Bridger Pennington argues marriage is a business advantage: his wife catches blind spots in deals, forces him to work more efficiently, and has an intuitive sense for spotting untrustworthy people. He credits her gut feeling with identifying a future scammer before he made a costly mistake.
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Being married has drastically helped my business. 3 reasons why every young hustler should get married. Number 1, my wife is my greatest business partner I'll ever have. I talk to her about all my business ventures and she actually can point out stuff that maybe I missed or didn't analyze when looking at these different investments or deals or businesses. Number 2, I became drastically more efficient once I got married. The fact that I had a wife that wanted me home and wanted to see me made me work harder throughout the day to get more stuff done. I had to prioritize time differently. Additionally, she helped me out in other ways that I couldn't do things. And what happened was 1 plus 1 equaled 3. I became way more productive and I had a higher vision because I was playing for bigger goals than just myself or buying our next cool car. We're building our family legacy together. And number 3, this might be different for you, but my wife has like a sixth sense when meeting people. If I'm going to potentially partner with somebody or hire an employee, I love for them to meet my wife. She'll shake their hand, she'll look them in the eye, and she afterwards will tell me like, hey, I don't feel like that guy's all there. This person might be a little nefarious, or this person's very solid. And I've actually tracked this over the years, and my wife, it feels like she's like 95% correct. Like, she calls people like, that guy just doesn't seem right. And 2 years later, he was a total scammer, like was stealing money from people. And she just knew by shaking his hand, looking him in the eye, she knew that he wasn't all the way there and totally honest.
