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by corbett3000 3084 days ago
I sold my 10 year old company about a year ago and promoted my #2 to CEO to lead it post acquisition. Aside from the company related responsibilities I still have here's what I've been doing:

-Actively working to strip away the identity/persona I built up over the last decade while leading the company, in order to get back to "who I really am and/or accurately understand who I've become" outside of the context of the company and the role of CEO/Founder.

-Reading SO MUCH. And specifically the book "The Adult Years" has been essential for me in understanding the life stages we all go through and how to manage transition best.

-Going on extreme/esoteric retreats: like climbing a snowy mountain this winter in Poland in just a bathing suit. I'm trying to push myself physically in ways I've never done before.

-Bought a house for the first time and am learning to be a DIY god.

-Supporting my wife's entrepreneurial journey as much as possible (she's the founder of her own successful company).

-Being open again to mentoring/supporting others as much as possible.

-I hope to soon become a Court Appointed Advocate so I can help NYC area kids who are caught up in "the system" in some way shape or form.

-Oh and...lot of financial/estate planning work :)

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> Going on extreme/esoteric retreats: like climbing a snowy mountain this winter in Poland in just a bathing suit. I'm trying to push myself physically in ways I've never done before.

I don't know how tall or remote was this mountain, but a guy I know nearly died (well, technically he was dead for a bit while they reanimated him on the rescue helicopter) running in Polish mountains last winter without a proper clothing.

Wow. Um...what was his medical condition?
It's hard to tell what really happened, as he has no recollection of the time before the accident. The rescue party, alarmed by his wife, found him laying on the trail, unconscious and in severe hypothermia. The thing is, while he was running in his relatively light running clothes (the whole run was supposed to take only 40 minutes), the weather suddently turned for the worse, with temperature drop and snow fall. Hard to tell if he lost consciousness just because of the cold or if something else was also a factor.