It’s early Saturday evening. I’ve got a cigar in one hand, my iPhone in the other, typing out some thoughts from the week—insights that I know will benefit you in your business. No fluff, just real lessons from the trenches. Let’s get stuck in.

1. Get Your Team to Think for Themselves
One of my team members asked me this week, “Can I buy this?” Instead of giving him a yes or no, I gave him three questions to answer before coming to me again:

• Does it help us make more money?

• Is it costing us more NOT to use it than the price itself?

• Are you 100% sure there’s no cheaper alternative?

If you don’t train your team to think, you’ll always be their bottleneck.

2. Define Your Values, Then Make Decisions That Align
I’m interviewing Dr. John Demartini at my house next week, which got me thinking—what do you optimize for when making decisions? Take a moment to write out your top five values. Then ask yourself:

• Where in my life or business am I out of alignment with these values?

• What’s one decision I made recently that didn’t serve my highest values?

• How can I ensure my next three big decisions are aligned with what matters most?

Most people don’t think like this. Those who do, win.

3. Lead Gen Is Easy. Lead Nurture Is Hard (and That’s Where the Money Is)
Everyone wants more leads. But what about the leads you’ve already got? Have you followed up with them more than once this week? Have you spoken to them outside of just trying to close them? The people who put effort into nurture make way more money than those who only chase new leads.

4. Monthly Revenue Thinking Shrinks Your Power
When you focus on monthly revenue, you think small. When you focus on annual revenue, you think big. The truth is, you can make a year’s worth of revenue in a single month if you structure it right. Stop thinking like an employee.

5. Every Business Owner’s Biggest Fear
Not having enough leads and sales. It’s the root of all stress in business. And every entrepreneur on the planet shares this dilemma. If you’ve ever worried about this, know you’re not alone—just don’t sit in that fear, do something about it.

6. Trial and Error Isn’t a Business Strategy
You’re not a serious business owner if you rely on trial and error. The best in the game invest in structure, skills, clarity, and speed. If you don’t, you’ll waste more time, more money, and more energy trying to figure it out yourself.

7. Here’s a Killer Content Idea
“The biggest threat to [your audience’s goal] is [real problem].” You could build an entire week of content off that one idea.

8. Your Clients Don’t Need More Information, They Need More Execution
If your clients aren’t getting results, don’t assume they need more knowledge. Most of the time, they need:

• More accountability

• More belief in themselves

• A deadline to get it done

The best businesses don’t just educate. They get people to execute.

9. Growth Isn’t About Doing More—It’s About Cutting What’s Wasting Time
Audit your week. What’s one thing you keep doing that drains your energy, delivers no ROI, and could be removed immediately?

For me, the biggest thing that screws my week is indecision. Nothing is more disempowering. Cut the fluff, make decisions, and move forward.

What Pissed Me Off This Week (and What I Did About It)
Found myself shooting content and asking myself—why am I doing this? For context, I record three YouTube videos and ten reels once a week. It takes around three hours. Some days, I’m in the mood. Other days, I cannot.be.fucked. Then I remind myself:

• It’s a privilege to do this.

• This content helps people break through, make more money, grow their business, take their kids on family trips—all the amazing stuff is on the other end of doing hard things. My content is designed to weaponize you.

• This content builds trust in a noisy world. No one is combining the elements of energetics, life vision, personal sovereignty, profit/wealth building, and high-value business strategy the way I am.

Knowing how to think and manage your emotions when you are going through tight spots is crucial for long term success.

BTW, if you aren’t subscribed to my new channel, where I talk all things life, business, and money, you should be: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilGrahamoffical.

We’ve done 86 high-value videos and are sitting at 1.3K subs. It’s been a slog, but when you compare it to Ali Abdaal (good friend)—it took him close to 200 videos to hit 1,000 subs, and now he’s got nearly 4 million. All it takes is one video to hit and feed the channel. I’m working on it, so take a second and subscribe.

You won’t just get recycled business advice—you’ll get the thinking frameworks that actually make a difference. YouTube is a long game. The average time to grow a YouTube channel to real influence is 2-5 years, but those who stick with it dominate.

I could flood my channel with content about my cars, watches, or the new house project I’m working on. Yeah, it’s cool, but I’d rather teach you how to think so you can do it yourself. The last thing the internet needs is another guy telling you how wealthy he is.

Anyway, those are my thoughts for this week. Hope they help.

Yours in strength,
Phil Graham

PS – Update on Lifestyle Entrepreneur (my next move that will benefit you)

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