Scaling Up Your Freedom with Ryan Crownholm

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Today on the show we have Ryan Crownholm. Ryan is a veteran, investor, and serial entrepreneur. Today we are going to be exploring his journey from truly being the worker and the big change that really led him to thinking strategically and growing beyond himself and his abilities to scaling his business, business, systems, and team.

We are also going to talk about how he helps other business owners do just that. We have some incredible stories and some really great leadership tactics to explore with you today.

We discuss:

[01:55] Ryan shares his defining moment. His entire life was built around his physicality and he lost it.
[05:33] In the beginning, you need to find what your strengths are, leverage those strengths, and work as hard as you can possibly to get you from zero to one.
[06:41] Systems are critical. Set your business up so it can operate without you.
[08:17] You need to set your business up to serve yourself and give yourself space.
[12:33] When it comes to trusting your people, 99% of your hiring process is making sure that you have the right people. Take that process very seriously.
[14:57] Put in the work to put an end to this problem so you can move on to the next problem.
[16:31] Test the assumptions. Look for fear and excuses.
[18:26] It is important to create incredibly good inbound systems.
[20:36] Entrepreneurship is not just about making a bunch of money. It is about freedom and about being able to step outside of this cultural setup of what work is supposed to be.
[26:57] Find areas to spark new ideas. If it is reading books for you, make sure you make time every day to read books. If it is podcasts, listen to podcasts. Have a place to feed your ideas.
[30:06] Be curious and learn new things.
[32:23] Take small steps towards improvement. Do the smallest thing possible to just keep pushing yourself forward.