Rejecting Hustle Culture — Creating Balance With Brad Sorock

Up Arrow Podcast

Brad Sorock is the Founder and Owner of Returns For Sale, a universal marketplace designed to list and monetize returned products. Since his debut in the e-commerce industry in 1999, Brad has helped launch over 50 websites and is knowledgeable in distribution, internet strategy, SEO, and fulfillment. He is also the Founder and Owner of Loftopia, a lifestyle entrepreneurial business, and the Owner of Kestrel AU, a company importing, marketing, and distributing weather meters to Australia and New Zealand.

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Entrepreneurs are known for their dedication to innovation. A hard work ethic is commendable but can be dangerous without instilling personal boundaries. How can you balance your schedule to make time for professional deadlines and personal interests?

Pivotal life events compel us to contemplate where we spend our time and energy — and if we use our precious time wisely. Brad Sorock, an entrepreneur in the e-commerce industry, learned what practicing gratitude meant after a near-death experience resulting from contracting COVID-19. After doctors confirmed he had hours to live, he could do nothing except embrace a positive mindset. He lives to tell the tale of how his inevitable mortality has conjured a desire to live life to the fullest. As hustle culture threatens mental and emotional health, Brad encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to create structure and balance in their personal and professional lives.

On this episode of the Up Arrow Podcast, William Harris welcomes Brad Sorock, Founder and Owner of Returns For Sale, who shares how his near-death experience from COVID-19 positively impacted his perspective on life. This is an in-depth discussion on the lifestyle changes Brad made post-recovery, how positive thinking impacts the human psyche, the value of exercising compassion, and practical ways to avoid hustle culture that motivate you to rethink your priorities.