What separates exceptional entrepreneurs from everyone else?
The Entrepreneur Standard explores how accomplished founders, business owners and leaders think, make decisions, overcome setbacks, build companies and perform under pressure.
Hosted by Rich Fournier, founder of Entrepreneur Performance Network™ (EPN), each conversation goes beyond the success story to uncover the standards, habits, beliefs, failures and turning points that shaped the person behind the business.
Through candid conversations with entrepreneurs and business leaders, we explore what it really takes to achieve extraordinary results, the lessons learned along the way, and what others can apply to their own businesses and lives.
Topics include entrepreneurship, leadership, business growth, sales, money, health, mindset, relationships, artificial intelligence, resilience, reinvention and the future of business.
Because success isn't only about what you build. It's also about who you become and the life you create along the way.
You know you're capable of more. Make it your standard.
The Entrepreneur Standard is presented by Entrepreneur Performance Network™ (EPN).
Knowing Isn't Doing: A New Standard for Entrepreneurs
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You can read the books, attend the seminars and know exactly what you need to change. But what happens when the motivation fades and everyday life takes over?
In this episode, Rich Fournier introduces a new chapter of the podcast as Restart Your Life evolves into The Entrepreneur Standard.
After 12 episodes exploring personal transformation, identity and the knowing-doing gap, the show moves into conversations with accomplished entrepreneurs and business leaders about what it actually takes to turn knowledge into action.
Rich explores why capable people struggle to follow through, how personal standards shape business results, and why meaningful success includes more than revenue or professional accomplishments.
You'll also learn about the philosophy behind Entrepreneur Performance Network™ (EPN) and The Path to Transformation™, where personal development, practical accountability and community come together.
The question at the heart of this new chapter is simple: What are you going to do with what you learn?
You know you're capable of more. Make it your standard.
You know you're capable of more. Make it your standard.
The Entrepreneur Standard is hosted by Rich Fournier, founder of Entrepreneur Performance Network™ (EPN), a private performance network helping entrepreneurs and business owners turn greater potential into meaningful results in business and life.
You know, you can listen to a conversation that changes the way you think. You can underline something in a book and feel like the author wrote it specifically for you. Or you can leave an event absolutely convinced that things are going to be different this time. But what happens on Tuesday afternoon when life smacks you in the face? You know, when the excitement has worn off, when a client needs something, and when the decision you've been avoiding is still sitting in front of you. What do you do then? That's the question I want to carry into this next chapter of Restart Your Life. We're renaming it the Entrepreneur Standard because at some point, you know, the things we understand have to become the things that we live. The world of business is changing. It's super fast. New technology, new competition, and new rules. And average thinking won't survive this next change. The entrepreneurs who win next will think differently, adapt faster, and demand way more for themselves. This is the Entrepreneur Stand, hosted by me, Rich Fournier. It's time to raise your standard. Welcome back.
I'm your host, Rich Fournier. You know, if you've been with me through our first 12 episodes, thank you. Thank you for being here. We've spent that time exploring what it takes to restart your life, change old patterns, and begin performing closer to what you know you're capable of. We've talked about the knowing-doing gap, the differences between having the information, and then actually following through. We've explored change, identity, and some ideas in psychocybernetics and how the way you see yourself can influence the decisions that you make, the opportunities you pursue, and the behaviors you keep repeating daily. And then we've connected those conversations to business and life because the person making the business decisions is the same person carrying the habits and expectations and doubts through all areas of their life.
