Design Your Dream Life Before You Build Your Business

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Are you chasing a number or building a life you actually want? In this episode, Chris and I talk about a question more entrepreneurs need to ask themselves: how much is enough? We dive into the growing shift we’re seeing among high achievers who are rethinking success, simplifying their lives, and realizing that bigger isn’t always better. Chris shares the Dream Life Budget exercise, a framework designed to help you determine exactly what your ideal lifestyle costs. We also talk about the tradeoffs that come with constantly striving for more, the burnout that can happen when your ambitions outgrow your values, and why clarity around your dream life can change every decision you make. Tune in to define your sweet spot and build success on your terms. 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 so many entrepreneurs are redefining what success means. How to use the Dream Life Budget exercise to calculate your exact income target. How arbitrary financial goals can lead to burnout and unnecessary stress. The tradeoffs that come with earning more than you actually need. How to identify the “sweet spot” between ambition, freedom, and fulfillment. The blueprint to building a business that supports your life instead of controlling it. RESOURCES Join the MCM Essentials Waitlist HERE! Want Chris to look at your numbers? DM @chriswharder on Instagram to grab one of his limited weekly slots for a personalized budget breakdown! Apply for the Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind HERE! Try glōci for 40% off your first order with code HAPPY at checkout - head to getgloci.com FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow Chris: @chriswharder 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,
0:57.3	and start using free resources to build something amazing.
1:01.6	Do I want to be constantly working, constantly hustling, constantly launching?
1:06.6	What does this look like to have to hit those numbers?
1:09.4	You can prevent burnout for the most part. Let me tell you, coming back from burnout is tough, guys. It's a rough one. I have been there. Chris has been there. And so I think this is a great practice in like, no, we still want you to go for the dreams. Like, we really want you to have everything that you want. But let's really look at it and look at the reasoning behind it. Look at how you're going to get there.
1:34.7	And we're back with another episode of he said, she said.
1:37.7	You've got a really good topic today because we're going to talk about how to build your
1:41.7	dream life. And I don't mean like in a fluffy way. I mean like this big
1:45.7	shift that's happening out there among my friends, your friends, what people are talking about
1:52.3	about what's the sweet spot. How do you identify the sweet spot? Like how do you know and how do you
1:56.8	land in and stay in the sweet spot? Because you can undershoot it and have a, you know,
2:01.7	a struggling life and you can overshoot it and create new types of struggles because you
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