Share Your Rough Drafts
This is completely a rough draft. I might post this to Twitter... I might not. But it resides here for now.
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Reflection Talk
Real talks with entrepreneurs that are now dads talking to them about their upbringing. What worked? What didn’t work? How have they adjusted? Where do they fall short? Thinking through things that they were raised with and how that impacted them.
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I’m starting something small here that has the potential to be BIG. But that’s not the point.
The point is that I’m curious. And that in full transparency, I’m falling short and have work to do.
I don’t have a podcast format for this. There isn’t any group or community offer, no course, no product, there’s just REAL conversations that need to be had.
Here’s the backstory:
I was downstairs making breakfast for the girls like any other Monday. Our newborn was upstairs with momma and my oldest and middle were drawing together.
I gave them a 10min heads up that we were going to leave and they needed clothes on. My oldest was good to go though, i was really talking to my middle with that announcement.
I wanted some kind of acknowledgment so I repeated it and said “Em, Jammie’s off and clothes on in 10min ok?”
It was like I stepped on a land mine… a tiny 3.5 year old, red headed, land mine…
She jumps up, throws her pen down and screams at the top of her lungs “NO! SHES MY MOM, NOT YOUR MOM!!” And then runs upstairs crying… to mom of course.
SO out of left field it was almost funny… almost.
But I knew where this was coming from. She’s not the baby anymore. There’s a new baby in town and everything is a little (a lot) triggering for her.
And she’s doing everything she can to maintain “mommas girl” status. I get it. It’s a lot for that little human to process.
And to be honest, I have no idea if what I’m doing is working. Or right… or half and half. I’m no Dr. Becky that’s for sure.
We’re innnnn the trenches right now. I work full time, I manage investments we have, I’m actively searching to buy businesses, I’m actively starting and running businesses, I’m doing a ton… maybe too much… probably too much… but it’s all with very clear intention and purpose.
Portfolio building. Personal brand building. Audience building. Wealth building. Freedom building. The vision is clear, but no one said it’d be easy.
My wife also works her tail off with her bookkeeping company that she’s owner/ operator of. You know the book E-Myth? She’s exactly who Gerber is talking about with being IN her business. She is THE TECHNICIAN.
Another vivid vision is taking any weight off her shoulders and making it so she works because she WANTS to and not because we NEED that extra little bit.
But we’re not there yet, so we grind away.
It was in this meltdown moment that I had a swirl of all these thoughts that culminated in an IDEA.
And if you know me, you know I’m FULL of ideas. But ideas are nothing without execution. ( If you’ve read this by Derek Sivers, you know ).
THE THOUGHT 💭
I want to talk to other entrepreneur dads and learn what has worked. What about their upbringing worked well, what didn’t, how have they adjusted, where to they fall short, where are they successful. What’s the secret sauce to the balancing act of HIGH ambitions? Is there one?
THE IDEA💡
Have these conversations as raw and unfiltered as possible. I want these to be as easy and doable for everyone who wants to share, to be able to share. If they have to be through text, cool. If it’s a phone call while we’re both driving, no problem. If we can hop on a zoom, let’s do it. There’s massive value here to be extracted and I plan on extracting it.
THE EXECUTION 🚀
I want to talk with 50 entrepreneur dads (to start) and have some REAL conversations. I’ll dive deep into what fatherhood looks like as outwardly ambitious and success driven men. Through this I’ll work to uncover secrets to success, key areas of improvement and everything else I possibly can to make anyone who follows along more successful at home AND in business.
I will put all this into tactical and actionable guides for any entrepreneur dad to use. You’ll see it being built and released here.
WHATS NEXT 🤔
I would be honored to interview you. If you’re like me, you’re busy as heck. These convos can be as quick or as long as you. Text, call, DM, Zoom, coffee in person, come over and hang, whatever. Let’s chat. DM me if you prefer a call and I’ll send you my number. 🤙🏻
This is truly for all of us dads trying to do BIG things while ALSO trying to be the best dad possible.
And in true MVP fashion, I don’t have a name yet. Because I don’t need one yet. I want to see how this plays out and how it organically grows. A name will eventually surface. Until then, let’s figure it out together.
SUMMARY 🔄
I’m want to know how to be a better father who is ALSO an entrepreneur, by talking to other dads in the same boat and bottling up the wisdom.
The bottled wisdom will be shared here
Let’s chat - any form of communication works. DM me if you’re interested and we’ll go from there.