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067 - The Growth Formula: Why Working Harder Keeps You Stuck

067 - The Growth Formula: Why Working Harder Keeps You Stuck

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 You're operating at 200% capacity. Revenue is up. And somehow you're falling behind on everything that matters.Chris and Khalil tackle the uncomfortable truth that high-performing business owners avoid: if you're not building reflection into your rhythm, you're not growing — you're going backwards. The formula is simple: challenge + reflection = growth. Skip the reflection, and all that effort just wears you down.This episode gets practical fast. Khalil walks through the mind sweep technique from David Allen's Getting Things Done, explains why your brain is terrible at storing ideas (and why that's the source of your anxiety), and shows how AI tools can finally give you a trusted system that actually works. Chris confesses to carrying around legal documents for three months and admits he doesn't like his own answers when Khalil runs him through the trigger list exercise.If you've ever told someone "I'm slammed" and watched them mentally file you as unreliable, this one's for you.Timestamps00:50 - Busy vs Out of Capacity02:38 - Events Season and EuroShop04:53 - The Growth Formula Explained15:16 - Mind Sweep and Trusted Systems29:46 - AI as Trusted System30:46 - Trigger List Voice Dump37:02 - Cadence Challenge Reflect42:54 - Use AI for Pain ReliefMemorable Quotes"Your brain is really good at having ideas, and it's terrible at storing them. That's the entire book in a nutshell." — Khalil"I don't think better of you because you tell me how busy you are. I just think you don't have time for me." — Chris"If you're not resting, you're only going backwards. You're not growing." — Khalil"For most of us, we have so much going on and we never take time to think about what's going on. We just do." — KhalilKey TakeawaysChallenge + reflection = growth — skip the reflection and you regress, no matter how hard you work.Your brain stores ideas poorly, which is why you need a trusted external system to capture "open loops."A mind sweep using a trigger list is more targeted than a random brain dump and surfaces things you'd otherwise forget.AI can serve as your trusted system if you give it the context. Record a voice memo, paste the transcript into Claude, and let it organize your thoughts.The three AI tools every knowledge worker needs: an LLM (Claude), a transcription tool (Granola), and a dictation tool (Whisper Flow).Start with the paid version of AI tools. The free versions will frustrate you into quitting. Use AI to solve painful problems, not generate novelty, that's how you'll actually stick with it.ResourcesGetting Things Done by David AllenClaude Granola WisprFlow David Allen's Incompletion Trigger ListNeed Help With An Event? Get in touch with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrewXP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Us On Social: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Have Questions? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More from Chris⁠⁠⁠CrewXP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email Chris⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More from Khalil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠benali.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email Khalil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet With Khalil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect With UsReady to future-proof your experiential business? Subscribe to Experience Builders for more strategic insights that help agency owners build bulletproof businesses. Share this episode with fellow industry leaders who are planning their next growth phase.
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