She Is Not For You

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·Nov 7, 2024

And we had a night class. A few years ago, I'll never forget it. This guy puts up his hand, who hasn't contributed anything all night. He says, "Listen, I've been running this business out of my dorm, and I'm about to graduate. It's a cloud business that provides compliance software. I'm making about 5 million a year in free cash flow."

And I said, "I don't hear a problem! You haven't even graduated, and you've got an outstanding business, and you're doing it part-time."

He said, "That's not the problem. My fiancé came to me today and said she's going to leave me."

And I said, "Why?"

"Cuz I'm not spending any time with her. Family, I don’t have any time on weekends. I can't go out to the soccer games with her nephews and stuff. I didn't—I just can't because I'm so busy. I got to keep my business going; I got to graduate my degree. What do I do?"

And I said to him, "Wow, okay, I'm not Dr. Phil, but let me give you some advice here. Which one is easier to replace? The girlfriend or the business?"

"Savage! You're making 5 million a year, and every woman in this class now knows this. If you can't work this out, you're going to just do fine."

And I said to them, "The way you got to think about it is she's not the right person if she's not supportive of this journey you're on. Yeah, you're obviously going to be wildly successful; you're going to get somebody else."

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