Moving to New York City and Embracing Uncertainty

The speaker grew up in a small town and always felt drawn to New York City as a hub for artists. Taking a leap of faith, he quit his job, sold his belongings, and bought a one-way ticket to New York. However, his apartment was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, leaving him homeless and stranded. While living on an island in the Caribbean, he experienced a transformative moment of realizing the power of intuition and distinguishing it from the anxious voice of the ego. This experience led him to conceive the idea for his first book, 'Shit Your Ego Says,' and set him on the path to becoming an author.