Now, those 12 episodes laid the foundation. And now I want to build on it. Moving forward, I'll be bringing top performing entrepreneurs onto the show to explore how these ideas show up in the businesses and lives that they've built. I want to understand what happened between wanting something different and becoming someone who could create it. You know, when we see a successful entrepreneur, we usually see the business as it exists today. We see the reputation, the team, the confidence, the results. What we don't always see is the period when they were making difficult decisions without knowing whether those decisions would work. We don't see the habits that they had to change, the conversations they put off, the assumptions they held on way too long, or the moment they realized that the way they had been operating was no longer enough for where they wanted to go. And that's where I want these new conversations to take us. When someone says, you know, I had to learn to trust myself, I want to ask what that actually looked like in their life. What decisions were they facing? What were they afraid would happen? What did they do? And when someone says everything changed when I started holding myself accountable, I want to know what changed in their calendar, their conversations, and their follow-through. I want to know what changed in their mind. Because believing in yourself, well, it sounds great. But hearing how someone made a difficult decision, dealt with the consequences, and kept going gives us something we can examine and apply in our own lives and in our own businesses. That's the opportunity in this next chapter. We get to connect the principles that we've discussed with the experiences of people who have had to put them to work. You know, through my work in finance, real estate, leadership, and coaching, I've kept coming back to a question. Why do capable people sometimes struggle to act on what they already know? You can have experience, you can have ambition, you can have a real solid plan, and yet you still find yourself negotiating with the very actions that would move you forward. Maybe you know you need to have a conversation with someone on your team, maybe you need
to put yourself in front of more potential customers. And maybe you've been talking about building something of your own, but you keep pushing the decision into another month. You're busy, you're working, you may even be doing well by other people's standards, but you know there's a gap between how you're operating and what you're capable of. The gap is central to why I created the Entrepreneur Performance Network or EPN. EPN is a private performance network for entrepreneurs and business owners who want to close that gap. It brings together structured personal development, accountability, and a community of people who are also working to raise their standards in business and in life. Within the Entrepreneur Performance Network, we introduce and develop the path to transformation. It's a six-month guided program where we work on the patterns, beliefs, decisions, and daily behaviors that influence how you show up in every area of your life. There's a weekly rhythm of learning, workbook exercises, live calls, and putting the work into practice. Because understanding a principle, it's just a beginning. The real value comes from what you do with it consistently in your own life and in your own circumstances. This podcast is an extension of that same purpose. Here we can explore an idea, challenge an assumption, and learn from someone's experience. And inside EPN, we create the structure to work on what that means for you in your life and in your business. And so as we begin these interviews, I want to encourage you to listen with your own business and life in mind. You know, someone might be running a company much larger than yours, or they might be working in a completely different industry. You don't need their exact circumstances to recognize something useful in their experience. Perhaps they'll describe holding on to too much in their life because they believe no one else could do the work properly. Perhaps they'll talk about avoiding a decision because they didn't want to disappoint someone else. And perhaps they'll explain how chasing growth began or began to cost them the life they wanted that business
to support. Those are conversations worth having. And I want us to be thoughtful about what we take from them. You know, a successful person's experience is one perspective. Their approach may need adapting to your business, your responsibilities, and your stage in life. So as you listen, ask yourself, what do I recognize here? Where might I be doing something similar? And what is one thing I can put into practice? You know, that last question matters. Because if an episode helps you recognize a conversation, you need to have you need to have schedule it. If it exposes a habit that keeps costing you, you have to choose a specific change. If the podcast reminds you of a commitment you've drifted away from, you got to decide you're going to return to it. Give what you hear somewhere to go. That means you have to execute or act on the information that you're learning. I also want to be very clear about what entrepreneur what performance means in these conversations. You know, revenue matters. Building a strong business matters, and so does being able to meet your responsibilities and create financial options for you and your family. I also want to know how people lead, you know, how they handle pressure and how they define enough. What does success require of them and what are they willing to change in their life? What do they want to protect as the business grows? And because the business that you build and the life you experience, well, they're very deeply connected. They're not separate. This is why this show is called the Entrepreneur Standard. Your standard shows up in the commitments you keep, the decisions you make, the way you respond when something goes wrong, and in what you're prepared
to do after you recognize that something needs to change. You know, our first 12 episodes gave us a language or foundation for exploring this. These next conversations will let us examine it through the experiences of entrepreneurs who have built, who have struggled, adjusted, and grown. I'm excited to ask these questions and I'm excited for you to hear the answers. Now, before we close, I want to extend an invitation. If you've been listening and recognizing yourself in these conversations, pay attention to this. Maybe you already know what you want to change in your life and your business. Maybe you're tired of having the same conversation with yourself about what you're going to do next. That is exactly the kind of work we take on inside of EPN, the entrepreneur performance network. You bring your business, you bring your goals, and your willingness to take an honest look at how you're operating in your life and in your business. And then through the path to transformation, our live conversations, and the community, we work on turning that awareness into action and into results. So if you're ready to take that next step, visit joinepn.com for all the information that you're going to require to make a decision. You can learn more about the Entrepreneur Performance Network there and the path to transformation. And you can connect with me about any questions that you may have about joining. You know, I'd really welcome that conversation. So thank you for being part of these first 12 episodes and for coming into this next chapter with me. As you listen to the entrepreneurs joining us, keep bringing the conversation back to your own life and in your own business. What are you going to do with what you learn? I'm Rich Fournier, and this is the Entrepreneur Standard. You know you're capable of more. Now it's time to make it your standard.
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