In this follow-up to the previous episode the guys expand on their discussion of 'buying your peace'. They get blunt about arrival fallacy, hustle-as-band-aid, and where to buy back time instead of chasing the next dollar.

Show Notes:
00:00 Money vs. Life: Who’s in Charge?
04:36 Arrival Fallacy: ‘I’ll Be Happy When…’
05:17 Fixer-Upper Reality Check
07:49 Time Tradeoffs with Young Kids
09:36 Working More = Seeing Them Less
11:20 What’s ‘Necessary’ vs. Nice-to-Have
14:02 Non-Negotiables: Housing & Healthcare
17:22 House Math: 4% Then, 8–9% Now
18:01 When Interest Eats $40K/Year
32:40 Hustle Culture—What It’s Hiding
33:49 I Hustled Because Things Were Broken
38:31 Beware Hustle “Advice” That’s Selling You
51:00 Buying Back Time: Help at Home?
53:13 Everyday Chores, Real Costs (Well Water Life)
57:01 Wrap-Up: What Are You Optimizing For?

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Your jobsite sits inside someone else’s daily life—treat the neighbors like stakeholders or they’ll turn into adversaries. Tyler breaks down parking, noise, intros, and real-world fixes (including a septic test-pit fiasco) so the job finishes strong and the street still waves when you drive off.

Show Notes:
00:04 Why this matters beyond the client
00:36 Fence down, new neighbor, new stakes
00:39 First impressions: pregnant neighbor & empathy
01:14 If neighbors had a bad time, you didn’t win
01:31 Control noise, disruption, and expectations
01:35 Neighbors: allies vs. adversaries
02:07 Return client context & scope
04:40 Parking, habits, and daily routines
07:23 Bringing the dog over (reading the room)
15:28 “You don’t own the road”—but you own the impact
17:28 Owning it: apology, phone number, solutions
22:37 Septic test-pit fiasco & fallout

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Money solves problems, but it doesn’t buy peace—and the squeeze is real. We get into the cost-of-living crunch, time freedom, and how builders decide between making more or needing less.

Show Notes:
00:00 Money’s weird: easy to make, hard to keep
02:45 Cost of living vs “money buys happiness”
05:07 Is the problem money—or imbalance?
07:13 Personal equity, real-world numbers
11:15 Make more or need less?
11:54 Would zero money stress equal happiness?
13:23 Trips, houses, and what money can’t fix
14:38 If I had cash, here’s what I’d change
16:02 Anxiety about the kids’ future
16:32 Maslow on the jobsite (security vs purpose)
22:02 Life’s more expensive—so where’s your time go?
24:36 System pressure: mortgages then vs now
27:44 Starter homes, rates, and fewer choices
28:37 Debt out of college = treadmill life
31:20 Generational shift and the cost of well-being

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Nick Schiffer

Tyler Grace

Podcast Produced By:

Motif Media