Description

Whoever said you have to “work first, to play later,” never met Max. Imagine planning your vacations and days off first, THEN figuring out how you will make your business work…

Yes, it is possible!

Max Traylor is a fully rehabilitated, short-lived workaholic. He tells his clients to put their personal lives first, and helps them figure out how to live their lives that way.


Key Takeaways

• There is no better time to enjoy your life than now. If you set up your business to be able to enjoy personal time, you are setting yourself up for a lifetime of rewards.
• It’s important to surround yourself with like-minded people to help you achieve what you are pursuing. In order to do that, you have to talk to people. Expand your network. You won’t know if someone is interested in what you are offering, unless you get to know them. 
• Get uncomfortable. Practice new skills and become good at them so that you can fully succeed. You have to shoot your shot!
• If you are operating your own business and trying to succeed, track your time. This will help to find areas of improvement.

Key Moments

{4:09} “I started thinking about the type of dad I wanted to be.  And the thing that I knew I wanted to do no matter what, was be around.  And if I stayed at that agency, I was never gonna be around. And if I was, I wouldn't be present.”

{7:35} “You have to exercise different muscles, you have to be uncomfortable. And so I'm willing to be uncomfortable in the working environment so that I can fully enjoy the rest of it [life].”

{12:14} “Having a delegation partner was a life changer for me. A third party was aware of what you were trying to accomplish.  I speak out what I'm committing to, and if something's on that list three times in a row and it's not done, it's either gone or they take it from me.”

{13:59} “If you really want a sobering lesson in how much time you're wasting, track your time.  Cuz the other thing we'll do is we're good at lying to ourselves about how much time we spent on things.”

{20:25} “One of the keys to moving forward is finding people, and you said, ‘who are as crazy as you,’ (which I love), but people who want the same things that you want so that you can co-create a world in which the things you're pursuing are reinforced.”

{24:59} “If I have to put thousands of people on the back burner to have a conversation with you to help you, I'm gonna charge you for that.”


More about Max

Max helps consultants put their personal lives first and build a business that works for them, not the other way around.


Get in touch with Max

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxtraylor/

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