When dad's business dream became a nightmare

The dream of every dad:
Beautiful house. Happy family. Quality time with kids. Being there for first words, first steps, first day of school.
Overseas holidays. Creating memories. Building a legacy.

That dream drives dads to start businesses. More money. More time. More everything for family. I was one of them.

What we got instead:
80+ hour weeks barely breaking even. Financial stress destroying our marriages. Missing more family moments than when we had jobs.
The cruel irony? We have LESS time with family than before.
Trapped between two hells - can't afford to continue, can't afford to quit.
Family dinners? Our bodies there, minds calculating cash flow.
Some of us develop anger issues. Snap at kids. Immediate regret. The very people we're sacrificing for become collateral damage.

Living paycheck to paycheck as "business owners." Juggling bills like hot potatoes. Something always overdue.

Have you experienced stress while grocery shopping? I have.
Standing at checkout. Praying the credit card works. Sweating while the cashier swipes. Kids watching, not understanding appa's fear.
I felt exhausted. Lonely. Misunderstood.

"Why doesn't my family appreciate my sacrifice?"
Because to them, we're just absent. Always working. Always stressed. Never really there.

Here's the painful truth:
Well-meaning dads don't fail from laziness. We fail from choosing the wrong business model.
Traditional businesses with heavy overhead become prisons.
Rental due every month. Salaries to pay. Utilities running. Inventory rotting.
What starts manageable spirals out of control.
Before long, we're trapped. Business bleeding money. Family falling apart. But can't afford termination costs to walk away clean.

The dream of providing MORE gave our families LESS.
Less money. Less time. Less of us.
I was fortunate to be able to walk away with my family intact. Many don't. Marriages end. Kids grow up with workaholic trauma. Dads become cautionary tales.

All because we picked business models that eat entrepreneurs alive.

The overhead trap doesn't care about your good intentions. It just demands payment. Every month. Forever.

Until you break.

Want to know if your business is building freedom or destroying it?

I'm running a masterclass for overworked dad-preneurs. Learn to evaluate if your business model is viable or a slow-motion disaster.

The framework I wish I had before losing everything.

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Your family needs you present, not just providing.

Kon

P.S. My daughter once asked my wife: "Why is appa always working?" That question changed broke my heart. Don't let that happen to you.