Gents –
Graduating from Glenbrook North H.S. in ’93 was no cakewalk. I cranked to notch the grades (and golf trophies) to get into Princeton.
At Princeton, I cranked to get to Wall Street.
At Lazard, I cranked to get a private equity job.
As a PE analyst, I cranked to get into Harvard Business School.
At HBS, I cranked to get….
Anyone see a pattern? Does this sound familiar?
There’s no shame in realizing that – holy crap, I’ve been trapped in the cycle of achievement for 10, maybe 20+ years! But if you do nothing about it, guilt and regret inevitably set in as the years go by.
You already won the game, earned the respect, and have the trophies and toys to prove it.
Now what?
For me, it was time to ascend.
I created Valhalla Ascend to gather elite men together to break our old patterns and evolve into the next version of ourselves, and perhaps most importantly, have others around you that can understand the unique struggles that plague high achievers like you.