This week, Chris calls in Joel from Moncton. They talk about how best to harness your motivation, enthusiasm, and energy for a task or project. Rather than just doing the dang thing, plan the dang thing first!

And just a heads up – no episode next week! But if you have questions please feel free to send them in for the following week.

Quotes

• “I am extremely comfortable with losing grip on the things I once loved and cared about.”
• “Use that energy to plan rather than to execute.”

Gear Picks

• Saucony Originals Jazz Low Pro Vegan Sneaker
• Why Don’t We Learn From History? by B.H. Liddell Hart
• Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae

Finding the balance between work and rest is much more difficult than it sounds. This week Chris and Joel pick apart this topic to discuss what they’ve done right and wrong in the pursuit of balance and why it is so important to business and entrepreneurs in particular.

Quotes

• “I don’t want it to be 90 degrees anywhere. That’s too many degrees, everyone knows.”
• “I balance it by not balancing it and just constantly overworking and burning myself out.”
• “If it’s something you’re not doing but it’s bothering you, is it possible you just shouldn’t worry about doing it?”
• “Do the things that matter and divide the work evenly.”

Talking Points

• TMBA podcast

Gear Picks

• Leatherman Wave Multitool
• Before the Exit: Thought Experiments for Entrepreneurs by Dan Andrews