Marshall Hayes talks with a founder about panic attacks, a sibling's criticism, and a collapsed relationship that nearly broke him. He discovered that his deepest wound sat next to his greatest gift, then built a $3 million company without sacrificing his life. The conversation redefines wealth beyond money to include well-being and relationships.
I break down as a human for, call it, 5 months, 8 years of panic attacks. I don't know how to be a human right now. And I think my, my brother was pretty consistently chipping away at my confidence and like who I was as a human. What he said to me was like, all of our success was in spite of you, not because of you. Wow.
Marshall Hayes is a seasoned entrepreneur turned executive coach with a passion for the founder journey. He empowers founders and CEOs those who have their footing in business to structure their business in a way that allows them to live the life that they really want to live. Drawing from a blend of frameworks around personal growth and business, including conscious leadership, authentic relating, and traction, Marshall helps founders and CEOs access deeper relationships with themselves, their spouses, and the people that matter to them.
I want to double-click on this, this confidence piece. If somebody could have told me that my romantic relationship collapsing was going to lead to my, my personal life, like my internal story collapsing, was going to lead to my business partnership really collapsing. And I could have heard them. That would have been really freaking helpful to me. Sounds like you were being driven by sort of some darkness there.
What were the lessons?
I think I have a great answer for you. I finally like maybe named the 4 pieces for myself. Your greatest gift lies next to your deepest wound. Yeah. I built a company from nothing to $3 million. I feel pretty successful now, and I'm not sacrificing the rest of my life.
I'm really living into the rest of my life.
What does wealth mean to you now? Yeah, I have two answers for you. One, I want to address the financial side of wealth. And two, this piece is like how I really feel. Wealth is
