Sep 1, 2026 · 13 min · 10 segments
In this reflective episode of "Between the Builds," Chris Fay flies solo to unpack what stuck with him after last week's conversation with Moe Abbas — and what a hard, transitional season in his own…
He talked about, you know, what really changed his thinking was when he was, I think, in high school.
This girl has a potential girlfriend, finally got her, and then ended up getting broken up with and then beaten up within like a day of each other.
And he said that was the defining moment of his life where he decided he was going to take action to take control of his life and his body and where he's going.
He said, look, the best place to start if you're going to make change is with yourself.
And then if you can't take care of yourself, how in the world are you going to be able to take care of yourself? of, uh, of anybody else.
And so anyway, that kind of reminded me as I was thinking about, you know, some of the stuff that I've been going through is just, you know, it's just completely hectic, you know, lots of communication, uh, lots of work to do lots of negotiations and deals and just making sure strategy work, making sure you're setting your company or companies up for success longterm.
Um, you know, and, and, you know, in the midst of all that, Last week, or about a month ago, one of our long-time employees had been with us for 19 years, had come down with stage four pancreatic cancer, and actually last week had unfortunately lost his battle with that, a five-week diagnosis.
And when you see things like that, you experience things like that, it just changes a bit of your perspective.
He talked about, you know, what really changed his thinking was when he was, I think, in high school.
This girl has a potential girlfriend, finally got her, and then ended up getting broken up with and then beaten up within like a day of each other.
And he said that was the defining moment of his life where he decided he was going to take action to take control of his life and his body and where he's going.
He said, look, the best place to start if you're going to make change is with yourself.
And then if you can't take care of yourself, how in the world are you going to be able to take care of yourself? of, uh, of anybody else.
And so anyway, that kind of reminded me as I was thinking about, you know, some of the stuff that I've been going through is just, you know, it's just completely hectic, you know, lots of communication, uh, lots of work to do lots of negotiations and deals and just making sure strategy work, making sure you're setting your company or companies up for success longterm.
Um, you know, and, and, you know, in the midst of all that, Last week, or about a month ago, one of our long-time employees had been with us for 19 years, had come down with stage four pancreatic cancer, and actually last week had unfortunately lost his battle with that, a five-week diagnosis.
And when you see things like that, you experience things like that, it just changes a bit of your perspective.
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