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The smartest thing we ever built multiplied our revenue while we slept.
During the first many years at Hawaiian Vacations, anyone booking a trip to Hawaii...
Author: thissideup
How We Stopped Being the Bottleneck: Hustle Built Hawaiian Vacations, but Leverage Let Us Sell It
In the beginning, we were the business. Which meant the business...
We didn’t rewrite a manual. We rewrote what we believed a “good month” looked like.
Let me ask you something before we get into it: have you ever built a...
It wasn’t laziness. It wasn’t an attitude. It was something so simple I missed it for years.
How can your team focus on a target they can’t see...
The lunch in Kona that changed everything, and why financial literacy is the most overlooked leadership tool in business.
Here’s a question for...
Growth doesn’t wreck a business. Standing still on your systems does.
No Passport Required
I flew back into the US a few months ago, bracing for the...
Because once you can see everything clearly, you can finally let go.
I want to share something with you. I mentioned this in my course, but I think it deserves...
Not a dramatic scene. More like a slow exhale.
It was June of 1994. We were in Kona, Hawaii, sitting down to lunch with Robert Kiyosaki across the table from...
How We Built a Culture People Wanted to Be Part Of
Tell me if this sounds familiar.
You’ve got a team. Good people, for the most part. They show up,...
When life gets hectic, capable captains don’t panic — they correct course.
There’s a phrase I keep coming back to — one that captures everything I’ve learned...
When the right system does the work, your business can truly achieve the scale you want.
When a business is growing rapidly, many business owners feel they...
There’s a difference between handing things off and actually letting them go. I learned the difference the hard way.
The room went quiet for a second when my...