Natalie Ellis: How to Build a Business That Runs Without You

I I didn't build it to sacrifice everything that I cared about. I felt like a dancing monkey. Achievement was an escape. Achievement was the thing I could do that would bring positive attention my way. and it felt like a way out. I felt like I've lost my entire identity. If the person I am is unrecognizable. My team did 2.2 million while I was away, which is amazing. I want women to stop and ask themselves when is good good enough. I'm not doing it to please someone else. I'm building what I want to be building for the first time. My guest today. Is a dear friend of mine. One of them goes with that one over there, she's big money. And was my guest today. Her name is Amy Porterfield. Amy Porterfield's ever amazing best selling author of two weeks' notice, Miss Amy Porterfield.

You haven't had a real day off in three years. You said yes to the trip and brought your laptop. You went to dinner and answered slack. under the table. You took the weekend off and posted three times anyway. And the worst part is the second you stop.

The revenue stops with you. That's not a business. That's a job you can't quit. Today runs one of the biggest companies in our space. Millions of followers, a team, a podcast, a membership. and after her second daughter was born, she stepped Fully away for three months.

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