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  1. Johnny boy

    [PROGRESS THREAD] - Just Do it

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    So employee made $40 that day?
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    Starting and Scaling an Exterior Cleaning Business at 21

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    I definitely slack off But really just go into monk mode for a bit. Wake up, do what needs to be done, sleep. Continuing your work with sleep as your only interruption will keep it fresh in your mind and allow you to go deep into ideas and have momentum.
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    A place with a 2000 square foot area could actually take 50 minutes a visit A place with a 5000 square foot area to service could actually take 20 minutes a visit. If you standardize your pricing, the only people that will signup with tend to be the kind with properties that seem like a good...
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    One of the biggest mistakes of big thinkers

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    It's meditative. My brain stops bouncing around, jumping from thought to thought and beating itself up. It's like running around digging a bunch of holes, filling them back up, flinging dirt everywhere. You're tired without doing anything. Instead, sit calmly and become interested in the...
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    One of the biggest mistakes of big thinkers

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    You can still do that and have a big company, but you start with winning the actions right in front of you. You still have to do what you can with today. You’ll have a better shot of succeeding at the big stuff by taking care of the details and building that discipline muscle anyways.
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    One of the biggest mistakes of big thinkers

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    If he knows he must show up at the gym every scheduled day, he’s halfway there, just needs to apply it to the rest of his life of showing up and doing the reps also... It's very funny to me when MJ DeMarco, the guy that, when I mention his name in casual conversation to other business owners...
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    Answering services agent asks if they want a quote They say yes and then the agent asks for their info and picks an available time that works for them and they’ve got a quote scheduled We call before heading over. If they aren’t there or there’s any bs, we still take a look, put together the...
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    One of the biggest mistakes of big thinkers

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    next week I'll discover geoarbitrage and how you can design your lifestyle where you only work 4 hours in a single work week.
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    One of the biggest mistakes of big thinkers

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    I remember sometime when I was a younger kid, around 10. I was in the kitchen with the rest of the family. I was telling my family again, for probably the hundredth time, how I was going to be a big shot and own a business. And my dad said: "yeah....cool...maybe you should start by...
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    We have a map of customers. Salesman pulls up map and guesstimates drive time from nearby houses and rounds up to closest 5 minute interval to factor in unloading the trailer, stopping for gas, etc. It’s an art not a science. The key is “leave yourself some margin for error” One persons...
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    1,986 words on happiness, clarity, speed, introversion, attachment and confidence

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    Yeah I’ll get married when I’m older. Make some genetic specimen kids with a Eastern European model Got a lot of stuff to do before then. I enjoy different levels of life. There’s unique things you can do when you’re no one vs when you’re someone and vice versa. Young vs old. Rich vs poor. I...
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    There is not a bucket of customers we can scoop up and pour onto their schedule at an exact capacity. People come in through our ads or finding us, we sign them up, they go on the schedule. The first day our employees would be like “hey I’m ready for more yards”. And we would have to say...
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    Starting An Association

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    When we associate with people, we have created an association between the people involved. It is unincorporated. If there is a transaction it would be the individual running the association who is the one “transacting” since there is no legal entity related to the association. Just change the...
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    Here’s what you do. Every person you hire, you only hire people who are enthusiastic about taking any available overtime. Now you have multiple people who are all happy to work the weekends. Then, you can pack the schedule, if anyone’s gone, just send a late visit alert, move the jobs to...
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    With all the extra money I’ll be able to throw a pizza party to boost moral once a year.
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    It was two but I’ve been experimenting with just one person and it’s way more profitable.
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    We’re moving to having them work alone. They get a ton done. Should push margins up to 53%
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    We will be adjusting our pay system for employees Every customer already has a set “visit time” value relative to their monthly payment so we can track how full schedules are. Right now, workers wages start at 17 and go up to 21 when they’ve done well and have stayed for a while. If they get...
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    Work balance during weekends

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    We are always working and never working. Am I working when I answer a call from my employees early in the morning, but I’m in bed? Am I working when I meet with someone for lunch and talk business? If you’re an irs agent, then yes I’m always working. All the time. Lots of work dinners, and...
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