Scott Galloway

I wanted to live in New York.

I wanted to be more, I don't know what the term is.

I don't want to say called more relevant, but I wanted more curb success, if you will.

And I've always been very insecure about money.

So I made the decision for that trade-off.

And that is I got alignment with my partner and I said, there's going to be times when I'm on the road for two or three weeks.

I used to, I was running a company called L2, which helped luxury brands benchmark their digital confidence.

And luxury brands happen to be located a lot in Paris or Milan or, you know, I would travel to Seoul to meet with Samsung and then to Ingolstadt, Germany to meet with Audi.

And I remember coming home a few times after being on the road for two or three weeks, and I'd look and peer my head into my kid's room when they were your age, and I'd notice they physically had grown since I left.

And I'd get all bummed out.

But me and my partner decided that we wanted the optionality later in life that money affords you.

I have a tremendous amount of balance right now.

You know, I'm going to—I can fly home whenever I want.

I'm in New York, and then I'm going to go spend some time with my kids.

One of my kids is in the Dolomites hiking with his mom, and then we're all—you know, we're going to World Cup, and we just get to do these amazing—have these amazing experiences.

And we—I mean, I'm boasting now, but it came at a cost.

I don't—I have so much optionality now and fun things in my life because—

Boss, I was working like 14 hours a day when they were babies.

And even kids, I missed a lot.

I don't want to, I missed a lot.