Why a $2.5B Exit Didn’t Feel Like Success, Alex Bean on Purpose After Divvy

Companion to the MaxLife episode with Alex Bean

After a $2.5 billion exit left him feeling like he hadn't 'earned his sleep,' Alex Bean rebuilt around one idea: turn your factory from one that makes money into one that makes good.

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The Summit You're Climbing

What's the big number or finish line you secretly believe will finally make you feel like you've made it?

Earning Your Sleep

Bean realized that at his lowest, he no longer felt he was 'earning his sleep.' On the days you feel best in bed at night, what did you actually do that day that earned it?

The Number That Moves

Bean noticed the person with way more money usually wasn't any happier, the target just kept sliding. When you picture having double what you have now, what would actually change about a normal Tuesday?

Money As An Input

Bean says to stop running a factory that makes money and start running one that makes good, where money is just fuel going in. If your time, skills, and money were the input, what's the good you'd want coming out?

If I'm honest, the good I most want my life to produce is ___.

Define Your Good

Bean says you don't need millions, you need to name your good and start living it. So name it: which cause, group, or person is yours? Then pick one real thing you'll give it this week (your time, your help, or your money).

Bean's whole turnaround came down to this. The summit you're climbing toward won't feed you when you reach it. Only purpose and people will. So the real work isn't a bigger number, it's defining your good and starting to live it now, with whatever money, time, or hands you've got. Read back what you wrote. You don't need an exit to start.

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