EP. #3 [THEME ONE]

On today’s show we have someone who lives and breathes living life with intention. Rob Dube is the co-founder of imageOne, one of Forbes Top 25 Small Businesses in America, and on the list of the Inc. 5000. 

Rob recently partnered with his friend and mentor Gino Wickman to create “The 10 Disciplines - manage and maximize your energy”. The 10 Disciplines helps entrepreneurs get unstuck so they can accomplish their long-term goals while avoiding burnout. Over the years, Rob has learned from top performers like Gino and Jack Stack on how to find your energy and focus on the things that matter, all based on “10-Year Thinking.”  If you are a business owner that feels stuck or is near burnout, get clear on what you want from your business and why by listening to Rob Dube give an overview on “The 10 Disciplines” on how to manage and maximize your energy.

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What You Will Learn

• What “The 10 Disciplines” are and how they help you manage and maximize your energy.
• The difference between 10-year thinking and goals.
• What led Rob to understanding what he wanted from his business and why.
• Why mindfulness and meditation is a huge core value in Rob’s life.
• What optimal life means and how it translates to what you want from your business and why.
• The definition of energy and how it’s used in the context of high performing.
• The outcome of envisioning your life 10 years in the future.
• Why Rob Dube encourages business owners to take 130 days off a year.
• Why knowing thyself is such a huge principle to understanding what you want from your business and why.
• The importance of saying “no” and why it’s hard for many people to do that.
• The importance of putting everything (action items, to-do’s, goals) in ONE place.
• Why Rob believes in preparing a plan for the next day–the night before.
• The $25/hour rule.

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Bio:

From Blow Pops to Forbes Best Small Companies! Rob started his first business in high school selling Blow Pops out of his locker. In 1991, he founded imageOne with his best friend, Joel Pearlman.

imageOne has been recognized as a Top 25 Small Businesses in America on the list of Forbes Small Giants, an Inc. Magazine Best Places to Work, as the number one Top Workplace in Michigan, a National Best and Brightest Company to Work For, one of Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, a Positive Workplace by the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and Crain’s Detroit Cool Places to Work.

Rob is the Visionary/CEO of The 10 Disciplines for Managing and Maximizing Your Energy, a video-based journey that teaches people 10 fast, simple, powerful, and fully customizable disciplines to manage and maximize their energy and live an optimal life.  He is the author of the best-selling book, donothing,™ the most rewarding leadership challenge you will ever take and the host of the Leading with Genuine Care retreat and podcast.  Rob challenges business leaders and entrepreneurs to look inward with mindfulness and meditation by sharing his own mindful leadership journey. 

Interview Quotes:

06:42  - “Along the way we met Gino Wickman, who created EOS Worldwide, the Entrepreneurial Operating System. After eight or nine years of running the business by the seat of our pants, we got some structure to it and got some control to what the heck we were doing. Gino was really instrumental in that.” - Rob Dube 

14:06  - “What I learned from [mindfulness and meditation] is how to practice being in the present moment, and not be so concerned with what’s happened in the past, or worry so much about what’s going to happen in the future.” - Rob Dube

16:38  - “My anxiety manifests in that I have this vision and I’m not there yet and I wanted to be there yesterday.” - Ryan Tansom

19:49  - “Optimal life is when you can reach your full potential because we all have so much potential but oftentimes we’re blocked. It’s where we can be the best expression of ourselves. Our fullest capacity. Everything our soul wants us to be.” - Rob Dube

24:25  - “Energy is your powersource. It’s where you’re doing the things that bring value to this world, in a fluid way.” - Rob Dube

24:36  - “You and I talked about a word that we invented: you’re flow-ting.” - Rob Dube

29:12  - “You’re just trying to put yourself ten years from now.” - Rob Dube

32:12  - “When we slow down, we can get things done faster.” - Rob Dube

34:14  - “We encourage people to take 130 days off per year, and–here’s the kicker–don’t think about work the entire day. Just for perspective, if you took every weekend, every holiday, and a three-week vacation, you’re darn close to 130 days.” - Rob Dube

35:30 - “What happens is that we come back stronger.” - Rob Dube

42:00 - “People pick up on the energy of a chameleon but when you’re you, they know what they’ve got.” - Rob Dube

Links and Resources:

The 10 Disciplines

Rob Dube, LinkedIn

Arkona Website

The 5 Intentional Growth™ Principles (5 Videos to Help Clarify Your Vision)

Intentional Growth™ Financial Assessment

Fractional CFO Services

You can also reach out to me via email at rtansom@arkona.io, or on my LinkedIn.