The Mark Butler Show

The Mark Butler Show


Latest Episodes

EP63: You'd have to work hard to kill this business.
February 09, 2019

Businesses have inertia. That means they're hard to get moving, but it also means it's hard to stop them once they're rolling.

EP62: A message to the spouses and partners of aspiring entrepreneurs.
February 01, 2019

I've had multiple conversations with new business owners whose spouses are worried (and occasionally antagonistic) about the time and money they're investing in the new venture. This episode is a note just for that concerned spouse.

EP61: "I made this for you. Do you want it?"
January 11, 2019

I stole that line from Seth Godin's new book, "This is Marketing." That one phrase -- "I made this for you. Do you want it?" -- captures so much about what it takes for new (and established) business owners to get out of their heads and into the real work

EP60: A class for new coaches -- when to hire someone to do work for you, when to do it yourself, and when to hire a coach to guide you.
January 04, 2019

I've been teaching some class to new (and new-ish) life coaches. In this episode of the show I pulled a 15-minute segment out of one of the classes where I talked about how new coaches should think about spending time versus spending money versus hiring c

EP59: Discounts? Bonuses? None of the above?
December 21, 2018

Let's talk about the psychology offering discounts, bonuses, or neither in our sales process.

EP58: Two kinds of goals, two kinds of goal tracking.
December 14, 2018

How to use goals whose outcome you can control completely to achieve goals you can only influence with your effort.

EP57: The market isn't saturated. There isn't too much competition. You're not behind. It's not "too late."
December 07, 2018

This is your reminder to ignore anyone (including yourself) who might say "It's too late. The market is saturated. There's too much competition. Everyone who is going to succeed already succeeded."

EP56: Beware of false financial finish lines.
July 21, 2018

Some of your long term income and savings goals may be false financial finish lines. Episode 56 talks about making sure you're on the right track for the right reasons.

EP55: I hired three new people. It's going great. So why am I so anxious?
July 14, 2018

I've hired three new team members and they're doing a great job. This is great news, so why am I so anxious?

EP54: The numbers are neutral. Our thoughts about the numbers are not neutral.
June 09, 2018

If you show ten different business owners the same set of financials, you'll get ten different opinions about what the numbers mean. This is proof that the numbers are neutral -- they only get their meaning from us. Episode 54 explains why this is such