11: Making Parenting and Entrepreneurship Work Together with Dan Kuschell

Parents At Work

Can parenting and entrepreneurship go hand in hand? Many working parents believe the myth that you either have to sacrifice home life or business success—you cannot have both. My guest, Dan Kuschell, is here to tell you that this simply isn’t true! Dan is a serial entrepreneur with 12 successful businesses to his name. He delights in training budding business owners to use strategies to get more clients and develop a business that works for them. Dan’s success has been great, but he considers his family the greatest blessing of all. His path has always been inherently tied to his wife and children, and today Dan is going to show you how he does it.

After a severe health scare, Dan knew he needed to make some changes. His busy lifestyle included many sleepless nights and poor choices that built up to the breaking point. Luckily, Dan believed in the power of coaching, and he sought the help he needed to balance and repurpose his life. Dan thinks that there are three questions every working parent needs to ask themselves. What do you want? Who are you? What do you stand for? Dan has managed to not just balance, but integrate his parenting into his businesses. He prioritizes time with his children and makes business decisions with the family in mind. It’s all about his mindset from the outset, and you can get that mindset too! Listen this week to start making some changes in your own life.

Show Highlights:

• Dan has helped 12 different startups grow and get “unstuck.”
• What being a parent has taught Dan about running businesses.
• Be grateful for the joys that being a working parent can give you.
• Mindset should be our focus.
• The 3 big fears we need to overcome.
• Integrate, rather than try to balance between work and life.
• Dan learned from burnout that he needed to change some bad habits.
• Get a coach!
• The three questions you should ask yourself to change your life.
• Dan has resources available to you who might be ready to start a business.
• Why Marketing is like football.
• A piece of technology that Dan would recommend for making life a little easier.
• The books that Dan uses to bring some balance to his life.

Resources:

Dan’s Website

Dan on Facebook

Dan's Recommended Tool: Headspace Meditation App

Dan's Recommended Books:

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen

The Coaching Habit

Never Split the Difference