Was My Wife the Right Match?

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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As he approaches midlife, Brian wonders what he could have accomplished if he had married a high achiever like himself. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Brian, welcome to the program. Hi there. Hi there. Yeah, so I, uh, hi. I live in, uh, on the central coast in California.
0:23.8	I'm actually 41 years old.
0:26.9	I started a business when I was 22.
0:31.1	I still have that business.
0:33.6	It's been an absolute roller coaster, but after this many years of having the same business, I've gotten most of the kinks worked out, and I have almost everything that I do within the business, you know, someone else doing it.
0:51.2	So I can tell someone a short tenopsis of what I'm doing and make it sound very easy, but most people know that it's not.
0:59.0	But I'm here, I'm 41. I'm kind of just really questioning my purpose at this point.
1:08.0	I feel very accomplished with the business. I have an 18-year-old son who's started
1:12.8	college. I was able to save for him to go and do that. Not a lot of stress regarding him.
1:21.0	I'm married for 18 years. It's a bit of stress there, but I'm trying to just kind of focus on myself, but I have kind of
1:31.0	automated my business. I have hobbies. I like to serve.
1:34.9	Sir, I need to say something before I forget it in your story, okay? We do not find purpose
1:41.3	by taking care of ourselves.
1:46.7	But that's backwards.
1:52.0	Purpose is how our lives impact somebody else in a positive way.
1:56.3	So working on yourself is counterproductive for finding purpose.
1:58.5	Okay. That makes sense because you're sort of, I want to say, alienating yourself. But yeah, I can see that it's more of a selfish thing.
2:11.3	So, yeah, I mean, that's, I don't want to continue working in or on the business that I already have other than to
2:19.0	kind of maintain and keep basic growth.
2:22.3	What do you think would be your next adventure, sir?
2:25.8	What is your next business adventure?
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