This Is Your Business, Not Theirs.
Episode notes
If you’re the owner, your business should reflect your personality, your standards, and your dream — not a mashup of everyone else’s opinions.
In this episode, Bruce talks about why so many businesses fail: owners let other people steer the ship. Customers, employees, “mentors,” coaches, family, even social media… everyone has an opinion. But a business can’t have a clear personality if a million voices are running it.
We also dig into why business personality matters: people buy emotionally, teams perform better when they believe in the company, and hiring the wrong “fit” creates chaos. Bruce shares a powerful story about how seeing someone cheat at golf turned out to be a warning sign for how they’d behave in business.
The takeaway: trust your gut, build systems your way, and stop being a marshmallow.