Ep 273 “How God Rebuilt Me Through What I Lost" w/Sean Conlon
Sean Conlon raised capital, scaled hard, and exited big. Then COVID shut down all seven of his wedding venues and left him with nothing left to control. What followed wasn't just a business reset. It was a complete reorientation of why he builds companies differently today.
In this conversation, Sean and Tyler get honest about the identity trap hiding inside high performance, and what it looks like to trade an empire mindset for a kingdom one.
You'll learn:
Why the thing driving your ambition might be an idol you never named
The difference between happiness and joy in your work — and why most driven people never find the second one
Incubator vs. incinerator: how Sean went from burning through people to multiplying them
What delegation requires before you can let go
How running a Montana Longhorn ranch became a masterclass in stewardship over control
Meet Sean
“I build companies and talk about Jesus a lot.”
Sean spent his career building companies. At 32, he had checked off a lot of professional goals: multiple companies built and sold, an MBA from Notre Dame. His identity was so tangled up in performance that he was blind to it and couldn’t get out of the endless loop.
Then on his 33rd birthday he couldn't shake one thought... by 33, Jesus had finished His entire ministry. Three years. Twelve ordinary men. Still echoing two thousand years later.
Out of that conviction came one strange instruction from God that he couldn't ignore: Do 3.3 miles. Every day.
That daily yes prepared Sean for a radical interruption from God that reordered his entire life...including how to lead an entrepreneurial life building for God’s Kingdom.
Today he leads a portfolio of companies and writes daily about faith, discipline and formation for leaders who want to keep Jesus at the center of what they’re building.
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On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpconlon/
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