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Podcast | Episode 481
Business vs. Family: How Successful Entrepreneurs Strive for Both and Achieve More
Are you tired of hearing about work-life balance and feeling like it’s an impossible feat? Steve Chou is the founder of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com and Bumblebee Linens, as well as the author of The Family-First Entrepreneur: How to Achieve Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing What Matters Most, and he has successfully built a business that serves his life and family. In this episode, we’re diving into the work-life balance fallacy in a completely off-the-cuff and unplugged conversation.
Listen in as we discuss the myth of “having it all” and why it’s simply not possible, how to optimize for less stress in life, and how Steve manages to work only 20 hours per week on average. Steve also shares how he determines what he should be working on every day and tips for staying productive while maintaining balance in your own personal and professional life.
You’ll learn:
- Where the trend is leaning when it comes to work-life balance. (3:55)
- Steve’s journey to finding balance in his own life. (6:50)
- Why “having it all” is a total lie. (14:25)
- How Steve optimizes for less stress in his life. (25:20)
- What 20 hours a week of work looks like for Steve. (29:10)
- How he determines what he should be working on every day. (39:30)
- All about Steve’s new book and Seller’s Summit. (41:10)
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(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Steve Chou of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com)
What Was Mentioned
- Steve Chou: Twitter
- MyWifeQuitHerJob.com
- Bumblebee Linens
- The Family-First Entrepreneur: How to Achieve Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing What Matters Most by Steve Chou
- Fulfil.io
- One Click Upsell – Increase Sales 15%+ with Pre-and Post-purchase Upsells. (On average, Shopify users increase sales 15% immediately after installing the app!)
Ideas Worth Sharing:
"You don’t hear those [horror] stories until you’re one-on-one.” - @mywifequit Tweet this “Unfortunately, you can’t have it all. If you want to spend more time with family, you have to cut back somewhere else.” - @mywifequit Tweet this “Focusing more on the people who have bought before has been huge for us.” - @mywifequit Tweet this
Post by Andrew Youderian
Founder and Chief Instigator, eComFuel
Andrew quit an early finance job to sell CB radios online — an admittedly unorthodox career path. It set him on a course to found and sell multiple businesses, host a decade-running podcast, lecture at Harvard Business School and create eComFuel, the leading community for 7- and 8-figure online business owners. Andrew is fascinated with branding, AI, building community, investing and growing meaningful businesses that don't require sacrificing what truly matters.
