In this New Year’s Day episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey shares Part 1 of a deep, expansive conversation with entrepreneur and investor Andrew Cartwright.

Andrew’s journey includes building and selling dozens of companies, losing over $100 million, rebuilding from massive debt, and developing a grounded, reflective approach to success and leadership. In Part 1, Meg and Andrew explore identity, resilience, self-awareness, leadership blind spots, faith, and the internal decisions that shape a life.

This episode ends at a defining moment... the story that explains why Andrew never quit.

📌 Upcoming Free Live Event

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The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace (And Why They Don’t Work in 2026)

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⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Welcome and episode context

03:20 – Andrew Cartwright’s background

05:40 – Leaning into possibility

13:40 – Observing thoughts and identity

18:30 – The “state of zero”

24:10 – Blind spots and leadership shadows

31:45 – Business as personal development

36:50 – Losing everything and rebuilding

46:55 – Being cut off at 12

49:40 – Ego, success, and identity

54:20 – The breakthrough moment

59:20 – Failure, quitting, and resolve

1:00:04 – End of Part 1

🔗 CONNECT WITH Andrew Cartwright

Instagram: @andrewxcartwright

Website: capitalvelocity.com

🌿 CONNECT WITH MEG TUOHEY

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