Why Focus is Important in Business with John Lee Dumas
3 Key Points in this Week’s Episode:
- F.O.C.U.S. stands for Follow One Course Until Success
- F.O.C.U.S. before success, during success, and after success
- You can transform your business in less than 90-days if you F.O.C.U.S.
Show Notes:
The Uplifting or Unexpected Story
[1:47] A story about a real entrepreneur who was struggling with focus and an illustration of a mentor and two students that makes the point.
Interesting Interview with a Great Entrepreneur
[5:15] John Lee Dumas is the host of EOFire, an award-winning podcast, owner of a multi-seven-figure business and author of How to Finally Win.
[5:57] Find Your Blueprint – F.O.C.U.S. stands for Follow One Course Until Success.
[9:52] Remove Your Barriers – John had an aha moment to start a daily podcast in 2012, he spent 4-months getting ready to launch, it’s time to start and John can’t press the go! He overcame this barrier by having a mentor that pushed him.
[12:05] Fully Express Your Greatness – 13-months after launching they crossed $100,000 in revenue in one month. Since then they have never earned less than $100,000 in revenue for over 5-years.
[15:07] Teaching Moment – FOCUS before success, during success, and after success.
Contact John: Website
How to Make More Money
[18:50] F.O.C.U.S. on one product or service and sell that profitably, then you can expand your offering gradually but be careful that you don’t allow project (scope) creep.
Family First
[22:27] When you work, work and when you spend time with your family, spend time with your family.
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