Podcast Episode #151
The Builders Ladder - Podcast Episode

Top 5% vs Bottom 25% of Building company owners: The 30-Hour Weekly Difference with Marti

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EPISODE Notes

Mark works 60 hours a week running his building company while his foreman works 40 hours – yet Mark only makes $2 more per hour despite carrying all the liability, stress, and responsibility. Sound familiar?

Join Marty Amos as he breaks down Chapter 1 of The Profitable Builders Playbook, revealing why the top 5% of building company owners work just 35 hours per week while the bottom 25% grind through 65+ hour weeks. Discover the Professional Builder Rate formula that shows your true hourly worth, the genius zone matrix that identifies which tasks you should eliminate, and the step-by-step process to buy back one full day per week in 90 days.

Learn why working more hours doesn’t equal more money, how to create your stop-doing list, and why the most successful builders focus 80% of their time on high-fun, high-skill, high-value tasks that actually move the needle.

Key Points

  • 00:00:00 Introduction: Why great builders get trapped on the hamster wheel
  • 00:03:20 The shocking truth about builder earnings vs. hours worked
  • 00:05:40 Step 1: Reverse engineering your ideal lifestyle and vision
  • 00:08:15 Step 2: Calculating your Professional Builder Rate (PBR)
  • 00:11:30 Step 3: The genius zone matrix – mapping skill vs. fun
  • 00:14:45 Step 4: Creating your stop-doing list every 90 days
  • 00:17:20 Step 5: The Freedom Finder and default diary structure
  • 00:20:10 Why systems beat speed every time
  • 00:22:30 Action steps: Calculate your current PBR and set targets

Tune in to discover how to escape the trap of working harder for less money and start building a business that works for you instead of the other way around.

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