Learning and becoming the best person of ourselves, at least for me, is kind of the purpose of living.

If that is at least part of your life's purpose, then I think having somebody who supports that goal,

rather than someone who is neutral or detracts from it, is probably a good thing.

So I wanted to talk about something that's a little different than probably my normal topic, but I think really important

for a lot of you. It's actually about your significant other. So here's the deal. Layla and I

had this realization that the number one kind of multiplier or amplifier on someone's effectiveness inside the business

actually had a lot to do with what was going on outside of the business.

And what's difficult for that as a business owner is that I want to be able to predict

how well someone does over the long haul.

If many variables exist, many variables must be studied, right?

If we think about your subjective well-being, so your

happiness metric, the strongest correlate to that of all variables is the strength of your

relation with your significant other. Believe me, this is about making money and not being happy.

That's not my not my schick. So I will stay to my lane. I do think that a significant part of that is whether your significant

other helps you achieve your goals. And so the reason that this is so nasty is that I have had

people who came into our companies and were what I thought were going to be stars. And then their

significant other derailed them. And the reason that I think it's so

insidious is that it's not done out of malice. And I think that's why it's so tricky is that let's say

you have a tough day at work and you go home and your significant other says, ah, like, you know,

enough about your day. Let's talk about my day. And, you know, here's a

big bowl of ice cream. Or, hey, let's go see friends. All of that seems well-intentioned. The

question that we have to ask ourselves is, does this increase or decrease the likely that hit my

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