Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
The "Buyback Time" Formula (How to Work 30 Hours & Double Revenue)
12 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What does it mean to be cash rich but time poor?
I call it cash rich, time poor, cash rich because you're doing well on the business side, but time poor because your family gets little to none of it. And if they do get some of it, it's the burned out, stressed out, frustrated version of dad who's always on edge, always facing the phone. I want to help people walk along through that same transformation.
So I have a buddy who is into health optimization. We just go back and forth. Hey, have you ever tried this? Have you ever done that? You know, we're always exchanging notes. And he's like, you got to try methylene blue. Because... in general, both of us believe, and there's a lot of science behind this too.
I mean, I'm not saying this is like, we believe it like it's a conspiracy theory, but that a large part of why we age and why we show age is because our mitochondria start to die. So as our mitochondria age and, you know, they're the powerhouse of the cell, et cetera. So we stop, they start to age, they stop
consuming as much and producing as much energy and our skin starts to look a little older we start okay
Chapter 2: How did George Rivera transform his work-life balance?
And there's a lot of research around this. Well, one of the supplements that you can take that feeds mitochondria is actually this supplement called methylene blue. And it was found as a dye back in the early 1900s. And then they started giving it to people and found two things. One, it produced a massive amount of energy in people. They found themselves more energetic, et cetera.
It also is really good for like in general, like immune support and this kind of stuff. The problem is my buddy didn't tell me that it turns your mouth blue. So my tongue is bright blue. So for like the 10 minutes leading up to the podcast, I'm like in the bathroom, like scrubbing my tongue going, I look crazy. And finally I was like, you know what? It ain't coming off.
This ain't going away in the amount of time that I have here. So we're just going to have to rock it. But I love it.
Chapter 3: What is the difference between delegating and transferring ownership?
I might have to hit you up on the side of, tell me more about that. Cause I'm all about the hacks optimization and I'm not a big fan of Western medicine. Yeah. So dude, I'm with you, man. Like, I really, I think there's a time and a place for Western medicine. Like, I had this heart issue about a month ago. I had an A-flutter, and they put me on Eliquis and this other methamotropol or something.
I couldn't function before the medicine. After the medicine, I could function until I had to get surgery on my heart. And so that medicine, good medicine, but also short timeframe, right? It was like, you're going to take this for three weeks between getting out of the hospital and when I get to the actual surgery.
So those three weeks, it kept, you know, my heart rhythm and control and everything. That's good. But like... About three years ago, three years ago, I went to see my doctor, and I had been diagnosed with ADHD, like, formally.
Chapter 4: How can you audit your calendar to eliminate low-value tasks?
And kind of anyone that knew me probably, you know, would have guessed. I don't think it would have been hard for them to guess. But whatever, I was like... My doctor was like, you know what? Like, I would like to whatever. Doesn't matter. So get the formal diagnosis. OK. You know, I don't know what's supposed to change in my life now that I know what I probably already knew.
But my doctor goes, well, you know, your cholesterol is a little high. Let's put you on Adderall and Lipitor. And I was like, what? I was like, I'm 42 years old. I'm going to go on Adderall. Like, I don't understand.
Chapter 5: What is the Absence Rehearsal Test and how does it work?
And she's like, oh, no, no, it's not a big deal. Like, just take it. And I was like, well, I'm not going on Lipitor. I tried the Adderall. I did not like it. I mean, it works really well, but I don't like all the side effects. The side effects are wicked. But I was like, man, like just finger snap, throw me on the drugs. Like just for the rest of your life, here you go.
Like it's like an annuity for them. It's crazy. So I have turned in the last three years to like, I don't want to go quietly into the night. I want to fight my physicality as much as I possibly can for as long as I possibly can. And I don't want to do it with standard Western just popping pills.
Chapter 6: Why is family time more valuable than financial wealth?
So, you know, the good news is there's... Like, if you open your mind, and you obviously have, like, if you're willing to open your mind to non-mainstream solutions, you can really dial yourself in in the second half of your life to where, like, you know, I could run hoops with 20 year olds right now. You know what I mean?
