My Work Schedules From All Stages Of Business
The speaker describes their work schedules across four business phases, progressing from a 9-5 consulting job making $50k annually to running acquisition.com with 12-14 hour days. Each phase required increasingly intense schedules but generated exponentially higher returns, from $20k monthly at their first gym to $16 million profit in their first full year of licensing.
Summary
The speaker outlines their work evolution through four distinct business phases, each with different time commitments and financial outcomes. Starting with a traditional management consulting role working standard 9-5 hours for $50,000 annually, they then built United Fitness gym working 14-16 hour days starting at 4:30 AM, structuring their day around morning classes, marketing, sales appointments, evening classes, and administrative work, earning $20,000 monthly. The third phase involved Gym Launch, initially working 12-16 hour days launching gyms on-site, focusing heavily on sales appointments and ad management, earning $100,000 monthly solo and scaling to $200-300,000 monthly with a team. They then transitioned to a licensing model maintaining 12-14 hour days but restructuring their schedule with morning deep work, midday sales calls, and afternoon fulfillment and support, achieving $16 million profit in their first full calendar year. Currently at acquisition.com managing their portfolio, they continue working 12-14 hour days, alternating between maker and manager modes with either two deep work blocks daily or morning deep work followed by back-to-back evening meetings, typically scheduled on Mondays.
Key Insights
- The speaker transitioned from a traditional 9-5 consulting job making $50,000 annually to building their first business working 14-16 hour days
- At United Fitness, the speaker structured an intensive daily routine starting at 4:30 AM with classes, followed by distinct blocks for marketing, sales, and administrative work, generating $20,000 monthly
- During the initial Gym Launch phase working 12-16 hour days on-site, the speaker was able to generate $100,000 monthly working solo
- The licensing transition involved restructuring to morning deep work, midday sales, and afternoon fulfillment, resulting in $16 million profit in the first full calendar year
- At acquisition.com, the speaker alternates between maker and manager modes, either using two daily deep work blocks or combining morning deep work with back-to-back evening meetings scheduled on Mondays
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Transcript
[0:00] I work all the time. These are my weekly work schedules in different seasons of business. Number one, management consulting job after college. I worked 9 to5, 5 days a week, and then maybe made 50 grand a year during that period. Number two was United Fitness, building my first gym. I worked 14 to 16 hour days. My first session was at 4:30 in the morning. So, I had to wake up before that to prepare the gym. Then, from 5:00 to 9:00, I did all the rest of my classes. Then 9:00 to 11:00, I would focus on marketing. 11:00 to 4:00, I would take sales appointments and do the rest of the stuff and set up…
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