When it comes to the inability to create work-life balance for many married business owners, there are issues common to most. The good news is that there are common solutions as well. These solutions don’t come from us solely but from other married entrepreneurs who’ve been able to sustain better balance in their lives.

This is the two-year anniversary of our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/ and the announced release of the audiobook version. Go to our website and grab a copy.

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

Key Takeaways:

• Common problems for married entrepreneurs

• • Working a lot of hours- the grind

  • No boundaries

  • Financial stress

  • Arguments

  • Spouse is controlling

  • Lack of agreement

  • The grind of sales

  • Low margins

  • Can’t find help

• Common solutions for married entrepreneurs

• • Be intentional

  • Calendar your priorities

  • The problems will still be there tomorrow

  • It’s not about you. It’s about both of you

  • Focus on less, work less, produce more

  • It’s about profit margins not sales

  • Automate, delegate, eliminate

  • KPIs

  • Many small improvements lead to big changes

• Biggest obstacle

• • Mindset

Imagine returning home after a hectic day at work, eagerly anticipating the warm embrace of your little girl, only to find her turning towards your spouse instead – a moment Tamra Andress vividly describes as her 'Tombstone moment.' It's a heart-wrenching realization that strikes at the core of one's identity.

You may have pondered the question: What would my Tombstone say when I’m gone? Typically, it revolves around being a loving spouse, parent, and friend. However, for Tamra, the harsh truth unfolded as she saw her role as a loving mother in jeopardy. Her daughter's choice to seek comfort elsewhere was a wake-up call that was a gut punch.

This episode captures the pivotal crossroads where Tamra recognized the need to shift her focus from the relentless pursuit of business success to nurturing her marriage and family. The fear that life would slip away, leaving her unloved and alone, became a compelling catalyst for change.

This narrative resonated with us and it will for you too. Take a moment to listen to this powerful episode – it's a poignant reminder not to take life for granted.

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F.I.T. in Faith Podcast https://tamraandress.com/fit-in-faith-podcast/

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Key Takeaways:

• Succeeded professionally but wasn’t truly happy

• My smile was a facade to hide the emptiness

• I felt I couldn’t confide in my husband

• I had a Tombstone moment. I came home and my little girl ran to my husband instead of me.

• Considered divorce and suicide even though I still loved my husband

• I was able to get healed and reset my life by getting help

• Realized part of the pain was suppressing the memory of being abused as a child

• Key to true happiness is stop being busy and minimize your life

Tamra Andress is a 6x #1 best-selling author (…and counting), a keynote speaker, and a top podcaster. She’s a serial entrepreneur who works with high-capacity Christian leaders to become millionaire messengers and share the Good News. She is wildly in love with words and The Word! Through her publishing company, F.I.T. in Faith Press, she catalyzes messengers in the marketplace by building buisnesstry through publishing, podcasting, and platform development while keeping play at the core! Her non-profit, The Founder Collective, focuses on ordaining and sustaining marketplace ministers.

Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

In this episode, we’re cutting through the noise and getting real. No matter how successful your business becomes, it won't guarantee happiness. It won’t make your spouse love you more, improve your kids' behavior, or earn you genuine admiration.

We've seen too many marriages falter under the misconception that achievements lead to happiness. The truth is, happiness is a choice. If you want to cultivate a thriving marriage, raise a healthy family, and build a great business, you'll need to make intentional—and likely different—choices.

Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

Key Takeaways:

• Our heart grieves

• Let’s get real

• Happiness is a choice

• You can’t ACHIEVE happiness

• We often get married on false pretenses

• He/she completes me. Makes me happy. Until the don’t

• If I make a million dollars, If I get that car, If my business scales to…

• We work, we succeed, we accomplish. For what?

Whether you work with your spouse, are considering working with your spouse, or are saying to yourself “never” this episode is for you. Knowing how to recognize and utilize your spouse's gifts, talents, and abilities will help your business and enrich your marriage.

In this episode, we interview Troy and Shantel Brooks, successful business owners and authors of the book 'Spartners: Discover the Value in Your Spouse as a Business Partner and Enrich Your Marriage.' They discuss the challenges and benefits of working together as a married couple, emphasizing the importance of finding and utilizing each other's strengths in the business. They share their personal journey of transitioning to working together and overcoming ego and resistance. The couple also highlights the significance of effective communication, conflict resolution, and prioritizing fun in maintaining a thriving marriage and business.

Connect with Troy and Shantel at www.troyandshantel.com or @wearespartners to stay updated on their latest ventures.

Pre-order Spartners at www.spartnersbook.com and/or get connected with their community of like-minded couples looking to enrich their marriage at www.spartnersconnect.com.

Takeaways:

• Working with your spouse can magnify both strengths and conflicts in your relationship.

• Identify and utilize each other's strengths and talents in the business.

• Overcome ego and resistance to embrace partnership and mutual growth.

