Being an Entrepreneur Doesn't Always Have to be Hectic
George Davis Jr., owner and founder of Muse Coffee Studio in Chicago, IL offers a different mental approach to running his business as an entrepreneur.
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FULL TRANSCRIPT | BE HELPFUL PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE DAVIS, JR. OF MUSE COFFEE STUDIO
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you talked about how
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personal the shop is
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but at the same time it's your business
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it's not you
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right so
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how do you manage the separation of
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those two things how do you integrate
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the hectic lifestyle of an entrepreneur
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with family life but then also
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keep it separate so that when you have a
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bad day at home doesn't mean a bad day
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of business a bad day of business
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doesn't translate to a bad day at home
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um
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honestly
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because i i
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it's funny you say that the hectic life
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of an entrepreneur
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because honestly
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i i honestly thought it would be easier
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to
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wear that badge
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you know of an entrepreneur but it
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like i said i i've been so non-stop that
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it it's hard to even really look at it
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like that and so
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it really just feels like i'm getting up
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to go to work not necessarily
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you know what i mean like obviously i
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know
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i don't have to go in and clock in or or
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ask anybody can i leave or anything like
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that you know what i'm saying but it
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still it still doesn't necessarily feel
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like
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um
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what it is
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if
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that means at all so
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in some ways it's easy to to have that
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separation because i know
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um i
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it's time to get up trying to get
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dressed time to go to work when i'm in
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there you know i i'm experiencing it the
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same way you are
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so you know i come in i cut the cut the
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music on
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i'm feeling better whatever you know
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what i'm saying like
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if it started out as a tough morning you
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know
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by the third song
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you know what i'm saying
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um
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uh you know i
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make myself a cup of coffee you know
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what i'm saying
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now i am feeling
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a little a little more on point you know
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what i'm saying and so
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you know i'm i'm
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looking at the art i'm you know thumbing
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through some of the books you know some
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of the magazines
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uh and so
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from that perspective
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i'm experiencing the same thing
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in the same way that everybody else is
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um
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and then when i leave
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i go straight to pick the kids up
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so it's easy to say i
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when i leave here i'm gone
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yeah you know
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there's times where i have to
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you know
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order inventory and do you know stuff
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that i wasn't able to do while i was at
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the shop because i'm you know serving
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customers and so i couldn't just lock in
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on a computer to do some of that sort of
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administrative stuff
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right
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some of that stuff you know i get back
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to at the end of the day or you know
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just really
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make a note to get it done when i get in
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the next morning but
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it's easy to disconnect when you got
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two kids telling you they need to hear
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you know
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some kids bought jam
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uh
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one of them want apple juice the other
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one one you know
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sour worms or something like that like
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i'm not thinking about the coffee shop
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at that point
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yeah
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i'm trying to keep these kids from
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driving me crazy and so
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you know from that perspective it's easy
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to have that separation because when i'm
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when i'm
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when i'm out of there i'm all the way in
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you know dad mode husband mode
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um
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and then
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once
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once we get them down you know i can
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maybe tap back into
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shop owner mode you know right
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start getting some more stuff done
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um and so from from from that
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perspective is i've i've
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managed to kind of make that
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in and out transition fairly easy
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