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Eric Bakey's avatar

Baking New Pie and not getting stuck serving it indefinitely is the trick. I’m good at creating value (and jobs for myself). Need to stay in the dealmaker/partner seat

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Excellent insight Eric! Offering to bake a NEW Pie for partners makes saying "YES" easy for them and "lucrative" for you!

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Melody Nottage's avatar

The Asset Hunt - for most, the email list is ignored, so that's a good place to start. Whatever the partner is selling right now would work, or we could find something else. Heck, I could even create something related to what's being sold, too. So many possibilities!

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Excellent place to start!

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Harry T. Harris's avatar

Man it's hard to pick. It's like asking who is your favourite Avenger, Beatle and Bond Girl! But I like the Asset Hunt and the Baking a New Pie for starters.

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Haha I didn't think of it like that! They are ALL great places to focus on!

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Chris Dyson's avatar

Small tests.

No messy breakups

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

SOLID.

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Michael Johnson's avatar

Coffee Date Without Pressure: Exploring the possibility of putting together something with a big upside and no risk. With a focus on Baking a New Pie.

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Outstanding Michael. That's a solid place to start. The positioning makes it a NO brainer.

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Howard Shaw's avatar

The ā€œBaking New Piesā€ Strategy & Start Small and Test - Just got to stop the overthinking

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Excellent, Rather than stopping overthinking consider focusing on the benefits of following through? Our focus is a powerful thing. Asking ā€œWhy is this important to me? What’s the cost of not doing it and what’s the meaningful benefits of doing it?ā€¦ā€ can work wonders in our lives!

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Lawrence's avatar

"Take your big deal idea and cut it down to the smallest possible test."

I am guilty of thinking too far ahead... Then I skip the part where the partner has to be on board first...

And I have no idea if its going to be a viable deal / partnership...

Just by starting with Cutting it down to the SMALLEST POSSIBLE test,

and focusing on just this bit first will def. help

Thanks Tony...

- PS I also like (need to remember) the coffee date without pressure.

Approach with:

Curiosity: Genuine interest in their business and challenges

Exploration: Joint discovery of possible opportunities

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Excellent take aways sir. We’ve all been there!

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Daniel Chadwick Boswell's avatar

Definitely keen on the Bake a New Pie strat!

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Excellent. Will do!

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Dale Mooso's avatar

It is hard to pick. Sadly, it uses the contacts list in a way I find repugnant. I don't SPAM friends. I just cook Spam for them because I am from Hawaii. lol

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Maybe it's because I've only had one cup of coffee so far, but when you say "Sadly, it uses the contacts list in a way I find repugnant..." what are you speaking to specifically? None of these strategies suggest spamming anything or anyone.

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Christian Liebl's avatar

A bit a deep dive into ā€œ(2) The Asset Hunt: Finding Gold in Other People’s Garagesā€ certainly would help :-)

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Peeeerefect. It’s like there’s other peoples ripe fruit all over the ground and we get to harvest it before it rots. (And keep 20 to 50% of the spoils)

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Ted Begnoche's avatar

I think it's the Asset Hunt. So many unused and underutilized assets out there. :)

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Yes sir! And there’s about to be so ouch more!

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Sam Bragg's avatar

They all hit extremely hard when I read them in Deals Over Clients!

That's why I figured joining the Meaningful Man Skool community was the perfect move for me (it was!)

But if I had to choose 1? It would be the first one

A total mindset and behavioural shift that has helped to undo literally decades of faulty programming šŸ¤™

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

You know I can’t wait to tackle this with ya!

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Eva Martinez's avatar

Still struggling with the "ā€œWhat assets are sitting around unused by others that I could put to work?ā€¦ā€ But getting there...

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Thank you Eva! We're going to cover that in depth on our call on Oct. 22nd. As long as you're registered we'll turn struggle into a breakthrough!

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Leandro Langeani's avatar

#2 #2 #2!

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Excellent. Thank you!

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Rocky Tapscott's avatar

I love the Asset Hunt, particularly with the Lawyer example, makes it so obvious what to do. Finding one more use for anything is where the Gold is hidden. Awesome post Tony, thankyou!

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Tony Teegarden's avatar

Spot on Rocky! And an excellent place to start. You're so welcome!

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