The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building Confidence, Courage, and Community with Michael Chernow

03/12/25 • 42 min

You’ve built a successful business—but what’s next?

As entrepreneurs and business owners, we’re always chasing the next big win. But the real secret to long-term success isn't just hustle—it's mastering the habits, mindset, and strategies of top performers.

In Part 2 of my conversation with Michael Chernow, we shift gears from family life to business mastery. Michael has built and exited two highly successful restaurant brands in one of the world's toughest markets—New York City—and is now scaling Kreatures of Habit, a wellness brand that's changing how people live their daily lives.

This episode is packed with insights, including:

✅ How Michael used simple daily habits to rebuild his life—and how those same habits created multiple successful businesses.

✅ Why culture and community-building is Michael’s superpower, and how you can leverage it in your business.

✅ The truth about innovation—why your business needs it to survive and how to foster it consistently.

✅ Practical strategies to build discipline, confidence, and courage—the essential tools every entrepreneur needs to create lasting success.

If you're an entrepreneur who wants actionable insights from someone who's walked the path, faced the challenges, and emerged stronger each time—this episode is a must-listen.

Ready to master the habits of business success?

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You’ve built a successful business—but what’s next?

This episode is packed with insights, including:

✅ How Michael used simple daily habits to rebuild his life—and how those same habits created multiple successful businesses.

✅ Why culture and community-building is Michael’s superpower, and how you can leverage it in your business.

✅ The truth about innovation—why your business needs it to survive and how to foster it consistently.

✅ Practical strategies to build discipline, confidence, and courage—the essential tools every entrepreneur needs to create lasting success.

If you're an entrepreneur who wants actionable insights from someone who's walked the path, faced the challenges, and emerged stronger each time—this episode is a must-listen.

Ready to master the habits of business success?

__________________________

👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/

 Apple: http://bit.ly/3XLSRWj

Previous Episode

How High-Achievers Can Build a Legacy at Home, Not Just in Business with Michael Chernow

You’re winning in business—but at what cost?

As entrepreneurs and fathers, we pour everything into building success. But at the end of the day, are we really showing up for the people who matter most?

If you’ve ever felt stretched too thin—like you're giving your best to work but coming home exhausted—this episode is for you.

Michael Chernow is a man of many titles—entrepreneur, restaurateur, podcaster, coach—but the one he holds dearest is father.

In this episode, Michael takes us deep into the lessons, struggles, and habits that have shaped his life, from overcoming addiction to becoming a present, intentional father and husband.

We go long and deep in this one—no surface-level chat. This is about what really matters.

Here’s what you’ll get from this powerful conversation:

✅ The turning point that made Michael realize success meant nothing if he wasn’t showing up at home. ✅ His simple but powerful habit to transition from "work mode" to "dad mode"—one shift that changed everything. ✅ The one habit that saved his life and set him on a path of discipline, fatherhood, and success. ✅ The nightly ritual he and his kids share—the "13 Things" he has them recite before bed, building values and brotherhood. ✅ The habits he and his wife practice to keep their marriage thriving after 20+ years together. ✅ Why prioritizing himself first—before his kids, wife, and business—makes him a better husband, father, and leader.

Michael's story is proof that anyone can change at any time. The life he has now is one he built—through discipline, intention, and the right habits. It changed him so much that he started a company—Kreatures of Habit—to help others do the same.

This episode will challenge the way you think about presence, priorities, and what it really means to be a father and husband.

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👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood/

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/

Next Episode

3 Profound Lessons from Breathwork in Just 13 Minutes (No Psychedelics Needed)

Can breathwork have more impact than years of therapy?

In a special 13-minute bonus episode from my recent interview with Michael Chernow, we dive into his deeply moving, life-changing experience with breathwork. Michael is a successful entrepreneur and dedicated father whose journey through breathwork provided a profound emotional breakthrough, rivaling the transformative impact often attributed to psychedelics.

In this gripping conversation, Michael shares:

✅ How breathwork revealed his deepest childhood wounds around his father.

✅ The intense, psychedelic-like vision that changed his life.

✅ Why breathwork has been more impactful for him than any therapy.

This short, powerful bonus clip might just shift your entire perspective on emotional healing.

🎯 Please share this episode with someone who's never tried breathwork but might deeply benefit from it.

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