Scaling Up Business Podcast

Dave Fuller is a professional business coach who works with small companies. Located in Prince George, Canada, he has been a small business owner for 30 years and understands what it's like to be wildly profitable and wildly stressed. Today, Dave and Bill dive right into the surprising connection between profit and health. Dave witnessed a bear come into his camp and attack one of his friends. The aftereffects of stress and fatigue he experienced from the event reminded him of the time he tried to open a second location in his own business. During the first year he spent a couple hundred thousand dollars trying to get this location running, but nothing seemed to be working. When you’re under a severe amount of stress, your adrenals get overworked. Ever wake up at 2am with your mind racing? When you eventually fall back asleep and wake up in the morning, your body already feels fatigued from the lack of sleep from the night before. This starts a vicious cycle. Our bodies crave more energy under stress, so we e