Some people build empires. Others build frameworks that help people endure. Sam Jacobs does both.

In this conversation, we unpack what it means to stay grounded when everything around you is accelerating. Sam shares the hard-earned lessons that came after being fired, humbled, and forced to face the parts of himself that success can distort.

We talk about fatherhood, ego, reinvention, and the structures that keep you from drifting. About the danger of believing your own hype. And about the quiet, boring routines that end up saving your life.

Sam’s built a company that’s thriving. But more importantly, he’s building a life with presence, patience, and clarity at the center. This one’s for anyone chasing more who’s finally asking… why?

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Some years break you open so you can finally see.

2025 cracked me. Not in the falling-apart way, but in the pulling-the-curtain-back kind of way. The ambition I was still hiding behind. The patterns I thought I had outgrown. The places I was still performing instead of living.

This one’s about the friction that shows you who you really are. The slow death of the old story. The relationships that got clearer. The silence I stopped avoiding.

No polish. No posturing. Just a look back at the year that brought me home to myself.

If you’ve been riding your own edge this year, I think you’ll feel this one.

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Sometimes life serves up those chance encounters that don’t feel like chance.

In this one, I sit down with Anurag Chandra for a rare look beneath the surface of success. He’s built some of silicon valley's biggest funds, advised companies, and navigated the kind of pressure most people never see. But the most powerful part of his story isn’t in the resume. It’s in how he’s stripped back the noise, recalibrated his values, and committed to growth that actually means something.

We talk about the how a surprise health scare changes you, the cost of trying to outperform yourself, and what reinvention actually feels like when it’s not a TED talk.

If you’re wrestling with identity, transition, or what success really means on the inside, this one might change the way you see the game.

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