Ken Carfagno is a high-energy former engineer, now running a cleaning company. SMART goal-setting was Ken’s catalyst for shrinking his work week by 2 days without sacrificing income. Now, he re-invests his time into coaching, helping Dads connect with their kids, and spending more time with his own family of seven.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Ken’s friend Vincent Pugliese
When business started difficulties overcame:
“When I started my business I was recently fired from my job, we had a $170,000 of debt, we lived 4 to 5 hours away from everyone that we were related to, we had no one around us that could really help us, we were new to the area, upstate in New York, I had a wife that was a stay at home mom with a 3 month old son, and we had a business, 3 businesses that made no money, so the difficulties that we had to start the business were, it’s money and debt, we had no money, yet we owed everyone”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope Book by Og Mandino
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Book by Greg McKeown
Favourite Quote:
- “Winners never quit, quitter never win”
- “If the dream is big enough the facts don’t count”
- “Readers aren’t always leaders, but leaders are always readers”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Evernote – Organize your work and declutter your life With Evernote on your desktop and mobile devices, your notes are always with you and always in sync
- A Voice Recorder
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Most people listening to this or who’ve been on your show before, they’re much more successful financially, business wise than I am, but there’s one thing that I really want to get across to every single entrepreneur no matter where you are, if you’re the hard charger, or if you’re the brand new start-up or even the wannapreneur, is your business, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon and if you’re a father or a mom you’ve got these little kiddos in your house, maybe they’re 6, maybe they’re 16, maybe you’re even expecting your first child coming up here next year and what I want to share my advice is that we only have our children for a very short window of time, don’t be that guy that squander that time because he’s so focussed on his business, business is important but get proper perspective around life” …[Listen for More]
More About Ken Carfagno:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“An expert knows all the answers — if you ask the right questions.” Source Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ken Carfagno:
- “This mountain is so big, but my dreams are bigger”
- “The secret is in the daily action habits”
- “There’s a philosophy that you need to have, and there’s an action process that you need to have”
- “I believe learning only happens not when you read it, but when you apply it”
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