At 22, Alessio had made his first million dollars and reinvested the capital across two ventures without sufficient diversification or protection. Alessio had built his sense of control around the belief that intelligent choices, hard work and commitment should produce the right outcome. Alessio rebuilt and went on to work across business strategy, cybersecurity, wealth management, leadership and publishing. For Alessio, rebuilding his life required more than restoring income. Rebuilding a life demands a more difficult achievement: learning what must remain when the numbers no longer confirm who a person believed they were.