Imagine this, you're 20 years old, broke and working as a dishwasher in a restaurant.

And one night, a new friend that you just met comes over and tells you about an idea that he had for

a YouTube channel.

You guys get excited and you decide to do it together. Now imagine

these videos go so well that within six months you and your new friend are getting

millions of views being flown to Los Angeles, meeting up with billionaires and

tycoons, and receiving massive checks to create as much content as you possibly

can. Jump ahead seven years and you've made hundreds of videos, have millions of followers and become famous worldwide.

Your videos have been viewed over one billion times.

That is billion with a beep.

And yet at the peak of your fame and fortune, you decide to hang it up.

This is the story of today's guest, Matt Dahlia, one of the co-founder of Yes Theory, one of the most popular

YouTube channels in the world, a channel that began as four friends traveling the world,

challenging each other to say yes to some of life's most crazy adventures.

Matt and I will talk about how it's possible to have a cod dependent relationship with an audience. We talk about the perils of experiencing

too much success too quickly and the courage that it takes to stand up for yourself even when it means

giving up your life dream.

I'm excited for this episode not just because Matt's a friend of mine and his story is so

crazy and unique, but simply because it's so rare to come across someone who is so successful yet

completely candid about their struggles and fears. What we'll discover is that at

its core Matt's story is actually a very common one. It's about someone who gave away too much of themselves to be liked and admired by others.

And now, as a grown adult in his 30s, he is desperately trying to get that back. So stick around for this one. It's going to be

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