Listen "#161: Love & Business: How to Make it Work"
Episode Synopsis
If you think being an entrepreneur is tough, try being married to one.
Just ask Hobie Porterfield (as I do in this episode).
You’ve heard me talk about my hunky husband from time to time, and just how important he is to the success of my business. But I’ve never really talked about what that means exactly.
In isolation, running a business and keeping a marriage together are tough. Together?
It’s an entirely different beast. The fact is, entrepreneurship brings a very different dimension to a marriage.
People with 9-to-5 jobs usually work in organizations that provide support, training and resources. Entrepreneurship can be isolating, which is one reason we often turn to our spouses or significant others for support.
So today, Hobie and I are talking about what the road has been like for us.
In this episode we reveal:
Why Hobie thinks the significant other is 40% of your business success
My recent ‘aha’ moment about what it means to REALLY spend time together
How we give each other what we need, EVEN during the most stressful times
The five most important things we do to make our marriage work
We’re in a pretty awesome place now, but it wasn’t always that way, and we figure out something new every day, including us coming up with a trigger word (it’s a celebrity name - can you guess which one?) to bring me back to him when my iPhone has got me sucked in!
This is every bit as important (probably more) as planning your next big launch or creating a new marketing funnel. You’ve got to nurture your personal relationships with the same care, intensity and passion as you do your business.
Go listen here now, your main squeeze will thank you for it, I promise ;-)
Just ask Hobie Porterfield (as I do in this episode).
You’ve heard me talk about my hunky husband from time to time, and just how important he is to the success of my business. But I’ve never really talked about what that means exactly.
In isolation, running a business and keeping a marriage together are tough. Together?
It’s an entirely different beast. The fact is, entrepreneurship brings a very different dimension to a marriage.
People with 9-to-5 jobs usually work in organizations that provide support, training and resources. Entrepreneurship can be isolating, which is one reason we often turn to our spouses or significant others for support.
So today, Hobie and I are talking about what the road has been like for us.
In this episode we reveal:
Why Hobie thinks the significant other is 40% of your business success
My recent ‘aha’ moment about what it means to REALLY spend time together
How we give each other what we need, EVEN during the most stressful times
The five most important things we do to make our marriage work
We’re in a pretty awesome place now, but it wasn’t always that way, and we figure out something new every day, including us coming up with a trigger word (it’s a celebrity name - can you guess which one?) to bring me back to him when my iPhone has got me sucked in!
This is every bit as important (probably more) as planning your next big launch or creating a new marketing funnel. You’ve got to nurture your personal relationships with the same care, intensity and passion as you do your business.
Go listen here now, your main squeeze will thank you for it, I promise ;-)
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