I started work the day after Labor Day 1987 and a month later I was had the front row seat to the 1987 crash.

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.

I would say nothing in life has impacted me.

The things wrestling has taught me in terms of

self-reflection resilience. Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't. Adversity,

100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.

And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the

sport of wrestling.

For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy. We're fortunate if you rustled, because if you rustled,

natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.

It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, taught me humility.

Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

I think it's the learning to adapt, right?

You learn, you learn how to adapt,

you learn how to solve problems.

You know, if I look back my time, I've spent wrestling.

If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's meant to toughness.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change My Life Podcast.

It's your host, Ryan Warner, coming to you Wednesday, January 17th from the Wendy Chicago IEL, birthplace of the baby back ribs.

Our guest today is a Wall Street legend, Rich Tavoso.

For 20 years he was the managing director at

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