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Annual Review 2022 - David Perell

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This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I share my joys and struggles, my dreams and regrets. 2022 completely changed my life.

Introduction My life completely changed this year. At the beginning of the year, Write of Passage was a middling lifestyle business. I’d planned to keep the team small and run two cohorts per year. Some conversations in the spring changed my thinking. I stopped Hugging the X-Axis and went all in on the company. I hired a talented executive team, built a production studio in Austin, and grew the team from four full-timers at the beginning of the year to 22 at the end. Growing the company so quickly has been exciting and stressful. I’ve experienced elation and defeat within moments of each other

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