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Latest Mastermind Articles

Welcome to the latest Bay Area Mastermind® articles on entrepreneurship, finance, business, and personal development.

Creating a Hiring Bench: Ensuring Your Business Hires the Best Employees

March 6, 2024 By Jeremy Shapiro

How to Hire FAST with a Hiring Bench

Most small businesses start hiring when job positions become available. However, this isn’t the best approach. Why so? Because it’s REACTIVE rather than PROACTIVE. It means you have to act quickly to fill the position, otherwise your business risks falling behind. That’s why many successful companies dedicate time and resources to creating a talent hiring […]

Filed Under: Articles, Human resources, Management, Small Business

Leading vs. Lagging Indicators: Driving Success With Leading Indicators

February 13, 2024 By Jeremy Shapiro

Driving Success With Leading Indicators

When it comes to leading and lagging indicators in business, a great way to think about them is through the athlete analogy.  While every athlete wants to WIN, they can’t change the outcome of a match or competition once it’s over; the result is what it is. Win or lose, all that remains is simply […]

Filed Under: Articles, Lead Generation, Management, Marketing, Sales

Forced Freedom: Lessons from the Front Line

January 18, 2024 By Jeremy Shapiro

Ryan Crownholm

The push-ups were worth it. Ryan Crownholm’s commanding officer looked across the desk and locked eyes. “There’s a career here for you…” he said flatly. “There’s nothing outside of the military for you.” Ryan smiled and replied “Look me up when you get out and I’ll have a job for you!” Blowing up airplanes for […]

Filed Under: Articles, Freedom Interviews

How to Create a Mastermind Group

January 12, 2024 By Jeremy Shapiro

How to Create a Mastermind Group

Scaling a business can feel like you’re trying to find your way through a maze, right? Every choice you make, every person you meet, and every bit of advice you get could open up new, exciting opportunities for success. Imagine a group of successful people who are all on the same wavelength as you, coming […]

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The Power of SMART Goals (and SMARTER Goals)

December 8, 2023 By Jeremy Shapiro

Activity is often mistakenly called Productivity – and Productivity is easily confused with Progresstivity. A good way to differentiate between being busy (active) vs. making something (productive) vs doing the right things towards your bigger goals (progressing) is to use the SMART Goal (or SMARTER Goal) framework. To illustrate this, consider three different mornings: Morning […]

Filed Under: Accountability, Articles, Productivity Tagged With: accountability, goal setting, goals

The Eisenhower Matrix: Prioritize Your Time on What Matters Most

November 14, 2023 By Jeremy Shapiro

The Eisenhower Matrix: Prioritize Your Time on What Matters Most

How can an Eisenhower Matrix help you to prioritize your endlessly growing To Do list? Do you ever feel like you’re wasting your time fighting fires or working on seemingly important tasks that aren’t actually that urgent? Founders and entrepreneurs are bombarded with seemingly unending urgent important tasks. But choosing what to work on is […]

Filed Under: Articles, Productivity

The Power of Partnership: Finding Freedom with the Right Team

October 30, 2023 By Jeremy Shapiro

Benjamin Carmona on The Power of Partnership: Finding Freedom with the Right Team

15-16 hours a day in a thankless corporate job would be enough to make anyone consider starting their own business, even if the money was good. After 15 years of these long days, Benjamin Carmona realized that even with days like that, he wasn’t able to provide the level of service he wanted as it […]

Filed Under: Articles, Freedom Interviews

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome for Founders: Definition, Symptoms, and Tips for Success

October 11, 2023 By Jeremy Shapiro

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome for Founders: Definition, Symptoms, and Tips for Success

Do you ever feel like you don’t deserve your success in business, despite the world telling you otherwise? You’re not alone. Imposter syndrome plagues many high-achievers, especially entrepreneurs and founders. So what is imposter syndrome, its five forms, the root causes, and strategies for overcoming it? Key Takeaways We’re going to deep dive into Impostor […]

Filed Under: Articles, Performance

Bigger vs. Better: An Unconventional Journey to Freedom

September 27, 2023 By Jeremy Shapiro

Chef Adam Sobel Freedom Story

Working off books as a chef can be pretty rewarding – that is until you get laid off with no severance or unemployment the very same week that you and your wife are due to close on your home. Chef Adam Sobel had to pivot fast – and not for the last time. Adam began […]

Filed Under: Articles, Freedom Interviews, Interviews

Creating the Freedom to Give More: Impact at Scale

September 5, 2023 By Jeremy Shapiro

Trading dollars for hours isn’t a bad thing – especially when it pays well – but when you’re asking clients to trust you before even seeing results and you’re keeping your phone by your side even when on the beach trying to enjoy vacation, there’s got to be a better way. But then… you discover […]

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