S2E374 Ask Mr. B: How We Built a Marriage and Business Under Pressure

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Feb 17, 2026

Beverly Buffini, former U.S. national volleyball player and co-founder of Buffini & Company, shares lessons from athletics and parenting. She and Brian discuss pressure shaping purpose. They talk teamwork, disciplined communication, consistency, and modeling values for kids. Short, energetic stories about sacrifice, boundaries, and staying focused amid noise.

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INSIGHT

Positivity Converts Pressure Into Resilience

Beverly learned not to complain and stay positive through early family examples and hardships.
That mindset turned pressure into productive resilience for family and business.

INSIGHT

Family As The Primary Team

Brian stresses the family as the first team where roles and strengths are divided.
Treating marriage and family as a team guided their business choices and priorities.

ANECDOTE

Bought A Plane To Be Home

Brian bought a plane to be home more often and balance travel with fatherhood.
He used divide-and-conquer: Beverly handled homeschooling while he worked on the road.

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Brian and Beverly, the co-founders of Buffini & Company, are icons in the real estate world. Although Brian is the one normally in the limelight, he’d be the first to tell you he could not have been successful without the support of his wife, who also is the mother to their six children. In this episode of the It’s a Good Life podcast, the couple is joined by their daughter, Anna, who chats with them about marriage, parenthood and staying strong even when life presents its inevitable challenges. This episode also serves as a sneak peak into the upcoming changes for the podcast as it prepares to shift to its roots next month as The Brian Buffini Show.

YOU WILL LEARN:

How the Buffinis handle pressure with a purpose-driven mindset, a family-first “team” mentality, and disciplined communication.
Why belief—and filtering out “white noise”—is non-negotiable if you want to pursue a big vision.
The importance of action, not just words, when it comes to your family and your business team.

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NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:

“It takes consistency to achieve the goal. So once you believe, then you've got to put your feet in the work and do the work. There's nothing short of that.” — Beverly Buffini

"You've got to know what you want in order to not allow that white noise to interfere with your dreams and your beliefs.” — Beverly Buffini

"Work on yourself harder than you work on your job.”— Brian Buffini

“You want your kids to be readers, let them see you read in a book. You want your kids to be good communicators, let them see you communicate. You want your kids to be achievers, let them see you achieve.” — Brian Buffini

“If it's going to affect information that you're going to use for yourself and others to make decisions, be bloody sure you know the source and make sure it's real.” — Brian Buffini

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