420. Why Hustle Culture is Killing Your Business with Terry Weaver

Jan 13, 2025

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Author and speaker Terry Weaver challenges conventional hustle culture wisdom and shares a more sustainable approach to building a successful business. He discusses why true success means defining it on your own terms and building intentional rest into your business model.

Key Takeaways

Success looks different for everyone - define it based on the life you actually want
Build intentional seasons of rest into your business model
Focus on creating genuine value and relationships instead of just moving money around
Take at least one week off per quarter to truly disengage from work

About Terry Weaver

Terry Weaver is a speaker, author, event producer, podcaster, and ideapreneur whose passion is to see others live life alive; whether through helping others see their dreams become reality, traveling around the world challenging students to change the world, leading teams of people to do more together than they could alone, or hanging out with Mickey Mouse.

With a background in the music business, Terry has helped creatives navigate the journey from the garage to the biggest stages in the world. Whether it’s getting to the stage of Grammys®, helping entrepreneurs with a six-figure product launch, or leading conversations with key thought leaders his mission is always the same to help leaders take what they are doing to the next level.

In This Episode

[00:00] Welcome to the show!
[06:02] Meet Terry Weaver
[15:33] Balancing AI In Your Business
[21:58] Utilizing Riverside
[23:29] Idea Generation
[36:54] The Unhealthy Hustle
[44:08] The Season For Hustle
[55:22] Connect with Terry
[56:08] Outro

Quotes

"Hustle's a season. Even through several of the things when a lot of people thought Gary Vaynerchuk was trying to convince us to be all hustle... there has to be balance." - Terry Weaver

"When you know what you really care about, you also know who you care about helping. And when you start to know who you care about helping, you start to ask yourself, how can what I know help answer the question that's keeping them up all night?" - Terry Weaver

"When I've been the most effective, I followed my rule of taking a week off, around a week off every quarter." - Terry Weaver