18: Create Your Voltron

John and Tom 360

This episode is a breakdown of one of John's favorite childhood cartoons: Voltron. Tom had never heard of Voltron, but John and Tom take this mythical robot creature and turn it into an important business lesson! We talk about how to leverage your time and farm out activities that aren't "dollar productive," while you focus on the tasks where your best skills have the highest return on time invested. John makes it clear that he values his time, and isn't likely to take your calls...unless you're his wife! John and Tom discuss the cost/benefit analysis of time spent on various activities during the business day. Bottom line: No surprise here. John is pretty cut and dried. If you can't dance to his music, he'll cut you off pretty quickly. Tom's more the touchy feely type. Guess what? Both styles work, but John is currently the more productive of this duo. Looks like Tom's going to need to do some self assessment, and he'd better tweak his style a bit if he wants to ramp up his productivity! What do you need to do to create your Voltron? Are you prepared to cut and move on from people, habits, beliefs that aren't serving to help you grow? John circled back to a conversation we had in episode 15, when he and Tom disagreed on the purpose and value of a coach. The cool thing here is that he showed how you can be open enough to actually listen without an agenda. In today's crazy political landscape, wouldn't it be refreshing to seek harmony within a disagreement rather than focus on proving each other wrong? Winning in life doesn't mean someone else must lose. How about developing your listening skills? The better we become at listening, the easier it will be to reach the state of True Wealth, True Health, and True Life.