Why do successful entrepreneurs feel empty despite hitting every goal? Rob Tracz built a thriving business working 80+ hours weekly, then lost everything that mattered—including his father. This raw conversation reveals how "successfully stuck" entrepreneurs sabotage themselves and the brutal wake-up call that changed everything.
Rob shares his journey from grinding 16-hour days for three years straight without a single day off to discovering the dangerous trap of chasing financial markers while losing your health, relationships, and soul. After choosing work over spending time with his dying father, Rob hit rock bottom and realized he was building a life he didn't want to live. His story exposes how childhood experiences create patterns of people-pleasing, boundary-breaking, and using work as a distraction from pain. He reveals the difference between peak performance and burnout performance, and why most entrepreneurs mistake exhaustion for dedication.
Who is Rob Tracz:
Rob Tracz is the founder and CEO of Taps Coaching, a performance coach and entrepreneur psychology expert who specializes in helping successful business owners break free from being "successfully stuck." After building a profitable strength and conditioning business that demanded 16-17 hour days and launching a supplement line, Rob experienced a devastating wake-up call when his father passed from pancreatic cancer—having worked 30 years only to lose his pension before retirement. This tragedy, combined with his own burnout and deteriorating health, sparked Rob's transformation from hustling to healing.
As the host of the "Surviving the Side Hustle" podcast, Rob combines his master's degree in exercise science with hard-won wisdom about the psychology of high performance. He works with solopreneurs, side hustlers, and entrepreneurs who appear successful but feel trapped, helping them develop awareness around their motivational drives, establish sustainable routines, and design environments that support breakthrough rather than breakdown. Rob's coaching focuses on the critical balance between pushing for growth and knowing when to pull back, emphasizing that true success comes from working smarter through self-awareness, strategic systems, and honoring personal boundaries.
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