Emily thought a packed calendar was proof she was successful, right up until a manic episode at 28 forced a pause she never would have chosen. In this solo reflection on her Pool Nation Women's Summit keynote, she unpacks why busy is not the same as balanced, why no one else will manage your output for you, and how to build a structure you can return to. The takeaway: you don't need a diagnosis or a breaking point to redefine success.

Xerxes Nabong has been a wealth advisor since 2005. Then his dad died at 58, and the why behind the work changed. In this episode of Success, Rewritten, he talks about what it means to plan for the life, not just the retirement, and how that shift reshaped the way he runs his firm and his family.

In 2018, my treatment team told me my job wasn't compatible with my bipolar disorder diagnosis. I stayed anyway. What happened next changed how I think about work, ambition, and what it actually means to succeed.