The Truman Show 2.0: Recent Episodes
Truman Weston
A podcast created to support fellow providers in their journey to provide an awesome life for their families and also one they enjoy themselves! We explore how dominating the fundamentals of a High-Performance lifestyle can elevate your life in so many amazing ways.
Why the heck does everyone feel so unsatisfied in life and especially their finances?
Let's explore that a bit and learn what you can do TODAY to feel more satisfied!
If you feel like you have a ton of little to-do items but never seem to get around to them, this is the episode for you! I am talking about open loops and how to close those dang things! Closing open loops will free up more energy than you think.
I know it is easy to get stuck doing things in a reactive way in our lives. Let me show you how proactivity is actually LESS work in the long run and how this can help your money game.
HINT: Smoke alarms
What does losing $285 on a bike rental have to do with business and life? I will tell you!
We discuss what awareness is and how cultivating more awareness around money has really helped me in my quest to create a more balanced business life.
Excited to share with you some tools that have changed my life!
In this episode, we talk about Toxic Urgency. It is something that myself and many others struggle with as business owners. I give you some ideas on how to calm that voice that says "hurry up, then you can relax!" or "once you grow more, then you can spend more time with the family." These are common stories we tell ourselves and they are tied to how we view money and success. It is time to calm that toxic urgency and take a dang chill-pill!
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."- Epictetus
In this episode, we explore how a simple financial plan can help us feel wealthy. You guys, it is all about feeling that we have enough.
In this episode, I unpack business lessons from my recent trip to Disneyland. I just survived a 3-day power tour and was able to see some pretty useful things that can help you as a self-employed Dad!
How to deal with external chaos without letting it trigger anxiety within!
I discuss how my summer-sabbatical experiment worked out and what I learned.
Why your kids do not more need TIME, they need power ( which is TIME x FOCUS). This is a huge win when it comes to how to show up at work and at home and find success in both without feeling like you need more hours in the day.
This is a fun one! We discuss the 2 phases of business that everyone seems to never try and marry together. Traditional thinking puts the 2 phases against each other. We feel phase 1 and phase 2 are mutually exclusive. Let's chat about how to bridge the gap and create a lifestyle that is worth living.
How lifestyle wealthy are you? Do you love the life you have created?
In this episode, I will share with you some thoughts that will hopefully spark some insights into the concept of lifestyle bankruptcy. Many business owners are great at creating financial wealth, but what about being rich in the areas that matter most? Financial peace, Physical Vitality, Thriving Relationships, and Business Excitement and alignment?
By the time your kid graduates high school, you have spent 94% of your total hours with them. (I did the calc myself, it is eye-opening and super motivating after you get over the freak out movement)
In this episode, I explain why the concept of years is not correct when looking at spending time with our kiddos.
This concept has changed the way I think about family time.
If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will- Greg McKeown
Being great at something creates situations that can put a wet blanket on our momentum and make us feel stuck. We explore how that happens.
Stop letting your inbox be your to-do list for the day.
Start building momentum around projects and things that breathe excitement into your day
Quote: What is good for the "I" is great for the "we." Mathew McConaughey
Powerful quote for business owners. In this episode, I rift off this quote and explore the idea that taking care of ourselves is an essential part of delivering good service to our clients and showing up as world-class dads and husbands.
Little shifts can ripple through our circles of influence in powerful ways.
Quote: "Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the Ax"- Abe Lincoln Why self-care and your wellness matters (this might surprise you).
The 2 main roadblocks to us chasing feeling stoked in our business lives (After 10 years as a CPA, these are crucial to overcome, trust me).
Introduction to the Podcast. Hopefully, my story can help you feel more stoked! Our Business is a reflection of us Benefits of increasing your levels of stoke ( Don't want to miss these).
You can only give what you have. If you bankrupt your health and vitality, your serving ability is greatly narrowed.
Unpacking the greatest threat to micro-business ownership is in a post-pandemic world.
Work at home or live at work? The great transition
Permission to fill your tanks!