Michael Levitt

I look back at it was a mistake is this is one of those things that happens to people when they burn out is it looks like a good idea to take everything on your shoulders and say, look, I'm going to treat this as if it's my own company and I'm going to build it. It wasn't my own company, but I acted like it was.

I look back at it was a mistake is this is one of those things that happens to people when they burn out is it looks like a good idea to take everything on your shoulders and say, look, I'm going to treat this as if it's my own company and I'm going to build it. It wasn't my own company, but I acted like it was.

So as entrepreneurs know, and as when the multiple careers that you've had in your life, there are times where you just pick up the load and you go, you know, like, okay, we're just going to get this done. But I did that for a solid two plus years. And it caught up with me in the spring of 2009, where over a period of 369 days, so just over a year from May 2009 to May 2010, This happened to me.

So as entrepreneurs know, and as when the multiple careers that you've had in your life, there are times where you just pick up the load and you go, you know, like, okay, we're just going to get this done. But I did that for a solid two plus years. And it caught up with me in the spring of 2009, where over a period of 369 days, so just over a year from May 2009 to May 2010, This happened to me.

I had a heart attack that should have killed me. 17 weeks later, I was laid off during the Great Recession. A few months later, because I was on heart medication that cost me $1,000 a month out of pocket, had to feed my family and all of that while still looking for a job and not having a lot of income coming in.

I had a heart attack that should have killed me. 17 weeks later, I was laid off during the Great Recession. A few months later, because I was on heart medication that cost me $1,000 a month out of pocket, had to feed my family and all of that while still looking for a job and not having a lot of income coming in.

The bank decided to repossess our family vehicle because we didn't have enough money to pay our bills. And then after that happened, we moved to Toronto because they found a work opportunity in Toronto. And then a couple of weeks into it, or actually it was six weeks, after six weeks of working up here, moved the family up here, was getting ready to sell our house back where we had left.

The bank decided to repossess our family vehicle because we didn't have enough money to pay our bills. And then after that happened, we moved to Toronto because they found a work opportunity in Toronto. And then a couple of weeks into it, or actually it was six weeks, after six weeks of working up here, moved the family up here, was getting ready to sell our house back where we had left.

And I went back there the following weekend after I moved to grab whatever else we forgot. And there was a note on the door and a huge padlock that said foreclosed. So in a year, I had a heart attack, job loss, car repossession, home foreclosure, all in a year. And all those things happened to me because I was burned out. I wasn't taking care of myself. I wasn't resting.

And I went back there the following weekend after I moved to grab whatever else we forgot. And there was a note on the door and a huge padlock that said foreclosed. So in a year, I had a heart attack, job loss, car repossession, home foreclosure, all in a year. And all those things happened to me because I was burned out. I wasn't taking care of myself. I wasn't resting.

I was making mistakes at work. I was irritable. The poster child for burnout, I would have been on it because I was checking all the boxes for it. Now, after having all of those experiences, some would say, you survived. And I could have chose the path saying, you know what? I'm Superman. I survived it. Here I am. I'm just going to continue on.

I was making mistakes at work. I was irritable. The poster child for burnout, I would have been on it because I was checking all the boxes for it. Now, after having all of those experiences, some would say, you survived. And I could have chose the path saying, you know what? I'm Superman. I survived it. Here I am. I'm just going to continue on.

But I recognized right away that, especially at the age I was at that time, that's way too young to have a heart attack. I thought, I need to make some changes. And as I started to, and I started to unpack all that had happened,

But I recognized right away that, especially at the age I was at that time, that's way too young to have a heart attack. I thought, I need to make some changes. And as I started to, and I started to unpack all that had happened,

and it wasn't just for the last two years i did a deep dive and i went back as far back as i could remember to say okay why did i make the choices that i made what was my goals what was my motivation for that and i didn't do it in a critical fashion i think a lot of people do that when they're looking within your we're often quite critical of ourselves

and it wasn't just for the last two years i did a deep dive and i went back as far back as i could remember to say okay why did i make the choices that i made what was my goals what was my motivation for that and i didn't do it in a critical fashion i think a lot of people do that when they're looking within your we're often quite critical of ourselves

But I thankfully had the mindset of saying, no, I'm going to look at this like a curiosity of a four-year-old and just say, what's this? Why this? How does that work? So that's how I did it. I approached it as just an outsider looking and going, why was that important to me to do it that way? Why did I do that? What was I trying to accomplish?

But I thankfully had the mindset of saying, no, I'm going to look at this like a curiosity of a four-year-old and just say, what's this? Why this? How does that work? So that's how I did it. I approached it as just an outsider looking and going, why was that important to me to do it that way? Why did I do that? What was I trying to accomplish?

Was there something else that caused me to do that or make that decision? and that took time my only regret not that i have regrets in life but i do have a regret that i didn't work with a therapist before that i have a therapist now and i highly suggest and recommend everyone should have a therapist everyone there's something in your life either now or in the past or potentially in the future

Was there something else that caused me to do that or make that decision? and that took time my only regret not that i have regrets in life but i do have a regret that i didn't work with a therapist before that i have a therapist now and i highly suggest and recommend everyone should have a therapist everyone there's something in your life either now or in the past or potentially in the future