#109. How To Defy All Odds By Doing What You Love & Leaving Microsoft and Google for Circus Performance Art — Christine Lee

This week’s guest is Christine Lee. Christine is an IMDb-verified actress and model, and is the co-founder of The Dahilas Entertainment, a professional circus entertainment troupe.

When there's darkness and there's a loss of hope, there has to be an opportunity for something. "It was hitting rock bottom to make me get off my butt and do something different.”

Christine: Can you compare your happiness level until when you finally jumped ship because the timing was right according to your context and your circumstances? Now doing circus full time and just loving what I do right now, it is a ten out of ten. Changing a career or choosing something isn't going to change everything.

The golden handcuffs, it's a very American concept. You make $200,000, $300,000, and $400,000 based on how many years you put in at Google. That also comes with the vesting options of a million over six years.

Have you noticed any differences of fulfillment or happiness level between America and other countries? Whatever is the norm in whatever country or culture you're in, it's all relative. If you never discovered this current pathway in your old trajectory, how happy would you have been?

Can you recall any of the powerful transformational stories or pivoting stories you've heard from people who are inspired by the decisions you've made. Something that I do every year on my birthday is I put on this show. It's called the Dream Circus Birthday Fundraiser show. I love talking to people about this, empowering others, hopefully inspiring others.