Cameron Herold

I hire people who are going to do what we need them to do, who have done what we need them to do already. And then my job is to remove obstacles, to coach them, to praise them, to problem solve for them, to help them, to care about them, but not to drive them and manage them, right?

I hire people who are going to do what we need them to do, who have done what we need them to do already. And then my job is to remove obstacles, to coach them, to praise them, to problem solve for them, to help them, to care about them, but not to drive them and manage them, right?

If I inspire them and I'm in service of helping them, if I grow their skills, their confidence and their connections, that's all they really need of us.

If I inspire them and I'm in service of helping them, if I grow their skills, their confidence and their connections, that's all they really need of us.

I bring a lot of analogies back to traditional marriage, like a husband and wife or raising a family. My job as a dad is not to tell my kids what to do. It's not to manage them all the time. It's not to show them what their chores are every day. It's to show them our values as a family. It's to show them and inspire them to become better adults. It's to grow their confidence to be better adults.

I bring a lot of analogies back to traditional marriage, like a husband and wife or raising a family. My job as a dad is not to tell my kids what to do. It's not to manage them all the time. It's not to show them what their chores are every day. It's to show them our values as a family. It's to show them and inspire them to become better adults. It's to grow their confidence to be better adults.

It's to grow their skills to become adults. It's to help kick them out of the house to be confident, to make sure they've got hobbies and passions and friends. That's easy. Well, if I grow my kids that way, why would I not grow my team that way? The same thing. Sadly, most entrepreneurs have never had any training on leading and coaching and delegating and leveraging situational leadership.

It's to grow their skills to become adults. It's to help kick them out of the house to be confident, to make sure they've got hobbies and passions and friends. That's easy. Well, if I grow my kids that way, why would I not grow my team that way? The same thing. Sadly, most entrepreneurs have never had any training on leading and coaching and delegating and leveraging situational leadership.

So most managers revert to, I'm going to hold people accountable and tell them what to do. It's because they're bad at interviewing, they're bad at hiring, and they're bad at kind of working in support of people. When you're good at that, business gets very easy.

So most managers revert to, I'm going to hold people accountable and tell them what to do. It's because they're bad at interviewing, they're bad at hiring, and they're bad at kind of working in support of people. When you're good at that, business gets very easy.

Yeah, because there's not a single employee has equity in the company. So they're not going to care, right? At the end of the day, in fact, I even have a tattoo on my arm that I got back about four months ago. And it says walking each other home in Hindi. And it's just a reminder that none of this shit matters. Like, I've been joking recently that we're all going to end up as a kebab.

Yeah, because there's not a single employee has equity in the company. So they're not going to care, right? At the end of the day, in fact, I even have a tattoo on my arm that I got back about four months ago. And it says walking each other home in Hindi. And it's just a reminder that none of this shit matters. Like, I've been joking recently that we're all going to end up as a kebab.

We're just meat on a stick, right? At the end of the day, we're all going to die. And our employees have lives. They have hobbies. They have insecurities. They have fears. They have families. They're just here to make a paycheck. Now, they want to do great work. They want to be a part of a cause. They want to build something with meaning.

We're just meat on a stick, right? At the end of the day, we're all going to die. And our employees have lives. They have hobbies. They have insecurities. They have fears. They have families. They're just here to make a paycheck. Now, they want to do great work. They want to be a part of a cause. They want to build something with meaning.

But when you own the company, that's why you have a bigger stake in the outcome than they're going to ever have. You can't expect them to care like you're ever going to care because you're not giving them the same. And nor am I saying you should, I don't think you should give them equity in a company that you're starting, but you also can't expect them to do that.

But when you own the company, that's why you have a bigger stake in the outcome than they're going to ever have. You can't expect them to care like you're ever going to care because you're not giving them the same. And nor am I saying you should, I don't think you should give them equity in a company that you're starting, but you also can't expect them to do that.

Now you also said something else though, you know, employees work or employers, CEOs working like 17 hours a day. I just sat with two very successful entrepreneurs two hours ago for breakfast and And I gave them shit for working more than eight hours a day because they're slowly creating problems in their marriage.

Now you also said something else though, you know, employees work or employers, CEOs working like 17 hours a day. I just sat with two very successful entrepreneurs two hours ago for breakfast and And I gave them shit for working more than eight hours a day because they're slowly creating problems in their marriage.

They're slowly creating habits around their relationship with their kids that at the end of the day is gonna hurt them. And they tell themselves a lie that I'm just doing this to catch up. I'm just doing this to move this ahead. It's just a stage we're at in the business. No, delegate everything except genius.

They're slowly creating habits around their relationship with their kids that at the end of the day is gonna hurt them. And they tell themselves a lie that I'm just doing this to catch up. I'm just doing this to move this ahead. It's just a stage we're at in the business. No, delegate everything except genius.