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"I made $100M, then my mom passed 4 weeks later" 💔

July 25, 2026 / 03:00

This episode covers grief, personal loss, motivation, and resilience. The guest discusses the impact of his mother's death, his recent business success, and the challenges he faced.

The guest reflects on launching a $106 million project just weeks before his mother's passing. He shares how this juxtaposition of success and loss has affected him emotionally.

He talks about dealing with multiple lawsuits and the recovery of a loved one, emphasizing the difficulty of navigating tough times. He quotes Bill Ackman on the nature of enduring hardships.

The guest expresses frustration with societal expectations of mourning and how personal grief should not be measured by suffering. He emphasizes the importance of continuing to pursue passions and honoring loved ones through action.

Throughout the conversation, he highlights the need for self-care and maintaining motivation despite personal challenges, ultimately focusing on the legacy of his mother.

TLDR

A guest reflects on grief, motivation, and resilience after his mother's death following a major business success.

Episode

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This was such a mindfuck because think [music] about this. I do a $106 million launch. My mom got
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to see it, which is really cool. She dies 4 weeks later. I haven't felt this miserable in years.
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Shit's just hard sometimes. You have tough [music] seasons, bad losses, and what makes it harder is you don't know
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when it'll end, but know it will end. So, for anyone going through it right now, you do the only thing you can do.
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Keep fighting. >> I text you when you to me at that because I had never heard you talk like
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that publicly before. >> Yeah, I mean it was it was a really tough quarter for me.
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>> What do you mean by that? >> I think I had nine lawsuits that were open at that in that
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>> That's [music] a lot. >> And then Leila had 18-month recovery. She was in the thick of like going
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through the pain of that before about to get the surgery. Everything sucked. Bill Ackman had this really great
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interview. He said, "When you're going through that that those rough patches, you're not going to
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solve this in a day. Like it you can't finish it." And I think that's what that's what so painful about it is you
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have this open loop. Whenever something reminds you of it, it's like you get into this loop again of like
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>> [music] >> rumination and just like, "Oh, what if it goes wrong?" and catastrophizing.
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You just have to >> [music] >> take one bite at a time, and then every, you know, month or 2 months you can look
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back and be like, "I made some progress." When my mother passed this year, and this was such a mindfuck
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because think about this. I do a $106 million [music] launch. My mom got to see it, which is really cool.
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She dies 4 weeks later. I get to have this this moment of like all these things come to fruition,
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>> [music] >> and then my mother dies. A freak accident. Yeah. And so, I'm I'm just like, "How am I
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supposed to show up?" And also, one of the things that I found really interesting was that people will judge
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how much you love someone by how much you choose to suffer. Why does how much I suffer have anything
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to do with how much I love someone? If you did lose somebody, I'm sorry. I don't think the person that you lost
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probably wants you to suffer. How low am I going to go? I was probably not like the most thrilled about life during that
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period, but I thought, "Well, what can I do? What are my controllables? >> [music]
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>> I'm still going to work content. I'm still I'm still going to help businesses. Well, I'm still going to
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work out cuz I feel good when I work out. Why do I why would I stop doing that?"
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>> Did you have motivation though? I would say yes, but not for the reason that people think. I was motivated for two
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reasons. One because I don't think she would want me to stop. And number two, because those things
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>> [music] >> made me feel better and I felt bad. And so I wanted to feel better. I tried to
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change as little about my life as possible. Some people say like oh, you need to take time to mourn. This is like
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why does the way I mourn have to look the way you mourn? She must have been so proud of you. She was.
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We talk a lot about your dad, but we've never really spoken much about your mum.
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No, I don't. She's a sweet lady. Yeah, she always [music] she always believed. As my way of honoring her and her
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memory, >> [music] >> I'm going to continue to try and pursue the the path that she knew I started pursuing when I
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left home. And I don't think she would want me to abandon that path. And so I'll just
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keep fighting.

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This episode stands out for the following:

  • 85
    Most heartbreaking
  • 80
    Most emotional
  • 75
    Most inspiring
  • 75
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Episode Highlights

  • A $106 Million Launch
    The speaker reflects on a significant achievement overshadowed by personal loss.
    “I do a $106 million launch. My mom got to see it, which is really cool.”
    @ 00m 02s
    July 25, 2026
  • Navigating Grief
    The speaker shares insights on coping with loss and the pressure to mourn.
    “Why does how much I suffer have anything to do with how much I love someone?”
    @ 01m 34s
    July 25, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Keep fighting.
    "I made $100M, then my mom passed 4 weeks later" 💔
  • She must have been so proud of you. She was.
    "I made $100M, then my mom passed 4 weeks later" 💔

Key Moments

  • Personal Loss00:06
  • Resilience00:20
  • Judgment of Grief01:34
  • Honoring Memory02:43

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