Midweek with Tyler: The Importance of Hobbies for Business Owners
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Modern Craftsman
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🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Tyler talks about the critical importance of finding a hobby that provides mental reset and active presence for business owners struggling with burnout. He shares his personal journey of reconnecting with dirt biking, explaining how this hobby has transformed his mental health, business performance, and overall quality of life.
Show Notes:
Finding Time for Yourself as a Business Owner (0:00)
Nick's Lack of a Hobby and Tyler's Personal Experience (1:21)
Impact of COVID-19 on Business and Personal Life (5:49)
Reconnecting with Dirt Biking (7:04)
Challenges and Successes in Dirt Biking (11:12)
Flow State and Mental Health Benefits (13:27)
Balancing Hobbies and Business Responsibilities (24:56)
The Importance of Consistent Hobbies (26:42)
Overcoming Guilt and Embracing Self-Care (26:58)
Final Thoughts and Encouragement (27:14)
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| 0:00.0 | As business owners, we typically don't have that rest, that reset. |
| 0:06.3 | We're always in go mode. |
| 0:08.4 | We have people who are depending on us all the time to solve their problems, to make decisions, to steer the ship. |
| 0:13.5 | So we wake up with ideas and we go to sleep with to do lists. |
| 0:18.5 | If you aren't careful, that can lead to burnout. |
| 0:21.8 | And it did with me. |
| 0:26.7 | Welcome back to another midweek, modern craftsman. |
| 0:30.4 | As business owners, we wear many hats. |
| 0:34.6 | Obviously, being at the top of the food chain within the business, being parents, partners, |
| 0:41.6 | problem solvers, and it probably feels like there's never enough time. But what if the most |
| 0:47.9 | important thing you could do for everyone around you was take a little bit more time for |
| 0:53.0 | yourself? In this week's podcast, I'm sharing |
| 0:57.4 | why finding a hobby has been one of the best things I've done for my mental health, my relationships, |
| 1:02.8 | and my business, and why you might need one as well. I received a ton of emails last week after the podcast recording from listeners, |
| 1:13.7 | from people reaching out, looking to schedule consulting calls. So I appreciate all the feedback, |
| 1:20.1 | all the insight, everyone who's looking to hop on a call. It's amazing. Super appreciative, |
| 1:24.9 | super grateful. So thank you for that. Nick and I were talking recently about |
| 1:29.9 | hobbies and how I personally feel like he needs a hobby. He's just 110% immersed in work all |
| 1:36.7 | the time. If it's not work, it's family mixed with work and then he's working out once a day but I feel like that's not |
| 1:46.3 | really a hobby for him that's something he's doing for mental health but it's not the type |
| 1:51.3 | of hobby that I think he needs and we're just talking about what he enjoyed growing up |
| 1:55.6 | something that he could do with his kids something that would just pull him away from a lot |
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