About this episode

Kevin Rice discusses the pitfalls of traditional work-life balance and shares insights on emotional connection and leadership.

"When you disconnect from yourself, you disconnect from the people around you. If you don't have a relationship with yourself, how are you going to have a relationship with others?" — Kevin Rice You sold the company. The money hit the bank. And it felt like another Monday. Kevin Rice built Hathway from a garage to 250 people and a successful acquisition — and the day the wire cleared, he felt almost nothing. That moment cracked something open. Not a breakdown. A reckoning. The ambition that had been his operating system for 14 years had also been quietly running him away from the people and the presence that actually make success feel like something. What followed was an honest audit of what high performance costs — and a framework for how to get the ROI back. Kevin brings a rare vantage point: founder, investor, single father navigating hypergrowth and divorce simultaneously. He didn't read about disconnection. He lived it. And he knows exactly where the cracks show up in leaders who are hitting their numbers but losing the plot on everything else. If you're running at full capacity and still feel like something's missing, this episode is the conversation you didn't know you…

People in this episode

Host: Karl Pontau

Guest: Kevin Rice

Topics covered

• work-life balance
• leadership
• high performance
• emotional disconnection
• productivity
• personal growth

Keywords

• work-life balance
• leadership
• high performance
• emotional disconnection
• productivity
• success
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hathway

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