It's surprisingly easy to build a successful business that slowly takes over your life. More clients create more work. More revenue creates more responsibilities. More opportunities create more things to manage. From the outside, everything looks like growth, while your actual experience of running the business gets heavier.
Life First Business is the philosophy I keep coming back to as I decide what I want growth to look like. I want to make more money and build an ambitious business, but I also want control over my time, fewer unnecessary responsibilities, offers that don't trap me, and a company that doesn't require my attention everywhere at once.
Building a lifestyle business around the life you actually want requires being willing to leave some opportunities on the table. The goal is to grow without continuously asking your life to absorb the cost of that growth.
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