One day, I woke up in a single-wide trailer, thousands of miles away from home, months away from my wife. On paper, it looked like I made it. The business was growing, we were scaling, and I was accomplishing what I set out to do. But as I stepped into the shower that barely had enough water pressure to keep a constant drip, a thought entered my mind, “How did I get here?”
Our business was booming, but personally, I was floundering. This isn’t the lifestyle I set out to build, so I decided to change it.
If this sounds familiar to you, don’t be alarmed—almost every business owner who’s built something real goes through this, but most of them never make it out. They put their businesses before their life, their family, their kids, and their happiness. Today, I’m going to offer an alternative path—a way to break free, regain control of your life, and be more successful than ever.
This is how to run your life like a business and succeed in the dimensions that define a life well-built—family, friends, relationships, and freedom. This is the blueprint for the Sage Investor who builds the life they love, not just to accumulate without a life to show for it. I travel, dine well, spend time with my wife and children, and have “free days” where work thoughts don’t cross my mind, all while being the most successful I’ve ever been. This is how you do it, too.
Sage Wisdom from Today’s Episode:
- Why most elite entrepreneurs are winning at business but failing at life
- Free, Focus, and Buffer Days: How to use each to build your business without burning out
- Defining your “freedom”: What do you really want to get out of this life?
- The Sage framework I use to run my personal life and business that benefits each other
- Are you building freedom for your children or passing down a “burden” they’ll refuse?
- Too busy to take time for yourself? Stop asking “how” to do a task, and ask this instead
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- Learn more from Brian and listen to past episodes of The Sage Investor
- Connect with Brian on LinkedIn
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:55 Taking Control
06:02 1. Free, Focus, and Buffer Days
10:06 2. Define Your “Freedom”
12:46 3. Run Life Like a Business
17:57 4. Ask Who, NOT How
21:32 5. Build “Gifts,” Not Burdens
24:04 6. Revisit Regularly
Episode Transcript
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