Overview

On this episode of Build Your Network, Host Travis Chappell interviews Jill Stanton, co-founder of Screw the Nine-to-Five.

Topics Discussed:

• About Jill and Screw the Nine-to-Five
• Jill and her husband Josh got their start together back in 2012.
  • They had a separate business in other spaces working on niche websites.
  • They didn’t have a team.
  • They had freedom and flexibility.
• It was the week of their wedding, they came up with the name “Screw the Nine to Five” and then did trial and error to figure out what works.
• They figure out what they’re passionate about and they see what works.
• Before owning her own businesses, she hated working set hours.

• • How do you help people take the leap from working 9-5?
    • Everyone has a different risk tolerance.
    • If it works for you, you should balance both until you’ve replaced your income or gotten close to replacing your income.
    • She hates the rhetoric on the internet that success happens overnight.
      • You may have to tough it out for a good year or two while you build your business and work a regular job.
    • Everything you do takes time, don’t add a level of stress that you don’t need.
    • The best thing you can ask someone that you’re thinking of hiring, is “what results have you gotten?”
  • Do you believe that what you know or who you know is more important, and why?
    • Who you know. They can help you build what you know.
    • If you’re hanging with people who are where you want to be, you can learn so much from them just by participating in conversations.
    • You don’t need to have more courses, you need to have more conversations with other entrepreneurs.
      • This helps you build your knowledge base that helps you try more things more effectively.
    • Tell a story about a connection in your life that led to a moment of success.
      • James Webmore, Amy Porterfield, and John Dumas have a lot of integrity but all go about their business differently.
        • She’s learned so much from each of them and it’s hard to attribute one thing to a specific outcome.
      • Without relationships with the above people, Jill would be in the weeds a lot more than she is.
        • She’s learned how to finesse a team, be a good leader, set boundaries, etc.
        • You need to allow some mental white space.
      • Why do so many people neglect to network?
        • People don’t neglect to do it, they do it wrong, they go in with the motive of getting something out of the relationship.
        • Prioritize the connection and relationship first, and it pays off.
        • Don’t take more than you give, give more than you take.
        • People who are popular get a lot of requests to come on their podcasts, be different by not doing that.
        • Everybody looks at networking too short-term.
          • Play the long game.
        • One great networking tip:
          • Chill the f*** out and ask normal questions!
          • Talk about something that the person you’re connecting with is actually interested in.
          • Nobody wants their brains picked nonstop.
          • Jill enjoys talking to people who will just keep it real with them.
        • Have you ever paid for a 1-1 mentorship or a group mastermind?
          • She has joined a mastermind group with someone she had a pre-existing relationship ahead of time with.
        • If you walk up to an influential person you haven’t met before, do you ask a question or let things flow?
          • Just lets things flow naturally, and lets someone else introduce her.
          • If there’s no introduction, she’ll wait for an opportunity to come in and crack a joke.
          • If you’re not going to be memorable, don’t waste your opportunity.
          • First impressions only happen once.
          • When meeting Amy Porterfield at an event, she never asked any business questions until after the third day or so.
            • Chose to ask them to do something that was mutually beneficial.

The Random Round:

• What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
  • TV Broadcasting
• If you could sit on a park bench with someone dead or alive who would it be and why?
  • Donald Trump, assuming he would be honest and tell the truth.
• How do you like to learn best, books, blogs, podcasts, or videos?
  • Videos, but the true best way is by doing and “falling flat on her face.”
• A glimpse of your morning routine
  • Get up, get a smoothie, talk to josh and get into it.
• Go-to pump up song:
  • Anything Beyonce, Chunky by Bruno Mars
• Putting business aside, what are you not very good at?
  • Ice skating, reading books. Blogs are fine, books are not her thing.
• Where to find you online:
  • com, the free Facebook group

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Reduce the time you’re spending with negative people who don’t understand your goals.”
• “People rub off on us, and we emulate them more than we think we do.”

Resources Mentioned:

Buildyournetwork.com– Podcast website

Screwtheninetofive.com – Jill and Josh’s website

Screwcommunity.com – Jill and Josh’s free Facebook Group