Chad SilversteinBuilt To Lead · Entrepreneur , Advisor, & Thought Leader

THE TRUTH ABOUT IDENTITY (Who Are You?)

Name: THE TRUTH ABOUT IDENTITY (Who Are You?)
Uploaded: 2024-07-15T16:03:28+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Chad Silverstein
Description: Personal narrative by Chad Silverstein reflecting on his evolving identity—from wrestler/athlete to entrepreneur and leader—prompted by life events…

15 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Personal narrative by Chad Silverstein reflecting on his evolving identity—from wrestler/athlete to entrepreneur and leader—prompted by life events (becoming a parent) and a search for meaning rooted in his Jewish upbringing. He describes founding a company intended to change perceptions about collections and how answering difficult life questions reshaped his sense of self.

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From day one of starting my company, I set out to try to build the kind of company that I wanted to work in. I set out this big dream early on to change the perception of collections. You know, what we ended up being able to do as a company and as a team was really special. And it was a long journey. When I started with build 2 lead, you sit down with this executive builder, and he asks you the hard questions about life. Have you answered the hard questions about life? And growing up Jewish and not having any religion in my background, and I really didn't know anything. I had to answer those questions for myself and for me, my journey. When my kids were born, something happened in me, and I went searching. That changed everything for me, and it became my real identity. So when I first started off as a wrestler, that identified myself as an athlete. But then I stopped wrestling and I stopped coaching, and then it became an entrepreneur and a leader. But that can end like that.