Show Summary

Martial Artist Stan Shields joins Mike Michalowicz, Chris Curran and Kristina Bolduc for Episode 60 of the Profit First Podcast! Stan shares his entrepreneurial story and talks about overcoming limiting beliefs.

Our Guest 

Stan Shields is a martial arts professional who began operating a martial arts school in January 2002 (nearly 14 years now). Having been through the ups and downs of business cycles he has seen many businesses come and go, both in and out of the martial arts industry. Shields martial arts school currently boasts upwards of 200 students.

The martial arts school is not the first foray into business for Shields. He also co-owned and operated a very successful home remodeling company with family, owned and operated a security products company and was involved in a variety of network marketing organizations. Shields professional background also includes approximately 15 years in Human Resources, 3 years in financial services sales, another 5 years in technology sales, and a variety of other positions in corporate America.

Shields has been training in the martial arts since 1994 and has racked up some pretty nice accomplishments during this time. He is currently a 5th Degree Black Belt in the American Taekwondo Association, three time World Champion with the first coming in 1999 in sparring competition as a 2nd Degree Black, the second in 2006 in Xtreme (XMA) Weapons competition as a 3rd Degree Black Belt, and lastly in 2015 in Forms competition as a 5th Degree. Over the twenty plus years of competitions he has been in the top ten for Forms, Sparring and Weapons more than a dozen times. He has won State Champion in these events more than a half dozen times and is currently ranked in the top ten in Forms, Sparring, Weapons, and Combat Weapons Sparring. Shields is expecting to test and promote to the rank of 6th Degree Black Belt in July 2016 and is training for that now.

Show Quotes 

The key decision that made a difference in Stan’s business was moving his home office to his martial arts studio. Now someone was always there to answer the phones and take walk ins.

You need to have a live person answer the phone – many people will not leave a message!

There are so many accounting and bookkeeping professionals out there, but in many cases they don’t help you to understand where your money is going.

Take advantage of automated systems! They will save you time and money.

Show Links

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