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I'm a 36-year-old CEO who sold my first startup for $1 billion. Here's what I've learned this past decade. (by justinkan)

Justin Kan is a mid-30s entrepreneur who sold his previous startup, Twitch, to Amazon for $1 billion, and has raised millions in VC funding for his current project, the legal startup "Lasting happiness comes from connection to other people, gratitude, and the release of self-tortured striving," he wrote.He says the most important thing for success in work is who you work with.

After hitting many of the goals I set for myself, some beyond the wildest dreams I had 10 years ago, the satisfaction never lasted. It was there in the beginning, but never created a permanent state change.I thought my anxiety and fear was situational, but it turns out I'd just map the same level of fears on to whatever difficult experiences I was going through at any given time.I tried to escape from my fear lots of ways .

All my life I longed to connect meaningfully to others, but felt I didn't know how. Instead I tried to be successful to attract other people to me. But that's not necessary: I've learned to start with vulnerability and curiosity. Lasting happiness comes from connection to other people, gratitude, and the release of self-tortured striving.

 

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