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"There's no good tradesmen out there anymore." Rubbish. There are plenty. They’re just working for someone else. Which means they’re probably not reading your job ads online... So you’ve got to catch their attention in a different way. To find out how to attract great workers and filter out the time-wasters... WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: The real reason great tradies aren't applying to your job adsWhy gut feel is costing you the right hiresWhat you need to change to actually attract, filter, and land A players LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelNew Book 'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

You know how in video games, there’s a boss at the end of every level? Some massive monster you’ve got to defeat before the game lets you move on. Well, growing a trades business is pretty similar. You’ve got different levels: Start-up... $500K revenue/year... $2M... $5M... $10M+... And at each level, there’s a different “boss” waiting for you. Pricing... Hiring... Systems... Your own capacity... Your numbers... Beat the boss, and you level up. Lots of owners can’t, and stay stuck on the same level for years... Or just give up the game altogether... But if you’re serious about levelling up and growing your trades business... WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: The biggest challenge at each stage from start-up to $10M+ Why working harder won’t get you to the next level What you need to change to break through each growth ceiling LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelNew Book 'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

[EMPLOYEE] Hey boss, can we have a quick chat in private? [BOSS] Uh oh... What’s up? [EMPLOYEE] It’s been great working here the last three years. I’ve learned a bunch and had a good time. [BOSS] I’m glad. You’re one of my best guys. I can always rely on you. [EMPLOYEE] The thing is... I’ve decided to move on. Work for someone else. This is my 2 weeks’ notice. [BOSS] Wait a minute, mate. Don’t leave. We can work something out. [EMPLOYEE] It’s a bit late for that. I've already made my decision. [BOSS] What are you after? A pay raise? What’s the other guy offering? [EMPLOYEE] It’s not just about money. [BOSS] Well, whatever it is, you can have it. My business is screwed without you. The truth is, he was gone long before he handed in his notice. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: What good workers really want from their bossThe warning signs your best guy has mentally checked outHow to keep A-players without paying the highest-wages in town LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelNew Book 'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

When your trades business gets bigger... More customers Bigger jobs A larger team More revenue But also… More expenses More admin Increased complexity More problems At some point, you can't run it the same way you did when it was smaller. Something has to change. The question is, what do you change first, and how? WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: Find out: The biggest changes you need to make as your business grows so it doesn’t become more stressful and chaoticThe numbers you need to know to stay in control of your pricing, profit and cash flowHow to build a business that can actually run without you so you can take time off without everything falling apart LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelNew Book 'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

You crack open a beer after a huge week... Suddenly, a genie bursts out of the can! Says he can make you rich... A millionaire... IF you develop 7 boring habits. Would you do it? Guess what? This exact thing happened to me. And dangit, it worked. No lamp. No 3 wishes. Just 7 things, done consistently, to separate your business from the rest. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: Why the busiest business owners are often the least in control — and the one boring habit that flips itWhy blaming your team is a waste of time (and how McDonald's sauce proves it)The 1% trick F1 teams use to win races — and how it maps directly onto your pricing, hiring, and marketing LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelNew Book 'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

This is my story from broke to owning a $30m coaching business LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelNew Book 'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

Spot the difference: Two trades business owners. Same service. Same team size. Same number of hours worked. But one makes $100K profit a year. And the other makes $1 million. How can that be? WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: How to multiply yourself instead of maxing yourself outWhy hiring before you're desperate is cheaper than hiring when you're notThe secret to scaling past the "I do everything myself" ceiling LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelBuilt to Run is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

You've got 47 unread emails... 5 missed calls... 9 text messages... Everybody wants something from you. Your employees, suppliers, customers... Your partner, your kids, your parents... They’re all important. So which one should you answer first? What do you prioritize? It's not the big decisions that wreck trades business owners. It's the hundreds of tiny ones like this... all day, every day. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: Why decision fatigue quietly bottlenecks your entire business (and how to spot it before it wrecks you)The exact system millionaire-profit owners use to stop making every single decision themselvesThe one mindset shift that turns "why is everyone asking me stuff" into "why am I not asking them" LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube Channel'Built to Run' is now live, order your copy here Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

