Emily showed up with a list of questions and Adrienne had no idea what was coming. What followed was one of the more honest conversations they've had on the show.

In this episode, Emily puts Adrienne in the hot seat for a rapid fire Q&A. No prep, no filter, and some answers that surprised even the person giving them.

What they cover:

• The best advice Adrienne ever got and then ignored for years, and why she's finally living it this year
• How this has genuinely been one of the harder financial years in the business, and what the monthly conversations between Adrienne and Emily actually sound like
• The leadership mistake Adrienne had never said out loud until now: stepping back so far it became abdication, and what it cost the team
• What Emily told Adrienne at the end of last year that changed how they work together
• A belief about hard work and success that Adrienne has completely reversed after years of watching other people build differently
• What Adrienne's team does better than her (almost everything, and she says so)
• Why rest still feels wrong when you're in a build phase, and the reframe that matters anyway
• The difference between needing a vacation and needing spaciousness, and why no-call weeks might be more valuable than either
  

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⏱️ Time Chapters
00:01 Sunkissed, frizzy hair, and heat waves in Canada
06:27 Emily has rapid fire questions and Adrienne knows nothing
08:16 Best advice ever gotten and completely ignored
10:39 The hardest conversations this year
12:32 Every month ends in a hype session
14:11 What the team does better than Adrienne
16:03 The leadership mistake Adrienne never admitted
18:55 What Emily told Adrienne that almost made her quit
22:08 A belief about hard work she's completely changed her mind on
24:03 The hat maker and Alex Hormozi in Kentucky
26:21 What does rest actually look like for you
28:50 You don't need the big picture ideas until you have the space for them
30:32 You don't have to earn rest