Paul Brunson

What would you say? Upsides. Upsides. I mean, I could also name the upsides, I think. So there's a certain sense of stability and focus that comes when you know that home is kind of locked down. So as an entrepreneur in particular, I advise anybody that's going to pursue a big, gruelling, tumultuous, uncertain challenge like building a business to have a partner at home.

What would you say? Upsides. Upsides. I mean, I could also name the upsides, I think. So there's a certain sense of stability and focus that comes when you know that home is kind of locked down. So as an entrepreneur in particular, I advise anybody that's going to pursue a big, gruelling, tumultuous, uncertain challenge like building a business to have a partner at home.

And I know Sir Alex Ferguson was big on this when he was selecting players for Manchester United. He would often inquire about whether they were in a relationship because if they had a stable home life, then they would be much more focused on a training ground. And I see that with myself. You need a stable base. If you're single, I think as an entrepreneur, it can become an immense distraction.

And I know Sir Alex Ferguson was big on this when he was selecting players for Manchester United. He would often inquire about whether they were in a relationship because if they had a stable home life, then they would be much more focused on a training ground. And I see that with myself. You need a stable base. If you're single, I think as an entrepreneur, it can become an immense distraction.

An immense distraction because on one hand, you're trying to build something over here and you're trying to build something over here. I think marriage is useful as well because...

An immense distraction because on one hand, you're trying to build something over here and you're trying to build something over here. I think marriage is useful as well because...

When you know that it's hard to get out of, it means that exiting isn't the path of least resistance, which means that you probably will go to therapy first and you probably will see if you can fix it and figure it out versus just throwing it away. So it becomes less disposable, which means that you're more likely to fight to fix the thing. And what are the other upsides?

When you know that it's hard to get out of, it means that exiting isn't the path of least resistance, which means that you probably will go to therapy first and you probably will see if you can fix it and figure it out versus just throwing it away. So it becomes less disposable, which means that you're more likely to fight to fix the thing. And what are the other upsides?

I mean, the stats, right? So the stats around health and wealth all suggest that if you're in a good, productive, healthy relationship, you're going to earn more money. I think it's 4% more a year in a productive marriage. Both partners net earn 4% more a year. And according to Robert Waldinger, who came on the show, you're going to live longer. So I get it. And you'll be healthier.

I mean, the stats, right? So the stats around health and wealth all suggest that if you're in a good, productive, healthy relationship, you're going to earn more money. I think it's 4% more a year in a productive marriage. Both partners net earn 4% more a year. And according to Robert Waldinger, who came on the show, you're going to live longer. So I get it. And you'll be healthier.

You're going to be healthier, yeah, yeah. Less disease. Come on, Stephen.

You're going to be healthier, yeah, yeah. Less disease. Come on, Stephen.

I'm not trying to throw the marriage out. I'm wondering if there's an alternative. Do you know what it is? Part of me as well, if you look at the way I've lived my life, I've always... tried to test the system. So school, like not going to school, dropping out of university, being an entrepreneur. There's always been a bit of a fuck you and me to the system.

I'm not trying to throw the marriage out. I'm wondering if there's an alternative. Do you know what it is? Part of me as well, if you look at the way I've lived my life, I've always... tried to test the system. So school, like not going to school, dropping out of university, being an entrepreneur. There's always been a bit of a fuck you and me to the system.

And a real pause in questioning what I'm being handed as the right answer to interrogate whether it's still valid now.

And a real pause in questioning what I'm being handed as the right answer to interrogate whether it's still valid now.

Okay.

Okay.

So like many of the answers I was given, you go to university, then you go get a job, and then you hand out your CV, all of these things...

So like many of the answers I was given, you go to university, then you go get a job, and then you hand out your CV, all of these things...