DISQUS

James Robert Lay · 3 months ago

Brad... keep the conversation going. You are not solo in this matter. I am right here with you on the risks/decisions/fears and also successes. I have been there at the 80-100 hour weeks when first getting started. These have been reduced to 60-70 hour weeks.

Having been married for 3.5 years, it has been a challenge to find balance. No longer is it "all about me" and 15 hour days won't cut it with my wife. Just like business relationships, marriage is the same in the fact that what you get out of marriage is what you invest into your marriage.

My goal is like yours to grow a happy family while at the same time build a successful business that allows me to provide for my family, fulfill personal goals.

I believe that the two can meet but it takes the work of both husband wife and kids.

As we just found out that my wife is pregnant with our first I am excited at the growth of our family and the challenge to continue to grow the business all while finding balance for everything.

In the end, it is our families that we are working for and should remain grounded and true to them.

To help in this with our family at home, we must build a strong "family" at the office to support one another and help each other out along the way through life.

chrisyeh · 2 months ago

I've started a number of companies. I've been married for all of them (to the same woman, my very tolerant wife Alisha), and I've had kids for the past several.

There's no question that it's easier to be an entrepreneur when you have gobs of time and no personal life, but as a dad, I think I work smarter because I have no alternative.

And I wouldn't have it any other way.