Why Success Feels Lonely — Full Transcript & Summary

[00:02] I never understood what that meant until I got here. Your friends can't relate to Your family supports you, but they don't fully understand the sacrifices and the

[00:14] hunger. Your employees see the results, but they don't see the weight that you carry. Man, look, I have almost everything a young man dreams of. Financial freedom, the ability to fly anywhere I want,

[00:27] but I have no time for a relationship or to start a family, even though to start a family, even though ultimately that's what I want the most. I'm on the way back to Singapore from my company trip to Greece and Egypt, and I

[00:39] realized something. The luxury wasn't what stayed with me, you know, the hotels, the flights, the expensive experiences. You tend to forget about those. What you end up remembering are the conversations,

[00:51] the laughters, the people you shared those moments with, the memories you created that will last for a lifetime. And that's why I believe that wealth is empty if it only makes your life better. The real purpose is to use it to enrich

[01:05] the life of other people. A few years ago, I ended a relationship because I knew I needed complete focus to build the life that I wanted and to retire my father. That's how bad I wanted it. Most people want success, but they don't want

[01:20] to pay the price. But the truth is, you cannot have your cake and eat it, too. Life comes in seasons. Right now, this is my season of building so that, you know, one day my children can live a life that I never had growing up. But

[01:36] yeah, anyways, it is lonely at the top, but it doesn't have to be that way. You have a choice to share your wealth, use it to enrich other people's life, use it it to enrich other people's life, use it to buy back more time for you to spend

[01:51] to buy back more time for you to spend with your loved ones.