Cameron Herold
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Podcast Appearances
You're not going to pick up the phone if you're going to the bathroom. You're not going to pick up the phone if you're having sex. So you're literally, there's going to be times that you're going to miss that expectation. Why don't you say, here's how to solve your own problem and fix all the problems so they don't have problems.
You're not going to pick up the phone if you're going to the bathroom. You're not going to pick up the phone if you're having sex. So you're literally, there's going to be times that you're going to miss that expectation. Why don't you say, here's how to solve your own problem and fix all the problems so they don't have problems.
And then maybe say, if you email us, we promise to get back to you within 24 hours, which is pretty darn good. And then live that promise by wowing them and getting back to them within six.
And then maybe say, if you email us, we promise to get back to you within 24 hours, which is pretty darn good. And then live that promise by wowing them and getting back to them within six.
One is to recognize that more often than not, entrepreneurs that are saying that my business is my hobby, they don't actually have any hobbies. And the reality is no one wants to hear about your hobby. You know, if you went to a cocktail party and somebody who's a lawyer says, well, being a lawyer is my hobby. I don't want to hear them talk about law.
One is to recognize that more often than not, entrepreneurs that are saying that my business is my hobby, they don't actually have any hobbies. And the reality is no one wants to hear about your hobby. You know, if you went to a cocktail party and somebody who's a lawyer says, well, being a lawyer is my hobby. I don't want to hear them talk about law.
I don't want to hear an insurance guy that happens to love insurance talk about insurance. No one wants to hear about whatever your business is either. So it isn't a hobby. It's a business. It's what you do to make money. Hobbies are hobbies. More often than not, most of the people that have business as their hobby are getting a dopamine rush. They're getting a hit.
I don't want to hear an insurance guy that happens to love insurance talk about insurance. No one wants to hear about whatever your business is either. So it isn't a hobby. It's a business. It's what you do to make money. Hobbies are hobbies. More often than not, most of the people that have business as their hobby are getting a dopamine rush. They're getting a hit.
They're getting a boost from that. Because they have nothing else in their life that they're getting it from. Their relationships aren't very strong. Their relationship with the spouse isn't very strong. They don't have any really good hobbies or relationships with their kids. They don't have any good kind of spiritual relationship with themselves.
They're getting a boost from that. Because they have nothing else in their life that they're getting it from. Their relationships aren't very strong. Their relationship with the spouse isn't very strong. They don't have any really good hobbies or relationships with their kids. They don't have any good kind of spiritual relationship with themselves.
So what they end up doing is defaulting to the one thing that gives them energy in a rush. It's something that they're in control in. So recognizing that that's a problem is part of the solution. And then the second part is just kind of saying, well, we only start a company for one of three reasons. To give us money.
So what they end up doing is defaulting to the one thing that gives them energy in a rush. It's something that they're in control in. So recognizing that that's a problem is part of the solution. And then the second part is just kind of saying, well, we only start a company for one of three reasons. To give us money.
to give us free time and to have that feeling of accomplishment that we did something. Well, once your business is up and running and it's successful, okay, you've got the accomplishment. At some point, you've got enough money. I mean, you can have FU money, you can have generational wealth, whatever.
to give us free time and to have that feeling of accomplishment that we did something. Well, once your business is up and running and it's successful, okay, you've got the accomplishment. At some point, you've got enough money. I mean, you can have FU money, you can have generational wealth, whatever.
But at some point, you've got enough money, you can go on all the trips, you can buy the nice cars. The rest is just bonus. The third one is to buying your time, right? A really good friend of mine, Dan Martell, I've been friends for 15 years, wrote a book called Buy Back Your Time.
But at some point, you've got enough money, you can go on all the trips, you can buy the nice cars. The rest is just bonus. The third one is to buying your time, right? A really good friend of mine, Dan Martell, I've been friends for 15 years, wrote a book called Buy Back Your Time.
And it's all about identifying the stuff that is within your business that is below your effective hourly rate that you can actually hire someone else to do to give you time. But if you have no hobbies and friends and relationships, you have no incentive to want to do that.
And it's all about identifying the stuff that is within your business that is below your effective hourly rate that you can actually hire someone else to do to give you time. But if you have no hobbies and friends and relationships, you have no incentive to want to do that.
So what I like people to do is to write a bucket list, write a personal, vivid vision for what they want their life to look like and feel like three years from now and start living that. And then realizing that business is something to serve us. I was very lucky. I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. My dad was an entrepreneur. Both sets of grandparents were entrepreneurs.
So what I like people to do is to write a bucket list, write a personal, vivid vision for what they want their life to look like and feel like three years from now and start living that. And then realizing that business is something to serve us. I was very lucky. I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. My dad was an entrepreneur. Both sets of grandparents were entrepreneurs.