Dr. John Delony

And I think like all of us, I just did the thing that was in front of me, like go to school and go be successful and then go get married and then do your best to have a kid and then try to make as much money as you can and then get this job title and this job title.

Ultimately, what started out as small little cracks in the foundation.

And I tried to solve those things by making more money and getting promoted again and buying something bigger and doing the next thing that the world told me was going to make me okay.

And it didn't end well.

And I guess I'll say this, you and I, all of the people listening, we all know those big stories, the big crashes, right?

Like you blow your business up.

That didn't happen to me.

For me, it was over the last decade as I've sat with people sitting behind closed doors, especially young entrepreneurs trying to figure out what to do next.

It's not the big, huge explosion that makes the headlines.

It's these quiet young men, these quiet young women, these new dads, these business owners that have big dreams for themselves.

that just roast out and nobody ever sees it.

They just burn from the inside out.

And so I had a young baby and I had a wife that I cared about that we had grown a thousand miles apart from each other.

So I had to get well, I had to figure out what's going on while we were still flying down the highway.

So I had to change the oil on the car while it was still moving.

And that in and of itself was its own adventure, right?

But it started with me getting in a car and driving three hours away and sitting with a buddy

He happened to be a physician.

I just said, hey, I'm at the end of my rope, man.

And that was the first time I ever opened my mouth and said, hey, I'm not okay.