Kelly Roach
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What I would gain, which is a lot, same with you, you would gain a lot by being on the road doing that, is not equivalent to what I would lose in that time that I can't ever get back that's unreplaceable. I just literally started taking a speaking program this month that starts next week because I just started homeschooling my daughter. Best decision ever.
What I would gain, which is a lot, same with you, you would gain a lot by being on the road doing that, is not equivalent to what I would lose in that time that I can't ever get back that's unreplaceable. I just literally started taking a speaking program this month that starts next week because I just started homeschooling my daughter. Best decision ever.
And me and my husband are actually doing it together. But now we can travel together. We have more freedom. I don't have to be away from them, all of those things. So it's both to the positive and to the negative. When I was starting my business, I was working as an executive in a Fortune 500 company.
And me and my husband are actually doing it together. But now we can travel together. We have more freedom. I don't have to be away from them, all of those things. So it's both to the positive and to the negative. When I was starting my business, I was working as an executive in a Fortune 500 company.
My husband and I decided that instead of having two incomes, we wanted one of us to be home full time with our daughter our entire lives, never put her in daycare, never with a babysitter with us. and retired my husband while I was starting my new business, worked a full-time job and worked in the business for years.
My husband and I decided that instead of having two incomes, we wanted one of us to be home full time with our daughter our entire lives, never put her in daycare, never with a babysitter with us. and retired my husband while I was starting my new business, worked a full-time job and worked in the business for years.
And I was willing to pay that price because the life that we live today is so extraordinary. It's everything I dreamed of. It's everything I worked for. And our relationship with our daughter and our relationship with one another is because of those sacrifices that I made for many years leading up to her being where she is now. And when you meet her, every person that meets her is like, what?
And I was willing to pay that price because the life that we live today is so extraordinary. It's everything I dreamed of. It's everything I worked for. And our relationship with our daughter and our relationship with one another is because of those sacrifices that I made for many years leading up to her being where she is now. And when you meet her, every person that meets her is like, what?
Like this girl's 10, right? Because she's been poured into and she's been enriched and she's been developed and she has been just grown and cultivated so intentionally. And so to your point, When we think about our goals and dreams, we have to both think of the things that are absolutes to us that are a part of what we believe is our purpose, our calling, our true reason for being here.
Like this girl's 10, right? Because she's been poured into and she's been enriched and she's been developed and she has been just grown and cultivated so intentionally. And so to your point, When we think about our goals and dreams, we have to both think of the things that are absolutes to us that are a part of what we believe is our purpose, our calling, our true reason for being here.
And we have to start calculating the price of what it will cost. And when it's something that is negotiable, that would be nice, that maybe it would fill our ego. Maybe it would fast track our success. Maybe it would be a great feather in our cap. The example for you and I was speaking. We both did the calculation and said, it ain't happening.
And we have to start calculating the price of what it will cost. And when it's something that is negotiable, that would be nice, that maybe it would fill our ego. Maybe it would fast track our success. Maybe it would be a great feather in our cap. The example for you and I was speaking. We both did the calculation and said, it ain't happening.
Like I was not willing to give up that time with my husband. I wasn't willing to give up that time with my daughter. And only now that we can do that together and make it a family experience. Is that, you know, worth it? So. I think it's both knowing what you don't want.
Like I was not willing to give up that time with my husband. I wasn't willing to give up that time with my daughter. And only now that we can do that together and make it a family experience. Is that, you know, worth it? So. I think it's both knowing what you don't want.
And for me, coming from a household where my parents were fighting every single day, anxiety, depression, never knowing how they were going to pay the bills. The last thing I want to do is go create wealth for myself, but lose my relationship over it. Like those two things are not incongruent. So I think it's also a big part of this is that
And for me, coming from a household where my parents were fighting every single day, anxiety, depression, never knowing how they were going to pay the bills. The last thing I want to do is go create wealth for myself, but lose my relationship over it. Like those two things are not incongruent. So I think it's also a big part of this is that
Many people have been taught to look at success in a singular fashion versus in a holistic fashion. Because when we look at success, when you compromise your relationship, your health, other areas of your life in order to get further ahead, What will happen is you will ultimately pay that price. You're just going to be paid the price later. Right.
Many people have been taught to look at success in a singular fashion versus in a holistic fashion. Because when we look at success, when you compromise your relationship, your health, other areas of your life in order to get further ahead, What will happen is you will ultimately pay that price. You're just going to be paid the price later. Right.
And so you have to make calculated sacrifices that aren't going to actually be the thing that blows up the thing that you're trying to create. And so this is where taking time to actually really think about what matters to you on a deep level, not on a I want to achieve level. like on a, what do I want my day-to-day life to look like? What do I want my experience of living to be like?
And so you have to make calculated sacrifices that aren't going to actually be the thing that blows up the thing that you're trying to create. And so this is where taking time to actually really think about what matters to you on a deep level, not on a I want to achieve level. like on a, what do I want my day-to-day life to look like? What do I want my experience of living to be like?