Classpass Founder: Quitting My 9-5 Led To A $1 Billion Business: Payal Kadakia

Think society goes, success is get this job, get married, get a house. What does that do to you? It just really makes your life feel small. The founder of Crossbars Monthly Fitness Program. A billion dollar founder. Wild Fiddle! When I would watch my parents not really fit in, it sort of made me realize maybe I don't fit in and then be told I smelled or I didn't belong somewhere. Everyone wanted to box me into something, and I just refused to be boxed. We spent half a million dollars building a product that didn't work. Was I exhausted? Yes. Was I lonely? Yeah. I missed family things, I missed weddings. I I was just not around. I have learned at this point like time means more to me than money. I wanna make sure my priorities are more reflective of the human I wanna be in my life. If you go towards purpose, I guarantee your life will be more fulfilling. Do you believe that everybody has a purpose beyond the nine to five? I do. How do we find it? So First of all

So without further ado. I'm Steven Bartlett. And this is the Dira CEO USA edition. I hope nobody's listening. But if you are

then please keep this to yourself. Oh yeah. When I read someone's story, one of the first questions I try and answer when I'm reading through that, especially the early years, is I'm trying to identify what it is that made them Either an anomaly or

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