Last week, I sat across from a business owner over lunch.
He leaned in, lowered his voice and said:
“I thought I was the only one who felt this way…
Like I built something I’m supposed to be proud of —
but secretly, I hate it.”
Another person at the table chimed in.
Then another.
Within minutes, a group of business owners were swapping stories — not about 10X hacks or “closing deals in your sleep”…
But about missing dinners.
Buried in emails at midnight.
And wondering what happened to the “freedom” they promised themselves when starting their companies.
And here’s the crazy part:
They weren’t venting.
They were connecting.
Lifting the fog.
By the end of lunch, three of them were already planning how to swap best practices, delegate smarter, and win their time back.
Just simple conversation, community, and clarity.
And it reminded me of something we forget too often:
Isolation breeds burnout.
But community breeds momentum.
You’re not the only one dealing with this.
And you don’t have to figure it all out alone.
Stay tuned.
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P.S. I’m not the “systems guy,” “process guy,” or “finance guy.”
I’m the “make your business valuable” guy—so you can start living your best life now and exit on your own terms later.
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