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Now displaying: September, 2022
Sep 28, 2022

Today Kevin Bees interview Lawyer and Business Advisor Awin Tavakoli

Awin Tavakoli was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, and is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland, Awin has more than 2 decades of an international colorful career from sports and real estate to statistics, banking and law.

On a mission to make law accessible and understandable for others, Awin helps entities and individuals around the world protect and grow their businesses by providing them with tailored contracts, risk mitigation strategies, and out-of-court dispute resolution tools and techniques. She also offers consulting services for business setup and investment in Switzerland.

Having gone through countless ups and downs in life and being led by the mantra “turn your adversity into your advantage”, Awin uses her voice and shares her story on international stages to inspire and empower others as an award-winning international speaker. Awin has spoken and presented in 12 countries and 4 continents, and shared stages with high-caliber personalities and industry leaders such as Randy Zuckerberg, Lisa Nichols, Vince Vaughn,  Dr. Phil, Gary Kasparov, Kevin Harrington, and many more.

Always keeping up with the trends, Awin is known as one of the pioneer lawyers to enter the world of NFTs and serve the community with solid business and legal services and education worldwide.

In today's episode Awin Tavkoli shares:

  • How she is naturally a rebel or messenger for change - and why you should embrace that.
  • Why having a multi-faceted approach can be to your advantage (rather than getting stuck in one direction)
  • How Awin broke out of working in corporate and became a business owner and entrepreneur.
  • How to safeguard your business from risks; and take legal protections
  • How to start a business in Switzerland, and create an island of stability.
  • That 'Crisis is the mother of creativity' and that life is not about the problems, it is about our attitude to overcome problems.
  • What is NFT and Metaverse, and how it might benefit your business?
  • Why educating clients first is a great way to run your business.
  • Why you should listen to Ghandi and "Be the change you want to see in the world"
  • Her life-changing question, which must be asked with excitement: "What is next?" and how you can embrace new opportunities and new directions.
  • You have to be present in life where the world needs you
  • Her empowering belief: "I am born to help people"
  • Important: Be open to change and be a passionate risk taker & take fast action
  • What is Warren Buffet's definition of risk
  • An important message Awin learned from Buckminster Fuller:  "You never change things by fighting the existing reality.

To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Resources mentioned in this show:
Connect with Awin: https://linktr.ee/awintavakoli

If you would like more insights on profit maximisation for your business visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
Sep 21, 2022

In today's episode Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert interviews Jim Penman, CEO of Jim’s group.

Jim Penman started a part-time gardening business while earning his PhD in history at Latrobe University. He launched a full-time mowing business in 1982 with a $24 investment. In 1989 he franchised his business, and since then Jim’s Group has become the largest franchise chain in Australian and the largest and best-known lawn mowing business in the world.

Jim’s Cleaning was launched in 1994, followed by more than 40 other divisions which now operate in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Jim’s Group now has over 4,700 Franchisees.

Jim says the key to success in franchising is an overriding concern for the welfare of franchisees and constant improvement in customer service. He is still actively involved in the running of the business. Every Franchisee is given his direct phone number and Email address and is invited to contact him at any time. He also responds to any client with a serious complaint.

He is funding a research program into the epigenetics of social behavior, a continuation of his PhD work, which he believes could help in the treatment of mental illness and addictive disorders.

His books 'Biohistory’, ‘Epigenetics and Character’, and ‘Every Customer a Fan’ are available on Amazon and from www.jims.net. An authorised biography ‘Jim’s Book’ by Catherine Moolenschot, was released by Wiley in March 2019

 

  • In today's episode Jim Penman, CEO Jim’s group passionately shares:

    > Why making ‘every customer a fan’ is critical to succeeding in business - focusing on service and helping others succeed.
  • How the group has so much work, that 38% of the leads are unable to be serviced right now.
  • The importance of keeping surveys on franchisees and customers, so that you can make changes that turn them into fans - “Service should be first”.
  • How his Phd on the  ‘theory of society and history’ was not approved, add how that became a driving purpose for him to grow Jim’s group, to be able to fund his research thesis himself (and now he invests $2m per annum into this)… and now he is looking for a CRISPR expert to help turn on/off relevant genes.
  • How the state of a civilisation is really about the character of the people.  Environmental factors can shape or change the character
  • Why character is far more important than intelligence for success in business and life (intelligence is estimated to only influence success 4% in life, and character is more important).
  • Great business owners look at what they do and ask “How can I do it better?”, poor business owners look to blame everyone else (eg clients, franchise system, etc).
  • Developing character is key to success and doing this is possible through:

 - Daily exercise (Jim is 70 and super fit)

  • Focus on the long term benefits not the short term gain.
  • Making your bed and tidying your room
  • Doing a fast for 30 days - giving up things that don’t serve you.
  • Asking his life-changing questions: “How can I do better?” - and making the tiny changes on everything you do builds character and destiny.  
  • Self-discipline is a muscle in your mind, if you use it on the little things, the big things will take care of their minds.
  • How he lives a frugal life, and drives a low-cost car, because he wants to put every cent back into serving the world, through his franchisees and his research - which has the potential to change the world.
  • The things that have cost him such as being impulsive, trusting the wrong people and not checking with them, and not investing in technology early enough.
  • Why community is important, and building relationships, and most importantly serving your community.
  • Why the principle of service should be before money; and how the book he is reading about Jack Welch “The Man Who Broke Capitalism” demonstrates that putting money first backfires.
  • Why your employees are not a cost, they are an asset and listening to them often brings the best solutions to improve the business and results.
  • Jims bucket list item:

 - Having no unhappy clients… ever…. for any reason.
- Making sure all Franchisees in Jim’s group are achieving great financial results

- Making his research program successful so he can help 10’s of millions of people worldwide.

