Hey, one percenters, Ryan here, and this is the most important podcast I've ever done.

That's a bold claim.

And I originally was going to set out and I have my talking points like I normally do,

but instead I'm just going to riff on this topic.

Because I had a breakthrough in my life about four weeks ago

that was the most impactful shift I have ever had in terms of personal development and in terms of

my overall happiness and my success and I would like to attempt

to communicate that shift to you and if I can help it happen faster for you, I've done a really good thing.

So stick with me as I process this.

This is a hard shift to try and communicate, except via story and to tell you what happened.

And as many of you have probably could tell from the last year or so, I have gone

through a lot of transitions in the last year-ish. Right around the time I sold a majority

stake of my primary company. I also went through a separation.

And I really felt like my whole life was upended. I sold a business, which was a huge financial

win, but it also sent me into a real exploration of, well, what's next?

And most importantly, I felt like once I sold my company, I had also given up a lot of my

purpose because I had so much meaning and purpose in the company.

And I went into a lot of self-expiration of like, well, who am I now?

Like who am I without this?

Who am I without a company that I'm scaling?

And it's so kind of first world problem to try and talk about this.

You get a big financial win and now you don't know who you are anymore.

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