Grow A Small Business Podcast Founder of Planet Earth Cleaning, Planet Enabler & Sustainable Speaker, now encourages small business owners to strike a healthy work-life balance and go through a continuous learning process to become successful entrepreneurs. (John Engelander)
Exciting opportunity for small to medium business owners employing 5-30 team members. Are you ready to learn, grow, and invest in your ongoing development? Don't miss out on our latest podcast featuring a special guest who shares invaluable insights for business success.
In this episode, Troy asked John Engelander, the founder of Planet Earth Cleaning based in Melbourne, Australia, the final five questions:
- What does John believe is the hardest thing when growing a small business? According to John, believing in yourself can be daunting. And another tricky thing is having a spatial mind. So he emphasizes the importance of knowing what you're doing and understanding the parts initially.
- John's favorite business book is "The E Myth" by Michael Gerber. However, he highlights the significance of reading different business books including "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "The Power of Now."
- When it comes to professional development, John finds immense value in asking himself, what's the most important thing for him, balance, enough sleep, exercise, and meditation. And also listening to TOFCs Steve Bartlett.
- John didn't suggest any effective tool for small business growth but he mentioned that finding a good name and maintaining a healthy habit other than work is unbelievably important.
- Finally, if John could go back to day one of starting, he would advise himself to have a purpose, have a story, tell people about his story, tell people about his purpose, and get people excited.
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Quotes:
"Find a good name, that is unbelievably important." —John Engelander
"Look at underspending your life. Because you can always live more, you can always live less." —John Engelander
"Being in the moment is more important than where you're going." —John Engelander
"Things that matter most should not be at the mercy of things that matter least. Start knowing what is important." —John Engelander
"Everything in life can be better. So you just got to accept to a point." —John Engelander