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Earn Your Happy

Why You Feel Trapped in a Business You Built to Be Free (+ How to Change It)

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Chris and I are in full-on prep mode for our Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind, and it reminded us of one truth we see every time most people start their business: they chase freedom, and end up feeling more trapped than ever. Many entrepreneurs start a business for time freedom and financial freedom, then feel like they have neither. In this episode, we talk about what we’ve learned from 15+ years of masterminds, what freedom in business actually looks like, and the two levers you can pull right now to create more freedom without blowing up your business. Get ready to rethink how you define freedom and start building your business and life on your own terms. Check out our Sponsors: SKIMS - I finally tried SKIMS and I get all the hype. Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at SKIMS.com and let them know we sent you in the dropdown after checkout. Brevo - the all-in-one marketing and CRM platform designed to help you connect with customers and grow your business. Get started for free today - go to www.brevo.com/happy Blinds.com - Blinds.com makes it easy to get the designer look without the showroom markups. Get an exclusive $50 off when you spend $500 or more with code EARN at checkout. Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci, Sign up for your $1/month trial period at Shopify.com/happy Headway - the #1 daily growth app that delivers key insights from the world’s best non fiction books in bite sized 15 minute reads and audio. Save 25% off when you go to  makeheadway.com/happy. HIGHLIGHTS How 15 years of entrepreneurship shaped the way we build our masterminds. Why time freedom is a common struggle for entrepreneurs. Why most entrepreneurs feel trapped by their success. The two levers that determine your freedom. How resetting your expectations can instantly reduce pain and pressure. RESOURCES Join the Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind HERE! Join the Audacity Challenge HERE! 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 Follow Chris: @chriswharder

Transcript

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0:00.0

You may be yearning for time freedom, but it might be because you're in a position within that

0:05.4

business or company or thing that is not lighting you up. So you're feeling very trapped and you're

0:10.7

feeling very drained and you're feeling like you have no time to do what you love when you

0:14.9

might actually be able to do what you love within what you've created.

0:27.9

And we're back with another episode of He Said, She Said.

0:29.6

Yo, do you know what we're actually back doing?

0:32.1

The Elite Entrepreneur Masterminds.

0:38.8

So if you guys follow us, you know that we run what we call the Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind. And that's for businesses that earn over $500,000 per year. Most of them in there are seven or even some eight

0:44.1

figure businesses for annual revenue. And we meet up twice a year. This next year, hint, hint,

0:52.3

there's going to be additional meetups. So excited. But this past year, there's two meetups, three if you're a veteran, if you're a repeat. And the last meetup of the year is coming up this week. So Lori and I have been planning out the agenda, working with the team, getting the guest speakers, building the exercises. Like, this is one of our all-time favorite things we do because this is the one that's in person. This is the group of ride or dies. This is the group where I hand curate the room

1:17.4

every single year by going through the applications and choosing the right people. And then you guys

1:22.6

lock arms for an entire year and you get each other's back and you kick each other back in the game and

1:27.9

you share context, you share lessons and you do business with each other. Some you become best

1:31.9

friends. Some you start businesses together. It's the coolest thing ever. It's like the shortcut to

1:36.9

the room where everything you wish existed in one place. Well, we took all of the things that really

1:43.7

have worked for us throughout the years.

1:46.9

And this is the really cool part about being an entrepreneur now for 15 years is to look back

1:52.0

when we get to curate something and go, okay, what worked the absolute best? When were we

1:57.0

pushed like outside of our comfort zone in a massive way in order to move the needle.

2:03.3

And we put it all together into the mastermind that we wanted.

2:08.3

So that's what I love about this is that it truly is all of the pieces of the puzzle that

2:13.2

really helped move the needle for us when we were growing.

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