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The $100 MBA Show

MBA2594 Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Tell My Wife I Want to Quit My Job and Start a Business?

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Marketing

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Feeling the itch to break free from your 9-to-5 and start your own business, but not sure how to tell your spouse? Wondering how to navigate this huge conversation, ensuring it goes smoothly while keeping your relationship solid? If so, today’s lesson is just what you need. Omar uncovers a strategic, step-by-step approach to preparing […]

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0:00.0

How do you tell your husband, your wife, your partner in life, you're ready to leave your

0:04.2

nine to five job and start your own business? This is one of the biggest, scariest conversations

0:10.0

you'll ever have, and it's also one of the most important. In today's Q&A Wednesday episode,

0:14.7

we answer a question from Tony asking, how do I tell my wife I want to quit my job and start a business?

0:19.7

Well, you're in luck. I'm going to break it down step by step so you can have this conversation right away

0:25.0

and set the foundation to support you as you move forward in your business with confidence.

0:30.7

I know a little bit about this because as you may know, my wife is my co-founder.

0:34.3

I got to talk about business all the time with my wife.

0:36.1

So I'm going to give you some pointers on how to have that initial conversation about business, about quitting your job,

0:42.0

about moving into a new direction in your life. Welcome back to the $100 MBA show. I'm your

0:50.6

host, Omar Zinholm, where we bring you practical business lessons three days a week,

0:54.5

Monday, Wednesday, Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business. Tony asked today's

1:00.0

Q&A Wednesday's question about talking to his wife about quitting his job and starting a business.

1:05.9

First of all, this is a good question because anybody who's starting this journey is going to have

1:10.2

to grapple with this

1:11.1

question. It's not just about your business, it's about your life and the relationships in your

1:16.1

life. So let's jump right in to step one right now. And the first step is to have an open and

1:22.1

honest conversation with your partner in life. Starting a business is not a small change. It's a huge change. And you're

1:31.3

changing your life in a big way. You will change in a big way. So you best believe it's going to

1:36.6

affect more than just you. It's everyone around you. It's your immediate family. It's your

1:42.4

friends. So you want to make sure that people that are

1:44.7

closest to you are a part of this. They're involved. Why is having an honest conversation

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