It ruined (then bettered) my life [Part II]

Hey, Y’all! This is Part II of this story. After I caught my wife cheating, I divorced her. Immediately.  I’m glad I didn’t teeter-totter with this, and knew my nonnegotiable walk-away point. 🎓🎓 LESSONS LEARNED 🎓🎓 🔓🔓 FALSE SECURITY 🔓🔓 When I depend on people’s approval, my own (limited) intelligence, my (limited) work ethic, and other things that change with the wind...I’ll never be happy.  But when I depend on God more than anything, and I serve an audience of One...I am closer to finding my truth.  🫀🫀 HEALTH > WEALTH 💰💰 People spend all of their health to acquire wealth. Only to later spend all of their wealth trying to recapture their health.  What a stupid-ass hamster wheel.  📍📍PRINCIPLES > GOALS 📍📍 I now interrogate every goal and opportunity with these questions: 🤔 Does it spark joy in me? 🤔 Does it serve others? 🤔 Does it honor my relationships? If so, I take one step and leave margin for: 1️⃣ Opportunities I could’ve never expected 2️⃣ The ability to change my mind if I get new and better information. I also expanded “true wealth” to include: ✅ Meaningful work ✅ Deep relationships ✅ Good health ✅ Freedom 🔂 🔂 I DON'T LET MY PAST FUCK WITH MY FUTURE 🔂🔂 Past relationships, investments, events, and stories teach valuable lessons, but they are in the rear-view mirror of my life. I use it to back out of wrong directions... But nobody uses it to drive ahead. ↗️↗️ FAST-FORWARD TODAY ↗️↗️ I married the love of my life for 10 years. Remember how I wanted to be a young dad, in the previous issue? I achieved this outside of my plans (my wife had two kids from a previous marriage). I own 9 restaurants that do $15M+/year; advise and invest in business; and tinker in all sorts of projects (including writing a book - I’d love it if you’d join the journey at www.lfglaunch.com ). So yes, I’m still a workaholic lol! But I come home for dinner. I attend all of my kids’ sports activities. I take my wife on regular dates. I moved my office across from home. I take my family to wherever I travel for work when I can. I’m prioritizing sleep, eating better, and exercising more. 🎁🎁 WRAP-UP 🎁🎁 My life did fall apart. But it was needed for something better to come together.  Do you have any past hurts that have made you better?  Reply and share; I wanna hear about it! Thanks for reading Eff Around & Find Out! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.