Jim Hallene has had a long and successful career investing into growing businesses, but as he shares during this conversation, the quality of relationships he built both personally and professionally and the risks he was willing to take alongside those relationships are what has given him the most joy and advancement in life.

The pleasure is in staying committed to a set of values that leads to long term outcomes over short term gratification.

Understanding who you are carries tremendous strength.

We often live all our best moments with our destination in mind but we live daily catering to emotions.

Insights from summiting Mount Everest; accepting what is out of our control and operating with joy and gratitude.

Understand the key principles that support success, stay deeply committed to them, and say no to the things that take away from what matters most.

"The best part about the journey is that we're going through it, don't stop moving forward."

"If we are not careful, success can lead to complacency and complacency can lead to failure."

In this episode, we discuss what we are setting out to do, and why adversity and struggle are pivotal in the journey of high performers.