In this episode of The Building Your Life Podcast, wealth management expert John Browning of Guardian Rock Wealth (serving clients in West Palm Beach, Florida, Wellington, Florida, and across the U.S.) interviews leadership coach Annie Yatch, CEO of Reinvention XO. They explore how intimate relationships impact business performance, leadership, and long-term wealth.

What We Cover in This Episode

• Is your home life quietly capping your revenue?

How home life shows up in your decision-making, leadership, and ability to grow your business or career.

• The bold question that grabbed a thousand executives

Annie’s now-famous stage opener and the real message behind it: channeling healthy intimacy and energy into your leadership.

• From transactional to transformational relationships

Why many leaders default to transactional business relationships, and how to build long-term, emotionally intelligent partnerships instead.

• A simple formula for a deep connection

Annie’s framework of authenticity, vulnerability, and trust, and why it drives success in both personal and professional relationships.

• How to vet a business partner like a Navy SEAL mission

The due diligence process Annie uses to uncover wounds, patterns, and values misalignment long before a merger or partnership becomes a problem.

• The one question that reveals true alignment

Asking “What are the hardest lessons you’ve learned in business?” exposes compatibility far better than traditional reference checks.

• Why vulnerability and courage have to coexist

How being open, honest, and courageous protects you from disastrous partnerships and supports long-term success.

• Burnout, reinvention, and the midlife turning point

How high achievers in their 40s hit a wall—and why reinvention can unlock the most meaningful, productive stage of your life.

• When a ‘profitable’ client is the wrong client

John explains why misaligned clients can cost you more than money, and how firing them may be a decision that protects your family and your future.

• 7 phrases that reshape home and work

How small shifts in language can dissolve conflict, build support, and boost your leadership capacity.

Free Resource from Annie

🎁 “7 Phrases to Connect and Lead at Home.”

Annie’s free PDF containing the exact phrases her clients use to reduce conflict, increase connection, and create stability at home.

👉 Get it here: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/form/1A9yfDnMehwAFcZcyGu8

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