How to Choose Between a RELATIONSHIP and Your CAREER | Tom Bilyeu & Lisa Bilyeu

Relationship Theory

If you’re not in a relationship and you’re debating if you should pursue love and building a relationship first or going after your business or career goals, this may be the advice you’ve been waiting for. Tom believes 100% that going after your ambition should be a priority long before pursuing a relationship. Yet, this isn’t exactly how things worked out for himself and Lisa. Though it makes sense to go all out and pursue your dreams and ambitions, there is an upside to falling head over heels for the love of your life. Tom and Lisa recount how love and marriage have affected their goals to pursue entrepreneurship from the very beginning. If you can’t avoid which comes first, Tom and Lisa’s experience fully captures what it looks like to find a partner for life that challenges you, that compliments your drive and gives you the push and support you need.
Relationship Theory with Tom and Lisa Bilyeu encourages healthy, loving, life long relationships. Whether you are fresh out of your last relationship, on a break, taking time to heal from a breakup, or looking for ways to strengthen the romance and bond in your current relationship, Tom and Lisa are sharing their 20 years of experience. They’re taking questions and giving relationship advice that will enhance all of your relationships.
SHOW NOTES:
Ambition First | Prioritize ambition over relationships if you favor time & energy to succeed [0:43]
Being Supported | When a partner supports you & becomes a teammate to push you [6:18]
Taking the Lead | How knowing role of leadership helps an ambitious partner forward [12:25]
Sparring Partners | Cultivating dynamic environment to push and challenge your partner [15:04]
QUOTES:
“When you're on the team, your performance matters and it affects other people and so I love [...] that pressure of I'm going to fucking show up for this team. I'm going to perform at the highest level you can count on me.” Tom Bilyeu [8:50]
“I am so impressed by your ability to wade through a river of emotional punishment, when you really believe in something, and I hate at the same time.” Tom Bilyeu [12:48]
“At some point they have to make the decision as the leader and in our relationship it’s very important to know that role..” Lisa Bilyeu [13:18]
“You're convincible, but you're never going to be pushed around and because of that, it lets me go hard” Tom Bilyeu [15:04]
“I want you to be strong, I want you to push me. I want you to sometimes argue my beliefs, because I don't know if I'm right sometimes, and being pushed allows me to think through the situation and then articulate it.” Lisa Bilyeu [16:13]
“Instead of feeling like I've now been diminished, or now I've been proven wrong, and that makes me stupid [...] you've actually just enlightened me to something and now I can be stronger for it, and I can look at you as my husband as empowering me.” [17:58]