Speaker Peter Szabo argues that the single fundamental determinant of lasting business success is value — the real, tangible or intangible benefit a product or service provides by solving customers' problems. While marketing and sales can drive short-term gains, long-term marketplace success is determined by who creates the most value for the least cost; combining excellent product/service value with strong marketing yields the best results. Szabo supports this with practical analogies (appliances, cars, courses), his experience working with 300+ companies, and closes with a Tony Robbins quote about helping people get what they want.
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What's the fundamental secret behind success in business? Hey, my name is Peter Szabo, and it really comes down to this one thing. It's called value. And I know, I know you probably heard this before, or maybe it just sounds redundant, but hear me out for a minute. I've heard this many times before as well, like, hey, the business that gives the most value succeeds, blah, blah, blah. But. But I can never really resonate with that or really fully understand it, right? Because there's all sorts of different philosophies. Some people just say, like, hey, the Wall street philosophy, right? Just take money from other people's pockets, put it in yours, blah, blah, blah. Really hardcore aggressive stuff. There's people that just like, give value, give value. And it's kind of really confusing, like, okay, what does it really take to succeed in business? And it took me, like, a lot of years, I've been in business, like, over a decade now, 11 years, specifically, to really crack the code and understand fundamentally at like, a very basic level, what does it take to succeed? And I understood that, yes, marketing and all that can get you some progress, can get you some customers, clients make you some money. So, yes, marketing, sales are important, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to value. Because value is really the tangible or intangible value benefit people get from your product or service. And in the big picture, the business that provides the most of it wins, right? That's the big distinction. I realized that, yes, in the short run, you know, good marketing, good sales, et cetera can get you going and get you some progress. But in the long run, business or the economy is not like a popularity contest. It's not about who's got better marketing, better sales. It's more like a reality contest. Who is actually creating more value, right? Who is actually solving the problem? The best, I guess that's a very easy way to put it, is that value comes as a byproduct of solving a problem, right? The reason you pay for, like, a refrigerator is because it gives you value. The value of keeping your food, you know, cold and good to eat for longer, right? That's the value you get from it because it solves that problem. Problem, right? You buy a vacuum cleaner or whatever you buy, you get value from it, right? It cleans your house, right? You buy an educational course. The value you get from it is like the information. And you apply the information, you get a better life, a better business, whatever it may be. That's the real value you get from it, right? The real problem that gets solved. So if you can really start thinking about how can we provide the best solution that will yield the best value for our customers, and you really start optimizing for that, providing the best product, best service, best support, in the long run, you're gonna win. Because ultimately consumers and customers go to the business that provides the most value for the least amount of money, right? If you have like two cars and one is just, just better designed, better value for your money, better mileage, better gas consumption, all this. And I'm not a car expert, so please, why would I use this Met? But that's the whole idea. In the short term, maybe this car can use fancier marketing, maybe they'll get more sales, but at the end of the day, if this car over here is just overall better value for your money, better solution to your problems, people will eventually vote for this car and this car will win. Now, if you want to have the best results in business, combine amazing marketing with amazing product service value, and, and that's how you get to the very, very top. So it's really understanding that value is at the heart of it and there's no way to go around it. People that maybe make a little bit of money in the short run, but there's no substance, there's no value, there's no real solutions to real problems behind their businesses. They always go out of business. And trust me, I know this because I've had the great, amazing privilege to work with over 300 companies in my agency. From small to big startups to eight nine figure corporations. Every single time I'd see a business wasn't actually built on real value, real transformation, real results, they wouldn't last. And the ones that would last and that would survive in tough times and grow always had real substance, which comes down to value. Lastly, I want to leave you with a quote. It's actually on my wall over there. It's by Tony Robbins. It says, I discovered a long time ago that if I helped enough people get what they wanted, I, I would always get what I wanted and I would never have to worry. So that's really what value comes down to. Understanding that any business interaction is P2P. People to people. If you deal with people and you help them deal with their problems and you help them make their life a little bit better, they will gladly give you money in return. And it really demystifies this whole business thing, right? It doesn't have to be about greed or giving. You combine the two into symbiosis, into a healthy relationship. Where you get money in exchange for real value, real solutions that you provide. And any business that does that will flourish and will keep growing. So that's what it comes down to. Value. Hope this was helpful, Peter Sabo and see you soon.
