Lazy Leverage

Jon Matzner and Peter Lohmann

Talking about using leverage in life and business.

  1. hace 3 días ·  Video

    You Need to Get Good at Wasting Time | Lazy Leverage #120

    Juan is who Jon becomes when he finally takes real time off. There is a specific shirt, one extra button undone, a jacuzzi and a cocktail. Then something breaks at the company, the shirt comes off, and Jon is back. In this one: the AI that told Jon to sit on the beach and not write about it, the three categories Arthur Brooks says will make you good at leisure, and the fourth one Peter's grandfather figured out that Brooks left off the list.   Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:59 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage 01:39 - Brought to You by Sagan Passport 02:59 - Leisure Is a Skill for Strivers 07:51 - The Irony of Leisure Maxing 10:46 - David Choe and Art With No Purpose 12:46 - Alan Watts and Designing Your Environment 17:05 - The Asset That Never Hits the Balance Sheet 20:00 - Cocktail Hour at the Cottage 23:20 - Meet Juan, Jon's Leisure Alter Ego 27:09 - Category 1: Learning Things You Don't Have To 31:51 - Category 2: Relationships Nobody Pays For 35:57 - Category 3: Getting Philosophically Deeper 39:56 - The Missing Fourth Category: Wasting Time 43:48 - Why Your Best Ideas Arrive at Rest 48:42 - The Head Trash Around Taking Time Off   References Mentioned in This Episode -   Books: The School of Life & de Botton, A. (2016). Small pleasures. The School of Life Press. (Jon refers to it as "Simple Pleasures" in the episode.) The School of Life. (2021). A simpler life: A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity. The School of Life Press. Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. Simon & Schuster. Allen, D. (2001). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity. Viking. Quotes Referenced: Alan Watts (paraphrased): if you live for a goal that sits in front of you, you will still be living in the future once you reach it. Arthur Brooks (paraphrased): leisure is not compensated, but it enriches us and it makes us better. Rob Dyrdek: "You can do exactly what you intended to do and still have a terrible experience. That's why we use Energy Ratings in Existence." Jeff Bezos (paraphrased): a senior executive only needs to make a small number of high-quality decisions a year.   People & Frameworks Cited: Arthur Brooks, Harvard Business School, on leisure as a developed skill Alain de Botton, Swiss-born philosopher and founder of The School of Life Alan Watts, philosopher David Choe, artist, painted the mural in Facebook's first office Rob Dyrdek, founder of Existence, the time-tracking platform behind the calendar Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, on the loss of third places Wim Hof, breath work Crane Breaks, Peter's month-off practice   Tools Mentioned in the Episode: Claude, Zapier, Notion, Slack, Riverside, Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses   Related Reading: Arthur Brooks on why leisure is a skill worth developing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Sk2LgtJno   Follow Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmatzner/| https://x.com/MatznerJon| https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pslohmann/| https://x.com/pslohmann| https://www.peterlohmann.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation 👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW

  2. 28 jul ·  Video

    I'd Put These $300 Glasses on Every Employee | Lazy Leverage #119

    Jon bought a pair of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses to take pictures with his kids without pulling his phone out. Weeks later, he's texting his AI agent from them, dictating voice memos into Codex hands-free, and rebuilding how his content workflow captures footage. In this one: why he'd put a set on every employee if he still ran a home services business, the backdoor around Meta's ecosystem that lets you route commands to any AI agent, and why the future of field ops looks a lot like a body cam.   Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - Meta Ray-Bans: What They Actually Do 02:53 - The Fantasy: Fewer Screens, More Leverage 09:03 - Texting Your AI Agent (The Meta Backdoor) 14:33 - Long-Form Voice Notes via Google Voice 20:49 - Give Every Crew a Set: The Content Machine 25:25 - Live Event Coverage That Actually Works 29:21 - Master Plumber / Junior Plumber Leverage 32:22 - The Body Cam for Your Business 36:20 - How do you picture a year in your head? 38:32 - Wrap + Next Week Tease   References Mentioned in This Episode -   Quotes Referenced: Leonardo da Vinci: "Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work the least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form." (Recorded in Vasari's Lives of the Artists.)   Tools Mentioned in the Episode: Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, OpenAI Codex, Claude, Google Voice, AgentMail, Zapier, Airtable, AppFolio, Slack, HubSpot, NFC tags   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pslohmann/ | https://www.peterlohmann.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation   👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lazy-leverage/id1777098486

