The Graham Cochrane Show

Explore how shifting from a scarcity to an abundance mindset can lead to business success, as mindset plays a crucial role in achieving goals. Learn about the negative effects of a scarcity mindset and how easy it is to tap into an abundance mindset. Discover strategies to generate additional revenue and the importance of questioning to stimulate problem-solving and personal growth.

If you've built your online business the way I teach and you’re building it around content, lead magnets, an email list and you follow up with an email funnel - then you already have a system in place with new people joining your list every single day. If that's the case, why not try to maximize the revenue in that email funnel so that you can increase your income without having to go out and do a bunch of new crazy things?  There's a lot of money being left on the table in people's email funnels. And today I want to share five of the simplest things you can do starting today, to maximize the revenue in your already existing email funnel. Let’s dive in and maximize your funnel revenue! In this episode you'll learn: Why maximizing funnel revenue doesn't need to be a giant project The few things you're probably missing, that lead you to leave money on the table What you absolutely need to have in place for your funnel revenue to reach its peak Hope you enjoy!- Graham

So every year I play this game with myself and my business. I try to cut down on the number of hours that I spend in the business while keeping revenue the same - or better yet, growing it. Now, why do I do this? Am I a crazy person? No. I just want to know that I'm only doing what matters in my business and that I’m doing the work that truly matters, making sure I'm doing fulfilling meaningful work and above else, not wasting my time. Otherwise, why not be at home with my family instead of in the office working on random things? Today I want to give you the recipe. I want to start your journey of working less and earning more. And not only is it possible, it is actually easier than you think. Let me take you back and show you how I've gone from 30 to 40+ hours a week and barely making enough money to survive, to getting it down to around 5 hours a week and doing seven figures, almost multiple seven figures. If you could follow these steps and cut out one day of your work week or shave off 10 hours or 20 hours of your work week while maintaining or growing your revenue, would you be interested? If so, stick around and let’s start the your journey towards working less and earning more! In this episode you'll learn:  The key components to working less and how you can start your journey today  How working less can actually increase revenue by freeing up your time  How I was able to go from a 40 hour work week to working only 5 hours a week Hope you enjoy!- Graham   

When it comes to wealth building, we all have different approaches, different tactics, different strategies, and we're all in different seasons of life with different circumstances. You can get really into the weeds on the how and the what and all of the mechanism. But underneath all of that, I think you’ll find that no matter who you are, where you live, or what you're doing with your money - there are some foundational beliefs about money that are universal, that help shape successful people, who build wealth. And so what I wanna do in today's episode is share with you four of these foundational beliefs about money that I subscribe to, that I truly believe lead to greater wealth. My hope is that in today's episode, you'll latch on to at least one of them as a focus point for you to work towards. Let’s build some wealth! In this episode you'll learn: Why your beliefs about money are critical to building wealth How you can take simple measures to build wealth starting TODAY The no.1 thing that sabotages your wealth building - that we're all are doing! Hope you enjoy!- Graham

Morning routines. You either love 'em or you hate 'em. They have become super trendy over the years and I get asked a lot: Graham, what's your morning routine?Well today, I'm finally going to answer that questions. Up until now, I pretty much skipped over that question, I just haven't been interested in talking about it, partially because I don't think they're a magic bullet straight out the gate. But as a business owner going on his 13th year I've come to realize how critical morning routines are to how your day turns out.Morning routines may not be a magic bullet, but if you're looking to become more intentional, more productive and happy during your day - the morning routines are a great place to start (literally).I have tried everything under the sun when it comes to morning routines, but I think what you're gonna see in today's episode is something that's actually super practical and my hope is that it'll inspire you to figure out what helps you become the best version of yourself day in and day out. In this episode you'll learn: Why I avoided talking about morning routines for a long time How to tap into the power of a great morning routine What my morning routine is and how it has changed the way I run my business Hope you enjoy!- Graham

Subscribers. Followers. Likes. Dislikes - whether we like it or not my friend, whether we admit it or not, these are the numbers. These are the metrics that we clinging to, that we long for to give us credibility as business owners and as content creators. It's how we ascribe credibility subconsciously or consciously to other people. And these are what I would call vanity metrics.These numbers, in my opinion, do not represent credibility and have little to do with the credibility or the success of a person or a business owner. And so in today's episode, we're going to challenge this notion. We're going to challenge these metrics, since the reality is that they have no bearing on whether you are successful or not, and they should not be a marker that you look to for your credibility or success. And then also, they should have no bearing on whether someone else is successful or credible. And so we're going to encourage each other, to stop looking at these vanity metrics, for yourself and for other people to know whether you should follow them or like them or trust what they're saying. I'm gonna walk you through what really matters when it comes to your business success and your credibility.And I'm gonna share an interesting story that I think will tie all this together, and my hope is that you will leave this episode with a little more clarity on what to chase after and what to look for in your business and in others. In this episode you'll learn: Why we're drawn to vanity metrics and how they can harm us psychologically My personal interactions with vanity metrics and how I handle them nowadays 3 crucial things to look for when assessing someones success and credibility (and new's flash, it isn't vanity metrics!) Hope you enjoy!- Graham

I think one of the reasons we get into business in the first place is to have freedom, to be able to own our own schedule, own our time and to have flexibility. But sometimes, things don't really go as planned. There's that age old saying of trading your nine to five for a twenty four seven - which is the opposite of what we're actually after. And I get it, it's the hard reality of being responsible for all of it. A business doesn't turn off, just because you left the office. You can't clock in and clock out. This open door, can definitely become a slippery slope. I think we all want something that we're unfortunately not gonna get by default. We tend to overwork, we tend to just keep going at a pace, that if you're honest with yourself, you cannot keep up with. With the Graham Cochrane show, I'm trying to unpack what's behind all of this so that we can actually live the life we wanna live. In this episode, we're gonna talk about some of the hard things about why we have trouble putting a hard stop on our work. I'm gonna share the struggles Shay and I have had with this, and we're going to identify the four things, the four hidden driving forces, that tend to secretly drive us to hustle, to push, to grind, to not stop when we probably should stop. Let's discuss!In this episode you'll learn: Where the hustle mentality comes from and why it is so dangerous How we've struggled with stopping work in the past, and what led us to find new healthy habits and routines How working less and putting hard stops on work, can actually lead you to do better work and be way more strategic Hope you enjoy!- Graham

So my wife, Shay and I are both business owners and we have two daughters. And combining those two big categories of your life is a constant juggling act. Both categories of our life seem to demand a lot of our tension, time and intentionality. So one of the questions that we get a lot, is how do you balance the two as a couple and as a family? How do you try to both be high performers, have big goals and chase your dreams, and at the same time try to raise a family and have a thriving marriage? The short answer is we don't do it perfectly and we're in counseling, so we're working on this stuff. But what we thought we would do in today's episode is actually share with you, four commitments that we have made to each other and to our family that help us allow our businesses and family to flourish. They're not perfect, but they're things we've really held tightly to and have allowed our two categories to flourish. So in today's episode, we're gonna share those four commitments, and bring you behind the curtain in terms of how we think about family and business. We hope that maybe one or two of these might inspire you or give you some ideas of what you can do, whether you're married or single or have a family, to make sure that both your home life and your business life are flourishing. Let's dive in!In this episode you'll learn: Why family and business needs to coexists and how what kind of mindsets we have developed Our most challenging aspects of running a business while raising a family How we use each others strengths to continue to move forward, even when the going gets tough Hope you enjoy!- Graham

As far as I know, there are only three things that every human being on planet earth has to interact with on a regular basis, or at least at some point in their life.  Number one: other people, number two: your own health and number three: money. Money is one of those pervasive topics that we all have to deal with and especially business owners. And here's the problem. If you are applying everything that I'm teaching here, week in and week out and doing it, you will build wealth. You will make more income. You will have more money to manage, and that won't help you, if you don't know what to do with that money. Now I've covered a lot of the what to do's before, but today I want to cover the five biggest money mistakes that I see business owners making. Let's unpack these mistakes, not to shame you, but to just clean up a little bit of a mess so that you can have a healthier financial base so that you can actually go out and live that life you wanna live and enjoy the money that you have. In this episode you'll learn: What mindset shift you need to make in order to see financial wealth long term Why these 5 mistakes will cripple your wealth growth and always have you working up hill How you can make tiny adjustments to your money management that will set you up for wealth building big time Hope you enjoy!- Graham

►► Grab Jason Feifer's Book - Build For Tomorrow → https://www.grahamcochrane.com/jasonfeifer What do you do when everything in the world seems to be changing at a crazy rapid pace?How do we know that the career we've decided to follow or the business we've built is the right business and it can sustain all the change that's coming down the pike?This is a real problem that we face, especially when you put on the pressure of being a business owner and running your own company, it feels like it is on you to predict what's gonna happen down the pike.And we're all freaking out - but I'm here to help you out. 've brought on an amazing guest this week to break this concept down: Jason Pfeiffer.He's the editor in chief of 'Entrepreneur Magazine', who has a great perspective on this because he gets to interview the best of the best in all areas of life. People who are literally successful at business building, creating and making impact in the world. And I brought him on to discuss his new book that just dropped: Build for tomorrow: An action plan for embracing change, adapting fast and future proofing your career.I love this conversation with Jason as we break down what he calls the four phases of change and much much more!Hope you enjoy!- Graham