Cameron Herold is known around the world as THE BUSINESS GROWTH GURU. He is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth. He built a dynamic consultancy and his current clients include a ‘Big 4’ wireless carrier and a monarchy. He earned his reputation as the business growth guru by guiding his clients to double their profit and double their revenue in just three years or less.
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- Cameron Herold – Cameron’s website
- Double Double, Meetings Suck and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs – Cameron’s books
- The Mastery Journal – Master productivity, discipline and focus in 100 days!
- Free Podcast Course – A free 15-day course on how to Create, Grow & Monetize YOUR Podcast!
3 Key Points:
- Entrepreneurs need to share their vision effectively with their team so that the team can HELP make it happen.
- Meetings do NOT suck, we just suck at running them—try not to over-invite and show respect by showing up on time.
- The COO’s job is to make the CEO’s dream a reality.
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Time Stamped Show Notes
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- [00:15] – The Mastery Journal – Master productivity, discipline and focus in 100 days!
- [01:06] – Cameron is married, has four kids, grew up in an entrepreneurial family, and is also married to one
- [01:35] – Cameron was a guest on EOFire Episode 337
- [02:17] – One BIG and Unique Value Bomb: I help entrepreneurs reverse engineer their dreams
- [02:40] – Entrepreneurs need to share their vision in a clearer way to their employees, customers, and suppliers
- [03:13] – The Vivid Vision Document helps everyone conspire to make their dream happen
- [03:26] – JLD asks Cameron why meetings are horrible
- [03:41] – Cameron wrote the book Meetings Suck because one of the CEO’s he was coaching said his meetings were terrible
- [04:02] – Meetings do not suck, people suck at running them
- [04:09] – A good meeting involves people knowing what the agenda is and letting them join or leave it depending on what is being talked about
- [04:34] – Ryan Levesque’s Mastermind, in Puerto Rico, played a video about meetings
- [05:22] – Every meeting has to start exactly on time, but to do that, every phone call or meeting before that should be done five minutes early
- [06:11] – Being on time shows respect to everyone involved in the meeting
- [06:26] – The most critical meetings every company needs:
- [08:56] – Over-inviting people to meetings is a result of not wanting to hurt other people’s feelings
- [09:48] – The COO Alliance is the only network of its kind in the world for the second-in-command
- [11:34] – The COO’s job is to make the CEO iconic and help them build their brand
- [12:51] – A good COO should make the vision of the CEO actually happen
- [13:36] – Cameron’s books are Double Double, Meetings Suck, and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs
- [13:47] – Check out Cameron’s website
- [14:15] – We make money so we can enjoy life, be with our family, and engage in our hobbies
- [15:31] – Free Podcast Course – A free 15-day course on how to Create, Grow & Monetize YOUR Podcast!
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