Joseph Meuse- The Price of Business: Joseph Meuse on Hands-On Business Recovery

I think it's-- It seems like a subtle difference, but it's a massive difference because it is what separates success from failure in your business.

A good business consultant will say, "Hey, Johnny, uh, you know, make these changes.

This is what you should do.

I'm giving you advice, okay?" Maybe you, maybe you take the advice, maybe you don't, but the ball's in your court as the business owner to execute on these things.

That's what a consultant does.

We're not consultants.

We actually get into the business.

We actually create the change.

We actually get the results.

It's, it's, it's, it's not about, "Hey, I've done my job.

I've given you advice.

If you take it, great.

If you don't take it, you know, that's, that's on you." That's totally different than going into it saying, "Hey, the only way I'm gonna get paid is if not only do I produce the results, but you stay in business and you're stronger for it."

Yeah.

It's totally different.

I'm not a, a, you know-- Hey, I'm not gonna submit my bill at the end of month one and expect to get paid unless the results are there.

And it cr-- it changes the energy, it changes the action, it changes the involvement of, of who we are and how we get it done.

'Cause honestly, if a business owner's in trouble-- Let's actually go back to this for a second.

If a business owner's in trouble, they have a lot more stress, they have a lot more to do to save the business.

And because they're so stressed, they can only get half as much done, right? It just slows you down.

So getting advice from somebody, you know, "Hey, go to the gym, uh, run more, eat healthy," you know, all those things, it would be so much better in your time of duress that somebody actually did it, not just-

Yeah

... told you how to do it.

'Cause you know, you kinda know what you need to do, Kevin.

But if somebody just goes and, boom, does it, then you go, "Wow, okay.

I think it's-- It seems like a subtle difference, but it's a massive difference because it is what separates success from failure in your business.

A good business consultant will say, "Hey, Johnny, uh, you know, make these changes.

This is what you should do.

I'm giving you advice, okay?" Maybe you, maybe you take the advice, maybe you don't, but the ball's in your court as the business owner to execute on these things.

That's what a consultant does.

We're not consultants.

We actually get into the business.

We actually create the change.

We actually get the results.

It's, it's, it's, it's not about, "Hey, I've done my job.

I've given you advice.

If you take it, great.

If you don't take it, you know, that's, that's on you." That's totally different than going into it saying, "Hey, the only way I'm gonna get paid is if not only do I produce the results, but you stay in business and you're stronger for it."

Yeah.

It's totally different.

I'm not a, a, you know-- Hey, I'm not gonna submit my bill at the end of month one and expect to get paid unless the results are there.

And it cr-- it changes the energy, it changes the action, it changes the involvement of, of who we are and how we get it done.

'Cause honestly, if a business owner's in trouble-- Let's actually go back to this for a second.

If a business owner's in trouble, they have a lot more stress, they have a lot more to do to save the business.

And because they're so stressed, they can only get half as much done, right? It just slows you down.

So getting advice from somebody, you know, "Hey, go to the gym, uh, run more, eat healthy," you know, all those things, it would be so much better in your time of duress that somebody actually did it, not just-

Yeah

... told you how to do it.

'Cause you know, you kinda know what you need to do, Kevin.

But if somebody just goes and, boom, does it, then you go, "Wow, okay.