See you. All right. Very good. What is up everybody? It looks like my guest is not going to be able to make it here today and that's okay.
I'm sure he's a great dude and I'm sure that we'll have him back on the show at another time.
And the subject that we're going to talk about is one of my superpowers as well. So I'm going to fill the gap in.
Him and I will be able to catch up on this. Maybe he will dive in midway through.
But we've had that happen a couple of times in the past, but you guys deserve the absolute best.
So we're going to be diving into the number one secret to improve your results and how to use it.
And that secret is accountability. You got to be willing to be accountable.
You got to want it. You got to love it. You got to crave it. It's so important.
All right. Welcome in to Vision Pros Live with Jackson Calame. I'm your show host.
We'll be doing interviews for visionary entrepreneurs and guest leaders who are building fantastic visions out there.
Hey, welcome in to another episode of Vision Pros Live. I'm your show host Jackson Calame, founder and CEO of First Class Business.
And I'm excited to dive in and talk about accountability because it's something that I love and it's something that I crave.
And it's something that is so polarizingly difficult for people to actually want and benefit from and utilize that.
I just think I think there needs to be more of a subject matter, more of a talk around it.
And most of the entrepreneurs I've worked with in my life are really bad at accountability before they start working with me.
And afterwards, a lot of them end up not liking me very much because I'm kind of a beast when it comes to being accountable.
I want to make sure that we take appropriate responsibility for our actions and what we do.
That is really the secret to growth. But without diving in too deep to the subject,
I also want to make sure to highlight a couple of companies that I've been really impressed with lately.
One of them is ColdClick. And so they are one of the sponsors of today's show.
Art Hoffman runs ColdClick and he helps us with our LinkedIn automation.
So if you want to go check it out and see more about it, fantastic.
What I can say right now is my connection rate and this has I'll be honest, this is more to do with my messaging than the system itself.
We've always had pretty good connection rates, but his system and his people protect us with our automation.
I have a 46 percent connection rate right now. And that's pretty good. If you're beating that, drop it in the comments.
I'd be excited to see it. But I've seen lots of campaigns, lots of people running campaigns where you get like a 2 percent, a 5 percent, a 20 percent.
But 46 percent is a great, great connection. And the follow up sequences as well are positive. That's another big thing.
I've also seen companies use bait and switch and they get good connections like a lot of people connecting, but a lot of the wrong people moving forward and a lot of the right people saying, oh, like, get your case study out of my face.
That's not good to do. Anyway, moving to SimplyFast. I met Shane Michael through not automation, but definitely through a system that helped me connect to him on Facebook.
All right. And he built this system called SimplyFast and it's his website starting at one hundred and seventy nine dollars. And I was like, whoa, I know a lot of entrepreneurs that are entrepreneurs, especially people who are getting started, who could probably get started on something like that.
And if I could have the type of branding back when I first started at that price, I would have been a game changer for sure.
And so I highly recommend checking out what he's doing. Maybe it's for you, maybe it's not. But I'm really happy to see people who are willing to empower the world with resources.
And no, you're not going to have a site that competes with Google at one hundred and seventy nine dollars. But it's a great place to get your feet wet if you've already passed the stage of trying to build it yourself.
Right. So there's nothing wrong with Squarespace and using it. There's nothing wrong with Wix and those other types of systems that even Canva, I think, has the ability to build.
GoDaddy has a system that's awful. So does Vista Print. There's lots of things that there's lots of ways to do it. But that's another option for you. And that's what I'm all about.
I want to make sure that you have options to build your visions and to move your brands forward. And like I said, I was pretty impressed with Shane. We become friends and look forward to hosting him on the show very soon.
Another quick thing remaining accountable for the types of projects that we support, the water project.
Today, it's important for me to stay tuned. And this is a way to make sure that I never forget the value of what this entity does. I specifically want to remember this on a weekly basis and make sure that I'm thinking of these children and these communities,
these mothers and fathers, grandmas, aunts, uncles, whoever has to go get water. These people are having to walk miles often in order to get to a source of water, not even just a clean one, one that they have to take a great risk on and I don't have to deal with that.
So I wanted to make sure that we give people the opportunity to give back.
And if this is a cause that you think you could support, then it's very easy.
Just go on there, give a dollar, give 10, give 10,000, however much you're able to give.
And it's actually going to show you when the project is completed, you'll get a memo letting
you know what was accomplished.
And they'll even send you the social media proof, like the photos and stuff, the social
proof, not social media proof, of what's going on in that community, how they created their
borehole well or their sand dam. And you get to know that your money was put to good use.
Now, if you have a charity you recommend more, then by all means, share that charity into
the comments.
Let us know. I might contribute to it, especially if you call me out and you're like, Jackson,
I want you to give this charity.
I can do that. And I'm willing to be accountable for that, which is exactly what we're going
to talk about.