What happens when a successful trades business owner pushes so hard that his own business nearly destroys his health? In this episode of the Profitable Tradie Podcast, Steve Vega shares how 63-hour work weeks, chronic underpricing, and poor systems left him burned out before transforming his plumbing business into a $1M+ company. If you're a plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, or home service business owner looking to increase profit, improve pricing, build better systems, and scale without sacrificing your life, this episode is packed with real-world lessons. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00:00 | Introduction 00:01:01 | 1. Stress & Burnout: Fighting severe physical stress and 63-hour shifts 00:07:38 | 2. Operations Shift: Moving from a chaotic operator to structured teams 00:15:47 | 3. Underpricing Traps: Overcoming guilt and mindset traps around money 00:24:22 | 4. Back-Costing: Using pricing targets and reviews to plug profit leaks 00:32:15 | 5. Culture & Time: Scaling with team 1-on-1s, time audits, and calendars 🔗 FREE RESOURCES Get our free book — The Profitable Tradie: profitabletradie.com/book Book a free strategy call: profitabletradie.com/contact 📲 WORK WITH US If you're a trade business owner ready to build a more profitable, better-run business, we work with plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, roofers, and similar contractors across Australia, New Zealand, the US, and Canada. Find out more: profitabletradie.com 🎙 ABOUT THE PROFITABLE TRADIE PODCAST & CHANNEL Profitable Tradie helps trade business owners build businesses that make real money and don't depend on them to run. Hosted by Tony Fraser-Jones & Phil Smith. 📱 FOLLOW US Instagram: @profitabletradie TikTok: @profitabletradie Facebook: Profitable Tradie Podcast: Search "The Profitable Tradie Podcast" on Apple or Spotify #TradesBusiness #ContractorLife #BusinessCoaching #tradesman #bluecollar #tradesmen #plumbing #hvac #electrical #electrician #unitedstates #usa #northamerica #australia #canada #newzealand This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

You’re hard working... You’re dedicated... And you care a lot... All great qualities in a trades business owner. But there's one trait – which is super common – that could quietly cost you thousands, create team problems, and leave you burnt out. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: The surprising habit that's quietly draining your profit (most owners never spot it)Why trying to keep everyone happy is costing you the one thing that actually grows a businessThe simple shift that lets you stay kind and respected... while making a lot more money LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelGet a copy of the Profitable Tradie book Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

You know how much money came into the bank last month... But do you know how many leads you got? Your conversion rate? Or how much you’re still waiting to be paid? Most trades business owners have no idea. They’re not tracking much. But the owners killing it out there are tracking 7 key numbers. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: The 7 numbers that tell you if your business is actually making moneyHow to make better business decisions using facts instead of gut feelThe simple scorecard which tells you what to focus on next LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelGet a copy of the Profitable Tradie book Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

“What’s one cool thing you’re using AI for?” I asked 1,200 trades business owners that question... A few of the answers genuinely caught me off guard. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: How to create dashboards that track your most important business numbers automaticallyHow trades business owners are creating custom software and apps without knowing how to codeHow to get AI to analyze your numbers and spot problems before they become expensive mistakes LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelGet a copy of the Profitable Tradie book Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

Three contractors went bust in the same year. James Martell lost a heap of work overnight, He was also left with a pile of unpaid invoices... With no way of getting that money back. The cash flow crisis got so bad it eventually pushed him into bankruptcy too. Most trades business owners would've thrown in the towel. But James didn't. Today, he’s got 60 staff, does over $7M a year in revenue, and is on track to hit $10M this year. This is his story... WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: Brutal lessons learned from taking on the wrong customersThe financial number every trades business owner should be watchingHow to shift from being “the technician” to actually leading like a CEO LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelGet a copy of the Profitable Tradie book Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

Think your trades business is doing well just because you feel busy? Think again. On today’s episode, we break down the dangerous trap of running your business on emotions rather than hard facts. We reveal why mistaking baseline activity for actual progress is a fast track to stress and explain how consistently tracking your financial numbers is the ultimate key to unlocking predictable growth and massive profitability. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: The Danger of "Feeling" Profitable: Why relying on gut feelings instead of real data leaves your business flying blind.The Core Numbers You Must Measure: A breakdown of revenue, gross profit, net profit, and why profit per job (back-costing) changes everything.Consistency Beats Intensity: Why managing your numbers bit-by-bit every single day is easier—and far more effective—than playing catch-up once a quarter.Overcoming the Fear of the Figures: How to push past overwhelm, avoid the "abdication trap" with your accountant, and take true ownership of your financial destiny. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelGet a copy of the Profitable Tradie book Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

The fastest way to win more jobs has nothing to do with more leads, better marketing, or having the lowest prices. It's much simpler. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM LISTENING TO TODAY’S PODCAST: Find out: The reason customers choose slower, less qualified competitors over youWhy being first matters more than having the cheapest priceThe simple habit that helps some trades businesses win twice as many jobs LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Claim a Free Planning Session to learn what coaching could do for your businessSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelGet a copy of the Profitable Tradie book Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The Profitable Tradie Podcast? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us and leave us a review with a 5-star rating. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp