PP 402: John Lamerton, Ambitious Lifestyle Business Owner from Big Idea Mentoring
From never owning a computer and having no prior knowledge of internet marketing, self-taught business owner John Lamerton speaks about his journey and what he has learned about life. After the birth of his first child in 2009, John realized his business was not what he wanted it to be and therefore launched his Ambitious Lifestyle business. Listen in as Kim and John discuss “aha” moments, what exactly a lifestyle business is, and some hiring lessons learned along the way.
Highlights:
1:00 What John does and what he did to get there
3:00 Running the wrong kind of business
8:09 What a lifestyle business really is
11:53 Hiring lessons learned
15:40 Creating hurdles when hiring
23:00 The need to hire support
29:11 Hiring new VS experienced
33:08 High intensity fitness training in a work concept
39:29 Let go of the MD (Managing Director) level
47:22 “Rich people spend money to save time, and poor people spend time to save money”
51:51 One thing John cannot work without
Connect with John
Website: https://www.bigidea.co.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-lamerton-b42b9013b/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lammo77
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMQ8c4t_fbzPTCCROnyt_Iw
Resources Mentioned
Quotes
6:00 “We are ambitious, we do want to make money, we want to succeed, but not at the expense of my health and life”
9:25 “If you control the business, then you control the lifestyle and therefore you have a lifestyle business”
33:36 “We work at 100% about an hour a day, and then we coast the rest of the day”
41:03 “As entrepreneurs, we want to do the shiny new objects, we always want to do the fun stuff, we don’t really want to manage the business“
52:54 “If you give me a pad of paper, a pen, and an hour; I will make some money”
Episode Transcription
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