3 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt like entrepreneurship is far harder than anyone warned you? In this episode, I break down the 3 most important truths every entrepreneur eventually learns the hard way. I talk about navigating difficult seasons in business and why some of the most painful moments are the ones that shape you into an unstoppable version of yourself. I share what happens when the people around you don’t fully understand your vision, why real growth often feels like losing yourself before finding your next level, and how to stop letting money swings determine your confidence or self-worth. Tune in for the reminders every entrepreneur needs when things get tough. Check out our Sponsors: Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at http://Shopify.com/happy. Indeed - Spend less time searching, and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes. Indeed is giving Earn Your Happy listeners a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to help get your job the premium status it deserves. Just go to http://Indeed.com/podcast right now and support our show by saying you heard about Indeed on Earn Your Happy. Fora Travel - Curious how to become a travel advisor and earn while you explore? Start at http://foratravel.com/happy. Zazzle - Save 25% on your first order today at http://Zazzle.com with code EARN. Monarch Money - Get your first year of Monarch Core for half off at http://Monarch.com with code EYH. Northwest Registered Agent - Visit northwestregisteredagent.com/EarnFree and start using free resources to build something amazing. HIGHLIGHTS Why loneliness is a normal and often unavoidable part of your entrepreneurial journey. What every entrepreneur experiences on the road to success. How money can make you feel like a genius or a fraud. What difficult seasons in business are teaching you. Why your identity has to break before it can expand. RESOURCES Celebrate 10 Years of Earn Your Happy + Natalie Ellis’ The Freedom-Based Business Method Book Launch LIVE on June 13 in Newport Beach HERE! Apply for the Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind HERE! Get on the waitlist for Mentor Collective Mastermind HERE! Try glōci for 40% off your first order with code HAPPY at checkout - head to getgloci.com FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow glōci: @getgloci

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to by Shopify.
0:03.4	Try the e-commerce platform I trust for Glosi.
0:05.7	Sign up for your $1 a month trial period at Shopify.com forward slash happy.
0:11.2	Indeed, spend less time searching and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes.
0:16.4	Indeed is giving Earn Your Happy listeners a $75-sponsored job credit to help get your job the premium
0:22.3	status it deserves. Just go to Indeed.com forward slash podcast right now and support our show
0:27.5	by saying you heard about Indeed on Earn Your Happy. Fora Travel. Curious how to become a travel
0:32.4	advisor and earn while you explore. Start at foratravel.com forward slash happy. Zazzle. Save 25% on your first order
0:40.9	today at zazel.com with code earn. Monarch money. Get your first year of Monarch core for half
0:47.8	off at monarch.com with code EYH. Northwest Registered Agent, visit northwest registered agent. Visit
0:53.7	Northwest registered agent.com forward slash earn free,
0:57.1	and start using free resources to build something amazing. You will be in deep grief in certain
1:03.5	parts of your life and business. You will be rocked to your core because you're saying yes to bigger
1:09.2	problems. That's all it is. When you say yes to
1:11.7	your business and your dreams, you've now stopped building someone else's and you're saying yes
1:16.2	to dealing with all of the issues and problems that come with building a business. And let me just
1:22.8	tell you it's all up in the air and it is all a gamble and you have to love the fact that you are going for it.
1:36.4	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. It's time for another quickie because there's always time to
1:40.7	fit in inspiration. And I'm so grateful that you guys have been listening to this podcast.
1:45.2	Maybe it's your first time. Maybe you are one of my people who have been here for the last 10
1:50.4	years. You guys, I am celebrating my 10 year anniversary of the podcast, which is insane. Like,
1:56.7	who was I 10 years ago? When I go listen to like newer podcast from the beginning, I literally
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