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Taki Moore Interview: Creating A Workflow That Works For You

This is another interview from our Energised Leader series that looks at the habits and methods of high-performing entrepreneurs worldwide.

In this episode, we’re chatting to Taki Moore, coach marketing and business building expert. In his own words, here’s everything you need to know about him: “Father of six, scaler of coaches, and lover of tacos”.

And here’s a little more information…

Being “broke as a joke” and with his third child on the way pushed Taki to set his first ever goal, to generate $8,000/month income. This led him to take action, specifically his first ever webinar, a strategy that he has since mastered and become famous for, both as a user of webinars and a teacher of webinars as a marketing strategy.

Taki now teaches coaches how to scale their business to seven figures and beyond and says he’s on a mission to eliminate cold-calling, ambulance chasing and high-pressure selling from the coaching industry and replace it with education-based marketing.

Episode Highlights:

How we met Taki and his experience of our breathing methodology
Taki’s background and how his goal setting got him to where he is today
His 2018 goal - getting 50 people to their first million dollar year in business - which Taki succeeded at
The current goal - to help 75 people get to their next $1m level in their business
How high pressure pushes people like Taki to lateral thinking
One of the biggest mistakes we all make - complicating things and making them harder than they need to be
What Taki believes in - learning to simplify first and multiply second
How do you simplify the various parts of your business? And habits and routines?
Taking a leaf out of Philippe Starck’s book - “The morning is for thinking and the afternoon is for doing”
What Taki does for his clients - gives them permission to be themselves and create an easy workflow
Learn what makes you tick and when and build a business around how you work best
How Taki works best - stand-up desk, drawing and always moving
Hiring a virtual assistant after reading Tim Ferriss’ ‘4 Hour Work Week’
How Alex Charfen’s Momentum Planner helps Taki
We make ourselves uncomfortable because we tolerate too much
What drains Taki - details, logistics, repetitive processes and a lack of quality
When Taki feels drained he makes a plan to get rid of the things that make him uncomfortable and does the things that make him happy
The things Taki needs to be happy besides friends and family - the best coffee wherever he is, getting a good haircut and going as long as possible without wearing shoes
Taki’s daily habits that allow him to live his best life - move, breathe, eat healthy and shoot a video
Hiring an accountability coach - Taki’s son asks him every day at 4pm if he’s completed his daily habits to keep him on track
The sprint webinar every Friday at 10am to help clients get their tasks done without distractions
How Taki manages his remote team - a yearly 3-day workshop on an island
Why Taki follows the Pomodoro technique to manage his time
Why two 50 minute sprints of work is enough for Taki each day
How Taki and his daughter got in trouble with the teacher for incomplete homework
Why time limits help put healthy pressure on your work week
Social media isn’t essential to build a 7 figure business
The importance of choice
Taki sees himself more as an artist than a business person
What Taki doesn’t want his clients to know
Ken Blanchard’s One Minute Manager books and the importance of fun in business
Setting a theme for each year with his wife
The propeller plan for travel and adventure
Busting the starving artist myth
Taki’s book and how it can help with your systems and processes
When to fire clients
How to avoid waiting for luggage at the airport
It’s easier to change the world around you rather than to change yourself