{"id":16713,"date":"2026-01-23T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/?p=16713"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:25:52","slug":"rediscovering-purpose-on-the-next-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/rediscovering-purpose-on-the-next-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Rediscovering Purpose on the Next Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For many business founders, an exit is meant to be the moment when everything finally clicks into place. You\u2019ve built the business, you\u2019ve carried the pressure and you\u2019ve made all the hard calls. Then, you hand over the reins. From the outside, it can look like the ultimate ending, but, as our co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/roy-mo%C3%ABd-lifebook-memoirs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roy Mo\u00ebd<\/a> shares in this episode of <em>The Next Mountain Podcast<\/em>, that &#8216;after&#8217; period can be surprisingly complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy speaks openly and honestly about what it\u2019s like to move through the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and what can surface when the intensity finally quiets down: relief, pride, uncertainty and disorientation \u2013 sometimes all at once. When you\u2019ve spent years being needed, solving problems and driving relentlessly towards targets, a sudden change of pace can raise bigger questions than you expected \u2013 not just \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\u201d but \u201cWhat matters now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That search for meaning is part of what shaped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/\">LifeBook Memoirs<\/a>. For Roy, the pull wasn\u2019t toward another fast sprint or a new trophy. It was toward something altogether more human: stories, connection, memory and the invisible threads that bind families together across time. At LifeBook Memoirs, we\u2019ve seen again and again that preserving a life story isn\u2019t just about creating a beautiful book (although that part matters). It\u2019s also about the conversations that happen along the way \u2013 the moments of reflection, the laughter, the surprises and the understanding that emerges when someone sits down and takes the time to tell their story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this conversation, Roy explores how legacy isn\u2019t something you &#8216;achieve&#8217; and move on from. It\u2019s something you live, share and pass forward one story at a time. If you\u2019re interested in hearing Roy\u2019s take on what happens after success, how purpose is rebuilt and why storytelling can be one of the most powerful ways to foster and encourage continuity between generations, watch the conversation below \u2013 we think you\u2019ll enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How Stories Change Lives: Roy Mo\u00ebd on Purpose, Legacy and What We Leave Behind\" width=\"1300\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vIW1zbW6Kwk?start=32&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by the LifeBook Memoirs editorial team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to Roy Mo\u00ebd reflecting on purpose, legacy and life after an exit on The Next Mountain Podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":16712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Rediscovering Purpose on the Next Mountain","_seopress_titles_desc":"Listen to Roy Mo\u00ebd reflecting on purpose, legacy and life after an exit on The Next Mountain Podcast.","_seopress_robots_index":"","content-type":"","_metasync_otto_title":"","_metasync_otto_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[219,217,216,218],"tags":[118,124,127,120,131,122],"class_list":["post-16713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leaving-a-legacy","category-private-autobiography","category-what-is-a-memoir","category-write-my-life-story","tag-legacy","tag-life-story","tag-memoirs","tag-private-autobiography","tag-recollections","tag-storytelling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifebookmemoirs.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}