Glenn Harper [00:00:00]:
Hello, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Living Fast Forward. I'm Glenn Harper.
Julie Smith [00:00:03]:
Julie Smith.
Glenn Harper [00:00:04]:
What's going on?
Julie Smith [00:00:05]:
Well, you know, I'm really hoping you don't throw me for a loop on the topic that you suggested before we started.
Glenn Harper [00:00:10]:
Oh, it's TBD. TBD determined, the most excellent thing to talk about. And I thought and I guess we talked about this a little bit, but the major question for entrepreneurs, is it bigger better or is just better better? Which way should you go? And that's a great discussion to have about clients because if you're an entrepreneur, to get bigger, sometimes if you think you're gonna do it all yourself, well, something has to give. You're gonna take away time from something else to put the time to your business to do.
Julie Smith [00:00:38]:
Mean? I'm just gonna apply for more time in a day?
Glenn Harper [00:00:40]:
Oh, yeah. That there is a provision on that.
Julie Smith [00:00:42]:
I yeah. I I filled it out a lot of times.
Glenn Harper [00:00:45]:
Or you try to get smarter and you try to leverage that to try to get bigger. But with bigger, becomes more headaches, more houses, and more things. But America didn't grow great because we wanted to just stop. We just want to keep getting bigger and bigger and better. So I think that hefty balance of what it is being better and bigger, making that work in a way that you can control that growth where you can you don't lose yourself in it.
Julie Smith [00:01:09]:
Well, I think we talk a lot about opportunity cost. Right? So, you know, is better better in regards to keeping your cards close and being able to control everything and do everything yourself and being able to make those choices, or is bigger better where, like you said, you're able to leverage certain resources in order to scale your business? And as we all know, we've all been there, that comes with a lot of headaches.
Glenn Harper [00:01:33]:
It's terrifying giving up control and responsibility to others. You never know know how they're gonna handle it. They can do it, and you find out a little bit too late sometimes. Well, they didn't do it quite right. But that's part of the nature of everyone.
Julie Smith [00:01:43]:
But But then I think, you know, what happens is it's time. And although I claim to have some provision to give you more time in a day, I certainly don't. It's just where does that time come from, and what is the sacrifice you're willing to make? You know, it's all about that opportunity cost. So, you know, oftentimes, is it time with your family that you're willing to kind of give up in order to grow a business? Is it short term? Is it long term? What does that look like? I know we just talked about intentions on a on an episode prior, but, like, if you're gonna grow and scale your business, you better be able to carve out that time that you know whether you enjoy golfing, you enjoy having time with your family, whatever it is, you're gonna have to be able to carve that out. But what if you have to give that up?
Glenn Harper [00:02:24]:
Well but I think that comes back to the whole point is you have to decide if you wanna be bigger to be bigger or if you wanna be better to be better. And and that gets reversed a little bit more to moving with intent of What do you want it to do? And you map out both and see which one is appropriate for you and say, yeah. I like option a or option b. But if you don't map it out, you don't think it through, you're just gonna meander through the desert like everybody else always does.
Julie Smith [00:02:49]:
Well, I think for entrepreneurs, it's really hard concept to grasp because you're in the trenches head down. Right? It's like next task, next task, whatever that is. And sometimes you get at to a certain point without even realizing it. And it's, you know, that awareness and intentions, but, you know, Glenn, what would be your advice to entrepreneurs? Because as we know, it's really easy to get in a head space where you don't think about those things. Then all of a sudden you've given up time and relationships, and you've done these things and you end up someplace. How do you what is your advice for entrepreneurs?
Glenn Harper [00:03:23]:
The easy is at some point, you're done with your head down grinding. You just gotta step away.
Julie Smith [00:03:28]:
But how do you know when that time is?
Glenn Harper [00:03:31]:
You you something is gonna come to a head to push you to that. And sometimes that's what it takes to get you to move with intention somewhere else or to reevaluate. But sometimes it's just good to make that part of your yearly monthly quarterly ritual is just say, I'm going to step away from doing this business and think clearly outside of what I'm trying to do. And the and you can't do it when you got a foot one finger on the keyboard and you're still in there connected. You gotta literally shut it off and go somewhere else and think it through.
Julie Smith [00:03:58]:
And I think, you know, as we end, you know, close to end 2024, we begin 2025. You and I keep saying 2025 is gonna be a great year. We're gonna have some great goals or some great intentions. I think for our entrepreneur listeners out there, now is a really good time to evaluate, do you wanna be bigger and better? Do you wanna be better and better? How do you wanna spend your time in 2025 and really create your intentions around your business?
Glenn Harper [00:04:24]:
I couldn't agree more. And, again, there's nothing like a little New Year's resolution or a end of the year pause and reflect and then setting the table to move with intention starting off the New Year. People, for whatever reason, like the New Year's a good cutoff date. I don't know why, but that's just the way we roll in America.
Julie Smith [00:04:40]:
So So 2025 is TBD.
Glenn Harper [00:04:42]:
TBD, make the choices. And, again, if you do nothing, you just continue on the way you're going, and that's okay too if that's what you like. If you think something's out of out of whack, try to move with more intention. Another fabulous edition of the Fast and Famous. I'm Glenn Harper.
Julie Smith [00:04:56]:
And I'm Julie Smith.