Episode Transcript

What’s up everybody? So today I’m going to talk about really building a great team and how to find great people.

And if you notice, I’m hoarse, I’ve had to crud lately, and be getting over that. But I really want to talk about really finding great people. So first, there’s a lot of effort that goes into this, because it’s multi faceted. Okay?

First part is you, you’re going to attract people that are going to be similar minded, they have similar hearts and vision. You’re going to attract you. And so if you’ve currently got a team right and they’re the wrong people and you’re frustrated with them, you can’t blame them. It’s not their fault. It’s your fault, and your finger should be pointing at yourself when you’re getting up and looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning. Shouldn’t be pointed anywhere else.

And it’s the same thing with clientele, and this was something that Andrew and I learned a long time ago that we attract who we’re like in business and who we’ve become. And it’s interesting because people who have similar vision, values, principles, different stuff, all that stuff comes in to attract people ‘s client talents. The same thing with team members.

And the other thing about really building a great team is this, you have to be willing to invest in people, and you have to be willing to do what you would want done if the roles were reversed. And it’s so simple to do that. It’s so simple to pause and be like, cool, if they were the boss, right? And they were the founder, they were whatever, right, your manager, they were in the management position, and I worked for them. How would I want to be treated? How would I want to be invested in what matters to me? And why does it even matter? Okay? And it’s so important to think like that, because when you do, you’re actually coming out of yourself and beginning to be selfless in terms of thinking about them, taking care of them.

There are so many jobs that I worked for and they didn’t want to invest in me. They didn’t want to send me for education, one of the first jobs I had out of college. They didn’t want to invest in me. They didn’t want to send me to get credentials. They want to send me to get certs or anything like that. They didn’t want to do any of that for me. I would have probably stayed with them a lot longer, and I realized pretty quickly this was how normal work was. And it actually was good for me, because it really forced me to go, I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to work for somebody like this.

And that got me thinking, cool, what am I going to do? And then ended up starting this journey as a result. However, that simple gesture of kindness, whether I used it like, Hey, listen, you want to better your life through us, where we’re stepping stone, that would have kept me and I would have used what they said, and as a result, I would have become a better team member for them. I would have worked harder for them. I would have gone through a lot more stuff and done better things, better decision making, better leadership, all that stuff, everything. I would have done it. If they were willing to invest in me, there would have been reciprocity.

And I’ve talked a lot about this my business mentor, and we talk about the law of reciprocity. It’s the law of sowing and reaping. Whatever you sow, you’re going to reap. And so it’s really true, when you sow and invest in people, it’s going to come back. It may not always come back to that person, right? But if you are the type of person to begin investing in people, trusting people, wanting to build them up, wanting their life to be better because they knew you and came in contact with you than it was if they didn’t know you, and that’s the type of person I want to be, that’s the type of person and the type of company I want to have, that’s the type of team I want to have, and that’s the type of man Andrew wants to be.

And so we’re aligned on this, in our partnership, or when people come, they’re better because they know us. They’re blessed, and they’re blessed because they know us, and even if they’re just meeting us off the street, right? And it’s just simple kindness, like holding a door right, or saying good morning, or how are you, or leaving somebody a compliment, even down to that level.

And as a result, that translates into the team, and that translates into culture. And as a result, we have a lot of improvement culture, not because we’re forcing it, and not because we’re heavy drivers or heavy handed, right? And it’s not anything like that. It’s more like, cool. There is actual love behind a lot of it. And then it’s like, no, I want to be invested. I want to be invested. Y’all Invest in me. And it’s that law of reciprocity.

And so if you’re really looking to build a great team, if you’re really looking to have great people around you, which we do, the way to do it is, first, you gotta look at yourself. You gotta look at what type of person you are. You gotta look at who you are, right? You’ve gotta look at who you wanna be, and then who you’re gonna become. And then the second is you got to really look at what you’re sowing into people.

You’ve really got to look to see what you’re sowing, what you’re putting in the ground, because if you you ain’t going to get blueberries without planting blueberry bushes. You’re not going to get strawberries without planting strawberries, and you’re not going to have a culture where everybody’s improving and learning. If you’re not going to sow that into people.

And there’s risk involved. But remember, you’re also in charge of hiring, and so it really helps you find the right people, too. And you’re in charge of your life. You’re responsible for your side of it, always. You’re 100% responsible for your life and the decisions that and what part of those decisions you make, the decisions you make, and what part of those decisions you make, if there’s other people involved in that.

Anyways, guys, I’ll catch you later. Peace.