  3. 21 jul ·  Video

    The Airbnb Tax Hack Is a Trap | Lazy Leverage #118

    Every entrepreneur who writes their first six-figure check to the IRS hears the same pitch: buy an Airbnb, use the depreciation to wipe out your active income, save a fortune on taxes. Peter and Jon spent months looking at it. They're both saying no. In this one: why the Airbnb tax hack is a trap, what post-economic living looks like, and the four escape routes every operator considers when the tax bill hits (and why most cost more than they save).   Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Peter's Two-Night Think Week 05:35 - Your First Six-Figure Check to the IRS 10:55 - The Four Tax Escape Options 13:05 - Donor Advised Funds & Foundations 16:47 - Starting a Business Just for Depreciation 22:25 - Read the Primary Sources 26:00 - Real Estate Professional Status & the Depreciation Play 33:45 - The Short-Term Rental Loophole (And Why It Sucks) 39:46 - The Sagan Retreat House Play 43:20 - Real Estate for Preservation, Not Deal-Making 54:08 - We're Post-Economic   References Mentioned in This Episode -   Books: Grann, D. (2023). The wager: A tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder. Doubleday. The School of Life & de Botton, A. (2016). Small pleasures. The School of Life Press. Forester, C. S. (1937). Beat to quarters. Little, Brown. O'Brian, P. (1969). Master and commander. J. B. Lippincott.   Quotes Referenced: Sam Altman (paraphrased): "Unless the opportunity is so good that it makes the rest of your career up to that point look like a footnote, you don't do it."   People & Frameworks Cited: Thomas Kopelman, financial advisor at AllStreet Wealth Moses Kagan, Adaptive Real Estate Logan Rankin, real estate operator   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://www.saganpassport.com/free-consultation   👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lazy-leverage/id1777098486

  4. 14 jul ·  Video

    I Locked 15 Business Owners in a Room to Solve AI. Here's What Works. | Lazy Leverage #117

    Jon just put 15 business owners in a room in San Diego for 2.5 days. Everyone doing over $3M a year. Nobody selling AI courses. In this episode: the 8 rules Jon and Zaki (Sagan's President of AI) came out with, why theory of constraints filters every AI decision, the 4 levels of AI access every home services business needs (spoiler: don't hand Claude Code to your maintenance tech), and why almost everything you're seeing right now is faster horses. Plus a new benefit for Crane members announced at the end.   Chapters: 0:00 - Cold Open 0:49 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage 2:02 - Brought to You by Sagan Passport 3:19 - The Sagan X AI Event (15 Business Owners in San Diego) 8:24 - Rule 1: Global Talent + AI Agents Are the Same Pursuit 14:44 - Rule 2: Theory of Constraints Is the AI Money Filter 19:40 - Rule 3: The 4 Levels of AI Access in Your Company 31:26 - Rule 4: Experimentation vs Production 35:23 - Rule 5: Source of Truth vs System of Record vs Endpoints 44:30 - Rule 6: Perfectionism Is the Enemy of AI Adoption 49:44 - Rule 7: Everything Is a Technology Problem First 53:25 - Rule 8: Faster Horses vs Cars (Agent-Native Building) 58:30 - Announcement: Sagan Agent Builds for Crane Members 1:00:30 - Closing   References Mentioned in This Episode - Books: Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press. Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (2005). Blue ocean strategy: How to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant. Harvard Business School Press. Porter, M. E. (1980). Competitive strategy: Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors. Free Press. Roff-Marsh, J. (2015). The machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function. Greenleaf Book Group Press.   Quotes Referenced: Charlie Munger: "Technology can either help you or kill you. The difference is whether the customer gets all the savings or some of the savings go to shareholders." John Maynard Keynes: "In the long run we are all dead." (Jon attributes this to Buffett in the episode. It's actually Keynes, from A Tract on Monetary Reform, 1923.) People & Frameworks Cited: Justin Roff-Marsh, Sales Process Engineering (Ballistix): https://ballistix.com/ Tools Mentioned in the Episode: Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Gemini, Airtable, Postgres, Service Titan, Lead Simple, AppFolio, Rentvine, HubSpot   Related Reading: Jon's full recap of the Sagan X in-person AI event with 13 takeaways from the room: https://lazyleverage.beehiiv.com/p/we-hosted-an-in-person-ai-event   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/ 🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation   👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Follow Lazy Leverage on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW

