The Good Advice Podcast: Do Business Better with Blake Binns

In this episode, Blake talks about trust as the foundation for success. Whether it be sales, marketing, or management, businesses cannot create long term success without strategies in place to build trust.

In this episode, Blake talks about the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash of the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane and how using authentic feedback channels are essential for the success of any business.

In this episode, Blake talks through complexity and how the answer to many of our problems lie in a simple strategy – getting back to the basics.

In this episode, Blake talks about an article he wrote on leadership, and the two direct messages he received that portrayed very different perspectives. To succeed in life, you will have to choose who you listen to while understanding that every step of success also comes with criticism.

In this episode, Blake walks through his proven strategy for how to find and hire the absolute best employees – the people with premium skillsets and talents – while also paying them next to nothing.

In this episode, Blake puts to task the aspirations people have to “be great”. When we remove the romantics of leadership, and instead recognize the great burden of responsibility that falls on us to lead and guide people well, we recognize that success as a leader involves a tremendous price of selflessness that most people aren’t willing to pay.

In this episode, Blake breaks down the irony of how we live in a culture that is more connected than ever before – and yet is also described as impersonal, disingenuious, inauthentic, and fake. Social media has created an excuse for isolation – and it’s misuse is proving to be a major pain point for any new salesperson.

In this episode, Blake breaks down what it means to “go to market” with an MVP and why the longevity of your business is directly tied to your ability to make inexpensive mistakes.

In this episode, Blake explores the theory of “1000 True Fans” and how businesses are most successful, with internal employees and external customers, when they understand how to really communicate value.

In this episode, Blake talks about how often bosses miss the mark with management, and how mismanagement and mistakes can actually force out really great employees. In reality, building a great team shouldn’t be that hard – but it’s often easier to blame employees than recognize our own flaws as leaders.