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July 3, 2025 • 17 mins

Fix Yourself First: Why Personal Problems Become Business Problems. Working 12-hour days, constantly firefighting, and having your team dependent on every decision isn't a business issue, it's a leadership issue that starts with you.

Join Marti for part 2 of the Profitable Builders Playbook series as he reveals why the secret isn't working harder on your business, but working harder on yourself first. Discover how Adam from Seattle went from $2.5M to $7M revenue while reducing his hours from 65 to 40 per week, learn the traffic light system for identifying your biggest business constraints, and find out why TPB grew from 12 to 68 people in 18 months using these same principles.

Learn the "last day method" for eliminating tasks you hate, how to design your environment for success, and why your business maturity date creates the accountability you need to escape the builder's hamster wheel.

Key Points

  • 00:00:00 Introduction: Personal problems vs. business problems
  • 00:03:30 Adam's transformation: $2.5M to $7M with fewer hours
  • 00:06:15 How TPB grew 4x in 18 months using self-leadership
  • 00:08:45 Step 1: Defining who you want to be and your mission
  • 00:11:20 Step 2: Integrating life mission into business values
  • 00:14:30 Step 3: Designing your environment for success
  • 00:17:40 The friend audit: removing energy vampires
  • 00:19:15 Step 4: A to Z operations traffic light system
  • 00:22:30 The "last day method" for tasks you hate
  • 00:25:10 Step 5: Your business maturity date (BMD)
  • 00:27:45 Making your vision public for team accountability

Tune in to discover why how you lead yourself is exactly how you'll lead your business, and learn the systematic approach to fixing personal problems before they sabotage your company's growth.

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