In this lesson's episode, discover how a journey from addictive pursuits to humanitarian service can spark profound transformation.

Learn why leaving self-serving habits behind paves the way for true purpose and impact

and understand how leveraging storytelling and personal skills can mobilize global change. So I've heard you speak about how you were always addicted.

So like drugs, alcohol, gambling, women, you would always,

like you try these things for a period of time, but then you'd get bored and you'd shut off

and you'd go on to the next thing. And it was always about seeking purpose. And I'm curious how

after seeking purpose in all these, you know, traditional vices, how none

of it paid off and none of it really gave you what you needed, what prompted you to do that

180, where you realized, okay, outside, if somebody's from the outside looking in, life looks

great.

Life looks like I'm fun.

I'm king shit.

I have a hot girl.

I mean, I have influence, whatever.

But what was that point that you realize that all these vices that you were trying to find purpose in were not really doing it?

Yeah.

Well, in many ways, it was a spiritual awakening.

So I hit that kind of moment in South America where I just remember,

it was almost like the game of musical chairs.

And for the first time, the music stopped, and I had nowhere to sit down.

It was a jarring existential moment where I think if I put it in a sentence, I realized there

will never be enough.

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