Two weeks into dating, we started working together. Six years later, we still do it every single day.
Working with a spouse, a sibling, or a best friend is one of the most requested topics we've ever had on this show, and for good reason. Almost nobody talks about what it's actually like.
Here's the tricky part. When you build a business with the person you live with, there's no line between the workday and the rest of your life. Every deadline, every big decision, and every win lands in the same house you eat dinner in. Nothing gets postponed, which sounds hard until you realize it's the reason you sort things out faster.
Then there's the working styles. One of you locks in at 9am and is done at 7pm. The other is a slow burn who finally hits flow at 9pm and doesn't want to stop. One of you runs at every new idea. The other wants to make sure the foundation holds. Neither is wrong, and the whole thing gets easier the second you stop expecting your partner to work exactly like you do.
In this episode, we sat down and answered the questions we get asked the most. Joey wrote his list, Christy wrote hers, and neither of us saw the other's until we hit record. It's the honest version.
- How to divide the work so you stop burning out on the same tasks
- Why output matters more than hours, and how to stop keeping score
- What to do when one of you carries more of the drive than the other
- The green lights and red flags before you say yes to any partnership
- How to protect the relationship underneath the business
Building something with someone you love is one of the best things in the world. It just works a whole lot better when you build it on purpose.
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