What if the path to growing your business is doing LESS, not more?

In this episode, we tell the story of a founder who was working 80-hour weeks, "essential" to every function, completely burned out—and how stepping back actually doubled their revenue.

This isn't feel-good advice.

This is the counterintuitive playbook for building a business that scales without you.

Most meetings are expensive theater pretending to be work.

In this episode, we calculate the true cost of your meeting culture, expose the hidden agendas keeping your calendar bloated, and reveal how to cut meeting time by 50% while actually getting MORE done.

If you spend your days bouncing from Zoom to Zoom feeling busy but unproductive, this is your intervention.

You started a business for freedom.

Instead, you built a prison with better branding.

In this episode, we explore why most founders become hostages to their own companies—unable to take a vacation, step away for a day, or even turn off their phone without everything falling apart.

If your business would implode without you, you don't own a business.

You own a very demanding job.

Let's fix that.

That thing where you bolt awake at 3 A.M. in a cold sweat thinking about the email you forgot to send?

That's not dedication—that's your nervous system screaming for help.

In this episode, we dissect why founder brains won't shut off, the hidden cost of being "always on," and the simple framework that lets you actually rest without your business burning down.

What if your biggest strength is actually your biggest weakness? In this episode, we expose the "ambition trap" that keeps founders drowning in seventeen projects while making zero progress on any of them. If you've got a vision board that looks like a Pinterest fever dream and a to-do list longer than a CVS receipt, this one's for you. Warning: hustle bros will hate this.

For many years, I mistakenly assumed that because I'd spent the majority of my professional life building companies, conducting sales meetings, and speaking engagements, I was an extrovert. I didn't understand why I needed full recovery days of silence after delivering training courses or a day full of meetings until I realized I was a true introvert trying to pass myself off as an extrovert.

Today, it's not uncommon for me to plan my leaving so that I don't get inundated with party invitations. To protect my energy, I've learned to set kind boundaries and not apologize for being myself. Nothing makes me happier than snuggling up with a blanket, reading, writing, or watching a TV show with my family. In fact, I've discovered that the more time I set aside for self-reflection, the more present and effective I can be in people-oriented events.

I wish I had learned this sooner.

02:11 - The World Is Built for Extroversion
3:55 - Growing as a Leader Meant Accepting My Introverted Power

3 Myths That Will Hold You Back as an Introverted Leader

5:34 - Myth #1
7:01 - Myth #2
8:13 - Myth #3

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⏱ 🔥 Key Points:

00:00 | Intro

01:28 | Why do our choices matter?

02:39 | To multitask or not

03:36 | Is multitasking the best way to work?

04:22 | This book will change your life

04:52 | 12 corrosive effects of multitasking

06:31 | Phone 'sleeping' bag

15:23 | Tips to help you stop multitasking