Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by @barrettjoneill we talk about his journey into entrepreneurship, starting as a competitive athlete, the differences & similarities, and mindsets. Also, we talk about his two businesses, he runs a digital agency, and then secondarily runs a storage business. We also had a great exchange on global workforces and how to hire overseas.

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Show Notes:

(00:00 ) - Introduction
(01:22 ) - Our sponsor is DMBridge.app
(04:11 ) - How similar is entrepreneurship compared to sports?
(06:41 ) -The transition from a competitive athlete to entrepreneurship: What are similarities and differences from a mindset perspective?
(09:00 ) - Is it because people often associate competition with winning as the reason for motivation?
(10:20 ) - How is Twitter the ecosystem for successful entrepreneurs? Why is it that some people avoid competition?
(11:46 ) - Manufacturing competition: How to use Michael Jordan’s technique to become a better version of yourself?
(18:23 ) - How to grasp a killer businessman mindset?
(19:23 ) - At what point can scaling up become difficult for a digital agency?
(22:48 ) - Would it be considerate to always have a goal to build assets and not to think that agency business is the asset?
(25:55 ) - Physical vs digital businesses
(28:18 ) - How does the storage business work?
(39:01 ) - Why does the future of work get people so angry?
(42:15 ) - Global workforce: What do we think about it? What are the challenges we see?
(42:41 ) -Work going remote & overseas, why is it happening? What are the incentives for entrepreneurs?
(51:21 ) - Copywriting Genius: How did you get so good?
(53:14 ) - The second tweet magic - How to structure your thread?
(56:42 ) - Respectful disagreement on Twitter

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Links:

* https://www.braveaux.io/
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Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more.
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