Coaches Chris and Paul speak to financial advisors and other busy professionals in this episode about raising your standards when the pressure rises.

They understand the pressure of Q4 for business professionals, entrepreneurs, and advisors. They challenge the common tendency to lower standards or cut corners under pressure and instead advocate for embracing pressure as an "invitation to level up."

The discussion draws a clear line between destructive stress and productive pressure, offering actionable strategies to help Financial advisors and others with demanding careers lean into the challenge, maintain focus, and refuse to compromise on their processes and core values to achieve their goals.

If you are a financial advisor or other busy professional looking to crush your end of the year goals, join Chris and Paul now!

Important Discussion Points

• Distinguishing Stress from Pressure: Chris and Paul emphasize that stress is destructive (leading to anxiety, fear, and doubt) while pressure is productive, building "muscle" and leading to growth.
• The Q4 Challenge: For advisors and entrepreneurs, the end of the year, Q4 often brings high pressure due to goals, quotas, and club levels. The hosts warn against "commission breath," rushing processes, or compromising the client experience.
• Embracing Pressure: Pressure should be viewed as an opportunity to rise and a test that reveals one's level of preparation, not an enemy or a punishment. "This is my chance to grow."
• Creating Non-Negotiables: Coach Chris advises listeners to create a list of non-negotiables to maintain balance across their lives, such as family, health, even when focusing intensely on career goals. Communication with family is key during these "turbo mode" seasons.
• Mindset and Alignment: Focus should be on mission over commission, process over product, and transformation over transactions. Pressure calls you to rise into your alignment, while stress pulls you out of it.

Be Better Every Day!

Join Coach Paul for an inspiring and high-energy solo episode focused on the core philosophy of "Be Better Every Day." Coach Paul dives into what this standard truly means.

Committing to just one degree or one percent of improvement daily, both personally and professionally.

He shares insights on why everyone is a leader, regardless of their title, and emphasizes the crucial role of continuous self-improvement and learning as the non-negotiable trait of all great leaders.

The episode encourages you to take ownership of your results, relinquish control to foster growth, and define your personal and organizational "Code of Honor" to raise standards and build a lasting legacy.

Key Discussion Points

• Be Better Every Day
• • The core philosophy of striving for one percent better or one degree of improvement every single day.
  • Perfection isn't the goal. Continuous improvement as a parent, spouse, business leader, or human is.
• Everyone is a Leader
• • Leadership is a choice and a role everyone can play, no matter your chosen profession.
  • Great leaders never stop working on themselves, embodying the saying, "big head falls over" always be learning and be a humble student.
• The Growth Mindset
• • A true leader must continuously learn and hire coaches/mentors; if you're not growing, you're "dying."
  • Team members are inspired when they see their leader never stop learning, developing a culture of continuous growth.
• Setting Your Code of Honor
• • Leadership without standards is chaos; a leader must continuously drive the vision and standards.
  • Your Code of Honor includes non-negotiables like discipline, respect, integrity, and ownership.
  • Prioritizing fitness of mind and body as a non-negotiable part of being “you.”
• Challenging Questions for Self-Reflection
• • Coach Paul wraps up with questions to help you be more self aware.

Be Better Every Day!

In this high-energy episode, Coaches Paul and Chris dive into strategies for crushing your Quarter Four (Q4) goals. With the year rapidly drawing to a close, they discuss how to effectively shift into "turbo mode" without burning out or sacrificing other vital areas of your life.

Want to crush Q4? Be Better Every Day!

Learn how to leverage acceptance, communication, and proactive planning to maintain a sense of equilibrium while maximizing your professional output.

Discover the importance of establishing non-negotiables to work guilt-free and find out how a simple 50-day challenge can transform your productivity.

Key Discussion Points

• Q4 "Turbo Mode": Recognizing the limited window of time left in the year to achieve your goals and the need to push harder.
• The Three Pillars of Success:
• • Acceptance: Acknowledging that increased effort and some sacrifices will be necessary.
  • Communication: Proactively informing loved ones about the demanding work season to gain their support and understanding ("get grace").
  • Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance (The 5 P's): Emphasizing the need for time blocking and advanced scheduling.
• Establishing Non-Negotiables: Prioritizing and pre-scheduling personal commitments (family, health, relationships) first to work guilt-free during focused work windows.
• And a ton more value!!

Come hang out with Chris and Paul and implement the concept of Be Better Every Day to crush Q4!