Earn Your Happy Do THIS To Go From Breakdown To Breakthrough
Dec 30, 2025
High performers often feel overwhelmed as their plans crumble in unexpected ways. The hosts share a powerful glassblower metaphor, suggesting that meltdowns can lead to greater transformation. Chris reflects on his own career crisis and the blessings of forced change. They emphasize the value of choosing reinvention on one's own terms for a first-mover advantage. Additionally, the discussion highlights the benefits of guided growth through coaching and mastermind groups, setting the stage for launching new ideas in the upcoming year.
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Meltdown As Necessary Reshaping
- Feeling like a meltdown often means you're being reshaped into a larger capacity version of yourself.
- Lori and Chris frame collapses as necessary melting that enables future growth and new forms of success.
Widespread Forces Behind 2025 Failures
- Multiple forces (economy, AI, liquidity concentration) caused many plans to fail across income levels in 2025.
- Chris warns this broad disruption explains why high performers felt disoriented and why change is systemic.
Personal Career Collapse In 2008–2009
- Lori recounts her 2008–2009 career collapse where she lost money, career status, homes, and identity during the recession.
- She explains it took years to rebuild and led to new identities and greater long-term gains.