Some entrepreneurs see work as a means through which they can enjoy life more with their families, while others see it as an excuse to escape the chaos at home. Which one are you?
In this episode of Dadpreneurs Rising, Carl poses an important question — Do you see your work as a meaningful mission or an escape from reality? For dadpreneurs, it’s critical to assess this honestly.
Many business owners immerse themselves and seek refuge in work to avoid facing difficult situations at home. While providing a temporary distraction, this neglect will not resolve underlying relationship or family dynamic issues.
Carl reminds us that the first step is acknowledging when you are escaping into work to numb challenges on the home front. Next, you must summon the courage to explore what specifically needs attention there, and how to address it.
On the other hand, if you have a healthy home life and wholeheartedly view your business as fulfilling your true life purpose — that is tremendous news. Still, be mindful that your family helps sustain this success, so be sure to value and connect with them as you fulfil your mission.
Support is available if you need help navigating this critical phase in your entrepreneurial journey, and Dadpreneurs Rising could very well be the ally you’ve been searching for.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER…
- Do you see work as a mission, a deep soul calling or an escape from reality? (00:22)
- What you can do once you become aware that you’re using work as an escape (01:48)
- Who you should never forget if you’re at the stage where you see work as a mission (02:26)
QUOTES
- “The good news is, awareness is the first step. As soon as you have that awareness to thinking I’m escaping, you can start to change it.” – Carl Taylor
- “Don’t forget about the people who are supporting you at home. Don’t forget about your kids, don’t forget about your wife … it’s easy to get so consumed in your mission that they feel neglected.” – Carl Taylor
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TRANSCRIPTION
Carl Taylor: Are you someone who sees your work as a mission? What you do in your business? Is this a mission, a deep soul calling? Or is it actually your escape?
Hey, everyone, this is Carl Taylor. I’m, your host here at Dadpreneurs Rising. Welcome. This is the show for you. If you’re a dad in business and you’re struggling to balance being a dad, an entrepreneur, a husband and a man in general. Now, I want to talk about a really interesting question. Are you someone who sees your work as a mission? Like what you do in your business? Is this a mission, a deep soul calling? Or is it actually your escape? Are you escaping from reality?
See, a lot of people, they know that people watch tv or scroll social media, or drink alcohol or do drugs as a form of escaping from their reality. Not enough people are aware that you can do the same thing in work, in business. And so if you are an entrepreneur and many dadpreneurs suffer from this, where home life maybe not quite the way you want it to be, whether it’s you don’t feel appreciated enough, or whether it’s you actually just get irritated all the time, or you feel like you’re being nagged or whatever’s going on in home life, that it’s easier to go to work and to try and get more sales or to put out the fire and deal with the stress and the drama in work life, because that’s something you know and you have full control over, rather than facing the mess that’s waiting for you back home. so if you are a man who’s going, you know what, yeah, I am escaping into work.
The good news is awareness is the first step. As soon as you have that awareness to go, ah, I’m escaping, you can start to change it, because all you need to do if you’re realising you’re escaping is shift your attention now back to home. What’s going on at home that has you wanting to escape? Putting your head in the sand and forgetting about and ignoring it will not make that problem go away. Be a man, step up and look at it head on. What is going on? What needs addressing? Then if you need support and you need help on how to address those things, well, you can reach out to us at dadpreneur.com and see whether or not we’re the right fit to help you navigate those challenges.
But the first thing is you might need to identify what’s going on for you at home that’s making you want to avoid home and go and spend more time working now on the other side, if you’re going, no, you know what? Home life is amazing. I’ve got this great balance, and business is really the thing that fuels my soul. It’s my core mission, my purpose on this planet. Then that is amazing. But even still, ask yourself, is that deeply true? Are you convincing yourself that’s true, or is it really true? And if it is amazing, I applaud you. Keep doing what you’re doing. But don’t forget about the people who are supporting you at home. Don’t forget about your kids. Don’t forget about your wife. They’re there supporting you. And it’s easy to get so consumed in your mission that they feel neglected. And if they feel neglected, sometimes they do things that aren’t the best for keeping your family together. I’m going to leave it there. Until next time, keep up the journey.
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