Jay Abbasi: Stop Chasing. Start Serving

Jay Abbasi (see bio below) spent years doing what ambitious people are supposed to do.

Work harder. Say yes. Keep moving. Chase the next thing.

At one point, that meant working midnight to 8 a.m., going to graduate school, working another job on weekends, neglecting his health, and watching his marriage suffer.

Then his father died unexpectedly at 55.

That changed the questions Jay was asking.

Instead of “How do I accomplish more?”, he started asking:

What am I doing all of this for?

That search eventually took Jay through renewable energy, Tesla, four promotions in six years, mindfulness, coaching, entrepreneurship, keynote speaking, and his podcast, Unstuck.

Jeff and Jay talk about what Tesla taught him about adapting when everything changes overnight, why Jay voluntarily left during a round of layoffs to save someone else’s job, and how surrendering instead of forcing his next career move unexpectedly led to starting his own business. jay abbasi-jeff

They also get into mindfulness without the incense-and-cushion requirement, why human communication matters even more in the age of AI, and one leadership lesson Jay learned the hard way:

Acknowledge before you solve.

And because this was a podcast swap, Jay gets off The Corporate Couch only to put Jeff on Unstuck later that same day.