Scale with Psychology Ani Manian

My guest today is my friend Chris Marhefka, who facilitates transformation by opening hearts, expanding minds, and giving people permission to be their most authentic self. He came into this healing work after over a decade in entrepreneurship and coaching where he has worked with over 2000 clients in physical, mental, emotional, energetic and spiritual development.

This episode is packed with some incredibly vulnerable storytelling and insights from the school of hard knocks.

In this conversation we talk about:

Specialization is for insects - why being a generalist is now an evolutionary imperative
Intensity vs longevity
Minimum effective doses to become an all star in multiple areas
Shadow work and why gaining access to all parts of yourself is the key to living an extraordinary life
The process Chris uses in his retreats to facilitate transformation
Developing much greater range in your life
A framework to develop radical sovereignty


If you want to learn how to have it all - health, wealth, relationship and an incredible relationship with yourself, you’ll really enjoy this heartfelt conversation.

Connect with Chris:

https://www.chrismarhefka.com/

http://instagram.com/chrismarhefka

My guest today, Joel Sanders has built 3 successful businesses in the real estate space, and his latest venture Apartment Insiders is doing multiple 7 figures and on track for 8 figures in revenue.

In this conversation we talk about:

The macro picture on what’s happening in the real estate market right now
How he built a 2 sided marketplace that serves renters and apartment buildings from scratch
Leveraging proprietary insights to exploit a market opportunity
Joel’s sales pitch that buyers would feel stupid saying NO to
Creating an irresistible offer
Architecting a win:win:win business
Doing unscalable things to jumpstart sales
Selling B2B and B2C in the same business
Operating structure for multi 7 figures without losing your mind
Understanding what problem you’re actually solving for your customer
Hybrid work and how to adapt

If you want to learn how to leverage the unfair advantages you already possess and turn that into a successful business, you’ll enjoy this conversation.

My guest today, Alex Charfen has spent 30 years on the frontlines of entrepreneurship and built multiple multimillion dollar businesses, reaching #21 on the INC 500 and then being featured on the list 3 years in a row. He's the founder of Simple Operations, a company that helps entrepreneurs run their business from the passenger seat. They give entrepreneurs the systems and the processes they need to calm the chaos, execute predictably and achieve success.
Over the past few years, we’ve become close friends and I’ve seen first hand that his success hasn’t come at the cost of his health, marriage or family - which is an extraordinary achievement. He is the embodiment of what's possible when an entrepreneur takes true personal responsibility and ownership of their own personal growth and development.
In this conversation we talk about:

Going from transactional management to transformational leadership
The internal development that an entrepreneur needs to go through to operate at a high level
Unconscious sabotage that blocks growth
Leading yourself as an entrepreneur to lead others better
Driving the business from the passenger seat
Embracing vulnerability
Balancing having a family and being an entrepreneur
Creating absolute transparency in your marriage

If you don’t want to sacrifice one or more parts of your life to be successful in business, you’ll enjoy this conversation.

Connect with Alex: https://www.charfen.com

Rogelio Martinez went from being the President of Berlitz, the largest and oldest franchise in the world, managing hundreds of people around the world and being interviewed on TV to starting completely over - and in record time managed to build multiple successful businesses - a tech consulting company, a SaaS product company, a hardware and media company in the blockchain industry.
This is his story.

In this conversation we talk about:

What it takes to start over in life (new business, new country, new industry)
Identifying & leveraging unfair advantages to fast track success
The problems that success brings
Recycling lessons from building one business into another
Investing in what you know best
When does it NOT make sense to take the path of least resistance
Consulting vs SaaS
Why you don’t need to be technical to be successful building a tech company
EO & YPO
Strategy versus operational efficiencies
Scaling up layers of management
The right way to run multiple businesses at the same time
Behind the scenes - Blockchain, Bitcoin, Defi

If you want a great example of the kind of thinking and decision making that makes business growth exponentially easier, don’t miss this conversation.

Tim Vogel, the Co-Founder and CEO of Scenthound, exemplifies the character traits required to build a world class business: courage, vision, persistence, self awareness, leadership and an ironclad commitment to values.

Not only has he built an incredible team at Scenthound, he has also coached hundreds of entrepreneurs in the Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Accelerator program.

This episode with a long time private client of Scale with Psychology, is a behind the scenes peek into an almost two decade long journey that lies behind ‘overnight success’ and the level of responsibility and personal leadership that is required to sustain performance and excellence over the long term.

This is the stuff few entrepreneurs are willing to share and I’m continually impressed by the level of vulnerability and intelligence that Tim exudes.

In this conversation we talk about:

The genesis of building a dog wellness centric business
Scaling services and the different places business get stuck
Turning passion into purpose & creating a life by design
Key mindsets required to overcome scaling problems
Questioning assumptions and self awareness
Psychological shifts required for massive growth
What it takes to attain true mastery and build a moat
Building high performance teams & great culture
Lessons from building a business with a spouse
What true leadership looks like

If you want to lead better and make an impact in the world by building a truly extraordinary business, don’t miss this conversation.

At Synaptiq.ai Stephen has built a global reputation for solving the most challenging problems for businesses using strategic AI solutions. With a focus on the humankind of AI, Synaptiq partners with companies across dozens of industries to determine their strategy and roadmap for data and AI, use data to generate solutions where none previously existed, and seize opportunities to bring novel products to market inspired by customer problems.
In this conversation we talk about:
The genesis of building an AI based professional services company
Bing financially intelligent and creating optionality
The ‘invisible’ problem services companies face when trying to grow
A new model for scaling a services business
Trauma responses in business, and how to identify them
The CEO mindset that is required to grow through a recession
Uncovering the biggest team performance & culture gremlins
Good organizational design and how to lead your team effectively
How to 10x the business from here

If you run a tech or service based business, you’ll find many gems in this conversation.

Connect with Stephen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sklarew/

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