In Traction, Gino Wickman provides a systematic approach to achieving business success through the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). The book focuses on six key components: Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction. It helps business leaders clarify their vision, align their leadership team, solve common business problems, and foster healthy communication and discipline within the organization. The EOS system is designed to help businesses overcome frustrations such as lack of control, people issues, insufficient profit, hitting the ceiling, and feeling stuck. The book offers practical tools, real-world examples, and actionable strategies to drive sustainable growth and improve business operations.
Getting Things Done (GTD) is a personal productivity system developed by David Allen. The book provides a detailed methodology for managing tasks, projects, and information, emphasizing the importance of capturing all tasks and ideas, clarifying their meaning, organizing them into actionable lists, reviewing the system regularly, and engaging in the tasks. The GTD method is designed to reduce stress and increase productivity by externalizing tasks and using a trusted system to manage them. The book is divided into three parts, covering the overview of the system, its implementation, and the deeper benefits of integrating GTD into one's work and life[2][3][5].
Justin Mares (@jwmares) joins Sam (@TheSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) on this episode. Justin breaks down his most popular blog post, the 4 types of side hustles, and brings all kinds of ideas for how you can start your own. They also talk about Justin's DTC businesses - Kettle & Fire, Perfect Keto, and Surely Wines. They end the episode with a few ideas around camping, a new dating app, and how to leverage VAs & no code tools.
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Show notes:
* (1:23) How Sam & Justin know each other
* (5:17) Justin's DTC bone broth company
* (10:00) Frameworks for side hustles
* (13:22) Side Hustle 1: Buying an asset
* (17:51) Side Hustle 2: Launching on top of a marketplace with demand
* (22:08) Side Hustle 3: Unique product that grows through paid acquisition
* (25:31) How Justin balances all his projects
* (30:38) The $30K/year CGM experiment
* (39:09) The skinny on Duck Duck Go
* (42:32) Ideas: Airbnb camping
* (45:27) Idea: Non alcoholic wine
* (51:10) How to naturally boost your T levels
* (1:01:04) Idea: Dating app based on your credit card usage
* (1:03:49) Idea: The no code automation officer
* (1:07:28) How to follow Justin
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