Greg Larkin’s Post

When you hold your baby for the first time, you start to reevaluate your career. "The moment my daughter was placed in my arms, my 15-year, 90-hour-a-week Wall Street career lost its grip. Bonuses, promotions, deals all instantly lost their grip. Suddenly, I was more than an executive. I was a Dad." This is what one of the members of Punks & Pinstripes, a former derivatives trader turned #startup founder, brought to a members-only Feast recently. This happens to most people. A moment in life will shock you into a sudden realization that what you do needs to be realigned with who you are. This is the power of Punks & Pinstripes. We help people who've achieved epic $h*t go through the biggest transitions of their careers. Because success has two mountains. The First Mountain is about someone else’s definition of winning: a big exit, a big bonus, recognition, power, respect. Then something happens. Birth, death, love, or divorce, makes you realize that the success which has defined you is no longer who you are. The Second Mountain is about defining success on your terms. It’s more fulfilling and purposeful. Most executive communities are for climbing the first mountain. Punks & Pinstripes is for the Second Mountain. This is a picture from one of our members-only Feasts in #NYC