#145 Capitalist by Day, Spiritual by Night - Alex Hardy on achievement, Wall Street, tech startups, exiting his company, pride & suffering, his sabbatical, suppressing his curiosity and rediscovering his passions
· 2 min read
- 0:00 – Video intro
- 0:41 – Introduction
- 1:37 – The scripts Alex grew up with
- 16:21 – Enrolling in business school
- 17:41 – Suppressed curiosity
- 20:52 – Business world can be interesting
- 23:09 – Ending up on Wall Street
- 24:51 – The pride in suffering
- 26:33 – The fading glow of Wall Street
- 31:27 – Catching the tech startup bug
- 38:04 – Coffee meetings and Accelerator
- 42:27 – Regrets the way he spent his sabbatical
- 43:19 – Working at tech start-ups
- 47:45 – Alex’ information diet
- 49:37 – Connecting with people on the Internet
- 53:39 – Being friendless, the fear of changing identities
- 57:06 – Exiting his tech company
- 1:03:14 – The deeper pull
- 1:06:49 – Andrew Taggart & Total Work
- 1:11:02 – Rejecting a tripled offer and leaving
- 1:15:15 – Alex’ mini-sabbatical
- 1:19:19 – Finding work worth doing
- 1:20:40 – The American mind
- 1:22:13 – Forgotten hobbies, borders
- 1:26:23 – Jocko Willink, Vedanta & The Love for the Present
- 1:29:20 – Cultivating a trust
- 1:30:22 – Closing remarks
Alex was crushing it early in his career, ending up on Wall Street after getting a combined JD/MBA. But after a few years, he went looking for his next mountain, aiming his ambition at the tech sector. He ended up co-founding LiveOak, a company he eventually sold in 2020. After that, he struggled to determine what was next and finally decided to walk away from more than a million dollars. Now he’s embracing non-doing, reconnecting with his passions, and figuring out what’s next.
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- Twitter: @CantHardyWait
