BRX Pro Tip: Always Invest in a Player
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, those of us in business, I mean, without exception, we all have to make the best with the resources that are available to us. They’re not infinite. But one discipline, we should always be willing to invest in A players.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:24] Yeah. A player is someone who is going to perform better under pressure. They’re proactive. They make things happen. They don’t wait. They understand what the mission is and try to solve towards that mission kind of by any means possible and necessary. They raise the standard for everybody else on the team, making everyone better. And getting your team right will save you a lot of heartache in terms of getting more of the right things done faster and more effectively.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:51] When you have C and D players on your team, they might seem like that’s all you can afford or that’s the best you can do at this point. But those people are bad for your culture. And they’re ultimately bad for your business because they’re slowing you down. And other people on the team that are A and B player see that you’re tolerating that and it doesn’t encourage them to be better. They think that, “Oh. Well, if that person is good enough, then I guess I just have to rise to that standard.” And you want to always be pushing that standard higher and higher. So, you want to always be hiring and working with people that are smarter and better than you that can push you forward instead of hold you back.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:35] So, invest in A players, aim higher, look for better and better talent, better and better partners, better and better vendors, better and better clients. The more you’re around those kind of people, the better that your business will be and grow a lot faster. And it’ll be with a lot less stress and a lot less heartache.
