Truth Systems started right after Nam and his co-founder went through breakups. His advice: a personal transition is "your opportunity to turn the lens you have on life back to yourself" — figure out what brings you energy and joy, because the transition is unique to you.
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Nam shares that both he and his co-founder started the company when they had "a lot of like time" on their hands after long-term relationships ended, and that what they were going through built camaraderie. For anyone in a major personal transition — a breakup, an investor rejection, uncertainty about the future — he says the most important thing is to turn the lens back on yourself and ask what matters to you and what brings you joy. "There is a reason why it's a personal transition because it's unique to you." The work then becomes asking what allows you to wake up and go about your next day, which builds the layers and strength to keep doing great work.