ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Episode 139
Chasing growth without a clear reason is one of the fastest ways to build a business that exhausts everyone and rewards no one. This episode breaks down how to reverse-engineer a growth plan from your core purpose, why discipline and accountability have to come before vision, and what separates founders who scale sustainably from those who just get bigger.
ABOUT THE HOST:
Jamie Shanks is the founder of Get Levrg and host of Outsource to Profits. Across three agencies and decades of hard lessons, Jamie has seen firsthand what happens when growth becomes the goal rather than the outcome, and now he helps founders build the systems and leverage that make scaling intentional.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestshanks/
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Matt Hansen is a Professional EOS Implementer with EOS Worldwide and a seasoned business leader who has created hundreds of millions in shareholder value across industries ranging from aerospace to manufacturing. A holder of nine US patents, he now brings that same depth of operational and strategic experience to help entrepreneurial teams cut through chaos and build businesses that actually deliver what their founders envisioned.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-hansen001/
EPISODE SUMMARY:
Matt Hansen joins Outsource to Profits to challenge the "grow at all costs" mindset that quietly derails so many founders. He shares a personal aerospace horror story about chasing a contract that should never have been won, and contrasts it with a reconstruction business founder whose purpose-driven growth created an entire ecosystem of like-minded partners. The conversation zeroes in on core focus as the only reliable filter for sustainable scale.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH:
- Why growth without a reason is actually a liability
- The core focus filter and how to apply it before saying yes to anything
- Why accountability has to come before vision, not after
- What purpose-driven growth actually looks like in practice
- How to stop using competitor moves as your growth strategy
- The difference between a business that gets bigger and one that gets better
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