#405: Justin Kan – Finding Peace After $970 Million Exit

Justin Kan is the co-founder Twitch. He sold Twitch to Amazon for $970 million in 2014. Now he spends his time meditating, DJing, and going to Burning Man. He is an investor at Goat Capital and cofounder of Fractal and Rye.

In this conversation, we spoke about winning internally, Justin’s experience with source, finding a partner, leadership, having children, his home vandalization, and learnings from Paul Graham.

0:00 Intro

0:54 Justin’s Leadership Story (In College)

6:40 If You Will It, It Is No Dream

9:00 How To Create A New Reality

12:50 The Internet Is A Giant Tabloid

16:41 Why Is Meditation On The Rise?

19:00 Ayahuasca Experience

33:21 How Did People Treat Justin Differently After Selling Company?

35:15 Finding A Partner

40:31 “Having Kids Rounds Out The Human Experience”

46:00 Justin’s Experience With Source

48:03 “I Am Calm”

51:10 Affirmations

53:02 Diet, Exercise, Sleep

54:24 The Secrets To Happiness

55:21 What Made Justin Upset?

58:49 Spiritual Growth Leaders

1:00:39 Home Vandalization

1:06:31 Learnings From Paul Graham

1:07:39 Internally Successful + Externally Successful

1:09:01 How To Find Your Infinite Game

1:13:33 What Is Justin Most Proud Of?

1:15:43 Why Does Mentoring Feel So Good?

1:16:37 Challenge

Resources

• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer – https://www.amazon.com/Living-Untethered-Beyond-Human-Predicament/dp/1648480934
• The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer – https://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Experiment-Journey-Lifes-Perfection/dp/080414110X
• DeepMindfulness.io – https://deepmindfulness.io/ 
• Dr. Daniel Brown – https://www.drdanielpbrown.com/

Justin’s Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinkan/

My Links

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