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251. Successful at a Life I Didn’t Want with Mark Reynolds

Mark Reynolds took a job on a promise to stay for one year. At the ten-year mark, he looked up and realized he had what he calls "all the trappings of success": good money, reasonable hours, a meaningful mission at a large nonprofit, and plenty of time for his family. He chose the word "trappings" on purpose, because he felt trapped.

A military kid raised on Navy bases from Japan to Iceland, Mark grew up wanting nothing more than to serve, until seizures forced him out of the Army shortly after 9/11. He rebuilt a career in public accounting and consulting, and when that career stopped…

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