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Education is important, but so much of business and leadership can only be learned by experience. In this episode, Alex talks about 10 of the biggest lessons he’s learned from the act of running a business — and why they aren’t things he could learn from a textbook or a lecture. From people management, to embracing your core values, to finances, this episode is packed with practical tips and insights!

Episode Recap:

• Many parts of business can only be learned through experience
• 1. The fact that people say they like your idea doesn’t mean they will pay for it
• 2. Most things that make a business valuable are gritty, boring, and mundane
• 3. Leadership books are often written about black and white ideals, but most of leadership happens in the gray zone
• 4. There are insane ramifications to the way you structure incentives
• 5. If you want to lead, be prepared to apologize a lot
• 6. There are certain decisions you can make early that will make your business more simple, streamlined and effective
• 7. Everyone is just making it up as they go
• 8. You need a process to slow down, understand, and learn from your mistakes
• 9. “People get funny when it comes to money,” so prioritize clarity even when you think it isn’t needed
• 10. Don’t be fooled by overly charismatic personalities

Resources:

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Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

“The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership”

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Generosity is not something you can perfect; it’s an endless process of growth and commitment. In this episode, Alex explains what true generosity is and why it’s important. He then shares 8 key principles for becoming a more generous leader and individual. Make sure to follow and review the podcast on your favorite platform for more content like this!

Episode Recap:

• Generosity is an endless and infinite stream of opportunity
• What is generosity?
• 1. Generosity is not less than our finances, but it does involve more than just our finances
• 2. The primary blockers to generosity are twofold: greed or fear
• 3. True generosity is rooted in a stewardship mindset
• 4. In business, generosity can take many forms
• 5. Generosity to your team is given, not earned
• 6. Healthy generosity is cheerful
• 7. Generosity is best received with gratitude and extension
• 8. Strength is for service

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Try Path for Growth 1on1 Coaching Free for 14 Days

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Have you been feeling frantic and frazzled in your work or your personal life? In this episode, Alex is sharing 5 practical actions to help you feel more centered, so you can focus on making the next right decision for your business. Remember, if you want to get your business in order, you need to start by putting yourself in order.

Episode Recap:

• If you want to get your business in order, start with these 5 actions to help put yourself in order
• Create a morning routine that makes you centered, stable, and strong
• Have a consistent start and end time to your workday
• Hire and maximize an executive assistant
• Get financial peace of mind
• Simplify your job description: Glorify God and love and serve others
• What’s the next right step?

Resources:

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Try Path for Growth 1on1 Coaching Free for 14 Days

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Listen to “How to Build an Effective Morning Routine”

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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When taking steps to make your business data-driven, seemingly small actions can have a massive impact. In this episode, Path for Growth coach Matt Aiken walks us through 6 of those small actions you can take to start identifying, collecting, and using the data that matters most for the outcomes you’re trying to achieve. He and Alex also provide advice for getting your team on board with these changes, and they share some examples of how data has informed their work at Path for Growth.

Episode Recap:

• Nothing small, when done right, is actually small
• Get clear on your desired outcome and how you will measure it
• Identify the processes associated with that outcome
• Pick 1-3 attributes that will have the biggest impact on your outcome
• Know the difference between lead measures and lag measures
• Identify a metric owner — and don’t let it be you!
• Set your target for the metric
• Determine a rhythm to update and review the data

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Try Path for Growth 1on1 Coaching Free for 14 Days

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Listen to “Grow Your Business with Better Data”

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Executing a strategy without data is like chopping down trees without ever stopping to sharpen your axe. In this episode, Path for Growth coach Matt Aiken addresses the five common blockers that keep leaders from becoming data-driven. He also shares actions you can take today to overcome each one. Make sure to check back next week for an episode where Matt will dive deeper into next steps for making sense of the data you’ve collected!

Episode Recap:

• If strategy is our axe, then data is the whetstone for sharpening it
• There are 5 common blockers that keep leaders from building a data-driven business
• 1. “I know my numbers.”
• 2. “I don’t know what data to look at.”
• 3. “I don’t have good data.”
• 4. “Collecting data takes more effort than it’s worth”
• 5. “We’ve tried this in the past and it didn’t stick.”

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Try Path for Growth 1on1 Coaching Free for 14 Days

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Listen to “Grow Your Business with Better Data”

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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How do you collect the right data for your business, and once you have it, how should you respond? In this episode, Path for Growth coach Matt Aiken joins the podcast to talk about a data-driven approach to leadership. He shares 5 key principles for growing your business based on data. Matt and Alex also share a new perspective for leaders who might feel less comfortable with numbers and figures, reminding us that good data is ultimately telling a story.

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Information isn’t the gap between failure and success—action is. Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching helps you create a plan and execute on what matters most for your business. Apply today at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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Episode Recap:

• Why is data-driven business so important to you?
• If you’re uncomfortable with the concept of data, think of it as a story
• What gets measured gets managed
• Bridging the knowing/doing gap requires proactive leadership
• Wise strategy is rooted in healthy single-mindedness
• Wisdom does not come from experience, it comes from evaluated experience
• Decisions are bets, not certainties
• Tomatoes are fruits, but don’t put them in a fruit salad!

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Try Path for Growth 1on1 Coaching Free for 14 Days

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Listen to Matt’s previous Path for Growth episode

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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If patience is the price of impact, then it’s also one of the most important traits for leaders to cultivate and maintain. In this episode, Alex continues our series on patience by exploring 5 things patience does for leaders. He also shares words of encouragement for any listener who’s finding it hard to endure their current season. Make sure to catch up on the other episodes of this series if you haven’t already, and leave us a review letting us know what you’ve learned!

Episode Recap:

• Healthy, meaningful, and sustainable impact will always come at a cost
• Patient leaders clarify source, banks, and destination
• Don’t stay in the same place, but do stay on the same path
• Patient leaders catch a vision worth suffering for
• Patient leaders establish a rhythm for daily renewal
• Patient leaders connect to others who are committed to a path
• Patient leaders place a high value on coachability
• May you find the power and the character to endure this season

Resources:

Follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify

Try Path for Growth 1on1 Coaching Free for 14 Days

Download the Free Reading Guide

Join us for our 2025 Experience – Long Game Leadership

Connect with our Founder Alex Judd on LinkedIn and Instagram

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If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.
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The same principles that Andrew Simpson uses to train athletes have helped him own and run a business more successfully. In this episode, he joins Alex on the Path for Growth podcast to discuss some of those principles, along with his own incredible story of faith and leadership transformation. Andrew is the founder of Player’s Fitness Performance, a personal training gym focused on young athletes and people over 40. He explains why fitness is such a powerful medium for helping people transform their lives and discusses the different seasons he’s experienced through the last 12 years of business ownership.

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Episode Recap:

• How did a search for significance lead you to starting a business and building a relationship with Christ? (0:00:00)
• What traits from those first five years of business still impact you today? (0:07:39)
• Can you talk about your relationship with your business partner and how it’s evolved? (0:13:04)
• What have the different seasons of your business looked like? (0:16:47)
• How do you stay willing to take more risks in service of others? (0:27:43)
• What rhythms have you developed to cultivate gratitude in your team? (0:38:40)
• What is the 5 Step Magical Experience, and how does it foster transformation? (0:40:42)
• How do you stay relevant in a constantly changing industry? (0:50:48)
• Why are you so passionate about mindset, and how does that impact your leadership? (0:52:47)
• How can applying mindset principles with intensity help leaders win? (1:06:20)
• What are you excited about right now? (1:12:47)

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Learn more about PFP

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