A first-person monologue (YouTube interview) in which the speaker recounts his pursuit of wealth and status through real estate (circa 2006–2007), the subsequent stress and burnout from managing a real estate company, and a serious car accident that prompted reevaluation of his life and priorities.
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Okay, I really want to nail down this life of like freedom and thinking at that point it was real estate. Having 30 realtors working for you was my answer. Because I would somehow get all this money from them passively. Which was probably the worst thinking that I've ever had because it really led me down this path of stress and really unfulfillment. I had no frickin time ever. And it was the worst time in history to open up a real estate company back down in 2006, 2007. So yeah, that's really what started for me because I put all my money into this bucket and worked my ass off to get to a point where I was like, I've made it. I finally made it. I can be that guy with the Ferrari and Instagram. I can enjoy this incredible life. And like most of us, I found that, you know, that road was very, very painful. And I experienced burnout and got in a bad car accident, almost lost my arm and was like, what the heck am I doing?