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Choose Your Direction – It’s Not Hard It’s Business 05

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05 - Choose Your Direction

Your business needs to have a clear direction in mind in order for it to succeed. Listen as Gary Furr reads the first chapter of his book, It’s Not Hard, It’s Business.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • How to decide where you want to be in the future
  • That working backwards is the key to creating a compelling vision
  • The value of putting your plans in writing

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Strategy Counts – It’s Not Hard It’s Business 04

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04 - Strategy Counts

Gary Furr reads the fourth chapter of his book, It’s Not Hard, It’s Business. Listen to learn the importance of a proper strategy in growing your business.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • That effective strategy relies on identifying needs
  • Most customers will not pay to have a non-need fulfilled
  • Businesses need to be organized to meet needs in the most efficient and effective manner possible

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Mindset Matters – It’s Not Hard It’s Business 03

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The mindset you have when approaching your business can be all the difference. Listen as Gary Furr reads the third chapter of his book. It’s Not Hard, It’s Business.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • How to feed your mind
  • How to reprogram your negative thinking
  • The importance of spending time around positive people who play at a higher level

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Accelerate Your Business Growth – It’s Not Hard It’s Business 02

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02 - Accelerate Your Business Growth

Growing your business can be hard right now. Listen as Gary Furr explains what to focus on in order to help your business thrive.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • The ten important steps necessary for all business success.
  • That there are no shortcuts.
  • That you don’t have to work harder.

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Business Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard – It’s Not Hard It’s Business 01

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01 - Business Doesn't Have to Be So Hard

Gary Furr reads the first chapter of his book, It’s Not Hard, It’s Business. Listen to learn what steps are important to planning your business in the here and now.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • You can’t leave your business to chance or luck.
  • What got you to where you were before Covid-19 may not be what will get you to your future success.
  • You need some basic skills to take your business to the next level.

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Finish Strong

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Finish Strong
Finish Strong for 2020

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • You must examine your vision and goals for 2020. What has gone well and what could you have done differently?
  • You still have time to finish the year strong
  • You must have a positive mindset that you can finish the year strong

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100% Complete and Accurate

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100% Complete and Accurate

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • Each step in a process is critical to achieving a successful end result
  • The more steps in process the greater the chance for compounded inaccuracies
  • We must ensure that work handed-off is 100% complete and accurate

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Are You Talking to Yourself?

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Are You Talking to Yourself?Listen as Gary Furr explains that your self-talk may be getting in the way of your future success.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • Many times when businesses are struggling it is rooted in our self-talk
  • Most of the time that self-talk isn’t true
  • Mindset is even more important today than ever before
  • The past does not have to control the future

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Being Resilient in Challenging Times

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Being Resilient in Challenging TimesListen as Gary Furr discusses the key to success in business is not your talent or skill set.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • Being resilient and persistent is actually the key to your success
  • We need to be intensely focused
  • Most things are outside of our circle of control and our circle of influence

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Chad Barr in Conversation with Gary Furr

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Chad Barr in Conversation with Gary Furr

Listen to the podcast interview with Chad Barr with the Chad Barr Group whose team works to create global digital empires and Gary Furr with Gary Furr Consulting, as they discuss how to help business owners improve their business to turn complexity into simplicity.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • How to improve your business success
  • Why you need an outsider perspective to see what is really going on in your business
  • We must slow down to go fast
  • Everything can be solved

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