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5 min readThe 3 Keys to Stay Hyperfocused on Your Business
A show pig once sold for a million dollars. The family business that ran those online auctions—described as "eHarmony meets eBay for pigs"—was pulling in $20 million in annual revenue. By all accounts, they were winning. But they didn't stop there. They also got into land auctions, farm equipment auctions, and even started a nonprofit ministry in Jamaica. None of those are bad things on their own, but as EntreLeadership head coach John Felkins explains, they become a problem when there's "no focus, no strategy, no discipline, no way of holding it all together." The business became "more scattered, smothered, and covered than a Waffle House hash brown." Their team was stretched thin, nobody knew what was going on, and they were running around putting out fire after fire. The chaos wasn't caused by failure—it was caused by growth without focus.
The Three Symptoms of Lost Focus
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:05) **The Real Cause of Business Chaos** - Most business chaos isn't from a bad team, but from a leader's lack of focus and chasing too many ideas.
- 2 (00:55) **The Shiny Object Trap: A Cautionary Tale** - A $20M show-pig auction business lost focus by chasing new ventures (land auctions, farm equipment, a non-profit).
- 3 (02:45) **Three Signs You've Lost Focus** - How a lack of focus shows up in your business.
- 4 (04:34) **Key #1: The Mission Statement (Your "Why")** - Most mission statements are useless; a good one defines the soul of your company.
- 5 (06:11) **Key #2: The Vision Statement (Your "Where")** - Defines where you are going and inspires your team.
- 6 (08:55) **Company Culture & The Leader's Role** - A quick note on how leadership stress creates culture.
- 7 (10:19) **Key #3: The Strategic Plan (Your Roadmap)** - The most important piece for weekly focus, broken into three parts.
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Show Notes
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