35. Quitting Deloitte and Finding Your "Why" with Jake Luna

For this episode I got to speak with Jake Luna, former accountant at Deloitte and creator of the wildly successful Newport Run Club, and get into his story over a few nitro cold brews.

00:00 ~ Intro
05:45 ~ Navigating quality over quantity in sponsorships
08:50 ~ Background
10:55 ~ Jake's honest take on doing accounting as a career
15:20 ~ The birth of Newport Run Club
17:45 ~ Quitting Deloitte
18:20 ~ Not doing your calling = anxiety
24:18 ~ "If you are so smart, why haven't you learned to be happy?"
26:16 ~ When people first started showing to run club
28:50 ~ Navigating fear of rejection
38:00 ~ Talking about music
47:55 ~ advertisement
52:05 ~ The mind is able to adapt
54:39 ~ Jake's inspo for running a marathon
56:50 ~ Being selective with partnerships
59:45 ~ There is no real strategy // keeping the club's integrity
1:08:20 ~ If you're unhappy, listen to this...
1:13:55 ~ Truly, no one knows what they're doing
1:19:42 ~ Jake's final message

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