Financial Freedom?
Are you Achieving Financial Freedom through your Business? When did you last calculate how much of your net worth is tied to your company’s value?
January 30, 2021
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Are you Achieving Financial Freedom through your Business? When did you last calculate how much of your net worth is tied to your company’s value?
Have you struggled to identify a recurring revenue model that will work in your business?
If so, you’re not alone.
Most owners understand the benefits of recurring revenue, such as predictable cash flow and an increase in their company’s valuation, but struggle with where to start. Just changing your pricing from a one-time transaction to a smaller, recurring fee does not make a sticky subscription model.
Chasing all types of revenue by offering a wide array of products and services is common among growth companies. The easiest way to grow is to sell more things to your existing customers, so you just keep adding adjacent product and service lines.
However, there can be two drawbacks: First, you offer a wide range of products and services without any deep expertise in any of these products and services.
Second, a wide range of products and services can just confuse your customers and lead them to look elsewhere.
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How practicing Situational Awareness adapted to your business can protect you against the unexpected as well as increase your business value.
Your business is profitable.
Maybe even 7 or 8 figures.
But here’s a tough question:
What happens if you disappear for 30 days?
Does the business keep growing?
Or does it fall apart?
There’s a simple test I call Freedom Math—and most founders don’t like their score.
If you’re thinking about selling your business “someday,”
This is the equation you need to solve first.
You’ve built a 7- or 8-figure business.
Profitable. Growing.
But when it’s time to exit?
Most owners don’t get the deal they want.
Many don’t get a deal at all.
Not because the business isn’t successful…
But because it doesn’t work without them.
If you’re banking on a future sale—this is your wake-up call.
The #1 question buyers ask isn’t about your story.
It’s about their risk.
His company hit $10M in revenue.
And then… a car accident.
In one moment, it was all gone.
Not because the business failed.
But because it couldn’t survive without him.
This isn’t a dramatic story. It’s a common one.
And the lesson he learned the hard way?
I’m giving it to you right here.
If your business still depends on you…
You need to read this.
She came to the event knowing no one there could help her.
She showed up anyway.
Another guy skipped it because “only 5 people” were attending.
Guess who walked away with a powerful new connection?
This isn’t a post about networking.
It’s about what really creates leverage in business—
and why some people miss it entirely.
I break it down here.
He’s planning to attend a networking event.
But find out only 5 people will be there.
Meanwhile, he’s packing 100 business cards, ready to hand them out.
Is this event a total waste of time…
or the room that changes everything?
Most people would skip it, scanning the web for a “better” event.
But what if what you really needed was already in the room?
Not more people.
Just the right ones.
His daughter graduated.
His wife smiled.
But something felt… off.
There was no fight. No bitterness.
Just silence.
And when the message came in—
“Call me. We’ve got a problem…”
He said the same words he always did:
“I’ll be right back.”
Except this time…She didn’t wait.
This isn’t about one missed dinner.
It’s about what happens when the life you built… forgets to include you.
“Why pay him? He’ll work for free.”
That’s what my boss told an investor who wanted to promote me.
I’d been building the business backend from scratch.
No salary. No support. No credit.
That moment taught me one thing:
Never let anyone undervalue your work—or your business.
If your pricing says “I’m just getting by,” don’t be surprised when buyers ignore you later.
He built the company.
Closed deals. Took commissions.
Even beat his own team to the clients.
The result?
Millions made…
But tens of millions lost and even more left at the table.
And he wasn’t unique in that founders trap.
It’s the same mistake a lot of other entrepreneurs are still making today without realising it.
If your business depends on you to function…
It could be costing you more than you can possible imagine..
Even this second…
Read to find out more…