Colin O’Brady

And so at the end of the night, as I was getting ready to leave, an older gentleman, I'd guess his age around 75, kind of pulls me aside. We had this short but very memorable conversation that really stuck with me where I love to ask people from school school kids, all the way up to CEOs, you know, what's your Everest? For me, that's metaphor for my childhood dream.

And so at the end of the night, as I was getting ready to leave, an older gentleman, I'd guess his age around 75, kind of pulls me aside. We had this short but very memorable conversation that really stuck with me where I love to ask people from school school kids, all the way up to CEOs, you know, what's your Everest? For me, that's metaphor for my childhood dream.

And so at the end of the night, as I was getting ready to leave, an older gentleman, I'd guess his age around 75, kind of pulls me aside. We had this short but very memorable conversation that really stuck with me where I love to ask people from school school kids, all the way up to CEOs, you know, what's your Everest? For me, that's metaphor for my childhood dream.

I always wanted to climb Everest and I've been fortunate to summit that mountain twice, but I recognize that most people don't necessarily want to go climb mountains or walk across the continent, but we all have huge, you know, goals, I think in our life. And I'd asked that question and no one gave me a response. And he pulls me aside and he says,

I always wanted to climb Everest and I've been fortunate to summit that mountain twice, but I recognize that most people don't necessarily want to go climb mountains or walk across the continent, but we all have huge, you know, goals, I think in our life. And I'd asked that question and no one gave me a response. And he pulls me aside and he says,

I always wanted to climb Everest and I've been fortunate to summit that mountain twice, but I recognize that most people don't necessarily want to go climb mountains or walk across the continent, but we all have huge, you know, goals, I think in our life. And I'd asked that question and no one gave me a response. And he pulls me aside and he says,

You know, Colin, I'm sorry, myself and none of my friends answered your question. It's a super important question. And he says, I feel like I want to share this with you, which is when you ask that question to me, I keep thinking about this moment I had in summer camp when I was 14 years old and I was sitting quiet alone on this peaceful mountain lake.

You know, Colin, I'm sorry, myself and none of my friends answered your question. It's a super important question. And he says, I feel like I want to share this with you, which is when you ask that question to me, I keep thinking about this moment I had in summer camp when I was 14 years old and I was sitting quiet alone on this peaceful mountain lake.

You know, Colin, I'm sorry, myself and none of my friends answered your question. It's a super important question. And he says, I feel like I want to share this with you, which is when you ask that question to me, I keep thinking about this moment I had in summer camp when I was 14 years old and I was sitting quiet alone on this peaceful mountain lake.

And he goes, you know, I have made more money than you can possibly imagine in my life. But there's not a day in my mind that I don't go back to that mountain lake as a 14-year-old kid and wonder what would have happened had I actually allowed myself to ask this question. I got so caught up in the rat race and what was expected of me.

And he goes, you know, I have made more money than you can possibly imagine in my life. But there's not a day in my mind that I don't go back to that mountain lake as a 14-year-old kid and wonder what would have happened had I actually allowed myself to ask this question. I got so caught up in the rat race and what was expected of me.

And he goes, you know, I have made more money than you can possibly imagine in my life. But there's not a day in my mind that I don't go back to that mountain lake as a 14-year-old kid and wonder what would have happened had I actually allowed myself to ask this question. I got so caught up in the rat race and what was expected of me.

And by everyone else's measure, I've been quote unquote successful. But there was something in the way he told me this story that he was like, he felt like he had kind of missed out on something that life had to offer without having asked him this question. So it's an interesting moment. I chose to open the book with that just as I think we all have an idea of what success looks like externally.

And by everyone else's measure, I've been quote unquote successful. But there was something in the way he told me this story that he was like, he felt like he had kind of missed out on something that life had to offer without having asked him this question. So it's an interesting moment. I chose to open the book with that just as I think we all have an idea of what success looks like externally.

And by everyone else's measure, I've been quote unquote successful. But there was something in the way he told me this story that he was like, he felt like he had kind of missed out on something that life had to offer without having asked him this question. So it's an interesting moment. I chose to open the book with that just as I think we all have an idea of what success looks like externally.

We look at somebody on television or on our social media feeds or you know, in any sort of context and say, oh, he or she has it figured out. And this guy would be like the most obvious sort of archetype of a person like, well, that guy did it. He crushed his life. He made so much money, had this impact and whatever.

We look at somebody on television or on our social media feeds or you know, in any sort of context and say, oh, he or she has it figured out. And this guy would be like the most obvious sort of archetype of a person like, well, that guy did it. He crushed his life. He made so much money, had this impact and whatever.

We look at somebody on television or on our social media feeds or you know, in any sort of context and say, oh, he or she has it figured out. And this guy would be like the most obvious sort of archetype of a person like, well, that guy did it. He crushed his life. He made so much money, had this impact and whatever.

And even for him to share with me like, hey, I'm not sure I actually summited my Everest. I summited a bunch of other mountains. but it wasn't my personal Everest. And so I opened the book asking people, you know, what is your Everest? You might be down pretty far down a path. You might be wondering what your purpose is, what you're driving towards.

And even for him to share with me like, hey, I'm not sure I actually summited my Everest. I summited a bunch of other mountains. but it wasn't my personal Everest. And so I opened the book asking people, you know, what is your Everest? You might be down pretty far down a path. You might be wondering what your purpose is, what you're driving towards.