  5. 7 jul ·  Video

    Why You Can't Put Your Phone Down (And How to Actually Fix It) | Lazy Leverage #116

    Jon and Peter break down the two-step system Jon uses to put the phone down on weekends: uninstall the apps and route notifications through an AI agent so you never touch the dopamine loop directly. Also: Sagan's first in-person AI event in San Diego, and the 7 rules Jon and his team are using to actually make money with AI (as opposed to McKinsey slides and info-seller grift). If you can't leave your phone in the other room, this one's for you.   Chapters: 0:00 - Cold Open 1:03 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage 1:46 - Peter's Phone Addiction Confession 2:38 - Brought to You by Sagan Passport 5:10 - Mid-Career Entrepreneur Realities 6:40 - "I'd Light Incense to This Phone" 9:02 - The Weekend Uninstall Strategy 11:17 - The Codex + iMessage Split-Step 16:41 - The Dumb Phone Experiment 22:11 - Phones in the Bedroom: Give Yourself Permission 23:47 - The Apple Watch Solution 28:08 - Sagan's San Diego AI Event 28:56 - The Gap in AI Content Right Now 33:29 - Scoping Is Now Everything 37:55 - Rule 1: Cost Savings Is Just the Entry Point 39:00 - Rules 2-3: Frequent Work + Jobs Not Roles 39:53 - Rule 4: Build Against Your Constraint 41:35 - Rule 5: Build Drafts, Not Ships 45:24 - Rule 6: Your Software Stack Is Strategic 47:33 - Rule 7: First Builds Should Leave Assets Behind 49:03 - Why Sagan Is Positioned for AI 50:18 - Adverse Selection & Kidnapping Insurance 54:33 - Closing   References Mentioned in This Episode -   Books: Reese, J. (2011). Make the bread, buy the butter: What you should and shouldn't cook from scratch--over 120 recipes for the best homemade foods. Free Press.   Podcasts Referenced: EconTalk with Russ Roberts: https://www.econtalk.org/ Stuff You Should Know: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/ People & Frameworks Cited: Justin Roff-Marsh, Sales Process Engineering (Ballistix): https://ballistix.com/ Cedric Chin's Commoncog: https://commoncog.com/   Tools Mentioned in the Episode: Codex (OpenAI): Jon's iMessage-to-Codex agent workflow Claude Code: Jon's daily driver Beehive: Peter's newsletter platform (used in his Twitter DM automation)   Related Reading: Jon's full recap of the Sagan X in-person AI event with 13 takeaways from the room: https://lazyleverage.beehiiv.com/p/we-hosted-an-in-person-ai-event   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation   👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Follow Lazy Leverage on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW

  6. 30 jun ·  Video

    Why You're Tracking 74 KPIs and Still Going Broke | Lazy Leverage #115

    Jon and Peter break down the simplifying framework quietly running their entire business strategy: the 2 numbers every CEO needs to track, pulled from Justin Roff-Marsh's speed-based operating system and theory of constraints. Why most business owners track 74 KPIs that don't matter. Why your bottleneck is the most profitable thing in your business. The 2-system model (business as usual vs growth) that stops your operations team from stealing resources from your marketing engine.   Chapters: 0:00 - Cold Open 0:49 - Welcome to Lazy Leverage 1:11 - Today's Topic: Theory of Constraints 2:11 - Knowledge = The Ability to Predict 3:21 - The $10M Test (Kayvon's Investment Banker Insight) 4:46 - Inorganic Growth as a Valuation Multiplier 5:32 - Is Your Business Chaotic? The Flowchart 8:33 - How to Select Your Constraint 10:18 - Celebrate the Constraint 14:32 - Two Systems: Business as Usual + Growth 16:53 - Why BAU Robs Resources From Growth 18:13 - The 2 Numbers Every CEO Should Track 20:54 - Hormozi: Profit Is Unnatural 22:33 - Productivity of the Constraint (Contribution Margin) 26:00 - On-Time Task Completion of Non-Constraints 27:37 - Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication 32:25 - Why Software Doesn't Report These Numbers 37:10 - Peter on Phone Addiction 38:37 - The Sacrificial Lamb Trick 41:15 - Andrew Carnegie's "Suggestions, Not Orders" 42:15 - Closing   References Mentioned in This Episode -    Books: Carnegie, A. (1920). The autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. Houghton Mifflin. Geneen, H., & Moscow, A. (1984). Managing. Doubleday. Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press. Roff-Marsh, J. (2015). The machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function. Greenleaf Book Group Press.   Articles & Newsletters: Cedric Chin's Commoncog (knowledge as ability to predict): https://commoncog.com/ Commoncog: There Is No Truth in Business, Only Knowledge: https://commoncog.com/no-truth-in-business-only-knowledge/ Justin Roff-Marsh, Sales Process Engineering (Ballistix): https://ballistix.com/   Quotes Referenced: Leonardo da Vinci: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." [cited via Jordan Muela's email signature]   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation 👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Follow Lazy Leverage on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW

  7. 23 jun ·  Video

    He Quit Private Equity to Buy a $5M Pool Business | Lazy Leverage #114

    Jon sits down with Austen Ebenger, a 28-year-old Wharton undergrad and NYU Stern MBA who left private equity in Boston, moved back in with his parents, and bought a $5.4M pool construction business in Orlando. In the first 90 days he lost $200,000 on a permitting disaster. A Zimbabwe hire with zero permitting experience fixed it. Inside: how he found a stale BizBuySell listing, why he skipped Q of E, why he uses global talent to upgrade quality, and his thesis for buying adjacent businesses next.   Chapters: 00:00 Cold Open 00:52 Welcome to Lazy Leverage 01:34 Penn & Wharton Banter 02:18 Austen's Path: Wharton → Stern → PE 04:02 Brought to You by Sagan Passport 05:36 The Self-Funded Search Process 07:09 Why He Avoided Buy-Side Brokers 08:49 Finding the Deal on BizBuySell 10:22 Getting His Florida Contractor License 11:59 Deal Terms: 10% Down, No Q of E 12:45 Service Provider Shoutouts (Benchmark, Hsu, Hettich) 18:23 The $200K Permitting Disaster 20:29 The Zimbabwe Hire That Saved the Business 23:12 Hire for Attributes, Not Experience 25:48 Hard Chargers vs Steady State People 28:24 The 3 Things Orgs Don't Naturally Do 33:55 Sagan Hires: Permitting & Colombian Drafter 36:42 Building an Anti-Fragile Organization 40:03 Notion as the Agentic Brain 42:54 River-Proofing Your Standards Docs 47:23 The Big John Lesson 50:08 The Industry Thesis: Global Talent + Acquisitions 56:03 Two Businesses Inside Every Business 58:32 Closing & How to Reach Austen   References Mentioned in This Episode -    Books: Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press. Guidara, W. (2022). Unreasonable hospitality: The remarkable power of giving people more than they expect. Optimism Press. Roff-Marsh, J. (2015). The machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function. Greenleaf Book Group Press.   Speeches & Quotes Referenced: Roosevelt, T. (1910, April 23). Citizenship in a republic ["The Man in the Arena" speech, delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris]. Tyson, M. (1987). "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" [interview quote].   Service Providers & Resources: Benchmark International (M&A broker): https://www.benchmarkintl.com/ Eric Hsu, Lawyer 4 SMBs (closing attorney): https://lawyer4smbs.com/ Brad Hettich, Commercial Lending X (SBA loan): https://commerciallendingx.com/ BizBuySell: https://www.bizbuysell.com/   Previous Episode Referenced: Lazy Leverage with Yossi Wachtel (reverse hospitality, Monkey Wrench Plumbing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295DTy6vOAU   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Austen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austenebenger/ | https://southernpooldesigns.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation   Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Follow Lazy Leverage on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW

  8. 16 jun ·  Video

    The 3 Levels of Buying Back Your Time | Lazy Leverage #113

    You have money. You don't have time. Jon and Peter break down the 3-level hierarchy of buying back your time, pulled from Dan Martell's framework by way of a viral Jeremy Haynes post. Cleaners and food delivery. House managers and executive assistants. A-player specialists who replace you in your highest-earning role. Underneath it: the inherited money scripts that stop business owners from using money to buy themselves a life, and Jon's argument for why he STILL doesn't have an EA. If you've ever felt rich on dollars and bankrupt on hours, this one's for you.   Chapters: 0:00 Cold Open 0:28 Welcome to Lazy Leverage 1:34 Jon's Obsidian + Claude Code GTD System 9:00 Atomic Units & The Morning Brief 11:47 Brought to You by Sagan Passport 13:06 Topic: The Hierarchy of Buying Back Your Time 14:54 Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate 17:56 The Entrepreneurship Floor Strategy 22:44 Level 1: Why People Don't Hire Cleaners 24:00 Money Scripts (Ramit Sethi) 26:56 The Guilt of Having Help 30:57 Using Money to Fill Your Own Cup 39:53 Level 2: House Manager + Executive Assistant 44:09 Jon's "Do Less" Anti-EA Philosophy 51:18 Level 3: A-Player Specialists 56:19 Getting Comfortable With 80% 59:02 Spending Money Is a Skill 1:01:21 Money Doesn't Buy Happiness? Try a Night Nurse 1:03:01 Things That Create Experiences 1:04:44 Closing Thoughts   References Mentioned in This Episode -    Books: Allen, D. (2001). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity. Penguin. Ferriss, T. (2007). The 4-hour workweek: Escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich. Crown. Goldratt, E. M. (1984). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press. Jorgenson, E. (2020). The almanack of Naval Ravikant: A guide to wealth and happiness. Magrathea Publishing. Martell, D. (2023). Buy back your time: Get unstuck, reclaim your freedom, and build your empire. Portfolio. Sethi, R. (2009). I will teach you to be rich: No guilt. No excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-week program that works. Workman Publishing.   Articles & Source Posts: Jeremy Haynes (original "Hierarchy of buying back your time" post that inspired the episode): https://x.com/thejeremyhaynes   Follow Jon: https://x.com/MatznerJon | https://jonmatzner.com/ Follow Peter: https://x.com/pslohmann | https://www.peterlohmann.com/   🌎 Brought to you by Sagan Passport: https://saganpassport.com Schedule a free consulting session: https://saganpassport.com/free-consultation   👷 Join Crane, Peter's community for property management operators: https://www.joincrane.co/   Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyLeverageofficial Follow Lazy Leverage on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/763FBQuzXqTqJ3mb837WbW

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  • Creador
    Jon Matzner and Peter Lohmann
  • Años de actividad
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodios
    100
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
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    © Jon Matzner and Peter Lohmann
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    Lazy Leverage

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