How To Build A Business In 2023 (The Easy Way) - Robin Waite

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal August 3, 2023
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Ali Abdaal, world's most followed productivity expert and author of 'Feel Good Productivity,' hosts Deep Dive podcast featuring inspiring creators, thinkers, and entrepreneurs. His key insight: happiness drives success, not vice versa. This discovery came while working as a doctor facing burnout, realizing hard work alone wasn't enough. Ali developed a new productivity approach focused on enjoying the journey toward meaningful goals. Through authentic conversations, Deep Dive provides insights for building a life you love, emphasising that productivity's secret isn't discipline—it's joy.

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Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker. Sponsored by Trading 212 - download the Trading 212 app. To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR/GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through this link https://trading212.com/promocodes/ALI. Terms apply. This is not financial advice. When investing, your capital is at risk and you may get back less than invested. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. Sponsored by Brilliant - visit https://brilliant.org/DeepDive/ and the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription. 📚 Check Out My New York Times Bestselling Book Feel-Good Productivity! 👉 https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/podcast 📧 Sign up for LifeNotes - my weekly newsletter where I share actionable productivity tips, practical life advice, and high-quality insights from across the web directly to your inbox. 👉https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/podcast Robin Waite is a professional business coach, public speaker, and author with 20 years of experience. For 10 years Robin ran a successful design and advertising agency serving over 250 clients which he then sold before helping thousands of people become grow their businesses with his business coaching. This has been one of my favourite episodes of the podcast and Robins book, ‘Take Your Shot’ was one of the books I read as soon as it came out and it’s featured in my top 10 recommendations. In the episode we talk about how to start and grow a business in 2023 covering everything from finding your product, to pricing, to mindset and building a team. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did. Season 6 Episode 9 00:00 Intro 04:21 What does a business coach do? 07:57 The three Fs of business 18:33 Getting your business started 28:30 Pricing yourself 44:43 Finding clients 58:30 Scaling your company 1:06:53 Managing your finances 1:18:18 How long does it take to make money? 1:25:52 You are not your business 1:28:02 Overcoming sales resistance 1:39:54 Beating the fear-factor 1:53:13 Biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make 2:00:39 Robin's backstory and finding a work-life balance 2:15:40 Work vs. entrepreneurship 2:21:35 Robin's book and a special offer 📘 CHECK OUT MY NEW BOOK FEEL-GOOD PRODUCTIVITY 👉 https://feelgoodproductivity.com/?utm_campaign=preorder&utm_source=deepdive_audio&utm_medium=description+&utm_content=robin_waite 📙 If you listened to the end: https://fearless.biz/tys 🔗 CONNECT WITH ROBIN 📕 Click here to download Take Your Shot - https://www.amazon.com/Take-Your-Shot-Business-Attract-ebook/dp/B074679GZ6/ 💻 Website - https://www.robinwaite.com/ 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/robinmwaite 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/RobinMWaite 👥 Linkedin - https://linkedin.com/in/robinmwaite 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 💻 Website - https://aliabdaal.com 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED Profit First by Mike Michalowicz - https://geni.us/TZKwip Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson - https://geni.us/kCbkXVg Benjamin Dehenney - https://www.uksmosthatedsalestrainer.com/ Gap Selling by David the Sales Angel - https://geni.us/iQEBC Socratic Selling by Kevin Daley - https://geni.us/Sg9eqWN The Lean Start-Up by Eric Ries - https://geni.us/U3tx How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon - https://geni.us/Il6Lcf Die With Zero by Bill Perkins - https://geni.us/jVPWCTb Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson - https://geni.us/xjiv 📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/ 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflC... RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... 👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

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