EP# 166 - Transforming Enterprises with Mindset and Strategy

What if understanding four core pillars could completely transform your business? This week on the Good Neighbor Podcast Estero, we bring you an enlightening conversation with Jean Louis Hardy from ENG2 Business Consulting. From his early days as a carpenter to his remarkable journey in business consulting, Jean shares how navigating economic downturns and door-to-door sales shaped his entrepreneurial mindset. His story is not just about resilience; it’s a toolkit for anyone eager to succeed in the world of business.

Jean peels back the layers on common misconceptions about business consulting, making a compelling case for the importance of marketing, sales, product/service delivery, and accounting/legal as the bedrocks of a thriving enterprise. He also emphasizes the often-overlooked aspect of having the right mindset to complement practical skills. Whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your approach, Jean's experiences and insights offer invaluable lessons on how to build and sustain a successful business. Tune in to episode 166 for a wealth of knowledge that promises to enhance your entrepreneurial journey.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local businesses and neighbors come together. Here's your host, cabo, jim Schaller.

Speaker 2: 0:11

Welcome Good Neighbors to episode number 166 of the Good Neighbor Podcast Estero. Today we have Good Neighbor Jean Louis Hardy from ENG2 Business Consulting Welcome.

Speaker 3: 0:21

Hey, thank you. Thanks for having me.

Speaker 2: 0:23

Yeah, excited to learn about what you do and just dive into everything. So, without further ado, let's jump right in. Why don't you share a little bit of what you do?

Speaker 3: 0:34

Yeah, sure. So basically I help people structure and build businesses as well as make sure that their mindset is in the right place to build the business, because a lot of times people can get the to-dos on how to do things, but yet can't properly execute. So you've got to attack both sides.

Speaker 2: 0:53

Absolutely, and then that's important. There's a lot of people that get in the business, that have the skills or the product, but really don't know how to run a business or the mindset of the business, so they need some direction sometimes. So let's back up your story a little bit. How did you get involved in this?

Speaker 3: 1:11

Yeah, you know, that's actually that's quite an involved story. So when I first started off, I started off coming out of high school as a carpenter and I realized that was not for me. Very, very quickly I should say very quickly. It took about three years, but I just realized I was never going to make the amount of money that I needed to make, and I had some soft skills and some hard skills at that point, so I was going to go and learn how to do sales and build businesses. So I went to California in 2008. Now, in 2008, california was not the place to be.

Speaker 2: 1:44

Right right.

Speaker 3: 1:50

Not the best timing, but that seemed to have been a pattern in my life actually, but I can talk about that later. The thing that happened was this I went to California and I started being a self-contractor for door-to-door sales, and so there was very few owners of the doors. However, I learned so much about sales that I came out with an excellent sales mindset and mentality. I understood the grit, I understood what it took, and that pain turned into the platform for me to start helping others build their business later on.

Speaker 2: 2:33

Interesting. I'd ask you about challenges or obstacles along your journey, but it seems like you've had a number of them, right?

Speaker 3: 2:41

Yeah, that's correct. You know what? It is funny because I see the patterns of the challenge and obstacles and I've come to the conclusion that we, as humans, have the ability to create the reality that we want. And if your vision is large, you're going to expect to have a lot of challenges.

Speaker 2: 3:02

And that's how you learn and grow. You need to go through some of those challenges to learn what to do and what not to do. Right, correct, yeah, so are there any maybe myths or maybe misconceptions surrounding what you do that we could clear up for our listeners?

Speaker 3: 3:21

Yeah for sure. So a lot of people when I say, hey look, I help people structure and build businesses and fix their mindset, they think like maybe it's something very woo woo or like what does that really mean? It's like super vague. Well, it comes down to something very. It comes down to four basic principles. On the business side, there are only four pillars that you'd have to focus and make sure that are properly systemized. There are only four pillars that you'd have to focus and make sure that are properly systemized, and there's a few other things around it, but this is the main gist.

Speaker 3: 3:49

You have four pillars of your business. It's marketing, sales, the delivery of your product or service and how you deliver it and making sure that it matches with your audience. And last is accounting and legal. When you understand those four principles of your business, what starts to happen is you get new eyes on how your business works, and a lot of people are building businesses without understanding all four, and that is very challenging. It's not that you can't make it with it, you just can't make it very far. So that's the business side, and hopefully that clears that up.

