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Future Driven

Future Driven

Podcast

Camano Voice

Episode 01

Les O'Hara

Welcome to Future Driven Podcast! This inaugural episode welcomes Les O’Hara, founder of The Contractor Huddle, to a discussion about his future goals, the secrets to playing to your strengths, and what’s more important than just being a successful businessperson.

Future Driven Podcast is brought to you by Adam Kopp, CEO of Madak, a strategic marketing agency that focuses on brand development and storytelling. Every episode, Adam talks with entrepreneurs and industry professionals about the challenges and successes that drive their vision.

Show Notes

0:40: Adam introduces Les and how they met (over 20 years ago!)

1:24: The journey to founding The Contractor Huddle, combining Les’ love for coaching with his skill as a contractor

4:55: Family relationships are everything. “If any of those are not working, who cares how great and successful you are?” (5:37)

6:28: Les’ trifecta of playing to your strengths:

  • What do you do well?
  • What can you get paid to do?
  • What do you want to do?

8:00: The inspiration behind Contractor Huddle’s new Playbook

12:11: Adam and Les on their marketing collaboration

13:44: Five years from now, how do you see your business playing out?

14:08: Les describes his vision for matching struggling contractors with master groups of other like-minded contractors

17:08: What skill sets can we give people to do things on their own?

17:50: Les explains how Madak has helped him realize his vision

20:20: Why running his masonry business (North Shore Brickwork) gives Les the edge up on other coaching gurus

23:00: How Les took his masonry business from treading water to a serious asset

24:50: One of Les’s silver bullets: using G Suite and Google Calendar to super organize his days in 30-min. increments

26:11: “Show me your calendar and I’ll show you if you’re successful.”

27:00: Why you should review your data like a game film to find out why you’re not getting results.

27:29: “What drives your future?”

27:51: Les wants to be remembered as a loving, caring husband and father who happened to be a good businessman.

Wrap Up

If you could look into a crystal ball to your future, what would you see? In this week’s episode, Les O’Hara emphasized the importance of personal relationships and combining what you love with what you’re good at. Are you doing what you love? If not, what’s your plan for getting there in the future?

Future Driven

Podcast

Camano Voice

Episode 01: Les O'Hara

Les O'Hara

Welcome to Future Driven Podcast! This inaugural episode welcomes Les O’Hara, founder of The Contractor Huddle, to a discussion about his future goals, the secrets to playing to your strengths, and what’s more important than just being a successful businessperson.

Future Driven Podcast is brought to you by Adam Kopp, CEO of Madak, a strategic marketing agency that focuses on brand development and storytelling. Every episode, Adam talks with entrepreneurs and industry professionals about the challenges and successes that drive their vision.

Show Notes

0:40: Adam introduces Les and how they met (over 20 years ago!)

1:24: The journey to founding The Contractor Huddle, combining Les’ love for coaching with his skill as a contractor

4:55: Family relationships are everything. “If any of those are not working, who cares how great and successful you are?” (5:37)

6:28: Les’ trifecta of playing to your strengths:

  • What do you do well?
  • What can you get paid to do?
  • What do you want to do?

8:00: The inspiration behind Contractor Huddle’s new Playbook

12:11: Adam and Les on their marketing collaboration

13:44: Five years from now, how do you see your business playing out?

14:08: Les describes his vision for matching struggling contractors with master groups of other like-minded contractors

17:08: What skill sets can we give people to do things on their own?

17:50: Les explains how Madak has helped him realize his vision

20:20: Why running his masonry business (North Shore Brickwork) gives Les the edge up on other coaching gurus

23:00: How Les took his masonry business from treading water to a serious asset

24:50: One of Les’s silver bullets: using G Suite and Google Calendar to super organize his days in 30-min. increments

26:11: “Show me your calendar and I’ll show you if you’re successful.”

27:00: Why you should review your data like a game film to find out why you’re not getting results.

27:29: “What drives your future?”

27:51: Les wants to be remembered as a loving, caring husband and father who happened to be a good businessman.

Wrap Up

If you could look into a crystal ball to your future, what would you see? In this week’s episode, Les O’Hara emphasized the importance of personal relationships and combining what you love with what you’re good at. Are you doing what you love? If not, what’s your plan for getting there in the future?