{"podcast":{"title":"Do Business. Do Life. — The Financial Advisor Podcast — DBDL","slug":"do-business-do-life-the-financial-advisor-podcast-dbdl-6175641","podcast_index_feed_id":6175641,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/do-business-do-life","website_url":"https://bradleyjohnson.com/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/5d/61/41/40/5d614140-ff41-4464-ac12-b87806813485/250e59ec22b2823877b71bd4ae3cd76f405eafef974ee126d7a9917142c45e47529b3f4359a7f5f8057b0dfc9cdf75c33cd84aca1f897130cdc8fc28fa45a35f.jpeg","author":"Brad Johnson","episode_count":166,"summary":"\"Do Business. Do Life.\" is a weekly podcast dedicated to helping the independent financial advisor create unlimited growth and freedom in their business AND life. Having been a coach for the top 1% of independent financial advisors for 15+ years, Brad Johnson has seen far too many leaders in financial services sacrifice their marriages, health, relationships, and everything else that matters to walk across an industry stage recognizing their \"success.\" That model is broken, and Brad's on a mission to fix it. Join Brad as he distills the best advice from top thought leaders and applies it to the world of independent financial advising. Get actionable tips/tactics on sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, business growth, lead generation, hiring, training, team building, company culture, core values, work/life integration, family, relationships, and more! \"Do Business. Do Life.\" is way more than just another podcast for financial advisors. It's an experience. It's a community. And more than anything, it's a movement. #DBDL Want to discover what it truly means to succeed as a financial advisor? 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That’s the question at the center of this conversation with Daniel Harkavy. Daniel spent his 20s grinding in the mortgage banking world, chasing deals, money, and success. By 30, he was next in line to run the company—but a quiet inner voice told him this wasn’t the life he was meant to live. So he walked away. For the last three decades, Daniel has helped high-performing leaders do what this show is all about: build successful businesses without sacrificing their life in the process. As Founder of Building Champions, he’s coached CEOs and executive teams at organizations like Chick-fil-A, Pfizer, and Bank of America. We talk about why so many leaders burn out after they scale, how culture and leadership behavior quietly shape everything, and what it really means to do business and life by design. 5 of the biggest insights from Daniel Harkavy… #1.) Walking Away Wasn’t Quitting, It Was Clarity Daniel walked away at the height of his career because success didn’t feel sustainable anymore. A one-year sabbatical forced him to realize that continuing would have meant building a life he didn’t want, no matter how successful it looked. #2.) A Smart Approach to Hiring Top Performers Daniel built his team by intentionally spending time building relationships with his competitors — learning their goals, understanding where they were stuck, and finding ways to help them improve. By genuinely helping competitors grow where they were, he built trust, loyalty, and credibility. And when the time came, people chose him willingly. #3.) Scaling Without Vision Is How Advisors Get Stuck A lot of advisors scale because they think they’re supposed to. But if…","meta_description":"What would make a 30-year-old with a corner office, a clear path to CEO, and more money than he ever imagined… walk away from it all? 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