In Pain and Overworked to Process Executioner w/ Lucas Root

Audio Highlights 

05:40 - Q) Is there a glass ceiling or a growth ladder?

06:20 - Lucas: Why I left M&A - I was in pain... The burnout is real..

07:35 - Lucas Wife: "you look like death."

09:00 - Lucas: I was allowing my work to kill me.

11:50 - Lucas: I once gave 9 months' notice that I would quit my job.

12:07 - Lucas: I tell people the things I believe they need to know in order for me to achieve my goal. I will tell them as soon as I can.

12:45 - Q) Has your spiritual side inspired your framework?

14:45 - Q) Did you know you were in pain?

16:15 - Q) Did you have anyone besides your wife help you identify any of these issues around burnout?

17:45 - The Urban Paleo Chef is born - https://urbanpaleochef.wordpress.com/

19:55 - Why Paleo?

25:35 - Q) How do you transition to being a consultant?

• Frameworks & Dos and Don'ts
• Started Blog https://urbanpaleochef.wordpress.com/ to understand how to build a pipeline

"There is value in working for yourself, but there is also value in working for someone else."

29:25 - Q) Why did you feel like you needed to know how to build a pipeline?

31:54 - Lucas: Step 2 - While I am learning to build a pipeline and pay for my lifestyle, I had to figure out what I wanted to sell to be happy in this world? I needed to find my chase my passion profession.

33:34 - Lucas: I could sell floors, but what I do is help people love the environment they are in... and that is how I make my money.

Elevator - The companies that hire me are the brands that don't execute.

36:10 - Lucas: I started calling people to talk about my new business, but I didn't know what I was saying or selling yet.

38:05 - Q) How do you start evaluating your pricing?

41:57 - Q) What are you doing to get your business?

42:56 - How to start: Lucas Call Script: "Hey Lucas, here I am calling to let you know I opened up consulting agency I am looking for client... here is what I do?"

47:35 - You can do 200, 300, 400 calls in a row and get 400 No's... but you know you are on the right path when someone says, I respect that you are doing this.

52:50 - Why did you move to San Diego

54:15 - 3 Part of my day - Billable Hours, Non-Billable Work hours (Activities that I do to bring in business and activities part of my persona like podcasting), Personal Time

56:40 - Q) What can the listeners expect from your course?

1:04:00 - Lucas: "How much are you willing to waste to figure out your path"

Lucas's Franchise: Abbey Carpet & Floors https://floorfranchise.com/

1:06:23 - I needed somebody else outside of that I trust... that lets you know you are killing yourself

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Links 

https://lucasroot.com/

Lucas LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucroot/