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Why Every Business Needs These 10 Product Manager Skills (Even If You’re Flying Solo)
Listen up, because I'm about to tell you why your business is probably leaving mountains of cash on the table by ignoring the most critical role in modern business: the Product Manager. And if you're thinking "But Nicholas, I'm just a solopreneur!" then you need to...
The No-BS Guide to OKRs: From Solo Hustler to Enterprise Behemoth
Listen up, because I'm about to save you from the biggest mistake most businesses make with OKRs (Objectives and Key Results). They treat them like New Year's resolutions – all excitement in January, forgotten by February, and buried under paperwork by March. The...
Keeping SCORE – The Complete Guide to the 7 SCORE Frameworks
Having the right framework to guide your organization's growth and transformation is crucial. The SCORE methodologies have emerged as powerful tools for different business contexts, but many leaders struggle to identify which version best suits their needs. This...
Strategies
When Ego Kills Progress: 7 Tough Truths To Help You Get Out of Your Own Way
When it comes to growth, we all want to play superhero, donning the cape and cowl of our strength areas, strutting around in our confidence. But here’s the reality: growth doesn’t happen in the warm glow of your accolades. It happens when you strip yourself of the...
Stop Wasting Time on Moonshots: 12 Tips on How to Actually Grow 10% and Build Momentum
By Someone Who’s Tired of Watching You Fail Let me be blunt: You’re stuck because you’re either trying to boil the ocean or you’re too busy overthinking. You don’t need more apps, more gurus, or another shiny system—you need a plan you’ll actually follow. Here’s the...
The Secret War of AI Titans: Why the Interface Matters More Than You Think
When you think about the AI race, what comes to mind? Likely, it’s the competition to create the most powerful large language model (LLM) or the next groundbreaking feature. While that battle is happening, there’s a less obvious yet equally critical war being waged:...
13 Ways Details Matter: Aim Small, Miss Small
In the relentless pursuit of greatness, there's one undeniable truth that separates the average from the extraordinary: Details matter. It's not just a catchy phrase; it's the battle cry of those who understand that true success is engineered in the minutiae. Let's...
10 Unstoppable Strategies to Build Your Digital Empire (Even If You’re Busy, Broke, and Flying Solo)
Are you dreaming of building a thriving digital empire but feel trapped by a busy family life, zero budget for help, and no cash for ads? Don't worry – I've got your back. In this no-BS guide, I'm going to show you how to create a content powerhouse, sell scalable...
Podcast 206 – What to Do When You Have No Map
Welcome to the Heroik Hour Podcast the show where we help established owners get mission ready for life - I’m your host, Nicholas McGill and this is episode 206. And we’re going to talk about what to do when you don’t have a map for your business. Imagine...
7 Symptoms of The Business Killing Habit That Nukes Your Plans And Cripples Your Productivity
One of the biggest yet least known problems that established business owner’s face that they don’t realize has to do with assessing their work capacity. By capacity, I mean the total amount of work you, your team, and the company can perform, recover from and adapt...
Capacity Counts: The 5 Lies You Buy Into That Cause You To Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
Look back on your past year. How many initiatives and projects did you tell yourself, your spouse and your team that you were going to accomplish? How much actually got done? Don’t worry, those horrible stats are what most establish owners struggle with and it all...
Getting It Done: 3 Steps to Help You Stop Overestimating Your Capacity & Underestimating The Effort Required
Overestimating your capacity is a bad keystone habit that enables a lot of other self-sabotaging habits, and while there are ways to turn things around, as with any addiction, you’ll be vulnerable to repeating bad problems and must maintain constant vigilance. This...
Articles
10 Key Points of Digital Liquidity: Mastering the Flow of Information in the Digital Age
The ability to move, access, and leverage digital information efficiently can make or break businesses. Enter the concept of Digital Liquidity – a game-changing paradigm that's revolutionizing how we think about data flow in the digital ecosystem. Let's dive into the...
11 Powerful Ways to Become Your Own Hero and Transform Your Life
In a world full of challenges and uncertainties, the ability to rise above adversity and become your own hero is more crucial than ever. It's not about wearing a cape or saving the world – it's about transforming yourself, adapting to change, and having the courage to...
11 Ways to Embody Courage: The Heroik Way
In the arena of business and life, courage isn't just a virtue—it's a necessity. At Heroik, we don't just talk about courage; we live it, breathe it, and embody it in everything we do. Our mantra? BYOB - Bring Your Own Bravery. Because let's face it, no one can be...
13 Ways Comradery Transforms Teams into Unstoppable Forces
In the trenches of business warfare, where challenges loom like insurmountable peaks and obstacles seem to multiply by the second, there's a secret weapon that separates the victors from the vanquished. It's not cutting-edge tech, it's not a revolutionary strategy,...
11 Ways to Embrace Continuous Learning and Crush Your Goals
Listen up, champions. If you're not growing, you're dying. That's not just some feel-good BS – it's the cold, hard truth of success in today's cutthroat world. At Heroik, we don't just talk about continuous learning – we live and breathe it. It's the rocket fuel that...
13 Ways Details Matter: Aim Small, Miss Small
In the relentless pursuit of greatness, there's one undeniable truth that separates the average from the extraordinary: Details matter. It's not just a catchy phrase; it's the battle cry of those who understand that true success is engineered in the minutiae. Let's...
13 Ways to Embrace Antifragility and Thrive in Chaos
The speed of business in the Digital Age is constantly throwing curveballs. And being merely resilient isn't enough. It's time to level up and become antifragile. Antifragility isn't just about bouncing back; it's about bouncing higher, stronger, and smarter every...
11 Ways to Embrace Agility and Dominate Your Market
Today's business landscape is more cutthroat than ever, albeit more passive aggressive. And agility agility isn't just a buzzword—it's the razor's edge between crushing it and getting crushed. We're talking about the ability to pivot faster than a UFC fighter, adapt...
Adventures, Misadventures & War Stories: The Heroik Way
Believe it or not, in the long view, there's a secret sauce that separates the extraordinary from the ordinary. It's not just about grinding harder or working longer hours. It's about embracing life's adventures, learning from misadventures, and sharing the stories...