How Optimizing Health Can Skyrocket Your Business | Larry English DSH #1368

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All right, guys, got Larry English here today. Let's go. Legend. Got the rings on too. Let's do it. Yeah. What's new with you, man? Not much, not much, man. I'm, you know, loving this chapter of life, you know, um,

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building businesses you know starting a young family I got a two-year-old congrats um my wife and I've been together a lot of years um but we but we held off on uh taking the plunge and having kids but it's kind of been the best thing in the world like especially as a kind of a bravado masculine man to go and have a little daughter she softened me up a lot so it's been a beautiful thing man getting in touch with that side a lot of that did you hold off for business reasons

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Yeah, I mean, look, when I retired from playing ball, I was like really focused on building business and figuring out like what is my next act and, you know, really motivated in that realm. So I kind of had a singular point of focus there. So for that reason, I held off.

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I mean, look, looking back on it now that I have kids, I think back to all of the players on the squad, like in my day that were married with children while we were doing it, like while we had training camp, while we were, you know, going deep into the playoffs and the season and things of that nature. And I got so much respect for those guys that were able to do it like while they're

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while you're actually playing. It's crazy. It's such a, such an incredible commitment. It's the most challenging thing in the world, but it truly is one of the, one of the most incredible experiences you can have. I can't wait, man. Soon for me turning 28, getting married this year.

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Those that have demons, that's when they're able to escape those demons when they're creating. The scientists call it flow. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. They're able to escape those demons when they're in this process of creation. So I think that there's something there for us to know and to kind of like keep a keen eye toward. 100%. Because you see these founders that sell their companies.

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Yeah.

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And then they got all this money and they're the most depressed they've ever been. That is correct. Because they're not creating. Yeah. That is exactly. It's crazy, right? Yeah. Some people are like, Oh, if I had that money, I'd be happy, but it's not that easy. That highly sought after exit, right? Yeah. It's not that easy though, man.

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You give someone a hundred million dollars cash, they might destruct. Yeah. You know, you know, I love that you brought it up in the context of founders. Like I got like a really close friend, incredibly close friend. And, um, He's, you know, a little bit older and like somewhat a tad bit later chapter in life than me. But he was that very archetype that you're talking about there.

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It's like, I think he was like, I want to say like around 50, like five years ago or so. Yeah. maybe a little bit, maybe a little bit younger, maybe late forties, but has an exit. I'm talking to the tune of, I want to say their exit was like 1.6 billion. And he had a couple of partners, but he still had a large equity stake in, in that overall pie. And, uh,

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We were chatting, like, not too long after it happened, and I just, I spoke to him, like, not saying that you need my advice, right? Who am I to speak on this? But, bro, like, enjoy this, but start thinking about, like, what's going to be next? What's, like, the next kind of, like, big bone to gnaw on, so to speak? Because it's a little bit of a tricky spot, as you say.

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It's like you're building all these years, then all of a sudden it's gone, right? And you got a big cash infusion and your liquidity to show for it. But as it relates to that purpose and that fulfillment, you're not building anymore. And that's where you can go into this weird spot and...

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And nonetheless, about a year or two later, he ended up segwaying into like this new company that him and his partners then acquired, like a pretty big AI company CEO. Now, he's like, it's funny what you said ended up being the case. And I needed to get to the next thing. And thankfully, like we had this next thing. Wow. We're going to build like this next thing even bigger. That's cool.

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It just goes to show you like how that phenomenon just tends to bring true.

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You know what I'm saying? All the time, man. It doesn't matter how much money could be billions, but you'll still feel like you're missing something. Yeah. We need a game. We need a game to play. Absolutely. When you were making money in the NFL, how was that relationship? Like when you started making crazy money as a young person?

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Yeah. Ooh, that's a really great question. Um, it, um, That can be something that, especially as like young athletes, I don't think there's many guys that are prepared for what that's actually like. Because like I would venture to say like the majority of athletes that are pursuing something seriously like that on that high level.

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There's got to be like a significant level of like passion for the sport involved in that. Right. As opposed to it being purely a money grab type situation. Now, of course... What gets glamorized is the cars, the houses and like the lifestyle. Of course, that stuff does. But at the end of the day, you don't put yourself through that much physically for that many years just simply for the money.