I’ve been a banana suit wearing smoothie barista, a fancy suit wearing NYC tech-entrepreneur, and many things in between having had quite the humbling journey. However it wasn’t until I fell victim to the ever-growing entrepreneurial burnout that I realized the sheer importance of work-life balance. In fact, I now live by the mantra — “BALANCE equals HAPPINESS” — and I bet you will too after reading this book.

You see, I was working 100+ hour weeks, getting roughly 5 hours of sleep, and grindin’ my face off — all for profit and success. But after my brother and I landed the 7-figure VC funding deal through major partnerships with Microsoft and IBM for our innovative tech startup, I felt completely unfulfilled. So after many tears and a gut-wrenching conversation, we made a massive pivot. We said no to the funding deal, scrapped years of hard work, folded the company, and I moved to Bangkok, Thailand for 10 months. It was there where I figured out a better way to work and live in alignment, a way to find happiness within the hustle. And that is how The Happy Hustle was born. This book signifies the replicable journey that just about anyone (but especially entrepreneurs) who struggles with imbalance and unhappiness can emulate to transform their reality into a blissfully balanced life.