What Is Your End Game?

Here’s something to think about over the weekend!

First off, good morning—this should be hitting your inbox sometime between 6 and 9 am! (Shoutout to all my East Coast people.)

Lately, I’ve been asking myself: What is my end game?

“What needs to happen in the next 10 years for you to be happy and feel successful?”

This is a question I’ve asked many of my podcast guests but hadn’t really considered for myself. It sounds simple, but when you ask yourself, it’s surprisingly hard to find the right answer.

Over the last 5 days, I’ve been trying to answer this for myself. The more I think about what I believe I want, the more I realize that many of those things aren’t truly necessary for my happiness. The list of things I thought I needed to feel successful has shrunk significantly.

For me, I’ve narrowed it down to just a few essentials: good health for myself and my loved ones, a happy relationship with my partner and future family, the financial freedom to work on my own time, and the ability to travel the world.

At the beginning of this exercise, my mind was filled with material items—watches, cars, houses. But as I sat with it, I realized that while I still want those things, I don’t actually need them.

I also realized how challenging it can be to articulate what you truly want from the “work” portion of your life, especially if you’re passionate about entrepreneurship. If you’re between ideas or in the midst of building one, it can be hard to define what success looks like—and that’s okay. Business is hard, and so is life. It’s important to remember that you’re supposed to face adversity.

The most important thing is to keep building. So many people quit after one or two failures and sell themselves short. They fall into the system because it’s easy. While the traditional labor force is necessary, let’s be honest—it can be boring. If you need a 9-5 to fund your ideas and projects, I recommend sales. It will keep you engaged and pay you enough to fund your side projects, which could eventually allow you to walk away from the traditional grind.

For me, I believe my calling is to build a community where I can work with and teach individuals looking to get into business or sales. I’m still figuring out exactly what I want, and that’s okay. The cool part is that I get to share my thoughts with 3,500+ founders each week and get feedback and ideas. This newsletter is a prime example of why it’s important to just keep building. I work a 9-5 in tech sales, but in my spare time, I dive into this whole other world because I’ve made it a priority to build a digital footprint—and I plan to continue doing so for the next 10+ years!

Damn now that I am at the bottom of this I went pretty deep here lol (Hope you all enjoy 😉)