E269 I quit a million dollar corporate path w/ Khe Hy
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English - June 01, 2023 11:01 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today’s guest is Khe Hy,
Khe worked on Wall Street for 15 years, becoming one of the youngest managing directors at BlackRock. At the time, he thought he had fulfilled the dreams he had held since childhood: Income. Status, and A nice apartment.
But deep inside, he felt comfortably numb and was afraid he would spend the rest of his life going through the motions.
So at age 35, terrified that he would spend the rest of his life going down a path that wasn’t fully him, he pulled the ripcord and started RadReads, a blog focused on helping hard-charging professionals step back from their busy lives and ask themselves life's biggest questions.
-Is this as good as it gets?
-What does it mean to make an impact?
-What does a rich and fulfilled life look like?
Now, the blog and newsletter are read by 30,000 leaders each week across countless industries.
And Khe has revamped his lifestyle to spend more time with his family, working on his passions, and going on plenty of surfing trips.
Key Topics
Khe’s experience with the Socrates quote “The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living”
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
How perceived success and having things “figured out” is deceptive
Understanding Prestige, Status, and Imposter Syndrome
Fear of Commitment in Professional Life
Transitioning from Wall Street to Entrepreneurship
The Hedonic Treadmill and Pursuit of Success
Substance use and the human reward center
Redefining what success means and finding personal fulfillment
The struggle of defining a new identity post-corporate life
The importance of empathy and supportive relationships
Embracing change and overcoming identity crisis
The importance of genuine passion and enjoyment in the work we do
The concept of "bucket lists" and "reverse bucket lists," focusing on the value of cherishing everyday small moments and experiences over one-off grand events or milestones
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