Choosing Passion Over Conformity. Passion on Purpose podcast guest Richard Blank Costa Ricas Center.

So that's an excellent question. In fact, I don't mind disclosing this with you. It goes way back where when your family is giving you certain opinions or has expectations in regards to your career, My friend, I didn't go Ivy League. My grandpa went to Harvard Law. My pops went to Columbia Business School. My brother went to Washington League. I didn't have the structured discipline or maturity to handle those sort of studies. So I decided to follow through on my passion. I love Spanish. And I know that if I were the only one out of my friends that could speak Spanish, I might be marketable. I was encouraged by my Spanish teacher and my high school initially that wrote me a college recommendation letter. because they believed in me and they knew that this was my sort of passion. And so it's very difficult to compare notes with people because I was a linguist. And I know that that was going to open doors and make me versatile. Who knows where it's going to take me? And so I interned for Telemundo in college just to work on those skills. And I worked for Corona Beer Postgrad. But at 27 years old, Steph, I was given a one in a million opportunity to move to Costa Rica. And if you can get past your parents' guilt, if that barn door stays open, you take it. And so I've been here for 23 years, celebrated my 15th year in business, owning a center. And as I mentioned before, it's really just about having a true life, leaving that castle, slaying the dragon, saving a princess and becoming a prince. That's what life's all about.