Power Up Your Marriage and Business

Do you treat your arguments like a competition? You need to be right and your spouse has to be wrong? Think about this. If you feel the intimacy may be eroding in your marriage, it may be due to the years of beating each other in one argument or another. Treating your spouse like a competitor as opposed to the team member they are supposed to be. 

It’s time to get back on the same page as husband and wife. Time to treat each other as the valuable team member they are. You can accomplish so much more in life and business when you’re in full support of each other as opposed to competing against them.

The top reason for business failure is lack of money, pure and simple. No money, you can’t pay the bills, right? Sure, there are many reasons for that lack of money like low demand, poor marketing, or too high of overhead. Another and more common reason for lack of money is poor cash management. This is a common weak spot for most businesses and it’s something that can be fixed.

So meet this week’s guest, Eugene Valdez, of the Loan Doctor and Associates, Inc. His friends just call him the Loan Doctor. If you’re in the market for a business loan he’s currently batting 100%. That’s right, 100% of the loans he’s applied for on behalf of his clients have been approved.

But even if you’re not in the market for a business loan, the financial advice he gives in this interview is important for all businesses. This will help you take charge of your finances and put you on the path for healthier business growth and more money in the bank.

Because of our experience consulting with businesses from a variety of industries, we often get asked “what the most profitable business to own” is. From a profit margin standpoint, my usual answer has been most service type businesses like accounting, law, financial services and life insurance. 

But a recent discussion with a carpool buddy led me down a rabbit trail that made me realize that the most profitable business isn’t necessarily tied to a specific industry. It may very well be your business. With the right attention to detail, your business could be the most profitable one to own. 

Click play, turn on the volume and listen to this episode. Coincidentally enough, this episode will set you up nicely to gain even more insight from our guest next week. 

If you were like me growing up, I often felt like I didn’t fit in. Especially when we moved from Hawaii to San Jose, Ca. I was the only asian kid in my class. So I got picked on, not so much because of my ethnicity but my height. Or lack thereof. 

I’m sure this is a common scenario but the good thing is your differences don’t determine your success in life. Or maybe it does in a positive way. 

Meet Duane and Becky Zingale. Duane is a successful digital marketing consultant that was born with a rare condition called Treacher Collins Syndrome. It can cause some facial deformities and in his case a lack of ears. Sometimes for laughs he likes to play Mr. Potato Head and take off his ears in front of people. And their youngest daughter was also born with the same condition. 

They’ve normalized the condition so much that their daughter thinks other people are weird because they don’t have hearing aids. 

So join us in this fun interview in which we get to talk about how all of our differences make us unique and wonderful. You also get to hear the story of how Becky ended up writing a children's book for children that feel different. It’s called “Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me.”

One of the strong suits of the entrepreneur is their vision. They see the possibility even when others think it’s impossible. Tons of ideas are constantly racing through their…Squirrel!...heads. Unfortunately, that can also be the trap that keeps them from building a great business. Vision and creative ideas are absolutely necessary but it doesn’t mean you implement them immediately or all at once. 

Moving too quickly from one idea to another causes a lot of starts and stops. This creates a lot of unfinished projects. Entrepreneurs are known as great starters but not great finishers. 

So how do you avoid the entrepreneur trap and become a great finisher? That’s what this episode is about so take a listen. 

Some of the things that get in the way of you having more time away from the business is to let go of that control and allow others to do the work that you shouldn’t be doing. To resist the urge to respond to those “emergency” calls and texts during dinner or while you’re at the beach with family. 

You may even realize that those are things you need to change but how?? Well, it’s all in your head and how you’ve been conditioned over the 30+ years of living. It is a mindset but you’re going to hear about this in a way that is going to blow your mind. This week’s guest, Dr. Eugene K. Choi will talk about the science behind the things we do that is sabotaging our work-life balance, relationships and the health of your business. 

He’s a Pharm D. turned mind hacking business coach and has written articles that have generated millions of views for outlets such as Entrepreneur and Lifehack. So turn on the volume for this one.

I often hear, “when the opportunity arrives, then I’ll get everything ready.” Unfortunately, many times those opportunities have expiration dates. You need to be prepared to jump on it or it will go to someone else. 

You need to be prepared so that you can take advantage of the opportunity. There are plenty of sports examples like the recent Kentucky Derby winner, Rich Strike, or Kurt Warner coming in to replace the injured first string QB. They both prepared in advance of the opportunity. 

Take a listen to this episode as we discuss the opportunities lost and how you can be prepared for the next big chance. 

Finding out your purpose in your business sounds like a lot of fluff. That’s something a non-profit needs to know, not a serious business like yours, right? Well, you’d be surprised to learn how understanding your God given purpose for your life and how it can positively impact your business can be beneficial for your business. 

Meet this week’s guest, Lisa McGuire. She is a business growth advisor and marketing consultant. Lisa is an expert at storyteller marketing and helps entrepreneurs identify their purpose for the business and the messaging that will attract their ideal clients. 

We cover a lot of ground in this interview but most importantly is that you will learn how being clear on your purpose can bring clarity to your marketing to get better results. Purpose is not simply a “nice to know” but a “must know.” 

So grab your pad and paper and listen to this episode. 

This topic has been recommended by Kay Lee. She tells me that one of my gifts is making the complex simple. It’s true. I can’t stand complexity. Plus, from a practical level, the more complicated things are the more chances things can go wrong and the harder it is to be successful. 

And when it comes to our lives as married entrepreneurs, the reason our life seems out of balance is because we have too much going on. Our life is complicated. From our business to our personal lives, we keep saying yes to everything and then we try to juggle it all.

It’s time to take our life back by making our marriage and business more simple. So this episode is dedicated to you. The married entrepreneur that wants to simplify your life. Not only will your life be more simple but successful too.

But even though it was a dream of hers, when the previous owner of the winery told Ric that God told him to sell the property to them, they said no way. They didn’t have the money or experience to run a winery. 

Long story short, not only did they buy the winery, it has become a pillar of the community, source of hope during COVID, raised significant money for great causes, started a school, and built a church. So now they run three businesses and still have time to balance each other, kids, and grandkids.

Being married and running a business can keep you very busy. We get it. But because of this busyness, the one of thing that gets put on the back burner is having fun. When you stop having fun, life can become a grind. Vacations are non-existent, good luck doing a weekender, and date night, what’s that?

This episode is dedicated to you busy entrepreneurs that need to learn how to have fun again despite the schedule you keep. We discuss some of the things we do to be intentional about having fun even when traveling for work and when at home. 

It’s time to make marriage and business fun again.

Listen to this interview and find out how he did it and what that has freed him up to do in this next inning of his life.

Happy 100 episodes to us and you for listening for the past two years. In this episode, we want to talk about what we’ve learned about marriage and business from doing this show, and the wisdom from our guests. Just getting to agreement to do this podcast with each other was a conversation in itself. So there are a lot of lessons on teamwork with just that topic.

But we’ve also had some amazing guests we’ve had the privilege to meet and become friends with. We’ve had so many takeaways from them but there are too many to mention. So we highlight the few that come to mind. You’ll notice some hyperlinks below. These are some of the episodes we highlight to make it easy for you to find. 

Let us introduce you to Jason and Kirstin Frazell. Jason is a former sales executive for Fortune 100 companies who is now a leadership and executive coach. Kristin is a sales executive and leader for a major tech company.

They share some of the challenges that being busy professionals can have on their marriage and family but how they’ve used some best practices from their leadership careers to stay connected as a family and grow together.

You definitely need to listen to this interview with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback coach Clyde Christensen to the end. An amazing interview on leadership and have a winning attitude on and off the field. 

As an NFL coach, life is busy. Lots of travel, late nights, and working on weekends. So how do you maintain your personal life, keep your marriage strong and make sure your kids feel loved? Coach Clyde shares how many players and coaches win on the field but lose at home. Just like many entrepreneurs. What’s the point of having all the trophies and accolades when your personal life is a mess? 

So this interview explores how he's developed the winning formula on the field and off the field at home. We also get into some other leadership issues like how do you coach millionaire players and gain their respect? One question that has been on my mind is how receptive is the G.O.A.T. (Tom Brady) to coaching? He’s accomplished all there is to accomplish so does he listen? The answer is gold for all entrepreneurs. 

We cover a lot of ground in this interview from faith, family, leadership and football. So click play and listen to this episode. 

No, this is not a get rich quick type of gimmick. It’s about making some fundamental improvements on the marketing activities you’re already doing. 

Why are these issues commonly overlooked? They’re not as sexy to talk about as the other marketing activities mentioned earlier. They can seem somewhat boring from the outside. But when implemented, it will provide exciting results. So click play and lets get started to fix your marketing and make more money.

So grab a cup of coffee and listen to this week’s great episode.

So why bother taking these types of assessments? No person or profile is perfect so it’s important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each type. Once you understand your strength, you want to double down on your efforts to operate in that. For your weakness, it’s not as important to strengthen the weakness as it is to surround yourself with people that are strong in areas that you’re not. 

Once you do that, you have a strong team that can do anything. Listen in as we talk about the different profiles and what you can do to become a better entrepreneur.  

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As we go through marriage and business, there will be moments of risk taking. And if you’re like us, one spouse is more risk averse than the other. How do you deal with that because many arguments start because the risk taker may think the risk averse spouse is trying to hold them back or doesn’t trust them.

We’ve learned that keeping lines of communication open to talk through the fears caused by risk taking not only appeases the risk averse but actually helps create better solutions. 

We took a risk just recording this episode. This week’s topic was totally unplanned. It's the first and maybe the last time we do this, unless you like it. This started as our “random thoughts about marriage and business.” We just hit the record button and started talking. 

By the end of the episode we discovered that the major theme of our conversation was about taking risks. Let us know if you like this format? Unplanned and unscripted.

If you knew today was your last day on earth, how would you treat your marriage and business? As busy entrepreneurs, we get so caught up in achieving and tending to the business that we neglect the things that matter most. We take things for granted. Your spouse will be there when you get home. The kids will have another game to attend. Hawaii will still be there next year.

We kick a lot of things down the road instead of doing them now. What if you knew today was your last day on earth. What would you do? Or what if you knew today was your spouse’s last day on earth. What would you do?  

Do you want greater balance in your marriage and business? Download a FREE guide by clicking this link. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/better-balance-mastermind