It's funny, it looks like Eric's in the background now. I can't see him though. His video is
not connected. So I'm going to keep going on accountability. We're actually having a
shorter episode today. I was going to test out a new format, but I also want to get to
an event for my daughter. That matters to me a lot. And so we're going to do a little
bit shorter episode. If Eric can get his camera on, I'll bring him on with me so we can talk
about that. If not, Eric, I know you can hear me right now, then we will have another episode
where you and I dive in and talk about improving results, accountability, how the whole process
works, why somebody should want to work with you, et cetera. But feel free to hang in there
and try to connect and jump on. And we'll probably be great friends and remember this
for life because of the situation.
Hey, there we are. Let me pull him on stage in just a minute. So I got in touch with Eric
M Twiggs and he is the accountability coach. So I was going to dive into some of my accountability
tips without him here, but with him here now, I can kind of put them on the spot and we'll
get started. So Eric, welcome to Vision Pros Live.
Hey, thank you. It's truly an honor to be on your platform.
Absolutely man. And you know what? I called your phone, I got your voicemail and it talked
about progress over perfection. And I love that. I was like, cool. And it works out.
Like, here we are, right? It's not perfect, but we're here now and we're able to move
forward. And what got you to decide to become an accountability coach?
Well I think that's the key thing. And just in any of the clients that I've coached, that's
really the one thing. And just from just hearing things and just being, that's the one thing
that's most requested. And I think that the accountability piece is what helps people
to move forward. Because if you think about it, it's really hard for us to hold ourselves
accountable to that point. Because if it's something that's uncomfortable, it's easy
for, there's no accountability, it's easy for us not to do it, right? The easiest thing
to do is nothing. That's why I think it's critical to have that voice of accountability,
that presence of accountability to get you to move forward.
I like that. The easiest thing to do is nothing. You're right. It is. And it can be hard. So
today, because we're behind on the show, and I didn't get to do the full intro with you
and all that, I'd recommend we do another show. I'm happy to have you here, color commentate.
It kind of set the rhythm for those who are listening already. So feel free to dive in.
And we're going to be doing, like I said, a little bit shorter episode. We'll probably
go for about 10 more minutes before I have to head out. And I called this episode the
number one secret to improving your results and how to use it. So for me, accountability
is everything. I am, and I know a lot of people say this, but I am so big into accountability,
I annoy the living crap out of people. I am a very different type of person in terms of,
like, I want people to tell me when I'm wrong. I want people to help me find a clear path.
I want to make sure that I got systems set up to ultimately obligate, obligate me into
getting things done. But I wasn't always like that. It was a process of recognizing that,
you know, I had to figure out that I was valuable in the world just for existing before I could
start accepting the reality that people are welcome to nitpick me and teach me things
that I don't necessarily know about myself. That's kind of what accountability is, is
allowing people to point out your flaws or point out your strengths and help you recognize
how to do things differently. How else would you define it, Eric?
I just think it's critical. So like, the key is you have to be open to it. And I can tell
you some of the some of the top performers that I've worked with, they are open to receiving
hard coaching. And I can, I can have that what's called radical candor. Right? I can
just really hit them between the eyes with opportunities. And that's what they want.
That's some of the top performers that I've been around, where some of some of the others,
it's, you know, they may take it the wrong way or take it personally.
Hit me with some radical candor. Let's do this live so people know what that means.
So radical candor is, is really a... No, like hit me, hit me with one. What you
got for me? I can give you an example of radical candor.
So radical candor would be an example of... Well, you know what? So you really shouldn't
when you wear that shirt, for example, you know, it sends the wrong message is not...
I'm just giving you an example. Oh, you mean it's not an example for me. It's
just an example. Right. You know, when you wear that shirt,
you know, it doesn't really send the right message. It's, it's feedback that's brutally
honest. Right. Yeah. It's like if somebody has got like greens in their teeth, you know,
they're sitting there, you know, you want to be able to tell them, Hey, you've got the
greens in the teeth, not telling them doesn't do them any good. Right. So that's, that's
really the, how radical candor. I'm glad you brought that up. We had a football
coach yelling at us, trying to get home his message. He had booger hanging out his nose,
like a bad one. And he didn't recognize it. Right. And so he is fired up drilling us.
Like, this is like his first time we've seen him do this in two years. Nobody remembers
him. I always remember all we heard the whole time. And nobody, you know, he was so fired
up, like he wouldn't give any space for anybody to jump in. So we, you know, we were kids,
we didn't jump in, but man, I never wanted to be in that, in that zone, in that experience.
And it's going to happen. You know, it's, it's going to happen. But, you know, I mean,
I think guys, it's important to all of us listening in like some radical candor, what
does that look like? You know, and, and can you deliver radical candor with love? Yes,
you can. Right. So the other thing that you can do is make space for understanding and
you can still have maintain a relationship. We'll see what happens. I'm going to do my
best with Eric. All right. So, you know, and we're gonna go back to it. So Eric was here
late, you know, for the show, we've got an email and series that goes out and then says,
we need you 10 minutes early so we can wrap before we get going. And for whatever reason,
he wasn't able to be here. So the radical candor is Eric, that's going to, that's going
to affect your ability to impress the audience, right? Your ability, people who are all about
being on time, they're probably going to be very judgmental about this experience. And
that's okay. That's just a reality, right? I've shared the candor, I've shared the truth
of a matter that exists. But here's my question. Does that take away the true value that Eric
twigs is and has to offer? I'm curious about your answer on that. Yeah, absolutely not.
