Working Too Much and Running a Business as a Parent (Podcast)

Small Biz Ahead

As a small business owner, how do you balance your family life with your work life? You might have started your business to have control over your time, but you may find the reality of running a business is that you're working too much. On this episode of the Small Biz Ahead podcast, hosts Elizabeth Larkin and Gene Marks discuss tactics to help you balance work time with family time. Show Notes Links Meal Delivery Kits: Blue Apron Plated Sun Basket Virtual Assistants: UpWork My Virtual Workforce Zirtual Instagram for Business Transcript Elizabeth: Welcome back to the Small Biz Ahead Podcast, or should I say, "Hey, guys. Welcome back."?- Gene: Hey, everybody. Look at these really cool lipstick that somebody sent to me. Oh, and- Elizabeth: This is Gene's- Gene: it's our Small Business podcast. Elizabeth: Gene's Kim Kardashian impression. Gene: Hey, guys. Elizabeth: Thanks for that, Gene. Gene: She's awesome. Elizabeth: Yeah. You actually wrote an article about how you think she's an amazing businesswoman- Gene: I've written a number of articles about her. By the way, I just want to it to be on record. I have no desire to ever meet or talk with Kim Kardashian or any of the Kardashians, but it drives me nuts when people bash her for being vapid and a dolt and- Elizabeth: Yeah. Oh, I know.- Gene: Whatever. I think she's super smart. I think that if you watch her show and watch her in action ... Look, you try to build something out of nothing.- Elizabeth: Yeah.- Gene: It's a woman who really does have no talents except for the fact that she can promote herself and her lifestyle.- Elizabeth: Yeah.- Gene: The woman has tens of millions of followers. Their whole family does.- Elizabeth: I think the real- Gene: Powerful.- Elizabeth: I think the real brains there might be the mom.- Gene: The mother. Yup. Kris Jenner is- Elizabeth: The original Momager. Gene: She is manager. She is managing it all, but Kim is very much behind it. What fascinates me about all those women is they're in their 30s, so they're no longer kids. They're no longer in- Elizabeth: Yeah.- Gene: Their 20s. It'll be fascinating to see how they evolve themselves over the next 20 years.- Elizabeth: Yeah.- Gene: You know what I mean? What their fans, you know. I am fully confident that they will. That they will- Elizabeth: Think about- Gene: Continue to- Elizabeth: What will an 80-year-old Khloe Kardashian be doing? Gene: You laugh and you say, "An 80-year-old Kim?" Honestly, she is smart enough that she will have a lot of- Elizabeth: Yeah.- Gene: 80-year-old, mostly women, that will be fans of hers because she's doing whatever is cool for an 80-year-old to do at that time. That's what they do. Anyway, lots of respect for her. The Kardashians. Elizabeth: Okay. On that note, we will be back with our first question which is about 'What happens if you're a small business owner and you're driving your spouse crazy?' We'll be back with that after this word from our sponsor. QUESTION #1: Working Too Much We're back! Our first question is from Devora in Oak Grove, Oregon. Devora writes, "My spouse feels that I spend too much time at work. I could hire another employee to help with some of the new business, but I don't think I need to. Am I being pigheaded?" I'm not a business owner so I'm going to let you answer this one, Gene.- Gene: I actually will answer that one. When people ask me about starting up a business, because it sounds like she's in a very small- Elizabeth: I think she's saying she's getting a new business, but I don't think her business is new.- Gene: Okay. That's fine, but when people talk to me about starting up a business, I always say you have to have plenty of capital available and you have to have 100% buy-in from your spouse. Elizabeth: Yeah.- Gene: You really do.