
Reinvention isn’t becoming someone new.
It’s remembering who you are.
You’ve checked all the boxes.
The career. The house. The lifestyle.
By all external measures, you should feel successful.
But inside?
You feel stuck, restless, and quietly ask yourself: “Is this all there is?”
No matter how good your life looks on the outside, something significant is missing on the inside.
And the cost is mounting; you feel empty and trapped, your relationships are strained, you know your time is limited, and regret creeps in with every birthday.
You feel like you’re leaving the best parts of you untapped and unfulfilled.
Here’s the truth you need to understand:
You’re not missing more career and status success; you’re missing the self you left behind to achieve it.
That realization became the four words that form the foundation of my work:
Stop Chasing. Start Creating.
What is Realistic Reinvention™ for Real Life?
I help midlife professionals stop chasing what doesn’t fulfill them and start creating extraordinary lives of meaning, purpose, and joy, without giving up everything they’ve built or burning it to the ground.
Through my 3C Reinvention Framework™️, Connect, Create, Contribute, I guide audiences to:
- Reconnect with their inner truth and values.
- Reclaim the creativity and passions they abandoned.
- Contribute to something larger than themselves.
The result?
Clarity. Alignment. Confidence. Self-Trust. Fulfillment. Energy. Peace of mind. Unleashed potential. Deeper relationships. Impact.
Most importantly, a life that feeds both your family and your soul.
I don’t teach from a textbook.
I teach from lived experience, terrible choices, lessons earned, and a decade of reinvention built from the inside out.
I deliver transformational keynotes that redefine success, resilience, and reinvention.
Through raw storytelling, real-world insights, and actionable strategies, I help audiences unlock their potential and thrive in work, life, and beyond.
Let’s connect and bring the power of Realistic Reinvention™️ to your next event.
Speaking Engagements
With a deeply personal story of overcoming federal prison and hitting rock bottom, Craig delivers powerful keynotes that resonate with anyone seeking to unleash their potential, discover purpose, and live authentically.
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Blank Canvas Book
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The Latest from Craig
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12 Simple Steps to Reinvent Your Life Starting Today

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How to Reinvent Your Life in Only Hour Per Day

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…
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Feeling Stuck? These 2 Simple Questions Changed My Life

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…
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Don’t Shelf Your Dreams: The New Way to Measure Success

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…
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Why Chasing Success Will Never Make You Happy

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…
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Personal Development: The New Money And Materialism

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