Very good. Absolutely not. I love the absolute. I'm not a big fan of absolute words. This
is a time where it absolutely matters. I agree. Why is that Eric? Well, yeah, because it's
about it's never is about the performance. It's not about the person. So I mean, you
have to take the feedback. That's how we get better. I mean, no one's perfect. Yeah. So
how do you take the feedback like that? Somebody would get mad at you and be like, Hey, dude,
you're late to my show. How could you do this? blah, blah, blah. You know, like, how do you
as a as a leader? How do you train people to receive feedback like that? I'm just curious.
Well, I mean, I think you have to look at you have to own it. Right. Yeah. Everything
starts with ownership. And at the end of the day, you know, so here's what I work off of.
You know, everything that happens, you know, it's my fault. I don't look to blame and say,
Well, you know, I didn't see the email until the last minute or I was just looking at my
calendar and there was no invitation or anything of those nature. At the end of the day, you
know what? I should have figured it out. It's my fault. So I work with people to take ownership.
And once you take ownership, you can fix it. Oh, I love that. And it allows you to come
in more even kill too. Because like not trying to hide something under the rug, you're not
that just makes you busy doing other things. You have to find new ways to be productive.
So I'm going to flip the script on that. Okay. And I want you to also correlate this, like
help me out on it if we need to. What can I do better on my end? Is there something me
or my team can also improve on in order to make sure that our future guests, you know,
are on time? Is there something that we can do to simplify the process? Because one thing
we didn't do that I know already is we did not have the StreamYard link in the calendar
invite. Yeah. So yeah, from a radical candor standpoint, it would be helpful to put the
actual StreamYard invite. The one thing for me, I host a podcast myself and that's what
I do. I was expecting to see that and I'm on podcast all the time. So when I didn't
see the link, I'm assuming, oh, maybe I saw my phone number. I'm assuming maybe that you
were going to call and I happen to see my email. But yeah, so in the future, yeah, definitely
that would increase the timeliness of future guests if the link is in the calendar.
Absolutely. So everybody who's listening in, what I want you to realize is if you exercise
the same type of willingness to do what's called a 360 degree evaluation, right? What
happened on the outside, but also what happened on the inside, then you position yourself
to cultivate more results because you were learning what you need to do in order to improve
the future. And so it was kind of fun to challenge Eric on it. You could have gotten mad and
left and then this episode would have been really funny. And you didn't. Now it's really
productive. And I'm like, cool, man. I got somebody who gets the nature of being accountable
and at the same time knows how to facilitate providing it. So on our end, that's one of
the things that we absolutely must have in places. So StreamYard links will go out. And
Jaime had his last day as our show producer on Friday of last week. So we are without
our show producer and rather we're training Cynthia on the process. Her and I are saying,
OK, all these cool things that Jaime implemented along the way to make this show really stand
out. Do we have them documented? Are we following them? Are we also going to pick up the torch
from where he's at and continue to improve it? Right. That's incredibly important. And
I agree with you, man. I have worked with some outstanding individuals in life. And
it's funny that usually the more outstanding the results and for terms of like what their
ROI is, the more they they have a notepad ready and are eager to get the feedback of
how can we move this up? How can we prove Tom Brady doesn't want to be told how great
his throw was. He's tired of hearing that. You know, he wants to know how well and what
can he do to make it even better? That's that's what I've seen. Oh, sure. They want to be
coached hard. Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, anybody that's that's a high performer. They want
the feedback to kind of give them that is. Absolutely. So you got to want it. You got
to want it in order to really benefit from an accountability coach. So, Eric, I'd love
to to host you again in the future. We are going to, like I said, wrap up a little bit
sooner than later. I like to talk about your book. We'll drop these elements in the show
notes still. We'll take a few minutes to wrap up afterwards. But vision pros, if you're
tuning in for some quick, powerful advice, you just got it from both of us. You got to
see it live in action. If you have accountability tips and tricks, feel free to provide them.
And if you're looking for somebody who's going to help sharpen your sword and help you be
the absolute best at what you're what you're willing to do, then of course, feel free to
reach out to Eric. Eric, what's the best way to get in touch with you so they can visit
my website, Eric M twigs dot com. That's E R I C M twigs T W I G G S dot com, where they
can pick up a copy of my book, The Discipline of Now, Twelve Practical Principles to Overcome
Procrastination. Absolutely. Well, guys, I will say all in on this then. I'm glad that
Eric has driven around principles. Principles are what matters. The fads go away. The principles
will stand the test of time. So Vision Pros stick to your principles. Be accountable for
your visions. Make sure they come true. And Eric, we will see you very soon. Thanks for
joining us for this quick clip. Thank you. Thank you for being here today. I'm really
happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros live. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions
as these episodes continue to move forward. This is going to get more and more fun. We'll
have more and more engagement as well. We'll invite people to participate in the show.
And thank you for giving us your time and attention. Have a great day. Bye.