Are you Co-Existing or Co-Creating? Carli and I have been married for almost 13 years. In that time, we've had our fair share of wins and maybe more than our fair share of losses. The other night, as I was giving Carli her nightly dose of Ivermectin, I asked her, "What do you think was the hardest time of our marriage?" Law school Leaving Law to Start an Escape Room Business Newborn Twins The Stage III Cancer Diagnosis (Cancer Round 1) The Stage IV Cancer Diagnosis (Terminal Cancer) Moving 11...
9 days ago • 2 min read
The Creator's Call is an International Bestseller! We did it! Creator's Call: Break Free from the Default Path, Live Your Personal Purpose, and Unleash the Creator Within made the Amazon bestseller list. I'm so glad the message is resonating with you. A few of the reviews that are rolling in: Thanks for your support. Seriously. Means the world. BUY THE BOOK Unsubscribe · Preferences
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only wants one. -Confucious Our Cancer Story: My wife was first diagnosed with stage III metastatic breast cancer (estrogen and progesterone positive, her2 negative) in March of 2022. The diagnosis came as a complete shock because after she had noticed a lump in her left breast in January of 2021 two doctors (a new OBGYN in Texas that she hadn’t met before and her OBGYN in Utah that delivered our twins and knew her) had looked at the lump and...
3 months ago • 7 min read
The Three Archetypes Of The Perpetually Stuck: A Quick Guide to Breaking Free After leaving the career I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to pursue (law) in 2016, I've had hundreds of conversations with career professionals looking for a way out. Almost ANY way out. Feeling stuck in a career is a strange sensation. In one sense there is no one FORCE you to stay there. It isn't prison after all. But in another, no less true although much less visible sense, everyone EXPECTS you to stay...
4 months ago • 5 min read
How to Find Billionaire Mentors "Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Chandler was one of the first guys I hired after I sold my trampoline park company. His dad was a super successful CEO of a SaaS company and Chandler wanted to start making a name for himself outside of his dad's considerable shadow. Chandler told me one of the most important things in the job was to make sure he didn't get any special treatment because of his dad or use...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Men are in pain. There's only one cure. There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental philosophical question. - Albert Camus After I quit my job in biglaw to start an escape room business, I wanted to start posting online but I was nervous to do it. It was still unclear whether my little business was going to make it and the last thing I wanted was to apply to a new law firm...
7 months ago • 4 min read
WHEN THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH “Fear is always triggered by creativity, because creativity asks you to enter into realms of uncertain outcome.” “He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” Chaos is a reality that finds all of us. And it's a reality that most of us desperately try to avoid. At various points in each of our lives, the waters are calm, the wind is at our back, and things are clicking. Amazing. Make hay while the sun shines. But then, storm...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to The Hero’s Path, a weekly newsletter where I provide actionable ideas to help you find and follow your vocation. Your Search For Treasure I think I've spent more time than most feeling that I'm out of my element. From practicing law to entreprenuership--nothing ever really felt like it was clicking the way that I wanted to. I bought in to the Churchill quote: "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the...
12 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to The Hero’s Path, a weekly newsletter where I provide actionable ideas to help you navigate your own hero's path. It’s Time To Wake Up And Leave The Default Path We all start on a path that we didn't really pick. We accept the answers that we've been taught from our parents, teachers and society. For me, my default path led me to practicing law--the career my dad loved. I wanted to be a lawyer just like him. Since he loved it, I wanted to love it too. The default path for each of us...
12 months ago • 1 min read
