HOW TO SUCCEED IN A LANDSCAPE BUSINESS

When you learn how to succeed in a landscaping buiness, you know this resounding truth is: what got you here, isn’t what’s going to take you to the next level.

As your business grows, you need to grow.

If you double your business, 👉you👈, your leadership ability, your process, your system, and your people also need to “double” in skill, proficiency, and ability.

If we aren’t willing to change our habits, mindset, leadership, and processes, … well, then you’ll likely continue getting more of what you always got.

And I feel this same tendency in my own experience, both in working for Tussey Landscaping and in running a new tech startup.

It’s just human nature.

When we run into a roadblock or something that’s sucking the energy out of us, we just naturally want to blame the external circumstances.

What’s your excuse?

“I can’t find good guys”

“I’m not making enough money”

“My team drops the ball”

Who’s fault is that?

Yes, I know there are a hundred reasons.

But who’s fault is it?

If I can’t find good guys, then obviously what I’ve tried in the past didn’t work. What am I going to change to try a different approach and get different results?

If I’m not making enough money, if I’m an employee, how can I help the company make more money? If I’m an owner, where am I being inefficient or not knowing my numbers like I should?

If my team drops the ball, did I actually sufficiently outline our process for that task? Did I train them? Did they know what my expectations were?

Successful contractors know getting rid of these excuses is how to succeed in a landscaping business.

If you’ve never read Extreme Ownership, I highly recommend it. One of the top 5 books I’ve ever read.

In Conclusion

To land this plane, yes, my success does come down to my level of willingness to change.

Stop defending the way I’ve always done it.

Stop coming up with a dozen excuses why it won’t work.

Stop blaming others.

It’s me.

And my willingness to change.

No one said that knowing how to succeed in a landscaping business is easy. It’s hard.

But which hard do you want?

The “hard” of the current struggle?

Or the “hard” of putting in the work to learn, plan, and change?

Both are hard. Pick your poison.

I know which hard I want.

Weston Zimmerman

SynkedUP CEO & co-founder

P.S.

If you are a SynkedUP customer and are feeling the burn, the difficulty of changing habits when changing your processes for estimating, tracking time, scheduling, invoicing, etc., get on a call with our amazing Customer Success team. I constantly get DMs from people thanking me for how they’ve helped and supported me through this difficulty. The SynkedUP Support team knows, they care, and they’ve been there done that. That’s why we hire people from within our own industry.

If you don’t use SynkedUP yet, but feeling the need for something better, get on a one-on-one Zoom call here.

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