At the end of the day, we are only responsible for ourselves and our internal experience. Today we’re looking inward with Tucker Max, Co-Founder of https://scribewriting.com/ (Scribe Writing), and author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Tucker’s life hadn’t always been easy. Going through many negative experiences, he left his destructive lifestyle behind and pursued his affinity for writing. Years of rejection after rejection from publishers, he broke through and has since been labeled best selling author of several titles. Today, Tucker is on a mission to unlock the wisdom of the world by helping executives and entrepreneurs turn their ideas and messages into books.

Let’s dive right into Tucker’s wild story and learn about a better way to live. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 11:28] Opening Segment

I introduce today’s guest, Tucker Max

What Tucker is known for 

Tucker gives some background on his life growing up 

Lived in Kentucky 

A miserable time with a broken family 

Good at school 

Grew up playing basketball in Lexington 

Able to fit into any group 

Tucker’s time at a law firm 

Emotionally disconnected 

Just following the typical life structure 

Fired after two weeks 

Tucker talks about his time working for his dad

About Tucker’s dad 

Fired by his dad

[11:29 - 17:35] There is an Audience 

Tucker talks about finding his affinity for writing 

Sent his content out to publishers

Rejection on a personalized level 

Started a blog on his own 

Tucker’s first book 

Written 2002 then came out 2006

Bottomed out at 900 copies then came back up

Found an audience by being funny and current 

Insights on writing something good

The people who find value in it 

Just putting in work isn’t good enough 

Work to resonate with people 

[17:36 - 36:07] There Has to Be a Better Way

Tucker shares about his life post first book release

A movie made from his life 

Wrote three more books 

Wildly successful having everything you could ever need

Still not happy 

Getting into personal development 

Tucker shares his time in psychotherapy 

The overwhelming nature of meditation 

Changing the game 

Processing the trauma 

Finding happiness by dealing with the trauma 

Tucker’s life now 

Father and husband 

Secure attachments 

The effect of keeping in your emotions 

Your body doesn’t forget the fight or flight 

The animal analogy 

The problem of religion 

Internalized experienced versus the externalized 

[36:08 - 50:01] Closing Segment

Who you know or What you know?

The what doesn’t matter, just the who 

Tucker’s definition of success 

The internal and external

Advice for people having trouble with relationships

We are a bunch of traumatized monkeys 

Get off the ship 

Ask how am I showing up? 

How are you healing yourself? 

Take full responsibility for yourself 

You don’t have a relationship problem, you have a ‘you’ problem

Don’t adopt a victimhood lifestyle

What would you want to be your primary message?

Getting rid of the virus of victimhood 

Complete radical responsibility for yourself 

Everything starts at home 

The RanDoM ROuNd

Resources and links below 

Final words 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“There’s one definition of good: does this resonate with people? Do they get value from it? Do they want to engage with it? Do they want to share it?” - Tucker Max

“Having a map of Manhattan doesn’t really tell you what Manhattan is like, you kinda gotta walk the island… Knowing what you feel and feeling what you feel are totally different things.” - Tucker Max

“My definition of success is doing things that matter with the people I love.” - Tucker Max 

“All growth and all healing starts with taking...

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