What Are Some of the Wake Up Calls That Caused You to Change Your Perspective?

In his mid thirties, the doctor says he had spent 15 years trying to be a professional. He was unhappy and thought that being a man meant providing for your family as well as making money. His father's tough roll modelling left him feeling like he wasn't smart enough or good enough in many ways. But by getting out of an abusive home with much better loving parents, he found himself able to find happiness again.