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Welcome back to Saintly CEO: the Tuesday morning newsletter for business owners whose first objective is to become a saint.
IN TODAY’S ISSUE
Updates/Events
Feature Content: Constraint Method of Growing Your Biz
Heavenly Hustlers x 6
Highlight: Muse.AI
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Events:
Last week, the author of Leaving a Legacy, Johann Kurtz, did a guild call with us on why Catholics should think about legacy. Check it out (paid members only)
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Want to buy a business? Check out our podcast covering the topic with Zach Scardino (Guild Member).
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The Primary Constraint Method of Growing Your Business
Folks. Today I’m keeping it super brief because it’s 10:16 and I’m just writing this (one of the downsides to having a business that is growing is that I have substantially less time to write this, don’t worry, I’m fixing it).
Alex Hormozi often references a very helpful framework, or methodology of growing a business. In all businesses, there is only ONE thing stopping you from growing. Once you remove that constraint, you’ll run into another one.
What follows is the idea, or mentality that you should focus aggressively on understanding what that one thing is, and then unblocking that bottleneck.
It’s very, very simple but it’s something I have thought about often when I feel stuck.
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As we have discussed recently, there are a lot of distractions while running a business. Figuring out what is most important to work on is THE MOST important thing you can do. Followed only by doing that thing.
One note on constraints.
Alex says that there are two primary types of bottlenecks, or constraints. Your biz is either supply-constrained or demand-constrained. Never both at the same time.
Take my business for example. As a headhunter, it takes only a few client reqs (demand) to be so overwhelmed that I’m writing these newsletters at nearly midnight the day before they have to go out.
Then I get so busy focusing on delivering (supply) that I’ll end up having insufficient demand for the service. Of course the demand is out there, I just need to go connect with it.
In the long-run, I believe my primary constraint throughout my businesses lifetime is going to be supply constraint. This gives me clarity to focus on what I really need to focus on — which is finding a way to identify recruiters and train them well, and faster than anyone else can.
Okay folks - that’s all for today. I hope this short framework helps you visualize where you are in your business journey, and that through this, you can figure out where you need to put your focus and effort.
God Bless & Happy Building
~Silas Mähner
BTW: If you’re not familiar with Alex Hormozi’s books, I highly recommend checking them out.
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Highlight: Trying Out Muse by Meta
I recently started using Muse, Meta’s AI assistant because I heard someone raving about it on a podcast. I am now that raving person.
It is getting really really close to being able to do all the things you wish Siri could do. Book restaurants, check your inbox for missed messages, deal with customer service reps. I started using it on a short flight the other day, and in 45 min, I was mind blown at how many things I could get done. Intros made, emails sent, etc.
I heard that Instinct is also very good. And I’ve heard that the Grokbot is also incredibly easy to use.
I encourage people to check out some of these tools every so often. You are not going to have time to test them all, but you can certainly figure out when there are simple tools that will drastically save you time.
BTW, I call mine Pepper bc I hate the name Muse.
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