Harvard MBA + Running 3 Companies: How I Did Both
In 2022, I enrolled in Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program (OPM67) — one of the most rigorous executive education programs in the world. I was simultaneously running Ikon Midstream, managing investment holdings, and in the middle of my body transformation.
The question I get constantly: How?
The Honest Answer
Systems. Discipline. Non-negotiable priorities. And the willingness to eliminate everything that doesn’t serve the mission.
What Harvard OPM Taught Me
The OPM program gathers business owners and CEOs from around the world — people running companies from $10M to $1B+. The education was world-class. But the most valuable lesson wasn’t in the curriculum — it was seeing that the highest-performing operators in the world all share the same fundamentals: clarity of purpose, disciplined systems, and the ability to say no to everything that dilutes focus.
Time Management for the Man Doing Everything
- Block scheduling — every hour of the day has a purpose
- Delegation ruthlessly — hire people smarter than you in their domains
- Single-task focus during deep work blocks
- The 4:45 AM routine creates 2 uninterrupted hours before the world demands your attention
You don’t find time. You create it — by being more disciplined with the time you already have.
The MBA and the Mirror
An executive education doesn’t leave room for excuses about training time — it proves the opposite: disciplined men make room for what matters. Explore 1-on-1 coaching built for exactly this kind of schedule.
FAQ
How do you fit an MBA, three companies, and training into one schedule?
By treating all three as non-negotiable blocks on the calendar, not things you fit in “if there’s time.”
