What Happens When You Define Success -- On Your Own Terms 🌍🍻
- Tony Ouyang
- Nov 7
- 2 min read
Financial Independence / noun : FI - the point where your investments can fully cover your living expenses.
What Happens When You Define Success -- On Your Own Terms 🌍🍻
This past summer, Fei Ouyang and I plus our girls had the joy of reconnecting with old University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business friends, Stephen Brown and Simone Heron (plus their pup Mosaic!)--in none other than #Tallinn, #Estonia.
Steven and Simone did something really awesome.
They quit their corporate jobs in Brooklyn and made the leap to build something of their own abroad: Brewklyn Cafe , a vibrant craft beer café that brings a slice of NYC to the Baltics.
Over a smoothie sour, Steven shared something that stood out for me:
“Our stress levels are about 25% of what they used to be in New York... we work a lot but it's fun and time spent together."
Beyond lower stress, they’re having fun, building community with expats and locals alike, and creating a life that *works for them*.
This is the kind of mindshift that Warren Buffett might describe as following your “Inner Scorecard”--measuring success not by someone else’s expectations, but by your own values.
👏 Steven and Simone, you’re an inspiration--and proof that designing a life on your own terms is possible.
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