How To Run Your Business Without It Running You Into The Ground
The Real Small Business Owners
Release Date: 06/29/2025
How To Run Your Business Without It Running You Into The Ground
The Real Small Business Owners
Burnout Isn’t the Badge, But Hustle Still Matters In this deeply honest and emotional episode, we walk you through a powerful behind-the-scenes moment with a restaurant owner who, despite a packed dining room and five-star reviews, burst into tears when she saw her actual profit margin. What followed was a raw, eye-opening conversation about what it really costs to build something successful and the price we pay when we’re doing everything ourselves. You’ll hear how we threw out the agenda for the day and spent 12 hours restructuring not just her business systems, but...
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Burnout Isn't A Badge, The Real Cost Of Carrying It All
The Real Small Business Owners
🎙️ Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor: Why Hustle Still Matters (When Done Right) We’ve all heard it: “You don’t have to hustle to hit 7 figures.” Or “Work smarter, not harder.” But here’s the unpopular opinion, we’ve taken the anti-hustle narrative too far. In this episode, I’m breaking down the difference between hustle and burnout, and why the two are not the same thing. Hustle is the willingness to do whatever it takes to deliver on your promise. Burnout is what happens when you spend too long doing the wrong things, in the wrong way, with nothing left in the...
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Before The Business, My Real Backstory
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🎙 EPISODE: How a Dance Studio, a Tough Childhood, and a Relentless Work Ethic Built My Business Mission In this raw and deeply personal episode, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing the full backstory. Where I came from, what shaped me, and how I ended up here helping small business owners build sustainable systems. From being raised by drug-addicted parents and adopted at age 7, to owning my first business at 19 and working with nearly 300 small businesses across 38 industries, this episode walks you through the lessons I had to learn the hard way, about hustle, leadership,...
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Welcome To The Real Work
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EPISODE 1: Why I Created This Show and Why Small Businesses Deserve Better Welcome to the very first episode of The Real Small Business Owners! 🎉 In this raw and honest kickoff, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing exactly why I created this show, what you can expect moving forward, and the real mission behind it all: helping small business owners do the unsexy, behind-the-scenes work that actually makes their business sustainable. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, overworked, and under-supported, this is for you. We talk about: Why so many small...
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In this deeply honest and emotional episode, we walk you through a powerful behind-the-scenes moment with a restaurant owner who, despite a packed dining room and five-star reviews, burst into tears when she saw her actual profit margin. What followed was a raw, eye-opening conversation about what it really costs to build something successful and the price we pay when we’re doing everything ourselves.
You’ll hear how we threw out the agenda for the day and spent 12 hours restructuring not just her business systems, but her time, her joy, and her role as an owner. From identifying what she loved (and hated) doing, to reassigning responsibilities across her team, this episode dives deep into how small business owners can escape burnout without abandoning the hustle that makes them great.
In this episode, we cover:
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Why profit alone doesn’t always feel like success
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How burnout shows up even when things look “perfect”
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The difference between hustling with purpose and burning out without boundaries
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A real-life walkthrough of building a strategic time plan for a service-based business owner
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How team alignment can take tasks off your plate and reignite your passion
If you’ve ever thought “Is this all worth it?” than this episode is for you.
Because the answer is yes… but only if it’s built right.
🎧 Listen in and walk away with:
A renewed perspective on hustle, a deeper understanding of burnout, and the reminder that you can love your business again without losing yourself in it.