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I’m recently took a six-week road trip around the U.S. with my wife, and I’ve had the same question asked multiple times on this trip:
“How do you spend that much time with each other without killing one another?”
Simple: We’ve worked hard at creating an incredibly strong marriage that can withhold a lot more than six weeks in a Prius!
In a similar way, we’ve also worked hard at creating a marriage that can withstand, and benefit from, my obsession with entrepreneurship. The following are four tips that I’ve used to make sure my marriage stays solid while my business grows.
1. Get Your Priorities in Order.
Businesses will come and go, and I’ll fail at some, succeed at others. But my wife is here for life, so my priority will always be her above all else.
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