My very first employee had never used a computer.

I hired her to be my digital assistant. Day one, I said, "Go to your desktop," and she asked what that was.

That was hire number one. It got more complicated from there.

I've read a lot about hiring. Talked to a lot of people about it. But mostly I've just done it wrong enough times to figure out what actually works. And in this episode, I'm laying out the whole thing: the 10 Commandments of Hiring and Managing a Rockstar Team.

We talk about why your first hire is probably not who you think it is. How to run candidates through a process that filters out the wrong people before you're three months in and miserable. What real onboarding looks like versus what most people do, which is basically nothing. And why recruiting is something you should be doing all the time, not just when you're desperate and stressed and need someone yesterday.

Hiring is leverage. Get it right, and it compounds. Get it wrong, and you'll feel it for a long time.

📚 Book mentioned:

• Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell → https://www.amazon.com/Buy-Back-Your-Time-Entrepreneurial/dp/0593539257
• Traction by Gino Wickman → https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837

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You built the business. Good. Now get out of the way.

This is the final episode of the 7-Figure Business Blueprint series, and it's about the one thing most people skip mentally, even when they're watching it. Because delegation sounds easy until you're the person who thinks nobody else can do it right.

• The difference between owning a business and being owned by one.
• The delegation ladder from automation to full-time hires.
• How to run a hiring funnel that filters out duds before you ever waste an hour on an interview.
• SOPs and why building them is the most productive thing you can do, even when it feels like the opposite.
• The 10-80-10 rule for managing without turning into a micromanager.
• The operating system that holds your company together when you're not in the room.

That's the goal. A business that makes money without requiring your presence every single day.

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Most business owners know their revenue.

Almost none of them know their actual profit.

And that gap? That's how you go broke while feeling busy and successful.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the Profit First method that changed how I manage money, why profit has to come out first (not whatever's left over at the end), the simple bank account system that forces financial discipline, and why setting your lifestyle at your peak revenue months is one of the most dangerous things you can do.

Revenue is vanity. Profit is sanity. Cash is reality.

This is Part 5 of the 7-Figure Business Blueprint. It's the shortest video in the series. Don't skip it. This is how businesses actually fail.

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🧔‍♂️ WHO AM I? My name is Brandon Turner! I teach people how to BUILD WEALTH WITHOUT LOSING THEIR SOUL through real estate investing!

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