Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
The midpoint of your life is an inflection point in your life. You enter the liminal space between the first half and your second half of life. It’s when you begin to understand that the life you’ve been living has been designed by a blueprint other than your own. You’ve followed the shoulds and expectations…
I worked in the corporate world for about 14 years before being arrested by the FBI and going to prison. I was a “Senior Enterprise Account Manager” for a large technology firm. In the simplest terms, I sold all the stuff that makes the Internet work to the most significant financial firms in the world. …
What if your current definition of success is backward? The commonly accepted definition of success is rooted in the idea that achieving specific milestones will make you happy. Some of those milestones look like, but certainly not limited to: It’s a model of external achievements to create inner happiness that’s been passed through generations, leading…
How will you know when you’ve made it? What is the metric of success that will inform you that you’ve done it? If the metric of success is outside yourself, for example, the answer to, “What’s Your Number?” (The idea that there’s a monetary amount that will make you happy.) I can tell you what…
Personal development has become toxic and annoying. Personal Bests. Challenges for everything. “I did “X” for 30 days straight; here’s what happened.” We can listen to podcasts at amplified speeds; there are more speed reading courses than you shake a stick at. Sidenote: Why are we shaking sticks at things? “Gurus” flood the market with…
Having a mission of service is one of the most critical components of a meaningful life. It’s my 3rd C in the 3 C’s of Meaningful Reinvention; the first two are Connection and Creation. In Simon Sinek’s vernacular, a mission is your “Why?” Why are you taking the actions you’re taking, particularly when those actions…