  •  Jim shares his rigorous standard which is ‘absolute perfection’… zero unhappy customers and zero unfulfilled franchisees… and he knows with this standard there will always be work to do, and he won’t retire until he is in a box on the floor at his funeral.
  • How you can partner with Jim and start a new division, or open a franchises
  • How getting regular reviews from your clients will drive the right results and improvement in your business.
  • Even though Jim’s charges higher than industry competitors, there is more than 38% of the leads that cannot be serviced - which Jim identifies is because there is a demand for quality… and Jim intensely trains all members on the ethos of high service standards.

In this episode we also hear Jim’s empowering belief:
“There are so many opportunities, it's amazing”

“There is gold lying around on the ground, you just have to go and pick it up”

“Success is not about education, or brains, or money, it is about character”

 

Resources mentioned in this show:

www.Jims.net
https://jims.net/media/2021/05/Every-Customer-a-Fan-2021.pdf

‘Jim’s Book’ by Catherine Moolenschot

Atomic Habits - James Clear

 

Full show notes and bonus resources can be found at:

www.ProfitHive.com.au

 
Sep 14, 2022

Today Kevin Bees interviews successful entrepreneur David Gil Cristobal.

David Gil Cristobal is a Serial Entrepreneur and co-founder of the Collection by HCB, David Gil Cristobal turns people into brands. By putting the correct business systems and structures in place for scalable success, David’s clients become the go-to experts in their industry. He has spent more than three decades in the sports and business arena, which includes a career as a professional footballer, creating and selling one of Switzerland’s top health & fitness organizations.

 

His multiple companies are on a mission to create 1000 heart-centered millionaires. David holds a Master’s degree in Business Management and Leadership, is humbled by numerous awards, has built multiple 5-, 6- and 7-figure businesses, and spoken to more than 50,000 people at business and financial conferences in 13 different countries and on 3 different continents. Spending time with business titans including Sir Richard Branson, Kevin Harrington, Robert Kiyosaki, and Tony Robbins. 

 

He is the best-selling author of 7 books in 2 different languages – he himself speaks 6 languages and has even starred in a film.

David shared a wealth of wisdom including:

  •  How he became a world-class football (soccer) player, even though he was smaller than average
  • How to find your fire and passion
  • The importance of values like courage, discipline, dedication, commitment, 110% performance, and adaptability.
  • How he reinvented himself when his career finished in his early 30's
  • Why traveling the world and being in the best places became boring
  • How he started a gym and realised it was an expensive hobby because he didn't have business skills.
  • How David developed the skills and expanded it into a leading chain in Switzerland, and sold it for a life-changing amount of $s.
  • A powerful question: "What skills do I need to develop?"
  • Why you should identify the 'champions league' winners of your industry and connect with them to understand how to win the champions league.
  • How to create a winning team
  • Why scaling meant he had to change his perspective from selling 'fitness' to selling financiers 'a predictable money-making vehicle'.
  • The massive advantage David gained by taking his knowledge and writing a book - an asset that opened many doors and opportunities for him.
  • How his book set an anchor in people's minds and helped create relationships, and find a multi-million dollar investor to work with his business
  • Why you MUST set yourself a goal to speak with more people every day - and find vehicles to spread your message.
  • Why David will never retire, despite already being financially free.
  • Why David is now helping people write books and create assets that yield for them.
  • David's life-changing question: "What is the next level for me?"  There is never an end - celebrate your accomplishments and find the next level.
  • If you keep walking, there is no place on earth you cannot get to.

 

Connect with David:
David@DavidGilCristobal.com

 

 

If you would like more insights on profit maximisation for your business visit www.ProfitHive.com.au

Sep 7, 2022

Max Koh is a speaker and trainer by profession and has trained over 10,000 people in marketing and digital advertising in the last 10 years.  Max is an investor in stocks and businesses and he crossed his first $1 million at age 29 from investing in good companies.  Max also started a side hustle teaching others investing via an online course and membership and scaled from zero to $100k revenue in 6 months. Pure organic traffic and zero ads.

In this powerful episode, Max shares:

  • How he became a speaker and why he is so passionate about working in this field.
  • A powerful insight from a world-class sushi chef that changed his life forever.
  • Why it is important that you fall in love with the process and NOT the outcome.
  • Why asking 'who do I know who can help me achieve this goal faster?' is a better question than 'how can I achieve my goal?'
  • The habit of being a craftsman - and doing something daily to improve your skill and ability levels.
  • How to get rich, investing in businesses.
  • How Max created an organic audience by adding value, which he was then able to monetize for $100k+
  • His two LIFE-CHANGING QUESTIONS:
  • Why it is important to say NO more, at a certain stage of your journey. 1. Am I using my time wisely to improve my craft?
    2. Am I putting myself in positions to attract more serendipity?

    How to connect with Max Koh

https://twitter.com/heymaxkoh


Resources mentioned in this show:
Jiro dreams of sushi 
How To Get Rich (without getting lucky) 

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned - by Kenneth O Stanley
 

For more profit maximisation support and business growth strategies: www.ProfitHive.com.au

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