We tell ourselves that meaning comes from impact, passion, or finding the "one right path." But these beliefs can leave us feeling stuck — even when our lives look perfectly fine on paper.
People don't resent billionaires. People want to become billionaires. People resent billionaires when they forget that the purpose of business is to create happiness, not who dies with the most toys.
When I when I first made a little bit of money as an actor, the thing that gave me the most joy was to be able to send money to my mom as proof that not only was I gainfully employed, but I was sufficiently gainfully employed that I could send her some money.
I left private equity because my view was has to have, you know, a very long term approach, and I had suffered a personal tragedy in my life which made me reexamine what I wanted to do, and I decided that I wanted to try and build a school group.
Our deathbed selves are so attuned to our core values that when we really take the time to envision and relate to who we will be in that moment when the veil between this life and the next gets thin, we act according to what really matters to our soul.
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Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
