I Avoided My Friends Because I Wasn't Winning Yet

I lived about ten minutes from one of my oldest friends, yet I had never made it to his annual holiday party. By its fifth year, I was still finding reasons to arrive late or not at all because the next chapter of my work did not feel successful enough to talk about. I had spent years making big bets on myself, and friendship kept becoming something I would return to once I was winning again. That Saturday night made me confront what ambition costs when everyone you care about becomes a someday priority. Chapters 0:00 The Party I Kept Avoiding 2:06 What Ambition Had Pushed Aside 3:11 The Story I Wanted to Tell 4:17 What People Have to Do With the Fuel Watch next:    • My Biggest Fear About Starting a Business ...   ---- I tell true stories about starting businesses, working for yourself, and figuring out what success is for.