Alex had three businesses turning over $2.5 million a year by the age of 27. From the outside, he had it all, but inside, he still felt EMPTY.
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In this episode, Alexander Waters shares his raw journey from external success and internal emptiness to selling his businesses, walking on hot coals at Tony Robbins, drinking ayahuasca in Spain, and ultimately following his soul's calling back to music, the dream he buried at 15 when his parents couldn't afford to send him on a school band tour.
This is a conversation about what happens when you stop chasing money and start chasing meaning.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- The Hotel Room Rock Bottom — At 27 with $2.5M in annual revenue, Alex found himself alone in a hotel room crushing cold and flu tablets to snort. That moment of awareness was the catalyst that changed everything.
- Burying Your Dream at 15 and Reclaiming It a Decade Later — Alex was a devoted musician as a kid. It took ayahuasca in Spain and years of inner work to finally follow his soul back to music.
- Your Soul's Calling Is Actually the Hardest Path — Alex argues that pursuing your deepest purpose is where you'll encounter the most fear, doubt, and resistance because it requires the most expansive version of you.
- Designing a Life Around Time, Not Money — Alex cut his expenses to the bone in Bali, and refused to work more than 20 hours a week, all to buy back time for personal growth and music.
- Ayahuasca Is for Everyone, But Not Everyone Is for Ayahuasca — Alex shares why plant medicine transformed his life and how to find safe, trustworthy spaces to explore it.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — When did you realize business success wasn't enough?
1:09 — The rock bottom moment: crushing pills alone in a hotel room
3:50 — Transitioning from business to music
4:12 — Growing up as a musician: piano, drums, and trombone
6:58 — The $2,500 band tour he couldn't afford that changed everything
12:03 — Why we don't take action on our dreams (survival conditioning)
19:21 — Creative process: how Alex writes and produces his songs
26:21 — Plant medicine, ayahuasca, and psychedelic advocacy
33:35 — How fatherhood changed his life (his son Atlas)
43:12 — How Alex defines success now vs. 2017
CONNECT WITH ALEXANDER WATERS
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Website: https://alexanderwaters.com/
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