You started a business for freedom.

Instead, you built a prison with better branding.

In this episode, we explore why most founders become hostages to their own companies—unable to take a vacation, step away for a day, or even turn off their phone without everything falling apart.

If your business would implode without you, you don't own a business.

You own a very demanding job.

Let's fix that.

That thing where you bolt awake at 3 A.M. in a cold sweat thinking about the email you forgot to send?

That's not dedication—that's your nervous system screaming for help.

In this episode, we dissect why founder brains won't shut off, the hidden cost of being "always on," and the simple framework that lets you actually rest without your business burning down.

What if your biggest strength is actually your biggest weakness? In this episode, we expose the "ambition trap" that keeps founders drowning in seventeen projects while making zero progress on any of them. If you've got a vision board that looks like a Pinterest fever dream and a to-do list longer than a CVS receipt, this one's for you. Warning: hustle bros will hate this.

As a culture, we've come to believe that when building a business bigger is always better. More revenue, more employees, more followers, more square feet, more locations. Those are the metrics that impress people, but can this relentless pursuit of more backfire?

Today I want to talk about why staying small is the next big thing for business, why I think it's time to rethink growth as the status quo, how social media has changed the way we think about success and the three questions you should ask yourself before working towards any goal.

1:30 - MORE ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER
4:09 - 3 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF
5:35 - HOW SOCIAL MEDIA HAS CHANGED OUR VIEW OF SUCCESS
7:07 - ACQUISITION/GROWTH VS. RETENTION
8:55 - RECAP/TAKEAWAYS

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We've all been there: you set out to start a business out of passion, and it soon turns into growth at all costs. Work takes precedence over everything else in your life, causing everything else to go by the wayside.

Suddenly, you're working 12, 14, 18 hours a day, responding to emails from home at all hours of the night, and battling the million to-dos going through your mind in order to get a few hours of sleep. You get your exercise by dashing between your desk and the printer, and you can't recall the last time you ate food that wasn't packaged.

"Work-life balance–what the heck is that?" you might wonder.

Stressful periods at work may be unavoidable, and while they may be bearable in the short term, they can lead to exhaustion and burnout if you don't take steps to keep the stress under control.

On this episode, I unpack the 2 biggest causes of this toxic mindset, and what I did to deal with my own bout of exhaustion and burnout.

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🎬 This week's episode was inspired by a call I was on this week. I was talking with a good friend who sold his IT business like me. He started a new company, but is finding himself TRAPPED....AGAIN!!!! His new business has the same choke hold that his IT business had on him. That was one of biggest reasons he sold it. Now he doesn't know what to do.

He's working nearly 7 days a week with staff now in 5-6 time zones. He's crushed by the weight of managing all of this NOW while raising 3 kids.

If any of this sounds familiar: please know that you have a CHOICE. Break free from the choke hold by taking control. The flip side is a super scary place!!!!

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WHO IS ANDREW MOON, aka the Orange Nomad 🍊 ⏬❓

I’m a lifelong entrepreneur who has launched and run several successful businesses of my own since age 8. After running a successful technology company (aka #MSP) of my own for 10 years, which I sold in 2014, I founded Orange Nomad to help MSPs, small businesses and entrepreneurs bridge the gap between strategy and execution.

I love helping the ’underdog.’ I’ve built my business from nothing and know how hard it can be to start and grow a business when you’ve got no money, no help and the world on your shoulders. I help small businesses like ourselves: members of the Fortune 5,000,000. With the Fortune 5,000,000 we have a real shot at making a real impact. That's more satisfying work. I’m proud to help my clients learn how to build a "calm company". Calm is family first. Calm is more independence. Calm is sustainable practices for the long term. Calm is joyful. Running a calm company is a choice.

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In a study by IBM, about 60 percent of CEOs polled cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52 percent for integrity and 35 percent for global thinking.

Why?

Because creativity enables people to solve problems, respond to challenges and come up with innovative ideas.

If you want to boost your creativity, there's good news.

Creativity isn't something you're just born with; with some practice and nurturing, you can train yourself to become a more creative person.

Learn to think outside of the box and unlock your inner creativity.

I’d like to share a few techniques that will help, if you put them into practice.

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Overstimulation is the cause of our inability to focus on anything significant or challenging in our lives.

We'd rather sleep in our beds and surf through social media than accomplish things we're enthusiastic about.

Alternatively, we may spend the entire day playing video games till our eyes dry up.

We do this because we want to experience the rush of discovery that comes with discovering something new and controversial.

Unfortunately, not handling the hard stuff of running your business, like marketing for instance, will eventually kill your business.

Let me explain more, and some practical steps on how to be more aware of it. --> https://my.orangenomad.com/podcast

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