"Nobody in my family was happy," Will admitted. "No one wanted to be in a platoon. Willow was the first one to begin the mutiny and it was my first realization that success and money don't mean happiness. Up until that point, I really believed that you could succeed your way—to a house and a family—and you could win your way to happiness.
"You can have so much stuff that it makes you miserable," Will continued. "That was my first pull-back and I was like, 'OK, what am I missing?'"Sheree Zampino —said it was a turning point that inspired him to start reading books and studying psychology. Even though he was happy with all the success, Will noted, "I was driving the people around me in a way that I was leaving scorched earth around me."
Through the experience, Will said he "discovered feelings" he had previously ignored in the pursuit of success. "I never gave a f--k about feelings, you can't care about feelings," he stated. "How are you going to win if you're worried about how you feel?"