Wake Up Call
Wake Up Call
Podcast Description
I burned out chasing success. So I sold everything and hit record. Wake Up Call is my search - for truth, healing, and what a good life actually looks like.
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The podcast focuses on themes of burnout, identity, personal healing, and the true meaning of success. Episodes discuss topics such as the mental toll of audience building in the age of AI, the journey back from burnout, and the importance of presence over pressure, with examples like Justin Welsh's recovery journey and Tessa Whittaker's reinvention.
This podcast is for anyone questioning the endless pursuit of more.
ex-VC & tech exec who left it all behind, sold everything I own and went looking for some answers. This is my search for truth, meaning and what a good life actually looks like.
Some conversations slow you down in the best way.
In this episode I sit down with Richard Banfield. Richard has spent decades building companies, writing books, and thinking deeply about how creativity, technology, and leadership intersect. But what makes this conversation powerful is not the resume. It is the life behind it.
Richard opens up about losing his wife to cancer and how that experience reshaped the way he approaches life, meaning, and the time we are given. Grief has a way of stripping things back to what actually matters, and you can feel that perspective throughout this conversation.
We talk about reinvention, vulnerability, and the importance of community when life forces you to ask bigger questions. We also go down a few fascinating rabbit holes, from the Cambrian explosion and human evolution to how technology is shaping the next phase of our species.
This one is thoughtful, honest, and quietly profound.
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