My guest today, Jerry Colonna, grew up in Brooklyn in the sixties and seventies, a time when there was a lot of turmoil in New York and his immediate family was no smaller representation of that same inner turmoil, with a lot of strife happening within the household.
That set the stage for the way that he would perceive himself, the way he would perceive his own life, his value, his contribution, the way he would and would not act in no small part.
The way that he then went out into the world, built his living.
He ended up going to college, moving into the world of publishing, succeeding at a very high level very quickly, then into the world of venture capital, in the tech world, and at a very young age, being sort of one of the high flying pairs who did stunning things.
Then at the age of 38, everything came crashing down and led him to a major breaking point in his life, and he had to make some decisions about how he wanted to move forward.
That led to a profound shift in career and to the world of Buddhism, the world of being in support of others.
And he now is one of the most sought after coaches, if not the most sought after coach, especially in Silicon Valley, for founders who are going through the fierce cauldron of starting and building something big with massive stakes.
A lot of his journey and his philosophy is shared in a beautiful new book that he's written called Reboot.
And we dive into this journey today.
I would strongly recommend you pick up and read the book, but we really deep dive into some super important ideas and principles and his own personal narrative in this conversation.
So excited to share it with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.
So good to be hanging out with you again.
It is.
You, too.
It's been years.
I think we were just figuring probably 20 is either late 2012, 2013.
Back in the day when GLP started, we were actually shooting video on location, hanging out in your office, which I guess you still have, but now you kind of go back and forth between both.
And it's exactly the same way because it provides a sense of consistency to clients.
So just like when I would go to my therapist's office for 30 years and stare at the same freaking wallpaper, it's like, change nothing, right?