Jun 4, 2026 · 38 min · 12 segments
Roei Samuel sold his first company at 26 and became a millionaire overnight. By his own account it didn't fix a single thing he thought it would. He sits down with Rachel to talk about the burnout…
Roei SamuelGuest
Rachel MurphyHost
I too, I think all of us who exit a business suddenly think we've been gifted a certificate for investing and that we must know what we're doing.
I had the same challenge with being a non-exec and that's why I've done it once and probably will wait 10 years to return to that
You exit a business, you've got some money, you think, I must know what I'm doing with investing.
So I want to talk a little bit about the emotional impact of selling the business.
And for me personally, I found that process of selling the business, working for somebody else, really hard work.
And I would say my mental health was probably one of the worst points of my life going through that earn out.
And it was also, it was the first time that I went off and sort of explored alternative approaches to mental health.
And we talked a bit about this before, but I went off and did a psychedelic retreat.
Out of interest, before we dive into my journey with it, was it the fact that your mental health wasn't where you wanted it to be that you were like, right, let me start exploring what else is out there? Like, how did you actually reach it?
I would say going back to 18, I would say at 18, my mental health was challenging for a couple of years.
I too, I think all of us who exit a business suddenly think we've been gifted a certificate for investing and that we must know what we're doing.
I had the same challenge with being a non-exec and that's why I've done it once and probably will wait 10 years to return to that
You exit a business, you've got some money, you think, I must know what I'm doing with investing.
So I want to talk a little bit about the emotional impact of selling the business.
And for me personally, I found that process of selling the business, working for somebody else, really hard work.
And I would say my mental health was probably one of the worst points of my life going through that earn out.
And it was also, it was the first time that I went off and sort of explored alternative approaches to mental health.
And we talked a bit about this before, but I went off and did a psychedelic retreat.
Out of interest, before we dive into my journey with it, was it the fact that your mental health wasn't where you wanted it to be that you were like, right, let me start exploring what else is out there? Like, how did you actually reach it?
I would say going back to 18, I would say at 18, my mental health was challenging for a couple of years.
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