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Most land clearing and forestry mulching owners are busy every day and still broke by Friday. This raw and real episode is about why: you're saying yes to the wrong customers.

Jacob and I open up about qualifying leads and still working the unqualified ones anyway, and my $1,900 day that turned into a $1,200 loss after I stacked three small jobs. Then we break down the $74,100 job (plus a $29K repeat) that came from getting clear on my Ideal Customer Profile — and how I use Clear Path AI to build one fast.

Topics covered:

- Why every business starts out taking anyone with a pulse

- My $1,900 day that became a $1,200 loss

- Defining your Ideal Customer Profile

- Matching your ICP to your specific service

- The ICP worksheet: naming your three best customers

- Using Clear Path AI to build a profile fast

- Scoring leads green/yellow/red and disqualifying the wrong ones

- The roadmap for the next 8 weeks of training

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