Are you no longer feeling passionate about your business? Maybe a little burnt out from trying to “do it all, all the time?”

In this week’s solo episode I break down why this happens, especially to creative entrepreneurs and reveal the hard truth about how creativity without structure eventually becomes chaos. (And chaos cannot scale).

This episode explores the emotional and operational realities of entrepreneurship: why passion fades, why boredom is actually a sign of success, and why profitable businesses become predictable long before they become exciting again.

Listen in to learn my “Seven Pillars of Profit”, the framework that helped me grow my own business 30% per quarter, year after year.

These pillars build stability, clarity, and most importantly predictability, so you can stop guessing and start growing with intention.

Whether you’re stuck, overwhelmed, bored, burned out, or simply ready to scale more sustainably, this episode will give you the mindset and structure to move forward with confidence.

Key Takeaways:

• You need passion & structure: If you don’t build foundations under your creativity, the business eventually collapses under its own weight.
• Overwhelm is not a sign of failure: When every day feels like putting out fires, structure, not effort, is what’s missing.
• Stagnation comes from exhaustion: Creatives often get stuck because they're generating ideas faster than the business can support.
• Are you bored?: When something becomes “boring,” it means it’s repeatable, profitable, and working.
• Creativity belongs inside a container: Without processes, even the best ideas can’t scale and things can get chaotic.
• Success is built on routines: The businesses that grow are the ones willing to do what works again and again, even after the excitement fades.
• You are not meant to do this alone: Your “village” is part of the engine that keeps your business growing.

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About Sharon:

Sharon Galluzzo, Profit Growth Strategist at Profit Connections, is the author of several Amazon Best Selling books including “Legendary Business: From Rats to Riche$.” She ran a successful multi-six figure, award winning business for more than a decade before selling it for a profit. In her more than 19 years as an entrepreneur, Sharon has coached professionals across the country from franchisors and solopreneurs to businesses on the verge expansion.

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In this episode, I sit down with 30-year business veteran and strategic advisor Kemmy Safdie whose journey through retail, global imports, and business consulting is packed with insight and hard-earned lessons.

Kemmy once built a multi-million-dollar import company with booming sales but behind the scenes, inventory ballooned, margins slipped, and cash flow vanished. Despite $15 million in revenue, the business collapsed because no one was looking at the big picture. That experience fuels his mission today: helping entrepreneurs avoid the blind spots that can break a business.

We talk about why companies fail even when sales are strong, how leaders get trapped in the weeds, and why “common sense” disappears when you're too close to the work.

This episode is a wake-up call: if you don’t step back and look at the big picture, you can’t lead the business you’re trying to grow.

Whether you’re scaling or just starting out, this conversation will shift how you think about leadership, clarity, and responsibility in business.

Key Takeaways:

• Big-picture thinking saves businesses: When you’re stuck in the weeds, you miss the signals that matter.
• Sales alone won’t save you: If inventory, margins, cash flow, or systems aren’t aligned, high revenue still leads to burnout or bankruptcy.
• Common sense isn’t common in entrepreneurship: What seems “obvious” is often invisible when you’re too close to the business.
• Blind spots sink even successful companies: Blockbuster, MySpace, and multi-million-dollar wholesalers didn’t fail from lack of sales, they failed from lack of awareness.
• You must step out to see clearly: Once a month or once a quarter, physically leave your business and evaluate it like a customer or an outsider.
• Threats are only threats if you ignore them: Innovation can be either a disruption or an opportunity.
• Great leaders don’t know everything: They know how to ask, listen, question assumptions, and gather the perspectives they can’t see themselves.
• Your people need freedom, not micromanagement: Employees disengage when leaders dismiss their ideas or control every detail.
• Your thoughts create your business: Mindset, perspective, and openness determine whether you grow or get stuck.

Unlock the Secrets to Building a Resilient and Profitable Business at the Profit Connectors Club - https://profitconnectors.club/

About Kemmy Safdie:

Kemmy Safdie has been in the business world for over 30 yrs (primarily Imports). He also opened a Strategic Advising business helping Clients focus on the big picture in their businesses as he has often noticed many owners & entrepreneurs get sidetracked & lose that focus which in turns causes many issues. As a veteran of this occurring to him as well, he enjoys sharing with others so that they do not repeat the same mistakes he made.

About Sharon:

Sharon Galluzzo, Profit Growth Strategist at Profit Connections, is the author of several Amazon Best Selling books including “Legendary Business: From Rats to Riche$.” She ran a successful multi-six figure, award winning business for more than a decade before selling it for a profit. In her more than 19 years as an entrepreneur, Sharon has coached professionals across the country from franchisors and solopreneurs to businesses on the verge expansion.

http://sharongalluzzo.com/

What if the biggest thing holding your business back isn’t your strategy, your skills, or your circumstances, it's the waiting?

In today’s episode of the Profit Connections Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most universal traps entrepreneurs fall into: delaying action until the “perfect time.”

And right now, as we round the corner into a new year, it’s more common than ever.

We tell ourselves:

“I’ll start after the holidays.”

“I’ll wait until things calm down.”

“I just need to feel more ready.”

But here’s the truth: there is no perfect time.

The only thing you control is the next step, and the longer you wait, the heavier that first step becomes.

Today we break down exactly why waiting erodes your confidence, feeds overwhelm, and stops your business from growing, and how micro-strategies, visible next steps, and tiny daily actions create unstoppable momentum.

Remember, nothing changes until you move and when you do? Everything gets easier.

Key Takeaways:

• Waiting is a pattern, not a strategy: When you delay action, you’re teaching your brain to hesitate.
• Imperfect action builds real momentum: You learn faster, move faster, and grow faster when you start before you feel fully ready.
• Delay creates drag: Every week you wait adds more doubt, resistance, and emotional weight to the next step.
• Planning can be procrastination in disguise: Overthinking, researching, and color-coding your calendar feels productive but ultimately it keeps you from moving forward.
• Staying stuck drains more energy than doing the work: Burnout often comes from avoidance, not action.
• You only control one thing: the next small step: You don’t need the whole plan. You just need the next visible action.
• Tiny wins compound into big breakthroughs: Small, consistent action builds confidence and momentum.
• Consistency attracts results: When you show up daily, even in micro-ways, clients, clarity, and opportunities start showing up for you.

Unlock the Secrets to Building a Resilient and Profitable Business at the Profit Connectors Club - https://profitconnectors.club/

About the Guest:

About Sharon:

Sharon Galluzzo, Profit Growth Strategist at Profit Connections, is the author of several Amazon Best Selling books including “Legendary Business: From Rats to Riche$.” She ran a successful multi-six figure, award winning business for more than a decade before selling it for a profit. In her more than 19 years as an entrepreneur, Sharon has coached professionals across the country from franchisors and solopreneurs to businesses on the verge expansion.

http://sharongalluzzo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sharonagalluzzo/

https://www.instagram.com/sharon_galluzzo/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongalluzzo/

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