Joshua NelsonSeven Figure Agency · Mentor / Coach at Seven Figure Agency

Why you should never compete on price, if you want to stay profitable

Name: Why you should never compete on price, if you want to stay profitable
Uploaded: 2026-04-28T15:44:43+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Joshua Nelson
Description: In this segment, the speaker addresses the common issue of constant ad‑hoc requests and interruptions that overwhelm managers. He proposes two practical…

28 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker addresses the common issue of constant ad‑hoc requests and interruptions that overwhelm managers. He proposes two practical interventions: first, establishing a regular "parking‑lot" meeting (a weekly, dedicated session) where team members can bring all their questions, concerns, and issues for collective discussion, which can eliminate roughly 90% of spontaneous interruptions. Second, he introduces a "1‑3‑1" problem‑solving template that requires individuals to define the problem, generate three possible solutions, and recommend one course of action. By combining the weekly meeting cadence with the 1‑3‑1 framework, the speaker claims that interruptions can be reduced to under 5% of a manager’s time, dramatically improving focus and productivity.

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So your team's coming to you, feels like all day long with got a minute questions asking you, hey, I need this, I need that. What's broken and how can you fix it? Probably the first thing that's broken is that you don't have a meeting rhythm in place where there's a parking lot for them to bring you those questions, to bring you those issues. Actually, at our agency, this was very common. It was like this constantly interruptions and, and trying to come back to things. If you can put a weekly meeting in place, that's a level 10 meeting or whatever you wanna call it, but every week this is what we're gonna do. You're gonna bring whatever issues, questions, concerns you have, and we're gonna spend dedicated time to answer those questions and get them resolved. That'll take 90% of that off your plate. The other thing is arm them to do a 1-3-1, which is define what the problem is, come up with 3 potential solutions, and what their 1 recommendation is. You combine having a weekly meeting where they've got a place to bring their problems and them thinking themselves through a 1-3-1, you're gonna get down to less than 5% of the time being interrupted with those types of meetings.