How to Stop Playing It Safe and Start Living the Life You Want with David Schnurman (Pt. 1)

Send us Fan Mail🎧 Ep. 214: How to Stop Playing It Safe and Start Living the Life You Want with David Schnurman (Pt. 1)What does it look like to stop waiting on someday? In this rich, deeply human conversation, Sonnie sits down with David Schnurman — entrepreneur, two-time author, TEDx speaker, and CEO of Lawline — to unpack what it really takes to trade comfort for the life you actually want.David shares the winding, non-linear path that took him from Brooklyn to law school to building one of the leading legal education companies in the country — and eventually to packing his family of five into eleven suitcases and moving to Barcelona with no guarantees. What followed was equal parts adventure and chaos, including being locked inside an apartment for 52 days during Europe's strictest COVID lockdown with three kids and no way home.This episode is part one of a two-part conversation. Come ready to think differently about how you label your setbacks, how long your "someday" has been waiting, and what it truly means to live without regrets.In This Episode You'll Hear:The "Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows" mindset framework David lives by — and how it started with getting thrown out of an attorney's officeHow a podcast David started in law school in 2006 became the seed of everything he's built sinceWhy it took four years to turn the Barcelona dream from a kitchen table idea into a plane ticket — and what finally made it realThe conversation David had with his 10-year-old daughter one month into living abroad that said it allWhat life looked like inside Europe's strictest COVID lockdown — 52 days, three kids, one terrace, and the clapping neighbors who kept them goingWhy vulnerability is the new currency of leadershipThe powerful connection between the regrets David hears from people in their final days and why his family made the leap they didHow Sonnie's 20+ years as a hospice nurse shaped her "show me how good it can get" philosophy — and David's real-time curiosity about itKey Quotes"We tend to label a situation bad ten times more than we label it good. And as soon as we label it bad, we experience it as bad." — David Schnurman"Being comfortable and being happy are not the same thing." — David Schnurman"They didn't have a choice whether they went or not. They chose how they showed up." — David Schnurman, on his kids walking into an international school in Barcelona"Vulnerability is the new currency." — David Schnurman"We function in our lives not out of what we want — but out of what we think other people expect of us. And your life can get lost in that." — SonnieResources & Links📘 Eleven Suitcases: How Moving Abroad Changed a Family Forever → elevensuitcases.com📘 The Fast Forward Mindset: How to Be Fearless & Focused to Accelerate Your Success → Amazon🌐 Lawline → lawline.com💼 Connect with David on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/davidschnurmanA rising tide raises all ships, and I invite you along on this journey to Evoke Greatness!On a health journey too? Join me as I navigate Hashimoto's and Perimenopause like a BEAST 🔥Rho Discount Code: https://rhonutrition.com/SONNIE15Meraki Discount Code: http://www.merakimedicinal.com/EVOKEGREATNESSCheck out my website: www.evokegreatness.comFollow me on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonnie-linebarger-899b9a52/https://www.instagram.com/evoke.greatness/https://www.tiktok.com/@evoke.greatnesshttp://www.youtube.com/@evokegreatness