Mike Jones

Founder of Multi Award Winning Consultancy Better Happy.
Author of Amazon Best Seller.
Enabling health & happiness alongside business success.

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“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit;
wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

Brian O’Driscoll

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“People say nothing is impossible.
But I do nothing every day.”

Winnie the Pooh - 1926

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At some point as a business owner you have to accept that:

Spending some time on planning

Is better than

Spending lots of time reacting

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The 3 zones of business culture.

1) Comfortably Uncomfortable
Things aren’t great but, not painful enough to change.

2) Overwhelm
Improving because we have to or because owner came up with 30 goals.

3) Enjoyable Growth
Long term goals broken into achievable projects.

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Hack for risk averse business owners.

There’s no progress without risk.

So ask yourself.

What’s the bigger risk to my business?

Staying put or making it better?

9/10 Staying put is the biggest risk.

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Everyone loses when your business is reliant on you for too long.

- YOU get fed up
- Your TEAM feel disempowered
- You don’t maximise CLIENT reach
- Your BUSINESS can’t sell

Step back and let your team step up.

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There are three levers for reducing how dependent your business is on you.

- Skills
- Systems
- Support

Combining all three is where the magic happens.

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Three systems to rapidly reduce owner dependency in you business:

- KPIs - systemise performance
- OKRs - systemise growth
- Values - systemise behaviour

Without these systems these things are reliant on you.

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The business owner trap.

You create a business for freedom and impact.

Then you find yourself spending all of your time managing people and reacting to issues.

You’ve got no time to focus on growth.

You feel stuck in, what feels like a job.

Where’s the freedom?

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To start a business you have to be good at working hard.

To scale a business you have to be good at getting others to work hard.

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5 people 80% as good as you outperform you alone.

That should cure your ‘no one can do it as good as me’ mental block.

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If you want a motivated team, clearly communicate outcomes, not tasks.

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80% of businesses listed for sale never sell in the UK.

The number one reason - owner dependency.

Keeping your business reliant on you is killing its value.

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You can’t set goals without a vision.

You can’t prioritise tasks without goals.

You can’t do anything well without prioritised tasks.

Start from the top.

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Most teams are good at ‘doing’ but poor at identifying what ‘doing’ matters.

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Guaranteed way to demotivate your team.

Commit to too many goals.

Humans are hardwired to enjoy doing good work.

When you overcommit quantity takes precedent over quality.

Your team gets demotivated because you’re inhibiting their ability to do good work.

Wild.

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There are only 5 reasons your team aren’t doing what you want them to:

M - Lack of Motivation
A - Lack of Ability
T - Lack of Time
C - Lack of Clarity
H - Not being Held Accountable

Start from the top and work down.

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A life changing mantra for all business owners, leaders and managers:

Get more done, with more fun, in less time.

Make this your goal.

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Happiness is your best guidance system in business.

Feeling unhappy isn’t a sign somethings broken, but that something needs to change.

Your business should make you happy.

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Your job as a leader is threefold:

- Inspire
- Support
- Hold accountable

You can’t do all three of those without systems.

Figure out which one you do best.

Systemise the others.