A successful entrepreneur from St. Louis recently called into Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership podcast with an unusual problem. Scott has been working from home for 20 years, running a treadmill operator web business that brings in between $150,000 and $200,000 annually in nearly pure profit. Despite this impressive income, his wife of 26 years wants him to get what she calls a “real job.”
The couple, who have three children together, also co-own a retail store that generates $1 million in revenue but only yields about $50,000 in profit. Scott’s wife also works as a full-time teacher, which provides the family with health insurance and a valuable $20,000 annual discount on private school tuition for their children.
