In this episode, Mike discusses the importance of having a clear vision for a business and using a structured approach to make it usable. He draws inspiration from Jim Collins' work and emphasizes the need to start with vision before moving on to strategy and planning. Mike explains the three components of a vision: core values, purpose, and a big hairy audacious goal (BHAG). He highlights the significance of authenticity and relevance in defining these components. Mike also emphasizes the need to extract and communicate the vision to align the team and make informed decisions.TakeawaysHaving a clear vision is crucial for the success of a business.A vision should consist of core values, purpose, and a big hairy audacious goal (BHAG).Values should be action-oriented and accompanied by clear explanations of their meaning.Purpose should be authentic and compelling, providing a reason for being.A BHAG should be challenging and guide the long-term direction of the business.It is important to extract and communicate the vision to align the team and make informed decisions.Revisiting the vision periodically can help realign the business and address any deviations.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Importance of Vision03:16 Vision, Strategy, and Planning04:14 Components of a Vision: Core Values05:10 Components of a Vision: Purpose10:33 Components of a Vision: Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)18:09 Extracting and Communicating the Vision20:04 Revisiting the VisionIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

In this episode, Mike shares his personal journey of overcoming anxiety and discusses practical techniques that have helped him improve his mental health and productivity. He emphasizes the importance of sleep and shares his evening routine for better sleep quality. Mike also talks about his morning routine, which includes meditation, breathwork, exercise, and cold plunges. He explains the benefits of journaling and shares breathing techniques that can be used throughout the day to regulate stress. Finally, Mike discusses the importance of transitioning from work to home and the overall importance of self-care. In this conversation, Mike discusses the importance of self-care and personal biohacking habits for business success. He emphasizes the integration of personal well-being and business performance, highlighting the interconnectedness of these aspects. Mike believes that understanding business deeply and prioritizing self-care are critical for leaders to excel in their roles.TakeawaysPrioritize sleep for better mental health and productivity.Establish a morning routine that includes meditation, breathwork, exercise, and cold plunges.Journaling can be a powerful tool for self-reflection and mental clarity.Practice breathing techniques throughout the day to regulate stress.Create a transition ritual to shift from work to home and prioritize self-care. Self-care is essential for business success as it improves overall well-being and performance.Biohacking techniques can optimize physical and mental health, leading to increased productivity and focus.Integrating personal well-being and business success is crucial for leaders to excel in their roles.Understanding business deeply and prioritizing self-care are not separate but interconnected aspects.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Context02:29 Morning Routine: Sleep and Wake-Up07:08 Morning Routine: Meditation and Breathwork11:22 Morning Routine: Exercise and Cold Plunge13:49 Morning Routine: Journaling20:40 Throughout the Day: Breathing Techniques39:47 End of the Day: Transitioning from Work to Home45:28 Conclusion and Importance of Self-Care10:32 The Importance of Self-Care20:15 Biohacking for Optimal Performance30:50 Integrating Personal Well-being and Business Success45:49 The Connection Between Self-Care and BusinessIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This episode focuses on creating an environment and experience that makes employees want to stay and brings out the best in them. It covers topics such as differentiating between leadership and management, creating predictable environments, intrinsic motivators, defining winning aspirations and goals, individual and company-wide meetings, and developing a value proposition for talent. The episode emphasizes the importance of intentionality, transparency, and building a strong culture.TakeawaysLeadership is about providing clarity, direction, inspiration, while management is about setting clear expectations and creating systems for accountability.Intrinsic motivators for employees include autonomy, mastery, and purpose.Creating a clear purpose and vision for the organization is crucial for attracting and retaining top talent.Regular one-on-one meetings and company-wide addresses promote transparency, accountability, and engagement.Building a strong culture requires intentional effort and a focus on creating an environment where employees can do their best work.Chapters00:00Introduction and Differentiation between Leadership and Management01:24Creating Predictable Environments and Meeting Expectations02:21Intrinsic Motivators: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose05:36Common Mistakes in Creating Purpose06:58Defining Winning Aspirations and Long-Term Goals08:14Essential Intent and Annual Objectives09:33Quarterly Objectives and Weekly Leadership Team Meetings12:27Individual Goals and One-on-One Meetings13:56Competing for Talent and Developing a Value Proposition14:56Company-Wide Addresses and Transparency28:00Creating an Intentional Environment and Building Culture29:25CEO One-on-One SessionsIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

