Quit Client Work and Work Less for More Money - With Rich Webster | Ep 359

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Business, Arts, Education, Self-improvement, Marketing, Design

4.9 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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We want to hear from you.If you’ve been enjoying the show, we’d love your input. It only takes a minute to answer our listener survey, and your feedback really helps us improve the podcast: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb6AltIruAF2Ut0I3b-6XmdAeO0TNNJP_SlRGOo11syj4Uhw/formResponse In this episode, Chris sits down with Rich Webster—designer, agency owner, and creator of How To Work Less—for a candid and hilarious conversation on carving your own path in business without becoming a parody of success. From viral tweets to quiet routines, Rich shares how he went from burned-out agency owner to calm creator—and how writing helped him escape the trap of performative entrepreneurship. They dive into building an audience without selling your soul, why going quiet is sometimes the most strategic move, and how to tell stories that actually connect—without turning your life into content. Timestamps: (01:09) – Navigating Personal and Professional Change (03:30) – Evolving from Agency to Lifestyle Business (33:58) – Choosing Sobriety and What Came After (36:23) – Hitting Reset: The Turning Point Toward Recovery (59:04) – Vulnerability as a Strength in Business Check out today's guest, Rich Webster: Rich's Website: richwebster.co Rich's Newsletter: worklesswednesday.com Rich's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richwebz/ Rich's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richwebz/ Rich's Threads: https://threads.net/richwebz Check out The Futur: Website: https://www.thefutur.com/ Courses: https://www.thefutur.com/shop Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-futur/ Podcasts: https://thefutur.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefuturishere/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theFuturisHere/ Twitter: https://x.com/thefuturishere TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefuturishere Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/thefuturishere Check out Chris Do: Website: https://zaap.bio/thechrisdo LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/thechrisdo/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/BizOfDesign Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thechrisdo/ Twitter:https://x.com/thechrisdo TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@thechrisdo Threads:https://www.threads.net/@thechrisdo Zaap: https://zaap.bio/thechrisdo Clubhouse:https://www.clubhouse.com/@thechrisdo Behance: https://www.behance.net/chrisdo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was hiding a huge part of my personality from the world the entire time that I have been an
0:06.5	entrepreneur.
0:07.4	As soon as the wall came down, everything got a million times better.
0:11.0	The more that you can be in alignment with your life and your business, the more money you can
0:15.4	make.
0:16.1	I'm Rich Webster, and you're listening to the future.
0:20.9	When I first met the next guest, he was going through a lot of different explorations and
0:25.3	changes to his life and his business.
0:26.7	But the thing that's been very consistent with the way he's approached his life and
0:30.1	his business is to work less, earn more, and just prioritize his time.
0:35.6	And so it's been a number of years since we first talked, but he's gone through this
0:39.7	beautiful evolution of a person who does service work, a person who does teaching and service
0:44.7	and now mostly teaching coaching and doing zero service.
0:48.5	Rich, welcome to the show.
0:50.4	Great to have me, Chris.
0:52.5	It's great to be here, Chris.
0:54.8	Yeah. Yeah.
0:55.5	Okay.
0:55.9	So, Rich, people may know you of some other names.
0:58.8	Well, how else might I know of you?
1:00.7	You maybe know me from the internet as at Rich Webb.
1:04.8	I've kind of built an audience on Instagram.
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