What It's Like To Build A Speaking Business With Your Spouse with Dr. Reggie & Patrice Wright

The Speaker Lab Podcast

“I feel like I've always been Reggie's administrative assistant with our life. So it was kind of a natural transition just to slide into that.” - Patrice Wright

This week, Grant sat down with not 1, but 2 lovely guests to chat about building a speaking business with your spouse! You may remember Dr. Reggie Wright from Episode 471 last fall, but this week, we’re hearing from him AND his better half, Patrice.

“My first year as a full time speaker, I wanted her to resign. I wanted her to retire the first year and come on board as my COO. And that was a little bit of some tension there, because she wanted to kind of wait and see how things would play out, and that kind of put some stress and strain on things." - Reggie Wright

Grant, Reggie, and Patrice get into:

• 00:00 Where does the story of Reggie and Patrice start?
• 04:31 What’s your history of supporting each other in your marriage?
• 06:24 When did you start using help to scale your business?
• 10:56 What point made sense to put more time and energy into the speaking side of things?
• 14:59 Where was the tension in the decision of Patrice still holding down a full-time job?
• 16:36 How did Patrice know it was time to make the jump?
• 20:57 What habits/thought patterns/routines do you instill to focus on your family and marriage first?
• 24:37 What are some examples of setting boundaries around your time?
• 27:01 How do you balance work and rest and each other’s work ethics?
• 31:10 Reggie’s reflection on the growth process to build a business like he has
• 34:15 What should you think about before picking a support system?

“I would not be half of what I am right now if it wasn't for my wife." - Reggie Wright

"Knowing my own worth and value and knowing what I bring to the table helps me to never feel less than or never feel like, you know, he's up here and I'm down here. We're on an equal playing field." - Patrice Wright

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