I SOLD MY COMPANY AND IT FEELS ... WEIRD - MAY 2024

04.04.2024
«All I have is the present moment…Once properly acknowledged, it really tends to cure a lot of the angst and looming worries. But I defer to some ominous future hour for my peace and happiness to arrive. Well, I am realising, this moment never really arrives. Following the cusp of selling my second company, I should be beside myself with feelings of positivity. Instead, I feel... weird. Already wiring myself for the next challenge with a new slate of stress, deadlines, uncertainties, and a general lack of peace of mind. This realisation made me reflect on the real source of happiness and the way to access it. Turns out, my best bet is to reframe how I conceptualise the path toward my goal. At every step of the way, there is plenty of happiness to extract and enhance the quality of my everyday life. If I can reframe how I think about the path toward my aim, enjoyment is right there, ready to be claimed. Find excitement and gratitude in the sweat and tears, but also in the small accomplishments, which I often fail to give myself credit for while waiting for the big deal to arrive.

Life passes by way too quickly…I won’t defer my contentment and happiness to some unknown time in the future, as that might never really arrive. Marie-Louise von Franz calls it the 'provisional life,' where we don’t fully acknowledge our role in the present moment and live in a fantasy where 'sometime in the future, the real thing will come about.' Well, the only real thing is exactly right here, right now. It is up to myself and my mindset to make it a positive or miserable experience.

Choose well today and every day beyond that!

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After 4 years of bootstrapping, seven figures in ARR, and a team of 12+, this journey comes to an end. Thanks to the team, my Co-Founder and every single customer: Thanks for the learnings, the highs, the lows and the process. Again»

Timecodes:
0:00 - I will focus on enjoying while being an entrepreneur
0:22 - …I feel weird
2:53 - What extremely important I understood thanks to self-reflection
4:20 - Why am I doing this journal
4:49 - Reminder for myself

WHO AM I?
My name is Ludwig Schroedl. Coming from a very small German village, I managed to create a $40+ million family office from scratch within the last eight years. The journey was sometimes lonely, pressured, and heavy. For that reason, I journaled throughout the entire time. This channel reveals my journal in video format and serves as a public library for you, my future children, and me. The channel's purpose is to master knowledge, share experiences, reflect on learnings, remember where I come from, and strive to become 0.1% better every day while helping others do the same. So we can become the best versions of ourselves possible!
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[telamonardavanis]

Top notch! Its the journey not the destination!

[AcctistaZ]

Firstly, congratulations for the journey and the results. Secondly, the reward for an entrepreneur is setting targets and taking on the journey. Once you exit, you’ve finished the journey.

[ThomasPlatzer-junh]

Great editing, Great storytelling and Inspirational on all levels! Great content🤟😌

[howdyamigo]

Very interesting thought. Why do you think you were not able to be happy with what you achieved?