Episodes

  • 10. Chapter 9: Balance The Team
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 9 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How to complete a Job Trait Analysis
    • Hiring for strengths instead of skills
    • Using Clockwork as a retention tool on your team

    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 149-171.

    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    20 mins
  • 15. Clockwork Book Club: Interview with Mike Michalowicz
    Jan 9 2024

    This is our final episode in the Clockwork Book Club, and today we are talking to the Author of  “Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself”… Mike Michalowicz!

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • What Mike wishes everyone knew about Clockwork

    • The biggest updates to the system since the first edition of the book

    • Why people resist the Four-Week vacation, and how to combat that!

    Every time we talk to Mike we always glean some new insights, and this episode is no different!

    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠

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    24 mins
  • 14. Chapter 13: Pushback (And What To Do About It)
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 13 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.


    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Why we encounter pushback
    • How Design can be just as taxing as Doing work
    • Why you need to show up more when building trust 

    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 237-250.


    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    18 mins
  • 13. Chapter 12: Putting It All Together
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 12 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.
    In this episode, we discuss our takes on Roberto’s story!

    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 227-236.


    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    8 mins
  • 12. Chapter 11: Take the Four-Week Vacation
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 11 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.


    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How key metrics help you determine the health of your business
    • What to feature on a high-level dashboard
    • The ACDC bottleneck framework

    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 200-226.


    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!


    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠


    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    16 mins
  • 11. Chapter 10: Find And Fix Bottlenecks
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 10 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.


    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How key metrics help you determine the health of your business
    • What to feature on a high-level dashboard
    • The ACDC bottleneck framework

    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 172-199.


    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    25 mins
  • 9. Chapter 8: Capture Systems
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 8 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.


    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How to get systems out of your head
    • Why we don’t believe in written SOPs
    • The value of continuous improvement

    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 128-148.


    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!

    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠

    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    22 mins
  • 8. Chapter 7: Trash, Transfer, Trim, or Treasure
    Jan 9 2024

    Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 7 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.


    In this episode, we discuss:

    • our top tips and takeaways to avoid the sunk cost fallacy
    • how to complete the 4T exercise
    • why you really don't want to clone yourself.


    We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 116-127.


    Don't forget to use your ⁠⁠Study Guide⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discussion Guide⁠⁠ to get the most value out of book club!


    You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠⁠@rlclockwork⁠⁠


    If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

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    19 mins