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You do not have to kill yourself to succeed. You do not have to push and strive for more. You can build a great business, run it well and enjoy the freedom it provides. It does not have to burn you out or exhaust you, in fact, the best businesses are easy to run because the founder decides on a very stick set of rules and priorities and sticks to them no matter what.
Most of us do not do this, at least not at first land we have to learn these lessons the hard way. Most business owners do not want to become world famous or ridiculously rich. Certainly, then might not say no to those things but when you really ask them what their priorities are, it is almost always the same. They want a good life and the freedom to enjoy it. Sure, there are those rare exceptions who have kids and a partner then I am willing to bet their happiness and the success of your family trumps any personal ambitions you may have for success. If that sounds like you, too, then I have good news for you.
If you struggle to balance these two sides of the equation, your own desire to achieve big things while being present to your family, you are also not alone. So many entrepreneurs find themselves challenged to make sense of these two conflicting desires. I personally know many who deprive themselves of time with their family in hopes of getting some big break later that never comes. What often happens, sadly, is their health, relationships and lives suffer. If you have paid any attention to the online buzz about entrepreneurship in the past decease or so, this is a sorry that likely sound familiar
