A clear, grounded look at income, work, and fulfillment. It’s time to get deep. Most people don’t stay in jobs because they love them. They stay because it feels safe. That was me. I had a long, respected, 20 years career. VP role. Top one percent income. All the perks. From the outside, it looked like complete success. From the inside, it felt like I was trading hours of my life for a version of myself that no longer gave me life… Here’s the important part. I didn’t leave because I was miserable. I left because I was aware. This conversation is not about just chasing your passion or burning the boats prematurely. It’s about learning to recognize when staying is costing you more than leaving. We start with income. Because if you get this part wrong, nothing else matters. STEP ONE. ☝️ Tell the truth about what you actually make per hour. This framework came from listening to Alex Hormozi, and it permanently changed how I viewed my career, my hours worked, and my effective income. Most people lie to themselves about income because they only count salary vs hours clocked in. They don’t count the life cost. Write down: • Your total income, including all bonuses and commissions Now write down: • Hours worked each week • Commute time • Travel away from family • After-hours calls and texts • Mental load you carry home • Dinners missed • Weekends and gatherings half present • Stress that follows you into bed Add all of it up. Every single hour. This BLEW MY MIND 🤯 I was always on call, always expected to answer a text (no matter what time at night), always required to travel for meetings, on top of the 60 hours a week the job required. Now divide your total income by every hour the job actually takes from your life. Your freedom. Your choices. That number is your real hourly wage. (Much lower than I would have ever thought.) For a lot of high earners, this is the first uncomfortable moment. The paycheck is big, but the hours are bigger. And the total effective $ per hour is less than you thought. 💭

If you’re here, chances are you’ve felt it before. That quiet sense of not quite fitting the mold. That nudge to take a different path, even when it doesn’t make sense to everyone else. That tension between what’s expected of us and what we feel God calling us toward. This space, Right Here, exists for that exact reason. This isn’t a place to impress anyone. It's not about cliche motivation or pretending we have it all figured out. It’s a room for men who think differently. Who feel early. Who know what they should do, but don’t want to walk it alone. Here’s how we keep this space solid: • We’re honest • We’re respectful • We’re present • We speak from our own experience • We leave people better than we found them Let’s get this started 👇 Introduce yourself below: 1. Where you’re from 2. What made you realize you might be a “black sheep” 3. What season of life or decision you’re currently navigating No pressure to overshare. Just be real. This community will only be as powerful as we choose to make it. Glad we’re here. We’re not early. We’re not late. We’re right on time. Let’s walk this road together. 🤝