Episode 2 - Andrew Kinkler

“We're not clear on our future. We don't have that goal, and we're just doing the busy work. It just goes back to a very basic but powerful concept of, ‘you’ve got to keep your vision in mind’,” shares Andrew Kinkler, owner and CEO of Apex Property Care. Apex provides all the backend management for properties including cleaning, landscaping, snow removal, maintenance, subcontractor management, and private home management. Today, Andrew joins hosts Dan and Matt to talk about the importance of following a time budget and not getting so caught up putting out fires.

 

Putting out fires is not a strategy. Andrew realized he was frequently being pulled away from important tasks to put out fires. This caused him to expend resources on the wrong tasks and ultimately fall behind. As Matt explains in his skiing analogy, it is important to not just look down at your feet, but instead to look five to seven moguls ahead. In his coaching with Dan and Matt, Andrew recognized the importance of being clear on his goal for the future. By having a clear goal and staying focused on his values, he is able to create and stick to a time budget rather than just bouncing from fire to fire. 

 

Next Actions:

Establish your Vision and higher purpose for your life, and always keep it in front of you. The small but significant actions you can take in your business will lead to direct results that will help it serve your life - as it should.

• Vision clarifies the Goals. 

• Goals clarify the Plans. 

• Plans clarify the next Actions. 

• Get moving on those next actions, and you’ll see the difference in the short-term and the long-term.

• Create a time-budget if you find yourself in a consistent time deficit.

 

To go deeper into this episode’s “Next Actions”, take a listen to the episode where we do a break-down, and explore it even further.

Quotes

• “If I don't put out this fire, there's going to be short-term pain that could lead to long-term pain.” (50:01-50:06 | Andrew)

• “You're looking down at your skis. Look five to seven moguls ahead of you.” (58:56-59:00 | Matt)

• “Whether it's time and attention or money, if you don't have that visibility of what's coming up, you're going to blow through your budget.” (1:00:56-1:01:04 | Matt) 

• “If you're not precise with the problem, you're going to start solving the problem and it's going to be the wrong one. And now you're actually two steps behind, because you expended those resources solving the wrong sh*t and that’s not useful.” (1:03:43-1:03:51 | Dan)

• “We're not clear on our future. We don't have that goal, and we're just doing the busy work. It just goes back to a very basic but powerful concept of, ‘you’ve got to keep your vision in mind’.” (1:14:05-1:14:22 | Andrew)

 

Connect with Andrew Kinkler:

https://www.apexsteamboat.com/

 

Other resources from Episode 2:Podcast Resources - www.clearingobstacles.com

Coach Dan Kent - https://bestself.coach/

Coach Matt Pierce - IG: @the_owners_coach, matt@ownerscoach.biz

Book: Willpower Doesn’t Work by Ben Hardy

Link to the Expanded “Next Actions”: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ICbZP0tYWBHceoyDIQ1cQzUDspkmddwR?usp=share_link

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