Jim Manning
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180 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard Feb 2025
Jim Manning’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And, you know, like, oh, man, the things that you can get, I guess, if you work your tail off.
Right.
And what I realized, though, as the second week was winding down, was that he was unfulfilled and unhappy.
the more i got to know him the more i realized that his daughters barely want anything to do with them they hardly want to talk to them i just didn't quite have the family relationships there and it was kind of like the life of the party but you know they didn't necessarily have anybody close to them and what i realized in that was that the dark side of entrepreneurship and starting your own business is like you can succeed and succeed at a big level but like at what cost
And in his case, here's a guy that gained everything financially, but lost everything important in the process.
So what I decided to do was get into entrepreneurship, but do it in a way that I don't have to sacrifice everything in the process.
And if I end up being, my net worth ends up having,
getting hurt a little bit with a few less zeros, but I have the things that are most important in tech, I'll be just fine.
You know, there's a certain point where enough is enough.
And I haven't always been in that headspace.
There's been times in my life where I've been out of whack and gone after money for money's sake and made that mistake, even though I learned it from him before I started this journey.
Um,
every time I kind of get into that space, you know, I just kind of get myself into trouble and start to have that nagging feeling that I'm missing something.
And then when I get back into the
okay, I'm going to value my family.
I'm going to make sure I have good quality relationships with my kids.
Yes, I'm going to do something that provides an impact and a positive benefit.
I'm going to, you know, we're going to create homeowners and give these amazing Americans a shot that maybe life's thrown them a curve ball.
But, you know, I'm going to do it in a way that honors, you know, my faith, my relationship with God, do it in a way that honors my wife and my kids and my family.
my friendships and, and also kind of go for that impact too, but, but do it in a way that has the priorities in the right order.
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