The Trade Den

May 22 2024

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If you’re a tradie and you’ve gone out on your own you’ve probably done it because you want more out of your life… to earn more money, build wealth, have more free time with your family and live a great lifestyle. But for so many business owners they end up working long hours, not generating enough profit and ending up tired, stressed and with no time to connect with the very thing that matters to them most … their families. In The Trade Den Podcast, we pull back the curtain to share the same tools, stories and strategies that have helped hundreds of businessmen in the trades and construction industry transform their businesses and reconnect with their families. If you’re ready to take back control of your business and life you’re in the right place, click follow so you don’t miss a single episode and head to The Trade Den to join our Facebook Community Ready to get off the Hamster Wheel and take your Business and Life to the next level? Book a Chat here Find out more about Pravar Group at pravargroup.com or @rob_kropp

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14. Why Making More Money Won’t Solve Your Money Problems

May 22 2024 40 mins

If you’re experiencing cash flow problems you just need more cash right? WRONG. Well at least in our experience … throughout the hundreds of clients we’ve coached we’ve seen that if you see the numbers aren’t going the way you want and just start to look for more sales without solving the root cause of those money problems first, you’ll often end up in a WORSE situation

13. From Almost Losing His Family To Having It All, Turning $6.5 Mil and Working 30 Hours A Week with Nathan Wilson from Rescue U Plumbing

May 15 2024 53 mins

If you’re currently working ridiculous hours in your business, wearing all of the hats and trying to keep everything a float, the reason you’re probably pushing through is for your family. But as you heard in our origin story often you working so hard can be the thing that completely tears your family apart, like it almost did for our guest today. Nathan Wilson owns Rescue U Pl

12. 2 Questions to Stay FOCUSED & Get MORE Done!

May 08 2024 37 mins

In our last few episodes we’ve told you how to get more time, grow your business and cut your phone calls in half BUT we all know even with the best intentions and well trained team you’re still going to get the occasional interruption. From phones, to emails, to news, to social media everything in the world is trying to grab your attention so when you couple this with trying t

11. The Cycle That HURTS So Many Trades & Construction Businesses (and costs you money!)

May 01 2024 46 mins

There’s a cycle that every trades business goes through before they figure out how to stop it … tell us if this is you. You’ve had a great few months and have been SO BUSY doing work - the team are flat out and you’ve even had to jump on the tools … but looking at the books there’s not much coming up. You get a bit stressed, you feel like you might have to let some of y

10. How to STOP your Team Hijacking your Time AND Cut your Phone Calls in HALF

Apr 24 2024 47 mins

Getting off the tools is usually so you can have MORE time right? But the day you put them down, the thing most people have to pick up instead … is their phone. When they come to us most business owners are fielding between 50-100 calls a day from their team or clients - which leaves NO time to get any of their own work done. The bad news … the reason your team call you is beca

9. From Working 70hrs+ to a $650K Net Profit Turnaround & A Complete Personal Transformation with Anthony Rentzis

Apr 17 2024 43 mins

“If I wasn’t in coaching and I didn’t face the facts I don’t think I’d be in a relationship, my family would be broken … and I'd be stressed and dealing with all sorts of problems.” This weeks guest is Anthony Rentzis from Hypower Electrical & Security and Absolute Airflow, he started working with Pravar in 2021 and aside from the obvious business success we are going

8. Unlocking Capacity is Your Key To Growth

Apr 10 2024 49 mins

Most trades and construction business owners will hit a ceiling when they are growing their business. They can get to $1 million, $1.5 million or even $2 million but then often will get stuck and aren’t sure how to break through. In this week's episode, we’re talking about how you can smash through that ceiling PROFITABLY because the other thing that we see WAY too often is whe

7. Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Prioritise What Matters Most

Apr 03 2024 35 mins

As a business owner in the trades and construction industry, your to-do list can often feel never-ending… and just when you get a handle on it, the phone rings and a client or one of your team needs you urgently. We learnt last week that you can’t MAKE more time so if you are going to make a change this year and you want to GROW your business you need to DECIDE where you are go

6. The SECRET to having MORE TIME in your Week

Mar 27 2024 33 mins

Most people get into business so that they can have MORE TIME. But the wish for almost every business owner you speak to is ‘if they could just have some more time’ … and the wish for their families is often that they could have MORE time with them as well. It’s one of the biggest challenges in business and something that will continue to hold you back unless you master it.

5. If you feel like Shutting Your Business Down … this Episode will Change Your Life with Ahmad Radi from Radi Electrical.

Mar 20 2024 53 mins

When Ahmad started working with us, all he wanted was to go on a holiday with his family where he wouldn’t be interrupted. Fast forward and not only has his business doubled, he’s moved out of an industry where he was losing money on jobs, he has just purchased another business AND had three weeks completely uninterrupted with his family. For so many men in the trades and const