463: Plan with Purpose: Build An Amazing Lifestyle For You and Your Family Without Sacrificing Time, Money, or Fulfillment with Tom Sylvester

Tom Sylvester is a business strategist and firm believer in Lean Startup. He enjoys helping new entrepreneurs validate their ideas and follow proven principles when it comes to starting and scaling a successful business.

Additionally, Tom helps entrepreneurs navigate the personal journey that comes with being an entrepreneur, from overcoming mindset blocks, ramping up their productivity, growing as a person and becoming a great leader in their life and business.

Quotes:                                                                                                                                   

“A lot of people build businesses backwards. They spend all their time creating the product, and then, when they go to sell it, they haven't actually done the market research to make sure it's something customers want.” – Tom Sylvester

“Let's spend the least amount of time and money early on, and really make sure that we understand who our customers are. Then, we give them the simplest solution that will work for them.” – Tom Sylvester

“We build successful businesses, but we make sure they actually support the life we're looking to build.” – Tom Sylvester

Takeaways:

02:06 Validate business ideas through minimal investment and customer feedback before full-scale development.

07:18 Design business goals that directly support your personal life objectives, not the other way around.

16:19 Break down big goals into smaller, measurable weekly and daily tasks to maintain consistent progress.

22:13 Focus on momentum and overall progress rather than getting discouraged by small goal shortfalls.

26:17 Use regular check-ins and accountability systems to track progress and make timely adjustments.

Plan With Purpose (free course on goal setting)

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Filed in: Archive 2: 2017 • Interview • Podcast • Productivity