Could My Growing Business Divide Me and My Wife?

From the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, this is Andre Leadership, where I take calls from leaders like you about what it takes to win at any stage of business and leadership. I'm Dave Ramsey, your host with over thirty years of experience leading in the trenches right alongside you. You. If you've got a question you wanna ask on the show, fill out the form at entreeleadership.com/ask or call and leave a voice mail at (844) 944-1070. That's (844) 944-1070. Lance is in San Francisco. Hey, Lance. What's up in your world? Hey, Dave. I run my family's plumbing business. Over the last seven years, I've grown us from two employees and about 600,000 to eight employees and about 1,500,000. Good for you. And having a ton of fun. My parents are grateful. You know, we're making more money than we did when when I was a kid and mom and dad are running the business. So my parents, they give me a lot of leeway to run the business. I've been They own it? Like handling everything. They they've been transferring portions of ownership over to me slowly. How old are you? And at I am 37. What portion do you own now? I am 40% today. At January 1, I will be 50%. Okay. And is that the rate that every year you're gonna get back to 10% more? Yeah. It's hard to pin them down on it, but that's we went 10%, 25, 33, 40, and now we're at 50 or about to be 50. Okay. So somewhere around the next five years or so, you'll own it? Correct. And you'll be 42 years old? Correct. And they're giving it to you each time? Yeah. They're happy as could be to be making more money than they ever have, and so they've been they've been gifting me gifting me percentages every year. And they give me pretty much full control. I you know, if I'm gonna make a big decision or fire somebody, I'll usually consult with them. But day to day, if I need to spend a few thousand dollars here or there or fire a guy, they've they've just given me a tremendous amount of grace and room to do my thing. And we've been profitable, and they're they're very happy with that. Sounds very healthy. Good. Okay. We're we're having a great time. Good. So anytime I'm spending money, my when in the business, my wife is always detached to this. Oh, that's the business. That's your mom and dad's money, and it's a little bit your money. But now we're about to be 50%. And so she doesn't see you know, if I go if I have to go spend a couple thousand bucks, she doesn't see that as potentially our money. And I like that. I like being able to go out there and, you know, draw fire, reholster, as you say, and just handle business. But I I want to make …