What happens when the version of success you’ve spent decades chasing suddenly disappears, and you’re forced to rethink who you are, what matters, and how you live?

In this episode of Mad Influence, Helen Saul is joined by Roderick Jefferson, a former corporate executive, speaker, and author whose life and career were fundamentally reshaped after surviving a near-fatal stroke. Before his stroke, Roderick had built what many would recognize as a conventional success story: senior leadership roles, constant travel, and the external markers of achievement that come with high-pressure corporate life. But the experience forced an abrupt pause - and a reckoning. His recovery became the starting point for a deeper re-evaluation of identity, ambition, and the personal cost of success.

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