The happiest, sexiest, & most successful people all optimized for this variable: PASSION Everything is downstream of that: success, sex appeal, happiness, & magnetic energy I went truffle hunting this morning in Tuscany & it made it all click. Let me explain: 1. Success When your friends are going into investment banking & you’re going into truffle hunting…they probably laugh at you “That’s not a career. You can’t make money in that….” Is that right? Let’s run the numbers: He runs truffle hunting tours 3x / week. 220 euro per person. 10 people per trip 3 trips a day. $20,000 per week. $1m per year. Just tours. On those hunts, he finds truffles. If guests do not take, he sells. 4 days/week, he hunts truffles to sell. Who knows how much he makes from that. So likely clearing $ 5M per year. Working 6 hours a day. Then add on top other things you can do: - expand ops ! More tours, more regions, more $$ - specialty dog breeding - dog training - experience packages / guided trips - content -> educational materials - TV show: truffle Steve Irwin - recipes Path to $10m/year. If you want…unlikely tho. People who are happy care less about $$…opposite also the 2. Sex Appeal There’s something about passionate people. They are just so alive. Their energy & life force overwhelmes you. You can’t explain it but you can feel it - they are addicting to be around. They’re vibrant, interesting & alive. And that’s what makes you sexy. 3. Happiness Doing what you love means you never work a day in your life. Well, work is probably the biggest detractor of happiness. It’s hard to be happy when you’re miserable at your job 40 hours a week. You should’ve seen this guy. Was the truffle Steve Irwin. He loved this shit. He was running with his dogs, whistling, making all kinds of noises, on hands & knees looking for truffles. He says “the dogs love it - it’s all a big game to them.” He was no different. 4. Magnetic Energy I say it all the time but people are selfish. They want to feel good. So who are the people who make you feel the best? Is it the richest? Those with the most social status or nicest clothes? Or is it the random legend you met hungover, tired, on a truffle hunt at 9am? The dude that just overwhelms you with their life force? You have no choice but to match their energy. They grab your hand & lead you into the adventure of life. The thrill. The ride. The victory. Their stories. They are excited by their own life. You have no choice but to feel that way too.

This is why those in finance careers are so lost nowadays Finance used to be work hard, play hard. But the fun is gone. The HR-ification of everything killed it. Closing dinners used to be private jets trips to Pebble Beach or blowout parties. Martini-fueled power lunches where mentors invested in you & your career But that’s gone too - god forbid someone has an “Away status” for an hour ! You could look past that if they pay was *that* good - but it isn’t anymore. You can make far more money (for less work) leveraging the power of the Internet Even worse there’s no more prestige- social media is about social status and access. Hard to get when you’re chained to your desk…. So all that’s left is just the work. Lots and lots of it lol… No mentorship No career development They don’t care about you - they see you as replaceable & No fun Just work So what are the bright-eyed & ambitious, driven and well-rounded people to do? No choice but to leave. But the question is where do you go? And my friends - that is where the fun begins. I quit private equity without anything lined up. I embarked on the most important “job” any of us have - figuring ourselves out. You work 80 hours a week on your job. When was the last time you put that much time into yourself - creating a plan, a vision for who you want to be & what you want to do with your one & only life? No one teaches you how to do that. So that became my purpose. Everything I learned in my 6 year journey since: see link in bio

Summer is just so sexy. Days never end & the sun never sets. Drinks are colder. Girls are sexier. Everyone out & about. Island Hopping. French Riviera. Surf Trips in Indo. It’s all so fun. There’s just nothing like it. Do it all now too btw - bc we ain’t getting any younger. Money is meant to be spent. Theres an ROI on $$. 60 years from now you will have more $$ than you know what to do with…and nothing to actually do with it. You can never get the power, freedom & friendships of your youth back. I’ll see you out there. First rounds in me !!