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I don to record.

I was a bit distracted, Mark.

So people listening to the podcast right now,

be like, do I have the right episode? Yes, you do. You totally have the right up. So gentlemen, what is going on? Listen, I was joking, right? I'm a little distracted, but that's kind of the theme of today's show. It's like these little things, especially as business owners, like all the shiny things, all the things we have to take care of, the emails, the texts, the notifications, the reports, the leading the teams, the leading the family,

the kids, the babysat. I'm out of breath, Mark.

It's a lot, man. It's a lot. But I can't wait to get into Eric's story today because you can control that stuff. You can. Actually,

I remember Jason McKenzie asked me this question. Like, how could you excel at both, right? How good the fact that you excel in business actually make you a better father and a better husband? And I remember like that question. And that's what Eric's going to share today. I can't wait. I can't either. So yeah, let's set the stage. I mean,

we're obviously joking around, but one of the first things we're going to open this whole thing up. And if you guys listened to our podcast last Wednesday, we're going to be doing a few of these. You know, we're going to be bringing in some of our members, some of our clients. And they're going to be speaking just their experience. and we're going to be just breaking some things apart.

We're going to be dissecting some experience and we're going to be just breaking some things apart.

We're going to be dissecting some things and talking about it.

And what we think will happen absolutely is that you guys listening to the show,

number one, you will obviously find, I think today's show very relatable,

especially if you're one of those really, really busy business owners that's like,

man, like the revenues are showing me that things are pretty good. The paper on paper everything is doing pretty good. But man, like my energy feels a bit tanked. Like I feel discombobulated in the home front. I know I'm like leaving things on the table with my marriage. you know and then the thing we keep saying he's like oh well just give, just give me another six months. Or if I can get through this thing or do this thing, then my time will free up. And that just, quite frankly, it never happens. And the people that we love the most, and quite frankly, the people we're doing this for, right? They're the people that are unfortunately paying the price. And guess what? We're also paying the price because there's a cost of that. So today we have an incredible member that we're going to be featuring today. And we've got a recording of just some of the things he's talked about. He's been a member for the past two years. His name is Eric. He's got five kids. He's got a beautiful Rhodesian Ridgeback, a very successful business.

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