A former M&A executive realized his career success left him empty. He learned that meaning comes from time with his daughters, not deal-making. Real legacy is how you make people feel, not what you achieve.
At this stage of my life, I've actually been asking myself a question of what I want the rest of my life to be for. And you know what? The answer really surprised me, and I'm going to share this with you. I've been one of those people that's been go-go, do things as much as I can. What is meaningful to me is working and being— doing mergers, doing acquisitions, getting to that next level. The thing that fascinated me most and surprised me the most is a lot of it came back to what I really want to do. I just want to be with the people that mean the most to me in the world, take the time off, Spend time with them, do the things that are really important to them to support them on their journey. And my daughters have been a big inspiration in that and really supported me in that. So I keep on looking at things a little bit differently. What do you want the rest of your life to be? Is it all about doing stuff and things that you think have meaning, or is it doing meaningful stuff? I want you to think about that because when it comes down to family, it comes down to relationships, that's the only thing we leave behind or what people remember us by and for what we did to them and how we made them feel.
