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From Your First Step to Building Your Empire
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free.
Live Better
This week on the Growth Guide Podcast we talked to Nick Huber, a serial entrepreneur, investor and content creator focused on real estate and small businesses.
Nick shares his journey from mowing lawns as a 13-year-old to starting a student storage company, building a multi-million dollar self-storage company and business empire.
Nick provides insights on:
Delegation
Getting Started
Hated and Loved Businesses
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Why You Need to Outsource Talent
Empowering Your Team to Solve Problems

Click below to listen to the episode:

Achieve More
The First Step should be the easiest.
But, that’s often the problem. The first step is the hardest.
The Way To Get Started Is To Quit Talking And Begin Doing.
Before people start, they wait for:
A Perfect Plan
Enough Money
The Right Timing
More Confidence
Approval From Others
A Sign or Special Event
The Right Equipment or Tools
Perfect Health or Physical Condition
The bottom line is these are all bullshit reasons.
The Plan
In his book Ultralearning, Scott Young talks about the importance of not overplanning:
Start with a Plan: Have a clear goal and a plan to reach it
Don't Overplan: If you spend too much time on the plan you delay action and it will become an excuse not to start
Balance: Find a balance between the Plan and the Action. Plan enough to guide your efforts but not so much you don’t start
In short, a plan is good, but too much will hold you back.
Make a solid plan and then Take Action. Learn and grow as you go.
The First Step
Don’t overthink it.
Make the first step as simple as you can - here’s how:
Habits
Start Small
The 2-Minute Rule
Habits
When you focus on the destination, you fail.
You'll succeed when you focus on the habits that lead to the destination.
If you run every single day, you’ll run a marathon.
If you read for 30 minutes every single day, you’ll read 30+ books per year.
In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey illustrates a habit known as Begin With the End in Mind:
Idea: Think about your goals before you start and know what you want to achieve
Vision: Have a clear picture of what success looks like to guide your actions
Values: Understand what's important to you and let your values guide you
Plan: Make a plan that leads to your goal. Break it into Steps
Action: Start working towards your goal. Follow your plan
Adjust: Be ready to change your plan if needed
Whether it’s Stephen Covey, Scott Young or even Ray Dalio, they all offer very similar steps and I’ve been using my simplified version of this for the past 15 years successfully:
Know what you want (Vision)
Understand what it takes (Plan)
Do the work Day in. Day out (Act)
Start Small
Too often, you think you need to start too BIG and:
Don’t start
Crash and burn
Instead, start as small as possible.
Start small and stack the simple wins out of the gate.
These wins will compound and build your Get Sh!t Done Muscle.
The 2-Minute Rule
The 2-minute rule says when you want to start a new habit, you only need to do it for two minutes.
Read a book = Read one page
Workout = Step foot into the gym
Run a marathon = get your running shoes on
When you’re done with the two minutes, you decide whether you’ll keep going or stop.

A Thought
For 32 years, I only got sh!t done in my head.
When I started to focus on the End in Mind, I was able to change my life.
A Question(s)
Where do you need to take the first step in your life?
Where are you waiting to take the first steps for the wrong reasons?
Get started.
Etc.
This week, I had the pleasure to join Charlie Hubbard, a high school student, on his Podcast.
I love to support students who are trying to create their life.
You can join our conversation here.
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