This episode sponsored by Home Base, Home Base is built for small businesses ...
The neighborhood coffee shop, the local gym, the family run restaurant. With Home Base,
“you can schedule your team, track time, run payroll, and manage hiring from one easy app.”
So you can spend less time chasing time sheets, and more time running the business your customers love. More than 150,000 small businesses already use Home Base to keep their teams on track. Start free at joinhomebase.com. Home Base, build for small businesses that do it all. Welcome to the level of podcast. I'm your host Paul Alex. I went from being a cop to a figure entrepreneur that helps average people like you and me make money every single day.
I created this podcast to help you get motivated and to crush your goals. Let's win together. Remember, I have your six. Get ready to level up right now. What's up, everyone? Welcome back to the level of podcast. I'm Paul Alex. And today we are conducting a brutal internal review. The ego audit.
Because let's be real. The exact traits that made you an incredible employee following the rules
waiting for instructions and blending in are the exact traits that will make you a terrible entrepreneur.
“Let's break down why you have to aggressively fire your past self to scale your future business.”
First, understand that what got you out of the cubicle will not get you to the boardroom. Too many new founders try to operate their startup with the exact same mindset they used at their nine to five. They focus on busy work. They obsess over having the perfect logo and they avoid direct confrontation. That is an employee operating system running on founder hardware. It will crash. Whether you are leading a team or closing a massive client,
you have to transition from taking orders to giving direction. If you hold onto your
subordinate habits, you kill your leadership authority. Second, you have to run a roughless ego audit
and eliminate the behaviors that no longer serve you. People who have evolved rapidly are not
“afraid to admit when their current mindset is weak. So instead of cleaning to the comfort of your”
old routines, aggressively adopt the discomfort of command. Speak with authority, take absolute accountability for failures and force yourself into the spotlight. Make the death of your old identity a mandatory step in your scaling process. Lastly, evolving past your old self unlocks a completely new tier of execution. When you shed the timid rule following employee mindset and fully embrace the aggressive calculating nature of a CEO, the market instantly responds
to the shift. Radical self correction, extreme adaptability and a willingness to reinvent create a legendary founder. When you fire the old you, the new you, builds the empire. Bottom line, you cannot wear the armor of a foot soldier and expect to sit on the throne. Upgrade your mindset and brace the pressure and lead the charge. Because when you do, you will transform faster than ever. Thanks for tuning into the level of podcast I'm Paul Alex reminding you.
Growth requires the sacrifice of who you used to be. Do the audit make the shift and as always keep
leveling up. Thanks for listening up to level of podcast. If you enjoyed today's episode, make sure to share with a family, friend and everyone you know who's ready to level up. Leave up five star review on Spotify, Apple podcast and wherever you tune in. It really helps spreading the word and don't forget to check out officialpolex.com for more episodes and resources to kick start your journey. Let's level up together. This episode sponsored by Homebase. Homebase
is built for small businesses trying to do it all. The neighborhood coffee shop, the local gym, the family run restaurant. With Homebase, you can schedule your team, track time, run payroll, and manage hiring from one easy app. So you can spend less time chasing time sheets and more time running the business your customers love. More than 150,000 small businesses already use homebase to keep their teams on track. Start free at joinhomebase.com. Homebase,
Built for small businesses that do it all.