Speaker 2: 4:25

Absolutely so. What do you see trending in what you do or in businesses in general?

Speaker 3: 4:33

So technology which is funny because tech has been around for a long time, but tech is now moving at such an expedited rate, comparatively to what it was like five, even 10 years ago, that we're starting to see inventions that are very unique, say, drones that have advertising for events and so like, or drones that are going out and cleaning windows um, for large skyscrapers. This is very new, it's very cost effective and it integrates things like ai and the new technologies that have really started to come out, moving towards more efficient ways of getting stuff done. So that's really what I've been seeing across the board.

Speaker 2: 5:22

Yeah, and that's like I said, as technology comes out, ai comes out. We're still learning a lot about that and it's just ever evolving and it's just going to get bigger and maybe play a bigger role in what we do, moving forward for sure. So I know you can't work all the time, but, uh, what do you enjoy doing outside of the work when you get a free minute or two?

Speaker 3: 5:45

yeah, that's, that's a great question. I absolutely love photography and art. Um, I was actually talking to a friend of mine who, um, he owns this big capital venture capitalist firm and we're sitting down and having a chat. I'm like, so if you didn't do what you do, what would you do? And he loves, he loves spreadsheets.

Speaker 3: 6:04

And I'm like okay, I'm like, okay, cool. And then he asked me the same question and I had to think about it. Now you know what It'd be photography, because that's what I love. I absolutely love art, I love looking at art, I love searching up art, I like trying to understand art, but photography would definitely be the thing that I like doing. I don't post my photography on Instagram too often so you won't see it, but I like it, so that's what I like doing.

Speaker 2: 6:34

Well, it helps keep that creativeness going. I was an art major back in school but I ended up getting into business, so I never did anything with my art, but I still use a lot of that creativity in what I do on the business side of things and build relationships and so forth. That's cool. Is there one thing that you wish our listeners knew about? What you do that maybe they wouldn't be aware of?

Speaker 3: 6:56

Yeah, I mean I think that something that is that I like to say is maybe a little underrated is, you know, with my clients what I like to do is really assess their speech pattern and the way that they think out of their, out of the mouth and it sounds funny, think out of your mouth. A lot, before you speak you have to think, but sometimes it's unconscious and people don't realize that. So I love pointing out the unconscious pieces and then digging into it and like trying to resolve that. I have seen so many breakthroughs for clients where they were stuck and they just thought that they were at you know the end and then we find out like that's just the way that they were speaking to themselves and that's the subconscious side of things. So this is kind of like the mindset side. That's like the cool. I think that's the coolest thing in the world because I get to see people break through.

Speaker 2: 7:48

Yeah, and once you can kind of say control but understand your subconscious, that it lets, that it allows you to to break through and understand things and maybe, you know, talk back to that subconscious and say I'm not going to do that, even though you do that, I'm going to focus on what's good for me, Absolutely. So how would our listeners go about getting ahold of you if they wanted to learn more about what you do?

Speaker 3: 8:12

Yeah, cool. The fastest way to get ahold of me is through Instagram, at J L O U I S H A R D Y. That's J Louis Hardy, and just text me. Just text me. Hey, I heard you on the podcast. I'll happily be able to take a look and see if there's something that's possible for you and your business. That's the best way to get ahold of me, yeah.

Speaker 2: 8:35

Absolutely so. Any last words for our listeners.

Speaker 3: 8:39

Yeah, you know, I want to say, in a world where things are all dark and gloomy and almost like trying to get you to be down on a daily basis, learn to fight against it and take a look that you are creating the reality that you want to create on a daily basis and learn to control the controllables, and in doing so, you'll take that next step. And it's just like that is such a powerful message nowadays and I'd love to just share that and keep that rocking for everybody.

Speaker 2: 9:09

I agree, more people need to know about that and be aware of that, but it's been a pleasure getting to know you. Thank you for being such a good neighbor. And I hope to see you in the community soon.

Speaker 3: 9:20

All right.

Speaker 2: 9:21

Talk soon.

Speaker 1: 9:22

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