717. Q&AF: The Success Lag, Retaining Customers Vs Handling New Ones & Tackling Crabs In A Bucket Mentality
May 30, 2024
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Andy Frisella tackles lag phases in success, balancing old and new customers, and handling toxic 'crabs in a bucket' mentality. The podcast covers embracing chaos for growth, managing customer service in tech repair, and achieving success through cultural alignment and personal growth.
To maintain success, self-assess actions objectively, focusing on improvement without self-deprecation.
Balanced perspective allows for unemotional self-reflection, embracing mistakes as learning opportunities for personal growth.
Deep dives
Self-reflection and Coaching
Successful individuals self-assess their actions meticulously, calmly evaluating what went well and what could be improved after every interaction. This objective coaching approach allows for continuous improvement without self-deprecation. It involves acknowledging errors and strategizing on doing better next time, focusing on continual growth and learning from mistakes.
Dreaming and Goal Setting
The key to pursuing dreams lies in envisioning a life without limits, mapping out personal desires, relationships, and achievements with vivid detail. Reverse engineering this vision helps in setting realistic goals and taking daily actions to manifest these aspirations over time. The path to success involves decisive goal-setting and consistent progress towards one's envisioned future.
Balancing Customer Service
Managing existing client relationships while expanding one's customer base requires an equal focus on both areas. Prioritizing customer satisfaction and advocacy leads to organic growth and positive brand reputation. By upholding high standards for both new and returning customers, businesses can sustain growth and foster loyalty within their client base.
Letting Go of Over-Analysis
Avoid falling into the trap of over-analyzing every action by cultivating a balanced perspective on self-reflection. Embrace humility, acknowledging that mistakes are integral to the learning process and do not define one's worth. Practicing objective coaching and promptly letting go of past missteps allows for unemotional introspection and continuous personal growth.
In today's episode, Andy answers your questions on how to deal with the lag phase when you don’t see any results even with work at full capacity, how to retain existing customers while bringing in new customers during the growth phase of your business, and how to be effective when everyone around you has a “crabs in a bucket” mentality.
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