094: Take Fridays Back with Stanley C. Leong

About this episode

Stanley C. Leong shares his journey from a high-revenue but exhausting practice to achieving a better work-life balance while significantly increasing his income.

He built a successful practice — and it was quietly destroying your life. That's exactly where Stanley C. Leong found himself a decade ago. Making $600K in revenue, working nights and weekends, falling asleep on the floor while his daughters played around him. On paper, everything looked great. In reality, the business was running him. Today, Stanley averages 34 hours a week, takes every Friday off, and hit $2 million in revenue last year — roughly triple what he was making when he was burnin...

People in this episode

Hosts: Paul G. McManus, Gabe McManus

Guest: Stanley C. Leong

Topics covered

• work-life balance
• business success
• revenue growth
• time management
• personal development

Keywords

• business practice
• revenue
• work hours
• Fridays off
• personal life

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