• Prioritize effective communication, conflict resolution, and fun in your marriage and business.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction: Working with Your Spouse

01:00 Introducing Troy and Shantel Brooks

02:08 The Challenges and Benefits of Working Together

03:36 Transitioning to Working Together

04:01 Finding Strengths and Talents in the Business

06:18 Overcoming Ego and Embracing Partnership

07:08 Balancing Roles and Priorities

09:51 Fitting Strengths into the Business

12:08 Dealing with Challenges and Conflict

16:26 Navigating Challenges as Entrepreneurs

21:50 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution

26:48 Prioritizing Fun and Enjoyment

31:42 Conclusion: Building a Thriving Marriage and Business

Troy & Shantel are the successful owners of The TB Effect, a faith-based company that specializes in Marriage Enrichment, Content Creation and Speaking based in Atlanta, GA. Recently, they embarked on a new journey as marriage enrichment non-fiction authors. Their entrepreneurial experience and extensive knowledge in marriage & business alignment have provided a rich foundation for their writing.

Their debut work, Spartners: Discover the Value in Your Spouse as a Business Partner and Enrich Your Marriage, explores the intricate world of love and business and the possibility of its fruitful and purposeful impact on your marriage. The book reflects Troy and Shantel’s passion for living a purpose-filled life with their spouse and their commitment to building God’s Kingdom through marriage.

When not managing their business or penning down their thoughts, Troy & Shantel enjoy being in the outdoors, staying active, and spending time with their sons Sage & Phoenix and miniature schnauzer, Avery.

Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

Is it just me, or is building a business easier than growing your marriage? Let’s put it this way: Are you more inclined to attend a business seminar or a marriage workshop? Would you rather see a marriage counselor or hire a business consultant?

For some reason, many of us prefer to work on our business rather than our marriage, so it’s no wonder that many married entrepreneurs struggle with work-life balance. Entrepreneurs tend to give unequal attention to their business and their marriage. In this episode, we tackle the "why" and share our experiences in becoming more comfortable working on our marriage while building a business.

Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

Key Takeaways:

• We will do anything to improve our business but not our marriage

• In business, we will

• • Get consulting

  • Attend seminars

  • Run ideas by other business owners

  • Spend more time

  • Think and talk about it constantly

  • Resolve problems

• In marriage, we will avoid

• • Getting counseling

  • Attend a marriage seminar

  • Talk to a friend/mentor

  • Spend more time at home

  • Think and talk about it constantly with your spouse

  • Avoid problems

One of the most popular keys to a successful marriage is “compromise.” In our experience that is one of the most destructive methods in a marriage. The word compromise means “accepting a standard lower than is desirable.” Is that what you want for your marriage? I would think not but that is how many deal with disagreements.

When we compromise in a disagreement, each side gives up something they want and we agree on something we can both agree upon even if it’s not the best. So how do you get past disagreements if you don’t compromise? Come up with a better solution than either of you came into the argument with.

The choices shouldn’t just be yours and hers/his. It should be yours, hers/his, or a new solution. Kay Lee and I know treat our disagreements as an opportunity to come up with an even better solution. Tune in to hear how we do it.

Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

Key Takeaways:

• We need to take the word “compromise” out of our marriage

• Definition of “compromise” - Accept a standard lower than is desirable

• Compromise in disagreements can lead to resentment

• Compromise in our life accepting busy as the norm

• Compromise in our business as that’s the best it can be

• Compromise in our marriage that we naturally drift apart

• If you want to succeed, you need to be intentional and work at it

• If you see a problem, fix it

• Don’t accept less than

Who doesn’t want to close more sales deals? Without sales, you have no business yet some business owners really struggle with this part. If you only have a small staff most likely you, the business owner, are the chief salesperson. Like many owners, you don’t want to come across as salesy so you actually become less effective at it.

The question is, how do you close more deals without coming across like a used car salesman? No offense to used car salesmen. This week’s guest, Darrell Amy, will help us dispel the misunderstanding of the sales process so we can all go in confidence and authenticity to close more deals. You’re not selling a product or service, you’re solving someone’s problem. Take a listen.

Book: “Revenue Growth Engine: How to align marketing and sales to accelerate growth” https://www.revenuegrowthengine.com/#section-CK7KwRd4q9

Podcast: Selling From the Heart https://www.revenuegrowthpodcast.com/

https://www.revenuegrowthengine.com/

Email: DAmy@revenuegrowthengine.com

Key Takeaways:

• How to set realistic sales goals

• The way you open the sales call, you close it.

• Focus on selling the outcome not the features

• There are three types of buyers. 1) CEO 2) Middle managers 3) The rest of us One is more price conscious than the other

• Start with a clear understanding of what the customer wants as an outcome

Questions:

• We all want to close more sales deals. Why don’t we? What are some common mistakes?

• People commonly think of marketing and sales as the same thing. Can you clarify the difference?

• Had a client that was thinking marketing was going to solve all his sales problems. The first thing we uncovered during our research was most of his clients (he sells insurance) didn’t know about the other insurance options he sold and were open to hearing more. But for some reason, didn’t follow up. Can you speak to identifying low hanging fruit?

Today's guest is passionate about helping great companies grow revenue. He's the author of the best-selling book Revenue Growth Engine, How to Align Sales and Marketing to Drive Accelerate Growth. He is the host of the Revenue Growth Podcast on the C-Suite Radio Network and the co-host of Selling from the Heart podcast. He is a member of the Forbes Business Council and a C-Suite Advisor. As A Revenue Growth Strategist, he gets behind the scenes, rolling up his sleeves to help company owners, sales leaders, and marketing teams build revenue growth strategies. Welcome to the show, Darrell!

Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/

Need to create more time to dedicate to your marriage? Download this free guide. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/boundaries

Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk