Geronimo Unfiltered

The Playbook System That Grows Your Business While You Rest

09 Jun 2026

Audio

Description

How Rod and Jenny went from "close the doors" to a near million-dollar run rate in six months, and the playbook system that now lets them holiday while the business grows. 👉 Want the playbook that gets work off your plate? Grab the Team Handbook Builder GPT: https://bit.ly/p-team-handbook-builder Follow Geronimo Unfiltered Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube: @GeronimoUnfilteredOfficial Instagram: @thegeronimoacademy Most owners think a holiday is a money problem. It's not. It's that the business only works when you're the one running it. Rod and Jenny owned a calisthenics gym in Newcastle. In debt, burnt out, doing everything themselves. Jenny gave Rod an ultimatum: profitable by December, or they close. Six months later they're planning a two-week holiday they call the Japan test. The goal isn't survival while they're gone. It's growth. Ryan breaks down exactly how they did it. The real order of operations, not the highlight reel. In this episode you'll hear: - Why a holiday is a team problem, not a revenue problem - The order Rod and Jenny built their team in, and why sales came first - What a playbook is and how to write one anyone can run in seven days - Why splitting sales from rollovers converts higher - Why hiring a salesperson feels wrong and is your highest-leverage move - How systems beat the "no one does it as well as me" trap - What actually triggers the owner-to-CEO shift - What the Japan test is and how to know you're ready for one Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and the Japan test 00:03:00 Meet Rod and Jenny: close-the-doors to turnaround 00:05:40 The core constraints holding them back 00:06:30 What a playbook actually is 00:07:30 The trust barrier and letting go 00:09:10 The owner-to-CEO shift 00:11:00 Level two: buying back your time 00:13:50 Mapping the million-dollar team 00:15:25 Why they hired the salesperson first 00:16:00 Owning the rollover number 00:17:45 The dual converter formation 00:20:30 Why sales and rollovers can't be one role 00:22:00 The wins start landing 00:23:40 Six months, start to finish 00:25:00 Your next three steps If you want more like this, go back to "How Newstrength Went From 'Good Enough' to a $1M Run Rate." And if you're ready to write your first playbook, the Team Handbook Builder GPT asks you the questions and pops out the doc: https://bit.ly/p-team-handbook-builder

Transcription

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Help us prioritize this episode for transcription by upvoting it.

0 upvotes

🗳️ Sign in to Upvote

Popular episodes get transcribed faster

Other recent transcribed episodes

Transcribed and ready to explore now

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

01 Jan 1970

Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

01 Jan 1970

Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

01 Jan 1970

Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

01 Jan 1970

El Partidazo de COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

01 Jan 1970

El Partidazo de COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

01 Jan 1970

El Partidazo de COPE

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.

Report any issue

Geronimo Unfiltered

The Playbook System That Grows Your Business While You Rest

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Other recent transcribed episodes

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

Sign in to Audioscrape

Share this moment