In this episode, Mike discusses the importance of getting and keeping the best people in a business. He emphasises the need for businesses to have a deliberate and intentional process for hiring and building a strong team. Mike highlights the significance of creating an ideal organisational structure, designing job descriptions, and implementing a rigorous interview process. He also emphasises the importance of marketing to attract talent and aligning values with the hiring process. Additionally, Mike emphasises the need to set clear expectations for the first 90 days of a new hire's job.TakeawaysBuilding a strong team starts with a deliberate and intentional hiring process.Designing an ideal organizational structure and creating clear job descriptions are crucial for attracting and retaining the best people.Marketing to attract talent is as important as marketing to attract customers.Setting clear expectations for the first 90 days of a new hire's job is essential for their success and integration into the business.Chapters00:00Keeping and Getting the Best People02:19Building Businesses that Thrive04:41Designing the Ideal Organizational Structure06:38Creating Job Descriptions and Interviewing Process08:49Internal Referral Schemes10:13Having a Clear Owner for the Recruitment Process11:11Marketing to Attract Talent12:30Building a Hiring Process13:51Fire Fast, Hire Slowly15:43Gut Check in the Hiring Process20:22Values in the Interview Process25:08Setting Expectations for the First 90 DaysIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

In this episode, I, delve into the topic of 'Practical Resilience' and its crucial role in business and leadership. I open up about my recent experiences with my new venture, SMB Mastery, and how a personal crisis tested my resilience. I highlight the significance of confronting brutal truths in our businesses, maintaining healthy habits, and utilizing tools such as journaling and meditation to bolster mental resilience. Drawing on insights from thought leaders like Eckhart Tolle and Andrew Huberman, I emphasize the integration of personal resilience into our professional lives. Join me as we explore building sustainable resilience, enhancing leadership skills, and forging resilient teams for long-term success in the business world.If you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

Building a business is hard. Maintaining healthy relationships with those that you care about is hard. Staying fit and healthy in your body, your mind and your emotions is hard. This podcast is about finding and sharing tools, strategies and experiences that may help you to achieve and maintain moderate success in your life, whatever that means to you. There is a ton of content created by the billionaires, the ultra successful athletes, and by people that are at a level that the vast majority of us will just never get to. And if you're anything like me, you're totally okay with that. This is a place where we talk about how to build a great business, but not necessarily a massive one. A place to talk about how we build a life that is balanced and integrated, but not necessarily optimised to levels that are not realistic for most of us. In short, it's a place where we explore how to be moderately successful. The work will always remain yours, and for the most part, it's simple, but not easy.I sincerely hope it's valuable to you.If you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.-MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.-MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

This is not the place where you'll hear about how to build a billion-dollar business, win an ironman event, or find spiritual enlightenment. What I can share is my experience around how to build, lead and exit a business of maybe a few million dollars, how to place in the top 10 in a mountain bike stage race or how to implement systems to continually work and improve on your mental and physical health.In short…I might be able to offer a little help on how to be moderately successful. To be really clear, nothing that I share is financial advice or advice of any kind for that matter but rather my own experience shared. It’s critical that you do your own research on anything that I share in this podcast and that you take responsibility for your own decisions.I want to challenge you to be more than just a passenger. If you hear anything in any of the episodes that resonate with you and that you want to implement in your own life, take action by teaching that thing to someone within the next 24 hours and then ask them to hold you accountable for doing the thing that you said you were going to do. Teaching is often the best way to learn and accountability is usually the thing between talk and meaningful, consistent action.I hope you find some value...Lastly, Please give us a rating - it really helps us to reach more folks like you:https://lovethepodcast.com/HtbmsGet in touch with me here.- MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/

Building a business is hard. Maintaining healthy relationships with those that you care about is hard. Staying fit and healthy in your body, your mind and your emotions is hard. This podcast is about finding and sharing tools, strategies and experiences that may help you to achieve and maintain moderate success in your life, whatever that means to you. There is a ton of content created by the billionaires, the ultra successful athletes, and by people that are at a level that the vast majority of us will just never get to. And if you're anything like me, you're totally okay with that. This is a place where we talk about how to build a great business, but not necessarily a massive one. A place to talk about how we build a life that is balanced and integrated, but not necessarily optimised to levels that are not realistic for most of us. In short, it's a place where we explore how to be moderately successful. The work will always remain yours, and for the most part, it's simple, but not easy.I sincerely hope it's valuable to you.-MikeIf you want to talk about working with me, get in touch on mike@smbmastery.com.au or https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/