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What if your business decisions weren’t based on gut feelings or bank balances—but on clear daily insight?

In this episode of Small Business Pivots, entrepreneur Leigh Angman introduces the SPRUCTIS Framework—eight pillars (systems, processes, redundancy, urgency, communication, technology, integrity, and sales) designed to help small and medium-sized businesses turn insight into action.

Leigh shares:

• How he transformed a struggling restaurant into a $6M operation using simple Google Sheets systems
• Why tracking daily sales is the single most powerful habit for owners
• The mindset shift he calls “delusional optimism (done right)” and how it fuels resilience
• Practical ways to build redundancy, urgency, and communication into your company culture

Whether you’re running a $250K shop or a $15M company, Leigh’s lessons prove that clarity, systems, and mindset—not luck—drive sustainable success.

Resources:

Leigh Angman: Founder of Mondofi Media, Managing Director of BC Frontier Housing Society, Director of Gentle Earth Products, President of Peak Hospitality, Director of HumanBeam Technologies

Website: https://spructis.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leigh-angman/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leighangman/

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What does it really take to reach — and stay in — the top 1% of your field? Legendary speaker and bestselling author Jim Cathcart shares the exact mindset, daily habits, and career strategy that took him from “likable ordinary guy” to National Speakers Association President, Professional Speakers Hall of Fame inductee, Sales & Marketing Hall of Fame (London), and author of 27 books including The Acorn Principle, Relationship Selling, and Mentor Minutes: How to Reach the Top 1% of Any Field.

In this eye-opening conversation, Jim unpacks the idea that changed his life: one extra focused hour a day for five years can make you a national expert — if you pick a narrow lane and stay the course. He explains how to transform fear of public speaking by reframing it as fear of judgment, why selling is “helping people for pay,” and how to build authority step by step until opportunities find you. You’ll hear the full-circle story of Earl Nightingale — from inspiring Jim on the radio to Nightingale-Conant selling Jim’s program a decade later — plus practical ways to design a career that compounds for decades.

You’ll learn:

• The “Hour-a-Day” approach to becoming a recognized expert
• How niching hard accelerates credibility and demand
• A simple reframe to eliminate public-speaking anxiety
• The difference between vendor thinking and solution thinking in sales
• How to architect a career that consistently creates serendipity
• What Jim teaches in his Certified Professional Expert (CPE) mentorship

Resources & Mentions:

• Jim’s site: Cathcart.com
• Free download: What to Do When You’re the Speaker → BookCathcart.com
• Books: The Acorn Principle, Relationship Selling, Mentor Minutes

Jim Cathcart: Founder & CEO of Cathcart Institute

Website: https://cathcart.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathcartinstitute/

X: https://x.com/jimcathcart

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimcathcart

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimCathcartvideos/videos

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What does it really take to grow a small business from two people in a tiny Alaska office to a 30-person, multi-state digital marketing agency?

In this episode of Small Business Pivots, host Michael Morrison interviews Adrienne Wilkerson, co-founder and CEO of Beacon Media + Marketing, a nationwide digital agency specializing in mental health and addiction recovery marketing. Adrienne opens up about the struggles of entrepreneurship—burnout, hiring mistakes, and control issues—and how she learned to scale by defining roles, building systems, and hiring for culture.

You’ll discover:

• How to scale your small business without losing your freedom
• Why defining roles (instead of people) helps break growth bottlenecks
• The importance of constructive conflict and tough conversations as a leader
• How systems and SOPs actually increase creativity instead of stifling it
• The latest shifts in digital marketing: why AI is the new gatekeeper, how to adapt with Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and why social media ads now outperform Google Ads

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the grind, overwhelmed by employees, or unsure how to pivot when the market changes, this conversation is packed with practical strategies and encouragement to help you push through the “messy middle” of business ownership—and build a company that lasts.

Adrienne Wilkerson: Co-Founder & CEO of Beacon Media + Marketing

Website: https://www.beaconmm.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennewilkerson/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beaconmm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beaconmm/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeaconMediaMarketing

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