44. Sustainable Growth: Release, Reinvent, Replace

Foreign. Hey, my friend. Welcome back to Leadership in a Nutshell. I'm your host, Kenny Chapman, and this is episode 44 where we're going to dive into sustainable growth. Release, reinvent, replace. So there's a lot of, you know, a lot of talk around growth. And I recently talked about growth, mindset, and the importance of, you know, being mindful of how you think about the world, how you think about life, how you show up as a driven leader, how you acknowledge your team, how you, you know, really make decisions that either move your life forward radically and rapidly or even put the brakes on and really block where you want to go. And I think it's important when we really take a step back and think about sustainable growth, there's a lot of areas in life that we can grow with a shot in the arm that we can, you know, just advance very quickly and different things. Like that buddy of mine, Joe Polish, talks about concept of, you better be nice to the people on the way up, because they're the same people you're going to see on the way back down. Now, I don't. I don't necessarily agree with. With wanting to plan for heading back down, but I do think it's important to be nice to everybody as you scale, as you grow your own capacities, capabilities, wealth, all the different things influence whatever you're focused on at the moment. But I think sustainable growth is one of the keys to life. And I think that as we spend our time together here in Leadership in a nutshell, and as you take a moment out of your day, is why I created this podcast and just take a step back for 10, 15 minutes a week and just kind of really give yourself a chance to think about your thinking. That's the goal, and that's the reason why we spend this time together. And growth is just a lot of fear. I just had a coaching call before. I'm recording this episode with a client that was asking me a lot of questions around why people sell their businesses and why we. We coach and train around, you know, the decisions that lead up to, if you will, the process of selling a company. And quite honestly, I see a lot of businesses sold on fear based on the can I do it again? And I want you to think about sustainability with growth, because if you're committed to growth, last week we talked about priorities. And, you know, if you have those in order and you're really focused on your purpose, your passion and your profit, then you think about sustainability. That's where I want to talk to you today. From you to just take a step back and set yourself free and really have the confidence that you're going to sustain growth. And so I was sharing with this client, you know, I'm a previous baseball player and grew up playing ball and different things and, you know, selling a business or deciding how you're going to handle certain levels of your career is much like a baseball player that, you know, maybe I, I have a breakout year and I hit, you know, 50 home runs this year. And so all of a sudden I, I've got another year left on my contract, but I'm offered a one year deal or one year extension at X amount of money. And yet if I play the rest of my contract out, I might get a better deal for multiple years. And yet in the back of my mind, I'm just not sure if I can hit 50 home runs again. And that is where the sustainable growth conversation comes into our mind as leaders. You know, 50 home runs is a metaphor for the business that you do, the tasks, the services that you offer, whatever that looks like. And at the end of the day, I want you to think about as a leader. Are you growing in a sustainable manner? Meaning are you getting burnt out? Are you having fear based thoughts around cash? Are you worried about markets? Are you worried about team capacity, capability? Are you worried that you're not going to be able to attract top talent? Are you worried that the business environment is shifting and changing? Are you worried that taxes are going to impact you at a level that you won't be able to keep up with? Whatever that is, and whatever the tasks are that you do, I want you to be mindful of those and then implement this simple three step process of release, reinvent and replace. So, you know, several episodes ago I talked to you about delegation and I'm a massive delegator. I continue to learn about myself and my own unique ability and primary purpose when it comes to delegation. And there are certain things I love to do. Like this right here. I don't plan on delegating my leadership. In a Nutshell podcast. Why? Because this is something I enjoy doing and I believe that I bring value to you. Which if I do, please do me a favor and give us a rating. Click that five star rating. That would really help us grow the community. But nonetheless, little advertisement in there if you will. But no, stay, stay with me here. I want you to just realize, like, I won't delegate this. Why? Because I enjoy this task. Now there are tons and tons of things that I do delegate because I don't enjoy It. So when I talk about release, reinvent, replace, step one is release. So you know, where are you spending your time that doesn't serve you when you think about energy drain, when you're doing tasks that aren't in your unique ability. You know, for me, I love spreadsheets. I've probably mentioned this in the past. I love spreadsheets, but I don't love putting them together. I love analyzing the data in spreadsheets. I love to build content, but I don't like creating the same content over and over. When I sit down to create one of