Is Your Success Working for you?
At the end of my first full year running my own Hedge Fund, I was up 72%.
By any external metric, it was a triumph. But as I sat at dinner on New Year’s Eve, I wasn’t celebrating. I was angry. I was hooked on success like a junkie, and because I wasn’t up more, I felt like I was losing. One month later, when the market turned and I was down 1%, that lack of perspective spiraled into a deep, isolated depression.
I had the numbers. I had the pedigree (MIT, Elliott Management). I had the capital.
What I didn’t have was a trusted thinking partner.
The “Average+” Trap
I spent over a decade in the “hot seat” of high-stakes finance. I know the specific loneliness of having total responsibility on your shoulders while second-guessing every move.
After six years of running my fund, I noticed the signs of “meh” energy. I was reading the sports pages before the financial reports. My performance was still “average+,” but my standards were higher. Many friends told me I was “stupid” to return the capital and shut down a successful business.
But I knew that continuing without my old high energy was a breach of integrity—to my investors and to myself. I chose the “Excitement of the Unknown” over the safety of a mediocre track record. I walked away at the top so I could build something new from scratch.
Why I Do This Work
I don’t work as a “coach” in the traditional sense. I don’t offer motivational slogans or look backward into your childhood.
I am a Trusted Thinking Partner for people who operate in high-pressure environments.
I do this work because I am the person I wish I’d had 20 years ago. I’m the partner who could have told my younger self to stop staring at the monthly ticker and start building a business. I’m the peer who could have validated my choices, reduced the second-guessing, and helped me find a path that was not only high-performing but actually enjoyable.
I help successful people think clearly about difficult decisions—so they don’t have to look back 20 years from now with the weight of “what if.”
