You got a shift at some point, right? Because when you're coming up, you say yes to everything.

You know what opportunity is going to work. And then when you get successful, you have too many opportunities.

You've got to learn to say no. There's paradigm shifts along the journey. And so that was one of them. That's the logical part.

And then the illogical part or the spiritual part

is realizing what true wealth or abundance or success is,

to me, it's my definition, true success or wealth is health.

It's the ability to have joy in a present moment.

If you can do that, you're a wealthy person.

And if you're grateful, if you're grateful what you have, you're wealthy.

I don't want a life that is hyper successful

in the vertical of work and finance

and a desert wasteland in the areas of passionate intimacy,

faith, spiritual growth, friendships, fun, physical health, giving back.

So I believe the way I look at my life and I do measure this is work and mission is but one vertical.

And the thing I screwed up in my 20s is I thought if I crushed it so hard in this vertical,

meaning I got all the fame, all the money, that I thought the points would carry over.

I thought, yeah, I can not show up, you know, to Thanksgiving and not return my mother's phone call because she knows I'm busy I'm pop star Mike Posner

My smiles don't result from good things. They result in good things

Being the joy in life not waiting for something good to happen so you can feel happy

Being happy so something good will happen not waiting for someone to do something nice for you

so you can feel good. Doing something nice for someone else and make them feel good. And then you feel

good all, you know, by default. So I've been told in recording studio so many times the lyric that I'm

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