Lessons & Ideas
Bryan Harris
Get an unfiltered look behind the scenes of a 7-figure online business. Follow along as I learn how to grow the company and become a better leader.
The episodes range from my personal lessons and ideas to private team meetings and recorded calls with other business leaders.
If you want to peek inside the brain and business of someone in the trenches of marketing, leadership and hiring, this podcast might be for you.
The episodes range from my personal lessons and ideas to private team meetings and recorded calls with other business leaders.
If you want to peek inside the brain and business of someone in the trenches of marketing, leadership and hiring, this podcast might be for you.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 17, 2019 • 3min
How to never get mad at someone
How to never get made at someone
Oct 15, 2019 • 4min
My #1 scheduling and planning tip
My #1 scheduling and planning tip
Oct 11, 2019 • 5min
6 steps to get more out of every non-fiction book you read
Ruben Gamez asked how I go about taking stuff from the books I read and implementing and executing on them.
1. Read one chapter at a time
2. Underline key points and concepts as I go
3. At end of chapter, stop and write down all of the concepts into a note
4. Organize the notes so it logically flows
5. Rinse and repeat for rest of book
6. As ideas and applications of the core concepts come up, put them in my ideas inbox
Oct 9, 2019 • 8min
7 steps to decide what projects to work on
James Clear recently asked how decide which projects to work on. Here is our process:
1. Pick projects quarterly
2. Dont add new projects once quarter begins
3. Capture any new project ideas
4. Spend 1 hour a month sorting the ideas and ranking
5. Spend 1 day a quarter to pick and define appetites
6. Write out a short scope document
7. Schedule it
Sep 6, 2019 • 46min
September 2019 Growth Tools Update
Every month I shoot a quick video updating the Growth Tools team on what we're working on and what I'm excited about.
Highlights:
Update #1: An entirely new way to learn how to build an email list
Update #2: Solving 2 problems with our free tool for creating lead magnets, Attract (plus, a new partner!)
Update #3: 1 position we’re hiring for, and 1 position we’re considering
Update #4: Sales slumped this summer. Here’s what we learned.
Sep 4, 2019 • 11min
8 ways to get me to hire you
We usually get 100+ applicants when hiring. Filtering through them all can be tedious.
Here are 8 things that I’ve noticed make people stand out.
1. Excitement level
2. Fit
3. Follow
4. Familiarity
5. Fluffy words
6. “Destiny”
7. Experience
8. Projects
Here is a written summary of each point: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wFxfLCQGVlyoj2JOIlzoYl7YQFKnGrIArRsm8Wh63O0/edit
Aug 19, 2019 • 10min
Finding Your Purpose
https://fs.blog/2014/05/hunter-s-thompson-to-hume-logan/
Aug 13, 2019 • 4min
2x buy-in from your team
One tweak thats helped to 2x buy-in from the team = rephrase task as a question.
👉🏻 “What would you think about ?”
Helps leadership develop by being part of the decision vs just the conclusion.
Aug 9, 2019 • 4min
How to cancel 50% of your meetings
How to cancel 50% of your meetings
Aug 6, 2019 • 56min
August 2019 Growth Tools Update
Every month I shoot a quick video updating the Growth Tools team on what we're working on and what I'm excited about.
Highlights:
Update #1: A 94% success rate in our latest 4-week marketing class
Update #2: Two problems w/ our new homepage + potential solutions
Update #3: We’re still hiring for our first ever Director of Marketing.
Update #4: Noodling on: What’s the best way to coach someone?