these leadership in a nutshell episodes for you, I think about what's top of mind. For me, I think about who I've coached recently, I think about conversations and topics and I think about what's come to mind when I meditate. I think about what I've been reading and putting into my mental food recently. And then I come up with content. And so as you listen to me over the course of years and years to come, we may revisit topics unconsciously by my standpoint because I have a new perspective around it. And so I'm clear about that. For me, what that means is I can't do the same thing every single day. So I have to release it. I have to be mindful of where my unique ability and primary purpose intersect, my daily activity that will create sustainable growth for me. So yes, I just wrote a book in 2020 called the Six Dimensions of Change 2.0. If you haven't read it, please make sure you get a copy of that. It's on Audible, it's in paperback form, it's ebooks, whatever platform you want. And yes, I am working on a new book that will title soon that's going to be around purpose and leadership and really helping you tap into your purpose to grow your community, to grow your influence, to grow your income, to grow the businesses you're involved in, whatever that is. But I can't do those things if I don't release. I sold a service business. Why? Because it was time for other people on my team to graduate, to go to the next level. And it was time for me to step deeper and further into my own unique ability with. With a little bit more primary focus. And so I want you to just be mindful that there are some things right now that you need to release that you need to say no to, that you need to run a task evaluation exercise on and look at what you're doing on the daily and decide what you're going to Release. Now, I talk about that in the delegation episode and that's all well and good. However, here I want to help you avoid the pitfall of being like so many leaders that I work with and my team at Blue Collar works with where we end up realizing that you're a leader and you've delegated a lot of your tasks that you're not enjoying. But then you end up with. You're not sure what to do next, you're not sure what you should quote, unbe doing, you know, quote unquote should be doing. I've delegated these things. I remember early as a young entrepreneur in the service business, when I got out of the truck and into the office, I was a fish out of water. I didn't know what to do in the office. And then I got some mentoring and I started understanding where I really need to spend my time. So I had to reinvent myself as a leader, being an in the office leader rather than an in the field leader. And as I reinvent myself now, I can replace my daily activities. And that's why it has to go in this order. Release, reinvent, then replace. I can't really reinvent myself until I release certain things. Why? I don't have enough time. I'm doing it, doing it, doing it. I'm rocking and rolling. I got, I'm busy. I have so many things going on. But until I release and create some space now I can really go, okay, now what is it that really works for me? Where do I want to spend my time, my energy, my focus? Where can I apply my purpose and ability to the best level that will grow this business, that will grow team members, that will grow influence in the proper way. Now I can reinvent into that level. And now I can replace my tasks with things that are tied to this next level of myself. And I believe in constant, never ending improvement. One of my favorite sushi restaurants in in the Phoenix market is called Kaizen. The Japanese philosophy around constant and never ending improvement. I believe in that. I believe in always growing. I believe in always making my future bigger than my past. Which means I've got to create sustainable growth. Which also means that we evolve as human beings and we evolve mentally, physically, technology wise. And so I've got to release some things. I've got to reinvent who I am, what's important to me. I where I want to spend my time, with who I want to spend my time, where I want to invest my income, how I want to invest it, with who I want to invest it and then replace with those activities. There was a time I spent all of my time in the plumbing, heating, air conditioning service business. There was a time when I spent all of my time training technicians on communication process and sales process. There was a time when I spent a lot of time doing one on one and group coaching. Now there's a time that I'm creating a lot of content. I'm writing books, I'm building platforms for the next level of leadership coaching that I will be doing in the near future. Because I release, I reinvent myself and then I replace my daily activities with the things that make the most sense. You have the ability to do the same. It takes discipline, it takes commitment, it takes. It takes desire. It takes clarity. And next week I'm actually going to talk to you a little bit more about clarity and shoulds. But before we get to next week, please do me a favor. Give us a rating. Download that book Six Dimensions of Change 2.0. Let me know what you think about it. This is about sustainable growth. Release, reinvent, replace. I'm your host, Kenny Chapman of Leadership in a Nutshell. I want to thank you so much for your time, energy, focus and and stepping into your greatest self every single day. You have an opportunity again today to do that. Until we talk, make it a better than fantastic week and I'll talk to you real soon. Thanks everybody.