and Using a Company Scorecard
Send us a textIn this episode, Mike discusses the importance of creating a company scoreboard or scorecard to increase accountability, improve data quality, and drive results. He emphasises the need for a clear artifact that defines what winning looks like and what needs to be done to achieve it. Mike explains the difference between leading indicators and lagging indicators and focuses on the former for the scorecard. He provides examples of leading indicators such as revenue, profit, LinkedI...
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1 year ago
25 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP27 How to use your company vision to drive results
Send us a textIn this episode, Mike discusses the importance of having a clear vision for a business and using a structured approach to make it usable. He draws inspiration from Jim Collins' work and emphasizes the need to start with vision before moving on to strategy and planning. Mike explains the three components of a vision: core values, purpose, and a big hairy audacious goal (BHAG). He highlights the significance of authenticity and relevance in defining these components. Mike also emp...
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1 year ago
22 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP26 Habits that really move the needle
Send us a textIn this episode, Mike shares his personal journey of overcoming anxiety and discusses practical techniques that have helped him improve his mental health and productivity. He emphasizes the importance of sleep and shares his evening routine for better sleep quality. Mike also talks about his morning routine, which includes meditation, breathwork, exercise, and cold plunges. He explains the benefits of journaling and shares breathing techniques that can be used throughout the day...
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1 year ago
46 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP25 (Part 2) Getting and keeping the best people.
Send us a textThis episode focuses on creating an environment and experience that makes employees want to stay and brings out the best in them. It covers topics such as differentiating between leadership and management, creating predictable environments, intrinsic motivators, defining winning aspirations and goals, individual and company-wide meetings, and developing a value proposition for talent. The episode emphasizes the importance of intentionality, transparency, and building a strong cu...
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1 year ago
35 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP24 (Part 1) Getting and keeping the best people.
Send us a textIn this episode, Mike discusses the importance of getting and keeping the best people in a business. He emphasises the need for businesses to have a deliberate and intentional process for hiring and building a strong team. Mike highlights the significance of creating an ideal organisational structure, designing job descriptions, and implementing a rigorous interview process. He also emphasises the importance of marketing to attract talent and aligning values with the hiring proc...
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1 year ago
29 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP23 Practical resilience
Send us a textIn this episode, I, delve into the topic of 'Practical Resilience' and its crucial role in business and leadership. I open up about my recent experiences with my new venture, SMB Mastery, and how a personal crisis tested my resilience. I highlight the significance of confronting brutal truths in our businesses, maintaining healthy habits, and utilizing tools such as journaling and meditation to bolster mental resilience. Drawing on insights from thought leaders like Eckhart Toll...
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2 years ago
32 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP22 My solo annual planning process
Send us a textBuilding a business is hard. Maintaining healthy relationships with those that you care about is hard. Staying fit and healthy in your body, your mind and your emotions is hard. This podcast is about finding and sharing tools, strategies and experiences that may help you to achieve and maintain moderate success in your life, whatever that means to you. There is a ton of content created by the billionaires, the ultra successful athletes, and by people that are...
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2 years ago
34 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
EP21 Leadership
Send us a textThis is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately succes...
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2 years ago
24 minutes

How To Be Moderately Successful.
Send us a text In this episode, Mike Scott dives into the importance of challenging assumptions in business. From personal anecdotes to practical advice, Mike explores how identifying and questioning assumptions can lead to better decision-making and a more resilient company culture. Tune in to discover how embracing this mindset can transform your business processes and foster a culture of psychological safety. Find out more about working with me or about applying to join the ILN. mike@smbma...