The Michael Girdley Show
The Michael Girdley Show
Michael Girdley
Barrett O'Neill, CEO of Bright Line Media - The competitive mindset - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 42
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Jul 14, 2022 at 8:26 am.
Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by @barrettjoneill we talk about his journey into entrepreneurship, starting as a competitive athlete, the differences & similarities, and mindsets. Also, we talk about his two businesses, he runs a digital agency, and then secondarily runs a storage business. We also had a great exchange on global workforces and how to hire overseas.-----* Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.* Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!* Follow us on Twitter @GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship.-----Show Notes:
- Introduction
- Our sponsor is DMBridge.app
- How similar is entrepreneurship compared to sports?
-The transition from a competitive athlete to entrepreneurship: What are similarities and differences from a mindset perspective?
- Is it because people often associate competition with winning as the reason for motivation?
- How is Twitter the ecosystem for successful entrepreneurs? Why is it that some people avoid competition?
- Manufacturing competition: How to use Michael Jordan’s technique to become a better version of yourself?
- How to grasp a killer businessman mindset?
- At what point can scaling up become difficult for a digital agency?
- Would it be considerate to always have a goal to build assets and not to think that agency business is the asset?
- Physical vs digital businesses
- How does the storage business work?
- Why does the future of work get people so angry?
- Global workforce: What do we think about it? What are the challenges we see?
-Work going remote & overseas, why is it happening? What are the incentives for entrepreneurs?
- Copywriting Genius: How did you get so good?
- The second tweet magic - How to structure your thread?
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Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by @barrettjoneill we talk about his journey into entrepreneurship, starting as a competitive athlete, the differences & similarities, and mindsets. Also, we talk about his two businesses, he runs a digital agency, and then secondarily runs a storage business. We also had a great exchange on global workforces and how to hire overseas.-----* Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.* Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!* Follow us on Twitter @GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship.-----Show Notes:(00:00) - Introduction(01:22) - Our sponsor is DMBridge.app(04:11) - How similar is entrepreneurship compared to sports?(06:41) -The transition from a competitive athlete to entrepreneurship: What are similarities and differences from a mindset perspective?(09:00) - Is it because people often associate competition with winning as the reason for motivation?(10:20) - How is Twitter the ecosystem for successful entrepreneurs? Why is it that some people avoid competition?(11:46) - Manufacturing competition: How to use Michael Jordan’s technique to become a better version of yourself?(18:23) - How to grasp a killer businessman mindset?(19:23) - At what point can scaling up become difficult for a digital agency?(22:48) - Would it be considerate to always have a goal to build assets and not to think that agency business is the asset?(25:55) - Physical vs digital businesses(28:18) - How does the storage business work?(39:01) - Why does the future of work get people so angry?(42:15) - Global workforce: What do we think about it? What are the challenges we see?(42:41) -Work going remote & overseas, why is it happening? What are the incentives for entrepreneurs?(51:21) - Copywriting Genius: How did you get so good?(53:14) - The second tweet magic - How to structure your thread?(56:42) - Respectful disagreement on Twitter-----Links:* https://www.braveaux.io/-----Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:#38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution#37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire#31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly