He Lost Everything — Then Found His Purpose... | Shawn French

💸 Fund your Business in 5 minutes - https://cardiff.co/business/apply/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_campaign=BehindTheBusinessHe lost everything… and that’s when he finally found his purpose.Most people think success is money.A bigger house. A better title. A bigger paycheck.But what happens when you get all of that… and still feel empty?In this episode of Stern Talk, William Stern sits down with Sean French — high performance coach, keynote speaker, and host of the Determined Society Podcast — for a deep conversation on sports, sales, identity, fatherhood, discipline, and what it really means to rebuild your life after losing everything.Sean opens up about going from baseball to mortgages, from making great money to starting over with nothing, and from chasing income to finally discovering that purpose matters more than a paycheck. What follows is a powerful conversation about resilience, male leadership, parenting, emotional safety, and why so many driven men spend years trying to prove they’re good enough.This episode is not just about performance.It’s about the pressure men carry.The trauma they rarely talk about.And the difference between being motivated… and being disciplined.Chapters0:00 Success Didn’t Fill the Void1:00 Why Athletes Often Win in Business3:21 How Baseball Built Sean French8:41 Lessons From High-Stakes Sales12:24 Losing Everything in the Mortgage Crash17:19 Rebuilding From Rock Bottom20:49 Discipline Beats Motivation21:45 Ad Break26:23 Why He Started the Podcast34:02 Do You Deserve Success?🧠 What You’ll Learn⚾ Why sports build the mindset that transfers into sales and leadership💼 What high-pressure sales teaches you about communication and people🔥 Why making more money does not fix a lack of purpose🧠 How performance-based love can create people pleasers and perfectionists💥 What Sean French learned after losing his house, car, and identity🏃 Why rebuilding starts with movement, discipline, and small decisions👊 Why men need honest conversations with other men🏠 How to parent with structure, love, and accountability🎙️ What pushed Sean to leave corporate America and go all in📈 Why purpose will always outperform ego in the long runA STERN TALK PODCAST - Presented by Cardiff🔔 Subscribe for insightful content on AI transformation, business strategy, and industry disruption. Don't forget to hit the bell icon for notifications on future episodes.📣 Connect with us:William Stern: https://instagram.com/justwilliamstern📣 Guest: Shawn French: 🔑 KeywordsSean French, William Stern, Stern Talk, Sean French podcast, Determined Society, high performance coach, mental toughness, resilience, discipline vs motivation, fatherhood, parenting boys, sports and business, athletes in sales, mortgage crash story, rebuilding after failure, personal growth, male leadership, performance mindset, people pleasing, Sean French interview