Ryan Leak

And so he posted his address or PO box, if you will, on a blog, I think it was, over a decade ago.

And people would just send him the most insane secrets that...

That would just blow your mind.

And what I would actually do is I would buy, it's kind of like a picture book.

So the graphic design is remarkable.

The artwork is incredible.

And I would actually leave it on my coffee table in college in my apartment because I wanted it to be a reminder of why I do what I do.

Like there are a lot of people in the world who are hurting.

And I would always just kind of flip through it as a reminder of like, man, people are not doing as well as they would tell you.

And so it just would challenge me to take conversations just a little bit deeper.

If you picked up this book, you would...

You'd cry, I think.

I'm not a big crier, but you would have a deep moment.

How about that?

Okay, we're not going to take you all the way to tears, but there are things in that book that you go, could I possibly be working with somebody who feels that way?

I wrote down just a couple, just for you to be able to get what I'm trying to tell you here.

One guy wrote,

I smile at work every day, but I haven't felt happy in years.

Another person wrote, my biggest fear is that I'll live an ordinary life and no one will ever really know me.

I tell everyone I'm too busy to hang out, but the truth is I feel like I don't belong anywhere.