Having massive financial success and driving a Bentley a couple of years after graduating from college can be a little confusing without the proper guidance. Douglas Raggio was doing great the first six years after college. Jumping from helicopters to boats every weekend and spending recklessly, he felt he would make that amount of money for a long time. But that is not what happened. Business went wrong. He traveled without scales from living a luxurious life into a humbling experience that led to almost a decade of a painful and self-destructive existence. 

Today, I'm joined by Douglas Raggio - a serial entrepreneur, a Food & Beverage Investor, and Founder. Douglas is the Founder of Pass The Honey and Bias & Blind Spots. He is also a Forbes Contributor, Steering Committee Member at Naturally San Diego, an Advisor at SOS Hydration Inc, and a Member & Advisor at COMMON LLC. 

In this episode, we talk about Douglas' journey from having it all to being in debt, to finding success again. He shared what he felt going through the most challenging times of his life and how the myopic perspective of focusing on making it to the next day made it harder to get out of that place. He also talked about the close call that awoke him from almost ten years of a destructive and hopeless lifestyle. We also talked about his new life as a food company owner, the paralyzing decisions, and his new purpose-driven life. 

Tune in to learn a lot about life and a lot about honey business!

Some Questions I Ask:

• I'd love to start by asking you a bit of your background before becoming an entrepreneur and investor in CPG (1:15)
• You mentioned your childhood. How did your childhood experience play into your professional and adult life later on? (9:41)
• It seems like you've gained a tremendous amount of perspective. What kind of work have you put in to get that perspective, if any? (16:42)
• How have your experiences and your hardships contributed to the entrepreneur and advisor that you are today? (19:04)
• What's that feel like to have this incredible sort of drive with this one goal versus spending a lot of time, as you described, rudderless? (39:28)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Fueling the ego. Living a luxury life (3:09)
• How things from our childhood can stick with us (10:30)
• A close call that changed everything (12:46)
• What kind of financial advisor Douglas became after his experiences (19:10)
• Finding a new purpose in the purest, unadulterated honey (24:01)
• How it feels to come from rock-bottom to general peace (39:47)

Resources:

• Pass The Honey website
• Pass The Honey Instagram
• Pass The Honey Facebook

Connect with Douglas:

• LinkedIn

Let's connect:

• What Didn't Kill You - Instagram
• What Didn't Kill You - LinkedIn
• What Didn't Kill You - Website
• What Didn't Kill You - E-mail 

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