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Earn Your Happy

Proof Your Dream Life Is Closer Than You Think No Matter Where You’re Starting From

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Chris and I just had the most nostalgic lunch reminiscing about the jobs, struggles, and insane risks we took to build the lives and businesses we have now. We talk about how I used to wake up at 4 AM to work at drive-thru coffee shops, while he spent winters plowing snow in freezing Wisconsin and even cleaned bar bathrooms at 3 AM just to survive. Looking back, we realized those experiences weren’t just about making ends meet, they were building the risk tolerance we’d later need to succeed. We also share the #1 trait that separates successful entrepreneurs from the rest (hint: it’s not talent, luck, or connections).  Check out our Sponsors: Airbnb - Start making money by listing your home on Airbnb with an experienced Co-host, find a co-host at airbnb.com/host Quince - Shop everyday luxury goods without the designer price tag. Go to quince.com/happy for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Open Phone - Stop running your business from your personal phone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at openphone.com/earn Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci, Sign up for your $1/month trial period at Shopify.com/happy Constant Contact - Get all the automation, integration, and reporting tools that get your marketing running seamlessly. Try Constant Contact free for thirty days at constantcontact.com. HIGHLIGHTS The ONE THING you tolerate that determines your success. Common pitfalls keeping most people stuck in life and business. The #1 lesson we learned from our toughest struggles. How Chris ended up cleaning bars at 3 AM. The real secret to success (it’s NOT just working harder). The mindset shift that changed EVERYTHING for us. RESOURCES Join the most supportive mastermind on the internet HERE! Check out our FREE 90-Day Business Blueprint HERE! Listen to my free SECRET PODCASTS SERIES - Operation: Rekindle This B*tch Get glōci HERE Use code: HAPPY at checkout for 25% off! FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow glōci: @getgloci

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0:00.0

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0:32.7

The level of risk that you're willing to tolerate, the level of embarrassment that you can handle,

0:39.7

the level of learning in front of the whole world is why you will be compensated. You will not

0:46.9

be compensated to look good. You will not be compensated if you're not willing to fail in front

0:53.5

of people. And the ones who do it and really

0:56.0

build that brand, all of a sudden, everybody wishes that they would have done it earlier.

1:05.4

And we're back with another episode of He Said, She Said. All right, we had the best lunch date yesterday. We went down like memory lane and that's what we're going to share with you guys is some of the memories of the jobs and what we've been through to get where we are right now. Just to like inspire you in case you're like, hey, I need somebody to kick me back in the gamer. I'm in that trudging along part and I need to know the light at the

1:28.5

end of the tunnel. So we're going to share some really good stories because that's what we did yesterday

1:31.1

at lunch. I guess a couple of margaritas kind of help, you know. A little skinny margaritas. Yeah, exactly. So here's what we wanted to talk about today. We had the best lunch, like I said, you know, a couple of margaritas, you start reflecting on the past. Where it really came from is you're

1:28.1

making an offer. So we had sold this home in California. We're making start reflecting on the past. Where it really came from is we're making an offer.

1:44.9

So we had sold this home in California. We're making an offer on another home. And we're like, wow, I can't believe. Like we have a shot of getting into this home. Look how far we've come. And we went down memory lane. And it turned into like remembering that Lori used to get up at 4 a.m. every day to go work as a barista at a drive-thru

2:01.6

coffee shop. And that I used to get up at 4 or 5 a.m. every day and do landscape construction

2:08.5

to pay the bills. And that my biggest dreams at the time, I remember sitting there, and we're

2:15.2

going to start right here, actually. I was telling Lori, we laughed. I was like, I remember sitting there figuring and we're going to start right here, actually. I was telling Laurie real after, I was like, I remember sitting there figuring out my future life numbers and saying,

2:23.3

if I bought this many rental properties, these four units, and I lived in one of them, I'd be able to clear about $2,400 a month after paying for the mortgage and living there. And that $2,400 a month, that I was like, this is so, talk about bad money management. I was like, my car payment is like 550. So I guess I'm always to like today's cars. This is 20 some years ago, right? And who's going to pay 550 a month car payment out of making, you know, an extra $2,400 a month or whatever you're going to clear, but nonetheless, that's where my mind was at. It's like, I could pay for this

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