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DGS 143: It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy in Your Property Management Business
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Does it feel like your property management business is crazy, overwhelming, or maybe too much? It doesn't matter how big or small the property management business, it can be crazy or calm. It's your choice to make.
Property management growth expert and founder/CEO of DoorGrow, Jason Hull talks about his goal to eliminate the crazy. Business owners need to be calm for their team to feel that sense of calm in the workplace.
You'll Learn...[02:41] Basecamp: CEO runs calm workplace by eliminating and reducing interruptions.
[04:03] Entrepreneurial Myth: Crazy work is a badge of honor, not a badge of failures.
[04:31] Adrenaline Addiction: Workplace doesn't have to be crazy or stressful.
[05:20] Planning: Communication in business focused on high-paced growth is critical.
[06:15] Tactical vs. Strategic Leadership Role: Who has enough vision, clarity on goals?
[08:14] Don't be involved in everything. Stay in your area of genius and offload the rest.
[10:08] Key Ingredient: Create synchronous communication system to write, think, post.
[11:24] Four Reasons: Build great team to get fulfillment, freedom, contribution, support.
Tweetables"All this painful stuff that we go through as entrepreneurs is some sort of badge of honor. Really, it's actually a badge of failures."
"Good planning in business actually decreases communication that's necessary. It increases the calm. It increases clarity."
"The idea is you want to create systems in place that protect you and insulate you from immediate urgency that is unnecessary."
"Create calm workplaces. It doesn't have to be crazy at work. It can be calm. The business really should be fun."
ResourcesRemote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried
It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried
TranscriptWelcome, DoorGrow hackers, to the DoorGrowShow. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others impact lives, and you are interested in growing your business and your life, and you are open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow hacker. DoorGrow hackers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges, and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it. You think they're crazy for not because you realize that property management is the ultimate gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income.
At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management businesses and their owners. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. I'm your host, property management growth expert, Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow. Now, let's get into the show.
In today's episode, we're going to be chatting a little bit about fun. I asked in my mastermind group today—we had a pretty good group turnout today—and I asked by show of hands, how many of you feel your business is crazy right now? You would categorize it as crazy, overwhelming, maybe too much, whatever. At least half the hands went up, which I can't say I'm surprised, but my goal is to get people out of crazy.
One of the things I wanted to talk about today—what I chatted about with them—is el