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Work, Travel, and the Cost of Constant Motion (Ep. 35)

Work, Travel, and the Cost of Constant Motion (Ep. 35)

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You’re an executive who returns every email, makes every meeting, and travels from city to city, yet you finish the day unsure if any of it moved you closer to what you care about. The natural response is to push harder and demand more discipline from yourself. When the real gap is direction and support, more effort can simply mean spinning your wheels faster while family, health, and rest slip farther away.

On Wit, Wisdom, and What Matters Most, Danton Troyer and Kyle Luetters talk with Jim Harshaw Jr., President of Reveal Your Path Coaching, about work travel, burnout, and why busy days don’t always add up to meaningful progress. Danton asks how real travel demands affect accountability and what reasonable expectations look like when a week doesn’t go to plan. Jim shares how he went from feeling stuck as a business owner with a young family to recognizing that what he was missing was structure, not work ethic.

Jim discusses:

  • Why inconsistency often starts with a lack of clarity rather than a lack of self-discipline
  • How a long-term vision can be broken down into goals and monthly micro goals you can track
  • Why goals with a specific timeframe tend to work better than open-ended goals that start “next week” and last “forever”
  • How burnout can grow from going all in on a career while relationships, health, and sleep fall out of balance
  • Why a missed goal should be treated as data rather than failure, and how looking for the friction may lead to simple habit changes
  • What media, area, people, and speech have to do with building an environment that supports your goals
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Jim Harshaw Jr. is President at Reveal Your Path Coaching and works with high-performing men, typically in their 40s and 50s, on business growth, relationships, health, and fitness. He grew up in Western Pennsylvania, the son of a construction worker and a secretary, and was recruited as a walk-on wrestler at the University of Virginia, where he won three ACC championships and became an All-American. He coached Division I wrestling for about a decade, and he started and sold a business. His coaching centers on structure: a clear vision, goals with timeframes, and a supportive environment.

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