This guy coaches Sam Altman. He also works with leaders at Anthropic, Google, Apple, and SpaceX. I sat down with him to learn how he coaches billion dollar businesses. Here are Joe Hudson’s 7 operating rules: 1. Kill your 1:1s These meetings lead individuals to solve problems instead of the team. Much better to bring problems to the whole team so everyone feels responsible for solving them. I agree, haven’t done them for years... 2. Rotate who runs recurring meetings When the same person always leads, people focus on pleasing or rebelling against them. Spreading the authority makes everyone accountable to the team instead. 3. Give anyone the power to change a bad meeting Everyone already knows when a meeting isn’t working (and usually why). Giving people permission to say it makes meetings more effective. 4. Make every employee run at least 5 experiments a quarter on their own job It makes the team more productive, keeps people interested, and helps retain smart employees who would otherwise get bored. 5. Ask your team to push back on your ideas If you try to sell them on the idea, they may nod in the room and do nothing afterward. Asking for objections tests the idea + gets everyone aligned before you commit to it. 6. Start by building the part you understand the least If you leave the confusing part until the end you might find out it doesn’t fit and have to rebuild everything around it. 7. End every email with an action needed Name the person responsible, the action they need to take, and the deadline. Joe says this rule increased productivity in his business by 35 to 40%. Thanks for coming on @FU_joehudson and sharing how you run your business. Search “BigDeal pod” on youtube.

There are only 12 reasons your business isn’t growing: 1. your pricing is off 2. you’re serving the wrong customer 3. you're solving the wrong problem 4. you offer too many things at once 5. your profit margins are too thin 6. you’re the only person who can sell 7. you don’t trust your team to make decisions alone 8. your ideal clients don’t know you exist yet 9. you don’t have written processes or SOPs 10. you talk yourself out of problems instead of fixing them 11. you want lifestyle, scale, and an exit all at once 12. your business became your identity Every business is constrained by two of these at a time.

Remember: “You don't sell anyone anything. You find people who are already predisposed to want what you're selling."

Game theory: If you sit down at a table and can’t spot the mark… It’s you. Never play games you haven’t studied. Never show your cards. Never start without strategy. Never optimize for being liked. You don’t want applause you want to win.

the secret to happiness to me, is pretty simple: - something worth doing - someone worth loving - something to believe in - something to look forward to