The People Audit You Need

I did something on the show this week that made people uncomfortable.
I asked the audience to write down names.

Not prospects. Not clients. The people in their business life who are dragging them backward.

You know exactly who I'm talking about. The person who talks for 45 minutes about their problems and never once asks about yours. The networking group you've been attending for three years out of loyalty, not results. The "friend" who only calls when they need something…you're not in a relationship, you're a vending machine.

On the show and in this newsletter, I’m constantly talking about building the right systems, finding the right clients, and raising our rates. Today I’m talking about the people tax. The emotional bandwidth you're burning on relationships that stopped paying off a long time ago.

So I want you to run a quick audit right now.

Two questions:

Who makes you better in the first five minutes of a conversation? You hang up and you're already moving. Three ideas are firing. That person is like a power up and you're probably only talking to them once a quarter. That should be monthly. Weekly, if you can swing it.

Who are you still showing up for out of habit? That mastermind. That coffee meetup. That one-sided "mentoring" relationship where nothing ever changes. Sunk cost is real, but loyalty to a room is not the same as loyalty to your goals.

It’s time to take action to empower YOU and your calendar. Today, I’m challenging you to send one email stepping away from what's not working. Then, send another to the person who lights you up. One swap changes your whole year.

If these two questions fired you up, check out four more questions in the full segment on this topic right here from Businessing with Pat Miller.

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You Might Be In the Top 20% of All Solopreneurs!

A stat crossed my desk this week that I think you need to hear. There are 29.8 million solopreneurs in the United States. Together, we contribute $1.7 trillion to the economy. Of those 29.8 million, only 5.6 million earn over $100,000 annually.

If you're one of them — and I bet a lot of you are — you're already in the top 20% of all small business owners in America. Not the top 20% of income earners generally. The top 20% of people doing exactly what you're doing.

Sure, we want to go further. We want to scale, build more freedom, hit bigger numbers. But before you beat yourself up about not being "there yet," recognize where you actually are. You've built something that most people who try this never pull off.

Keep. Going.

Businessing with Pat Miller is now DAILY at 11am CT!

We had a huge week last week, and we’re back hosting the new daily habit for small business owners.

The angle: This show isn’t about business. It’s a show about people who run a business and how we can lead a better small business lifestyle. I’ll keep you up to date on the news, tuned in to the latest strategies and tech, and you need get some interaction with your peers even though you’re crazy busy. Put it on in the background and get some stuff done. Pick a morning this week and join the fun.

Watch or listen:

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@patmillerfridaysoff

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See you at 11.

Now, GO SELL SOMETHING!

Pat