I eventually I would slow down, but like I could play, you know, I could be there. And I just think it's, you, you have to take this stuff seriously. You know what I mean? Like you have to own your own destiny. You have to do your own research. Like my friends think I'm bananas. Cause I'm always trying this and trying that. And I'm like, look, like I try stuff.
If I don't feel any improvement, if I don't like it, I stopped taking it, you know? And over time I found like a nice tight little protocol that,
that i take every day or whatever and i feel great but hey this methylene blue i wanted to try for a while and i'm all the way back and i'll shut the fuck up and we can start talking about the podcast but like oh all good i yeah i want to learn more about why you're doing it and all that and and speaking of friends calling you weird have you ever heard of the gerson therapy or max gerson
Chapter 7: What frameworks can help restore the bond with your family?
I've heard of him, but I'm not familiar. I've heard people talk, but I won't say that I'm super familiar with why. Coffee enemas. Have you heard about those? Oh, yeah. Do one of those and tell your buddies about it. Then that'll escalate the weirdness conversation. Did you find, did it work? Yeah, it's great.
And first, you know, it cleans out your insides pretty good, like it's designed to do so. But it helps give you like a clear, like clear mindedness. Like sometimes I'd find myself foggy minded and that was a great hack for that. And, um, and yeah, and it kind of just kind of gets your system running back the way it should.
Um, so yeah, it's, yeah, just when you said, you know, your friends might think you're, you're, I don't know, different, crazy for being alternative on the, on the, uh, you know, medication or whatever we call this thing, your personal health, that'll kick it up a notch. Yes, that's a good shot.
Chapter 8: How can you start implementing the Buyback Time Formula?
I agree. I agree. I, um, you know, it, it is, I think like for me, I looked around. I've told this story on the show before, but last summer I looked, I went out, my kid's a pitcher and I coach his team and he was, I need to go out to talk to him about something. So call time, walk out, whatever. I'm talking to him. And then I don't know why.
I think a couple of the other guys came in and they were talking to each other. And just for a brief second, I kind of popped my head up and I just like scanned from the pitcher's mound, the rest of the field, like behind the fence and everything. And like 90% of the dads were fat. You know, like, or they just had like beer bellies and it just looks unnatural. And like, you can tell.
And I just, like, I just remember saying to myself, like, that will never be me. I'm not saying I'm going to be an Adonis or I'm going to ever have a six pack. You know, but I'm never going to be that, like, slumped over. My back always hurts. I complain every time I stand up. I'm carrying an extra 50 pounds. My knees, my shoulders are barking at me constantly.
Like, because with just a little bit of research and some testing and just kind of an open mind, you don't have to live that way. Like, that is not I'm just getting older inevitability. Like... You don't have to live that way. And I think it extends to every other aspect of your life as well. I've said it a bunch of times on the show, health is a competitive advantage in business.
If I see someone that I'm competing against or negotiating against and they're obese, I know I'm going to win. I just have to wear them down. Maybe they'll win once or twice, but they're going to need to slow down because they're not going to be able to keep up. And I'll just be able to work faster, harder, longer if I need.
Whatever I need to do, I can do because I have the energy and I don't have 15 ailments that have come on from not taking care of myself. And I think a lot of people in business forget or are ignorant to just how important your health is to long-term success in business. Absolutely. And yeah, I was kind of on my way to being one of those chubby dads on the bleachers that you referenced.
I don't know, probably could have been accused of being one at one point in my early 40s. I'm now 48, so late 40s. But around 42, 43, I discovered or was introduced to bioidentical testosterone and hormone therapy, I guess, a layer up to, you know, because women have their own thing, but bioidentical hormone therapy. And it's been just a game changer.
And I wish I would have discovered it seven, eight years prior, like in my mid 30s, because that's when I truly needed it. When I did my blood work, I was told that I have the At the time, the T levels of an 80 something year old man and my doctor who who was he's an MD, you know, Western trained, but he was also very much on the preventative side.
So I kind of like built a good rapport and trust with him, you know, because my dad was Western trained MD all day. all Western, you know, tactics only or strategies. And so I saw him take, you know, kind of follow his, what he did in his career with his own life and, you know, had cancer and never like looked for other ways, medical ways to help solve it.
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