“Don’t do anything for at least a year.”

This is the most common advice that post-exit entrepreneurs share when they write their books or appear as guests on podcasts. They caution that there is a natural tendency to want to get back on the horse, to build something bigger and better, and keep the dream team working together.

It’s the advice I give, too. The only problem? I didn’t follow it when I should have.

It took me four years of grinding through the challenges of building that next startup. Finally, with the help of friends and getting smacked in the face by reality, I escaped the prison I built for myself and found a better path forward.

And it took me a few years later to finally understand why I didn’t listen to this chorus of advice. This is my story, which might help you learn the lesson faster than I did.

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