These 3 Things I Learned the HARD WAY Landscaping Business 🤮| 3 Is The Real Secret

The Untrapped Podcast With Keith Kalfas

In this episode, Keith shares invaluable insights from a decade-long experience serving 5,000 clients in a landscaping business. He discusses the challenges and strategies to make the business more manageable and enjoyable. Key topics include the importance of consuming industry-specific knowledge through audiobooks and podcasts, avoiding unrelated distractions, and systemizing tasks. He emphasizes the importance of integrity, simplifying services, and maintaining a clear separation between personal and business life. Real-world advice on facing and learning from mistakes, setting clear boundaries, and investing in coaching programs for faster growth are provided to help landscaping business owners succeed.

" And when you make these mistakes in your landscaping business, don't resist them and stick your head in the sand, take full responsibility, fall on your sword and eat the mistake, no matter how painful it is and eat it right. That way you'll learn. Through pain and suffering. And then that's how you get better."

- Keith Kalfas

Topics Covered:

• Challenges and ease of running a landscaping business.
• Importance of consuming relevant educational content.
• Necessity of hyper-focus and avoiding distractions.
• Learning from and not repeating mistakes.
• Systematizing the business for profitability and reduced stress.

Key Takeaways

• Hard Work and Focus: It's crucial to invest every waking moment productively, especially in consuming industry-relevant information and avoiding distractions. Hard work and focus are necessary to gain confidence and avoid making repeated mistakes.
• Simplifying the Business: Running a landscaping business can be easy when treated as a straightforward service business with integrity. Stress can be mitigated by focusing on essential services and systematizing the business.
• Higher Purpose: Achieving business success becomes easier when driven by a higher purpose or priority in life. This perspective forces a person to streamline operations, focus on important tasks, and systematize the business to make it more manageable and profitable.

Connect with Keith

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Resources and Websites:

🙋♂️Get My Free Landscaping Business Startup Video Series Here👇 Here https://www.keithkalfas.com/Landscaping-Series

Landscaping Course https://keith-kalfas.mykajabi.com/store/8bFERMcs

LANDSCAPING BUSINESS How to Guide: https://www.keithkalfas.com/16

Get Jobber: https://getjobber.com/im/ambassador-referral/?gspk=a2VpdGhrYWxmYXM4NTIx&gsxid=Rs6pwtznLDcs

Get Ballard: https://www.ballard-inc.com/

Easy Budgeting Blueprint: keithkalfas.com/budget

Smartphone Video Creation Guide: Keithkalfas.com/smartphone

Identifying Your Superpower: Keithkalfas.com/superpower

Become An influencer And Monetize Your Expertise: https://www.keithkalfas.com/influence

Multiple Ways to Monetize: https://www.keithkalfas.com/multipleways