01 Aug 023: Business breakthrough techniques with bestselling author and strategist Christine Perakis
I discuss business breakthrough systems with Christine Perakis – a business strategist, bestselling author and speaker with over 25 years of experience as an advisor, attorney, mentor, and team-builder. Christine, also a professional boat captain, is a strategic business partner for some of the world’s most visionary entrepreneurs, creating 360° transformations and turning creative ideas into profitable ventures.
1:21 – Background information on Christine and some of her skills.
2:14 – Parallels between being a professional boat captain and being an entrepreneur.
3:52 – The kinds of clients that Christine works with.
5:23 – How Christine approaches clients who may not be as receptive to navigation.
7:12 – The spectrum of people realizing they need outside assistance with their business.
9:56 – Some key concepts around mindsets in Christine’s book, The Entrepreneur’s Essential Roadmap and how she can help with mindsets.
11:38 – Three characteristics of successful people as studied by Napoleon Hill: skills, knowledge, and attitude.
12:30 – Christine’s approach to helping entrepreneurs facing roadblocks.
15:42 – The detail side of how Christine helps with execution, including examining things like the 80/20 rule.
18:24 – The problem of overwhelm and how Christine’s Roadmap helps to overcome it.
20:04 – Christine’s navigation and knowledge driven off of her experiences over the past 25+ years and the common threads in people she’s helped; her Clarity Module.
22:35 – The importance and potential problems from the “why.” Simon Sinek’s book, “Start with Why.”
24:22 – Driving information, like who your target market is, off of your “why,” and the importance of generating systems around your creativity.
27:18 – Creating SMART goals and some examples from Christine’s experience.
29:21 – Background on the process involved in writing and releasing a book and how Christine breaks that down to achieve her goals as well as to serve as an example to her clients.
31:20 – Christine’s approach to time management with all she has going on; the urgent-important matrix.
34:06 – Helping entrepreneurs to master their time and connections; keeping time for important things and not getting too absorbed in your business.
39:36 – The value of bringing in Christine as the navigator to break out of the singular focus that can occur in a business.
40:48 – How Christine is bringing her message to the world and some of her pursuits.
Resources and Links Mentioned:
The Entrepreneur’s Essential Roadmap by Christine Perakis
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
SMART goals
The urgent-important matrix (Eisenhower Matrix).