BE#107: "Allow others to criticize your plan" advises our guest "Joe Pusz".

Our guest today Joe Pusz is the Founder and President of THE PMO SQUAD, a US-based PMO and Project Management Consulting firm. He is the host of the "Project Management Office Hours Radio Show and Podcast". Joe was named one of the Top 15 PMO Influencers of the Year in 2020. He is also Co-Founder of VPMMA, the Veterans Project Management Mentoring Alliance which is a Non-Profit Organization assisting Veterans seeking to transition into civilian Project Management careers. In this episode today we discuss some amazing points like: -Every company in the world regardless of the size or industry executes projects. “The better you do that, the better your competitive advantage over your competitor”. -The solopreneur or the small organization can't afford to fail half of the time. There is the need to be more successful at the beginning. - You need to have time for yourself to unwind. -We often under value our capabilities. -You eventually have to put a price tag on the product or services you are producing. -“Knowing your value and being willing to ask people to pay for that is really, really important and often hard for people starting out”. -It's not the matter of being expensive or inexpensive, it's about understanding the value that your product provides. -When you start out in a new business there is the fear of am I going to be successful? -You have to have confidence in yourself, if you are not certain you are going to succeed, how do you expect the customers to want to buy from you? -Mentoring is completely necessary, every business owner should have a minimum of one mentor or more. -Understand what your strengths and weaknesses are and find people who you can build a close relationship with to provide guidance. -Just because we are older doesn't mean we don't need coaching or mentoring. -In being a mentor, we can release all these great thoughts and opportunities to advance our careers and the careers of others. -We are losing who we are as people. -If you don't know where you are headed, i