Aubrey Marcus

Was that really me?

Or was I just playing Aubrey?

Or was I just playing Aubrey?

Or was I just playing Aubrey?

It's the only way to intimacy and connection. Let's say you're projecting an avatar. Well, somebody may fall in love with that avatar, but guess what? You're not gonna feel it because you're not the avatar. So you may get somebody to love a projection of you, but you'll never feel it. So the intimacy is never going to be there. So particularly in your romantic partnerships,

It's the only way to intimacy and connection. Let's say you're projecting an avatar. Well, somebody may fall in love with that avatar, but guess what? You're not gonna feel it because you're not the avatar. So you may get somebody to love a projection of you, but you'll never feel it. So the intimacy is never going to be there. So particularly in your romantic partnerships,

It's the only way to intimacy and connection. Let's say you're projecting an avatar. Well, somebody may fall in love with that avatar, but guess what? You're not gonna feel it because you're not the avatar. So you may get somebody to love a projection of you, but you'll never feel it. So the intimacy is never going to be there. So particularly in your romantic partnerships,

being able to share everything and have that held by your partner, that's really what's going to allow the crucible of transformation to occur. It's like, how honest can you be? And the more honest you are, you know, the more intimate you'll become.

being able to share everything and have that held by your partner, that's really what's going to allow the crucible of transformation to occur. It's like, how honest can you be? And the more honest you are, you know, the more intimate you'll become.

being able to share everything and have that held by your partner, that's really what's going to allow the crucible of transformation to occur. It's like, how honest can you be? And the more honest you are, you know, the more intimate you'll become.

You know, it's all challenging, I think. If I look back, what would I have done different is I would have enjoyed the process a little bit more. You can get so focused on the goal and the outcome and so afraid of the success that you're experiencing, afraid of it going away.

You know, it's all challenging, I think. If I look back, what would I have done different is I would have enjoyed the process a little bit more. You can get so focused on the goal and the outcome and so afraid of the success that you're experiencing, afraid of it going away.

You know, it's all challenging, I think. If I look back, what would I have done different is I would have enjoyed the process a little bit more. You can get so focused on the goal and the outcome and so afraid of the success that you're experiencing, afraid of it going away.

I woke up every morning wondering how, and part of this is the function of a CEO, right, is to be looking outside for the dangers that may come. But I was so focused on looking at the dangers that I'd hardly spent the appropriate amount of time being in the joy

I woke up every morning wondering how, and part of this is the function of a CEO, right, is to be looking outside for the dangers that may come. But I was so focused on looking at the dangers that I'd hardly spent the appropriate amount of time being in the joy

I woke up every morning wondering how, and part of this is the function of a CEO, right, is to be looking outside for the dangers that may come. But I was so focused on looking at the dangers that I'd hardly spent the appropriate amount of time being in the joy

of actually doing what I loved and creating that company on it, which was an expression of who I really was, at least on one vector in the total human optimization kind of category. And you're going to have to weather a lot of storms. You're going to have to believe in yourself.

of actually doing what I loved and creating that company on it, which was an expression of who I really was, at least on one vector in the total human optimization kind of category. And you're going to have to weather a lot of storms. You're going to have to believe in yourself.

of actually doing what I loved and creating that company on it, which was an expression of who I really was, at least on one vector in the total human optimization kind of category. And you're going to have to weather a lot of storms. You're going to have to believe in yourself.

You're going to have to stand up to people who don't see what you see and then also listen to people who have wise advice. So, you know, I think I learned a lot through my experience in building on it from 2011 to 2021 when we sold, you know, had a huge success. And then I got way too cocky and thought I had the Midas touch and I could do anything.