You did everything right. You built it, scaled it, survived the recessions, the bad hires, the near-death quarters. Then one day you signed the papers. The wire
You spent years building toward the moment you’d sell, step back, or hand it off. You hit the number. You signed the papers. You were supposed to feel free. Instead, you feel like something got amputated… and nobody warned you this was coming. Here’s what’s actually happening inside you, and why i