Chris Harder

And you almost have to live in to that next role or maybe even live in to the next couple of roles before you get there so that people notice you.

It's a game that you have to play if you are in corporate.

And I wish it wasn't that way, but the facts are the facts.

And that was a role that I was playing.

And I wasn't necessarily...

fully happy playing that role, but I understood the game and I was willing to win at that game.

And I'll tell you, the thing I love about entrepreneurship is this.

In corporate America, there's only just so many roles that can be given out.

So for example, if you want VP of this or a C-suite executive of that, there's just so many of those spots that can be given out.

So it's a competition.

You have to almost pull somebody else down, even though you don't want to, in order to get that spot.

But in entrepreneurship,

There is more than enough room for any kind of coach you want to be, or any kind of beverage company you want to build, or any kind of new fintech, which is what I'm working on right now that you want to build.

There is more than enough to go around.

So entrepreneurship, I feel like, is more encouraging and inclusive than when I was fighting over one position with maybe 50 other people in corporate America.

Now, listen, this is not a corporate America is bad thing.

This is none of that.

because it played such an important role in my life.

And we need incredible individuals that are meant to play those roles.

But I will tell you, I'm much happier now that I've followed this calling than staying back there.