{"podcast":{"title":"Optimized Entrepreneur","slug":"optimized-entrepreneur-7658241","podcast_index_feed_id":7658241,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/EMTZM4067693296","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/optimized-entrepreneur","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c3a59fb2-637a-11f1-86e0-0b230728c90a/image/faa883e298c9fae1f59ed1c473709a86.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Myia and Jeremy Hanson","episode_count":24,"summary":"Optimized Entrepreneur is a podcast for entrepreneurs who want to build profitable, scalable businesses without burning themselves out in the process. Hosted by Jeremy Hanson, this show focuses on the real operating system behind business success: the entrepreneur themselves. Most business podcasts focus on tactics—marketing hacks, growth tricks, and surface-level strategies. Optimized Entrepreneur goes deeper. Each episode explores how personal capacity, emotional regulation, decision-making clarity, discipline, and systems thinking directly determine whether a business grows sustainably or collapses under pressure. This podcast is built for small business owners, service business operators, blue-collar entrepreneurs, and multi-business owners who want long-term success without chaos, exhaustion, or constant firefighting. Jeremy draws from over two decades of real-world experience building and operating multiple service-based businesses. Episodes combine practical business insights with personal development principles that apply in the real world—not theory, not influencer advice, and not Silicon Valley hype. 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In Remove the Toxicity (Part 2), Jeremy Hanson breaks down the exact operational system optimized entrepreneurs use to reduce drain, set non-negotiable boundaries, redesign their environment, and replace toxic habits with systems that actually stick—without blowing up their personal or professional lives. This episode goes far beyond mindset or motivation. It’s a step-by-step execution blueprint for controlling access, protecting time and emotional bandwidth, and eliminating the friction that silently slows business growth. You’ll learn how to: Categorize relationships into builders, neutrals, drainers, and saboteurs—and change the ratio without confrontation Control information, time, and emotional access so your progress can’t be sabotaged Use the “slow fade” to remove toxic relationships quietly and effectively Set hard boundaries that don’t invite debate, guilt, or negotiation Eliminate toxic clients, employees, and business partners without destroying momentum Replace destructive habits using If-Then systems, friction design, and environment control Redesign your mornings, workday, evenings, and sleep to support execution instead of burnout Recover quickly from slip-ups using a relapse-proof system that builds momentum instead of shame Engineer proximity to builders who accelerate growth instead of draining it Jeremy also connects toxicity directly to profit, decision quality, execution speed, and long-term business health, showing why removing drag is often faster—and more profitable—than working harder. 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