1. Experimenting in Business with Tim Noetzel Karl Staib 54:21

Highlights in the interview:

  • Tim’s passion for creativity.
  • Understanding the challenges that you need to overcome to reach your goals.
  • Setting the standards for our work.
  • The power of the lean startup framework.
  • The importance of experimentation in our business.
  • Utilizing your natural skills so you grow your career with purpose.
  • Leveraging persistence in your career.
  • How to work with your inner voice so you tackle the hard projects that grow your business.
  • Understanding what a business’s problems are.
  • The framework that he teaches people to solve problems.
  • How Tim co-designs a project for a client.
  • Utilizing strategic suggestions.
  • Taking an active leadership role as a freelancer.
  • The exercise he used to figure out his strengths and passions so he could do work he was good at and he loved.
  • What routines that help him keep Moving forward when he feels stuck.
  • Using Pareto’s 80/20 rule to help you focus on the projects that move the needle.
  • How to build a better relationship with employees and contractors by creating clear expectations of what you expect and why you expect it.
  • How to deal with perfectionism.

You can learn more about Tim over at FreelanceGPS. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

Karl Staib Systematic Leader

Karl Staib founded the SOPguy Method and author of Bring Gratitude. He trains people to create processes that fit the employees’ and the company’s personality. He has been featured by Forbes, NPR and Zen Habits and has worked with great companies such as Philips Global, Southwest Research Institute and Pioneer Nation.

He has been helping clients develop SOPs since 2020, he would likely be utilizing his expertise in workplace happiness and productivity to design effective, efficient, and enjoyable procedures. SOPs are essential for businesses to ensure consistency and quality in their operations, and someone with Karl Staib’s background could bring a unique perspective to this task by focusing not only on the functionality of the procedures but also on how they impact employee satisfaction and morale.