The Handyman Startup Podcast

Specializing is one of the best strategic moves you can make as a pro handyman if your goal is to make more money in less time. In this episode, I dive into how to choose the right services to specialize in. There are three criteria you want your specialty service to meet to eliminate unnecessary headwinds. This is especially important if you want to scale your business, but it's also valuable even if you never plan to hire a single employee.

One of the biggest time wasters for handymen is giving free estimates. The only problem is that free estimates have some pretty awesome benefits. In this article, I discuss how to give free estimates without wasting your time.

In this episode, I sit down with Will Lingard of Surry Hills Handyman, a pro handyman with over nine years of handyman business experience. We discuss how he runs multiple businesses by subcontracting work, how he hired his first help, what's important to affluent customers, why being a good person is more important than your skills, and more. Will is a great guy with loads of wisdom to share to help you run a more profitable and enjoyable business.

Stress is a silent killer. It kills joy and is unhealthy. The more I dive into this topic, the more I realize that high expectations are at the core of dissatisfaction in the modern world. It's the ultimate first-world problem. In this episode, I share several practical tips you can apply today to re-align your expectations with reality and, in doing so, reduce unnecessary pressure and stress while growing your business

Most people underestimate what they can accomplish in a few years, and drastically overestimate what they can accomplish in a day, a week, or a month. In this episode, I discuss how keeping your expectations LOW, at least in the short-term, will improve your odds of success and make the process of building a business more enjoyable. Winning in business is about winning the mental battle. Here's one way to do that.