The 1 Million Dollar Business Playbook ...
The playbook on building a business that gives you more time, more money and a life you love.By Bradley J Sugars
Length1h 43m
About this audiobook
The $1M Playbook is a practical guide for business owners navigating the toughest stage of growth, reaching your first million in revenue. It challenges the idea that success comes from working harder, showing instead that the first million is about building structure, not just generating sales.
The book focuses on the critical shift from doer to leader, where owners must learn to manage people, priorities, and numbers rather than doing everything themselves. It emphasizes that growth without control creates chaos, and that true progress comes from installing systems, financial discipline, and consistent delivery.
Through concepts like the Five Ways of growth and customer-first thinking, the book shows how to scale intelligently—improving conversion, retention, and margins instead of chasing more leads. Ultimately, it reframes success as building a business that works without you, delivering profit, clarity, and freedom.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreBusiness and Economics, Self-Help
Length1 hr 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 2, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1 - Why the First Million Is Different
3Chapter 2 - The Missing Step - Becoming the Manager
4Chapter 3 - Control Comes Before Growth
5Chapter 4 - Financial Mastery - Treating the Business Like a Business
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6Chapter 5 - Time Mastery - You Are the Constraint
7Chapter 6 - Delivery Mastery - Selling Is Easy, Delivery Is Hard
8Chapter 7 - Direction Mastery - Goals That Actually Work
9Chapter 8 - Customers First, Marketing Second
10Chapter 9 - The Five Ways - Thinking Like an Owner About Growth
11Chapter 10 - Marketing as and Investment, Not an Expense
12Chapter 11 - Saving a Wage Costs You a Fortune
13Chapter 12 - Recruiting, Not Hiring
14Chapter 13 - Checklists Over Complexity — How Systems Create Freedom
15Chapter 14 - Profit, Perspective, and Optionality
16Chapter 15 - You’re Not Done — You’re Ready
17Chapter 16 - From Understanding to Installation — The Next Right Step
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