You’re Successfully “Failing” And You Know It
Why Smart People Stay Stuck
(and the one conversation that changes everything)
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You built the life everyone said you should want.
The career. The house. The respect. Maybe even the minivan.
But here’s what no one told you: You can have it all and still feel empty as hell.
I know because I lived it. Award-winning journalist. International speaker. NBC. PBS. MTV Networks on my resume. Ivy League graduate. The perfect life on paper.
Behind the success story, I was a mess.
The Cigarette That Changed Everything…
Behind the speaker bio and media appearances, I was living proof that you could have success and feel nothing:
-Gained 30 pounds (great a beard to hide it)
-Marriage counseling with multiple therapists
-Drinking too much, struggling to connect with my kids
-Smoking cigarettes in secret
One day, smoking in an alley, a homeless man asked for a cigarette. He noticed my bright green gardening glove.
“What’s with the glove?”
“So my wife doesn’t smell the smoke.”
He looked at me like I’d committed a crime. Then he said the words that changed everything.
“Man, you gotta figure that out.”
That homeless man did in 30 seconds what years of therapy couldn’t: He showed me exactly what was broken.
Results You Can Feel. Stories You’ll Relate To.