Achieving Freedom and Finding Fulfillment Beyond Money - with Dean Holland

This episode is packed with captivating stories of the amazing Dean Holland, who has 10+ years of experience in digital products, affiliate marketing, coaching and online courses, and business management.

 

We explored his personal and professional journey, the hurdles he and his wife faced for the last couple of years, and the wisdom they gained along the way. Dean also shared how he has managed all of this without damaging his mental health and his marriage, as well as how finding good reliable people and building a strong team, helped him and his wife with their current business venture.

 

This episode will surely help you recognize what you really want in life and business, and will show you how happiness and freedom is not just about money. So tune in for this raw, real, and honest conversation, and don’t miss out!

SHOW NOTES: 

 

0:00:00 Introducing Dean Holland

0:02:25 The secret in effectively running multiple businesses

0:05:24 Overcoming probabilities and challenges

0:09:42 Living on less than 7k a month

0:13:00 Having true freedom and happiness

 

0:16:55 Discovering your true purpose and own version of success

0:23:42 Going through therapy and counseling

0:26:58 The ultimate reason for creating your own business

0:32:18 Making important decisions and facing changes

0:36:20 Dealing with stress and anxiety

0:41:30 Balancing business and personal relationships

0:50:16 The story of unexpected success in business

0:57:57 Fun Fast Q&A

QUOTES

 

“No amount of passion for what I do in business and the people I work with could help if my personal life was falling apart.”

 

“When we're talking about the three alignments, you know, alignment with yourself, alignment with your spouse or significant other, then alignment with your business. And if you're out of alignment with those first two, specifically the first one, the business doesn't work and you can, you can make money whilst being out of alignment. But it's miserable money . . . ”

 

“To me, it was like, money is everything, because I don't have any. But I look back at that viewpoint, to be honest, and I can see where it comes from, of course . . . that was my biggest pain . . . But I can safely say that it really isn't anything like I thought it would be.”

 

“A lot of people say I want 10 grand a month, 20 grand a month, 50 grand a month, 100 grand a month, whatever. And I'm like, I live on less than 7000 a month. I literally do everything I want on less than 7k a month.”

 

“If it's not about making more money, then what is it about? And I went through this huge conflict then because, wow, if the last 10 years of my life haven't actually been what mattered, then who am I now? Because I ended up in this real conflict where I was like, what I thought was important isn't important. What I thought I had to be isn't who I want to be or am. What I'm striving to do isn't really for me. And I'm clear on that now. I don't know what it is, but it's not for me. So what the hell's going on?”

 

“Ultimately the reason you would start a business is because you want to create a certain life for yourself and a certain lifestyle that you're perhaps not able to gain from having a day job.”

 

“It's not about the money. It's about what the money can provide. And if you are not clear on what you want to accomplish by having the money and the lifestyle that having your business can provide, I feel that you are going to end up in a bad place eventually at some point, because you're going to reach that goal post that you originally set. You're going to look up and realize that it doesn't have that fulfillment because actually it wasn't the result that you strive for in the first place. It was something different. It's just along the way you lose sight of what you were doing it for.”

 

“I think when you have that level of personal integrity and level of understanding around who you are and what you want, radically, honestly, then things are so much better than chasing this dream that you think you should.”

 

“I would say my biggest thing in terms of how I differ in comparison to the past in making decisions and things is that I just try and enjoy the process so much more now. And I think that makes me a bit more laid back and relaxed. And I don't really have to rush into a decision.”

 

“I think those sorts of experiences made me realize that you can do everything right in life. You can make all the right decisions, be the most upstanding member of society, business owner, leader, entrepreneur, father, mother, sister, brother, whatever, and still be wrong, you know, and still something will go wrong. And so why stress about these seemingly small things?”