I'm a 50 something father, husband and entrepreneur. I love to travel and experience life in between being involved with my son's activities, and running 4 companies, one of which I own with my wife of 21 years. One month after taking the plunge to do an epic 26 day trip from Sydney Australia to Honolulu Hawaii I had a heart attack. I survived because of the quick actions of my wife and the fact that I had been a triathlete for the years leading up to the event. Now, more than ever before, I appreciate what life has to offer and making time to go experience it, not just dream about it.
Life Is About Experiences Not Things is about sharing travels and insights from the neighborhood and
For most of my entrepreneurial life, I only invested in things I could measure.
Ad spend. Conference fees. New hires. If I could build a formula around it, I'd write the check.
So when it came to a real vacation — a true unplug, no laptop, no check-ins — I'd run the same math. And when I couldn't draw a straight line from "trip to Maldives" to "business outcome," I'd put it off.
What I eventually understood is that experience math isn't linear. The return might show up in two days or two years. It might be a breakthrough idea, a conversation that changes your strategy, or simply the energy to lead your team the way they deserve.
In 2024, my wife and I spent a month in the Maldives for our 25th anniversary. I came back transformed. Not because of what I figured out on the beach — but because of who I was when I got back.
Permission to Unplug comes out September 8. Pre-order link in first comment.
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For a long time I wore my perfectionism like a badge. Nothing left my desk unless it was right. Every proposal, every system, every hire — it all ran through me because I was the one who could do it properly.
What I didn't see was that I was also the reason nothing moved fast enough.
Projects stalled waiting on my approval. Good people got frustrated and left because they were never trusted to own anything. And I was exhausted — not because the business was growing, but because I'd made myself personally responsible for every detail of it.
The shift that changed everything: an 80% job that's actually finished will always beat a 100% job that's waiting on the boss.
Permission to Unplug comes out September 8. If the perfectionism trap sounds familiar, this book was written for you. Pre-order link in first comment.
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There's something that happens when you stand next to the ocean.
The inbox stops mattering. The approvals can wait. The thing you've been turning over in your mind for weeks either becomes clear — or stops feeling urgent.
Both are wins.
I spent years telling myself I'd slow down when the business was ready. I was wrong about two things: the business is never ready. And slowing down is actually what makes it grow.
Permission to Unplug — pre-order link in bio.
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