Stay with it

Stay with it:

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Stay with it.

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Even on the bad days.

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Especially the bad days.

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Keep going.

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Show up.

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Hold your head up high.

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Even when you don’t want to.

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Even when it feels like the world is against you.

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Even when nothing is going your way.

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Keep going.

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All those bad days got you here.

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To this moment.

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Now.

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The one in front of you.

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Even if it feels scary.

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Even if it feels different.

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Trust it.

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Trust the process.

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Trust the discomfort.

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I’m going through it now.

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First time in a long time where I don’t know what the future holds.

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Where my life will be.

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What I will be spending most of my time doing.

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Had a good idea of what was happening in my life since I left medicine in 2018.

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Now?

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Nothing.

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No idea what’s next.

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That’s scary to me.

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It’s terrifying.

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My type A mind does not like losing control.

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Especially for such a big part of my life.

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My career was so much of my life.

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To not know where it will go is scary.

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It’s nerve-racking.

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Today I woke up and felt it.

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Felt off.

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Felt sad.

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Disconnected from how I used to spend years of my life.

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I was happy during that time.

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Proud of what I accomplished.

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Sure, there were days when it felt rough.

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But there were also many great ones.

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Lots accomplished.

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Lots to be proud of.

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Those moments are gone forever.

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Even the people I worked with.

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Some I enjoyed working next to.

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I’ll never have those experiences again.

That’s ok.

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I know I’m destined for something great.

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I know it.

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I trust it.

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This is all part of the plan.

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The plan of life.

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Was it unexpected?

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Absolutely.

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But necessary.

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I needed this.

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I needed this jolt to the system.

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To get out of the comfort zone.

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I was comfortable.

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Too comfortable.

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Everything was going well.

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But then life happens.

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I was forced into a change.

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I was forced to be uncomfortable.

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Seek discomfort - the motto tattooed on my body.

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I needed that kick.

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I knew I wasn’t going to be there forever.

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So what better time to leave?

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Didn’t happen the way I wanted.

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But that’s life.

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It never does.

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Ever.

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Life does not follow the path you have in your head.

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It shocks you when you least expect it.

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Sometimes people retreat.

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They become a shell of themselves.

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The pain of the incident becomes too difficult for them.

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That will not be me.

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I will use this to come back stronger.

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I already have.

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This is even more motivation.

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Motivation to show even more people what I’m capable of.

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Never needed it because I’m so internally driven.

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But now this is even more fuel for the fire.

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As I’ve written before, add them to the list.

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Some people need that on the hard days.

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Kobe and Jordan did.

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All the sports greats have that in them.

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If someone says something negative, they just remember it and show them.

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Prove it.

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Go perform.

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Llet your work do the talking.

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What’s my work shown?

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Always went above and beyond.

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Here’s part of what I accomplished while I was there.

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Part of the firm growing from 0$ managed to almost half a billion dollars.

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Managed our deal flow system.

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Responsible for DEI policy.

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Did all our brand marketing and socials.

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Helped with reporting every quarter since 2019.

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Data rooms for 2 funds.

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Hundreds of Presentations.

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Set up conferences and offsites.

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Then did diligence.

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Analyzed over 1000 companies.

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Sourced deals.

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Led my own.

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Co-led it with others.

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Set up thousands of calls.

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Sat on boards.

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Helped companies make decisions.

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Built relationships with 150+ biotech investors globally.

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Set up relationships with 10+ banks and 15+ pharma companies.

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Traveled the world.

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Represented the firm globally at conferences.

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That’s all professional.

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In that time, I also became a writer.

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Wrote 1100 blog posts.

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Wrote 2 books.

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Read and took notes on hundreds of non-fiction books.

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Ran a marathon.

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Started training for an Ironman.

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Not bad.

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So remember that when you get down.

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When you have those hard days.

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You’ve already done so much.

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You are enough.

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You’ve already won.

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Even when you want to quit…

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Stay with it.

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