It ruined (then bettered) my life [Part II]

Hey, Y’all! This is Part II of this story.

After I caught my wife cheating, I divorced her. Immediately. 

I’m glad I didn’t teeter-totter with this, and knew my nonnegotiable walk-away point.

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🎓🎓 LESSONS LEARNED 🎓🎓

🔓🔓 FALSE SECURITY 🔓🔓

When I depend on people’s approval, my own (limited) intelligence, my (limited) work ethic, and other things that change with the wind...I’ll never be happy. 

But when I depend on God more than anything, and I serve an audience of One...I am closer to finding my truth. 

🫀🫀 HEALTH > WEALTH 💰💰

People spend all of their health to acquire wealth.

Only to later spend all of their wealth trying to recapture their health. 

What a stupid-ass hamster wheel. 

📍📍PRINCIPLES > GOALS 📍📍

I now interrogate every goal and opportunity with these questions:

🤔 Does it spark joy in me?

🤔 Does it serve others?

🤔 Does it honor my relationships?

If so, I take one step and leave margin for:

1️⃣ Opportunities I could’ve never expected

2️⃣ The ability to change my mind if I get new and better information.

I also expanded “true wealth” to include:

✅ Meaningful work

✅ Deep relationships

✅ Good health

✅ Freedom

🔂 🔂 I DON'T LET MY PAST FUCK WITH MY FUTURE 🔂🔂

Past relationships, investments, events, and stories teach valuable lessons, but they are in the rear-view mirror of my life.

I use it to back out of wrong directions...

But nobody uses it to drive ahead.

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↗️↗️ FAST-FORWARD TODAY ↗️↗️

I married the love of my life for 10 years.

Remember how I wanted to be a young dad, in the previous issue?

I achieved this outside of my plans (my wife had two kids from a previous marriage).

I own 9 restaurants that do $15M+/year; advise and invest in business; and tinker in all sorts of projects (including writing a book - I’d love it if you’d join the journey at www.lfglaunch.com).

So yes, I’m still a workaholic lol!

But I come home for dinner.

I attend all of my kids’ sports activities. I take my wife on regular dates. I moved my office across from home. I take my family to wherever I travel for work when I can.

I’m prioritizing sleep, eating better, and exercising more.

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🎁🎁 WRAP-UP 🎁🎁

My life did fall apart. But it was needed for something better to come together. 

Do you have any past hurts that have made you better? 

Reply and share; I wanna hear about it!