[Resource] Finding Purpose and The Dark Side of Selling Your Company
[Resource] Finding Purpose and The Dark Side of Selling Your Company
Tony Hsieh sold Zappos to Amazon for $1.2b.
An incredible amount of money, community praise for his work on creating a customer-focused company, and unlimited opportunities to figure out what’s next. All sounds incredible from the outside.
Turns out, Tony was working through mental health issues and loneliness.
Everyone deals with post-exit life differently. It’s a big shift, and something you can’t openly “complain” about. You’re going to tell your best friends you’re depressed after making many lifetimes of money? C’mon.
Fortunately, there are communities you can tap to help. I highly recommend joining if you haven’t already.
I came across this David Rodnitzky article who broke down post-exit angst into 4 pieces. It’s great to lay out on paper to attack head on. Let me know what you think!
Take a read here or download the PDF below.
