Lake Tahoe taught me something no business school ever did.
The deals that changed my trajectory didn't come from hustle.
They came from presence.
Save this if you need the reminder.
And if you've been postponing a trip — the ...link in bio is for you.
#permissiontounplug #businesslessons #mustbepresenttowin #showup #doneisbetterthanperfect
June. Lake Tahoe. A charity golf tournament with zero business intentions.
No meetings lined up. No clients to pitch.
Just a beautiful course and a good excuse to leave the office.
Last night of the event, we ended up at dinner with a group of guys from ...the course.
Golf. Life. Business.
Then someone asked what we were working on.
By Sunday we were driving home with five deals in the works.
Here's what three companies have taught me:
The opportunities that changed my trajectory didn't come from the pitch deck I perfected at midnight.
They came from the dinner I almost skipped.
The trip I almost didn't take.
The weekend I gave myself permission to show up with no agenda.
You cannot manufacture presence.
You can only put yourself in the room.
The last time you showed up somewhere with zero agenda — what happened? Drop it below.
#permissiontounplug #bepresent #showup #edgwoodtahoe
My favorite part Of camping is When i don't go and Instead fly Business Class To the Maldives on @qatarairways with @americanexpress
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#campingtrend #permissiontounplug #bookthetrip #businessclass #qatarairways
I've worked with enough leaders to know what's actually stopping them.
It's not time. You can make time.
It's not money. You've spent more on things that mattered less.
It's one of these three:
1. You believe the business will fall apart ...without you.
It won't. And if it will — that's the real problem you're avoiding.
2. Your identity is so fused to the work that rest feels like failure.
The hustle badge has a cost. You're paying it every day.
3. You're waiting for a good time.
I've been in business for 20 years. That date has never appeared on my calendar.
Which one is actually stopping you?
1, 2, or 3 — drop it below.
#permissiontounplug #leadershiplessons #bookthetrip
The work will always be there.
Always.
That's not a reason to stay. That's the whole point.
There will never be a moment when the inbox is empty, the pipeline is full enough, and the business is quiet enough to justify stepping away. That ...moment doesn't exist. And if you're waiting for it, you're going to wait forever.
What won't always be there: the people you love at the ages they are right now. The experiences that are available to you today. The version of yourself that still has the energy and the health to fully show up for them.
Life is about experiences, not things. Go see the world. Go escape the work. Bring the people who matter.
Permission to Unplug — pre-order link in bio.
#PermissionToUnplug #LifeIsAboutExperiences #Entrepreneur #TravelLife #UnplugToGrow
Cape Town. Maldives. The coast two hours from your house.
Somewhere in this world is calling you. You've felt it. That pull toward somewhere that isn't here, isn't the office, isn't the inbox.
Most of us file that feeling under ..."someday."
Someday I'll go. Someday when the business slows down. Someday when the timing is better.
The timing is never better. The business never slows down. And someday keeps moving further away while you keep getting busier.
Take a breath. Book the trip. Bring the people you love.
That journey together is irreplaceable — and no revenue milestone will ever feel as significant as the memories you make on it.
Permission to Unplug — pre-order link in bio.
#PermissionToUnplug #BookTheTrip #Entrepreneur #TravelLife #UnplugToGrow
10 years ago today, my heart stopped.
I flatlined on the table in front of my wife.
One month earlier, we were renewing our wedding vows in Mo'orea. 18 days at sea. Our son with us. The world opening up in front of us.
I didn't know that trip would be the last ...memory I'd have before everything went dark.
I survived. Not everyone does.
So I carry that. Every single day.
Life isn't about the companies you build or the things you accumulate. It's about the moments you refuse to postpone.
Don't wait for someday. Someday isn't guaranteed.
Book the trip. Bring the people you love. That journey together is irreplaceable.
#PermissionToUnplug #DontWaitForSomeday #OriginStory #Entrepreneur #LiveFully #GratefulToBeHere #HeartAttackSurvivor
Entrepreneurs are obsessed with math that adds up cleanly.
If I spend X on ads, I get Y in return. If I hire this person, revenue goes up Z percent.
So when it comes to taking a real trip — a month in the Maldives, a long weekend with no laptop — we run the same ...calculation. And when the ROI doesn't show up in a spreadsheet, we put it off. Again.
Here's what I learned: experience math doesn't work that way. Sometimes you get the return in two days. Sometimes in two years. Sometimes it's a chain reaction of ideas you can't trace back to a single moment on a beach.
But it works. Every time.
You can't KPI joy. You can't spreadsheet clarity. But both will make you a better leader than any strategy session ever will.
Permission to Unplug — pre-order link in bio.
#PermissionToUnplug #ExperienceMath #Entrepreneur #Maldives #UnplugToGrow
Hi. My name is Christopher. And I'm a recovering perfectionist.
For years I couldn't hand things off because I genuinely believed no one could do it as well as I could. And I was right — I probably could do most
things better.
But I was also the ...bottleneck on everything. Every approval. Every decision. Every project that stalled because it was waiting on me.
Here's what took me too long to learn:
An 80% job that's actually finished is worth more than a 100% job that never gets done.
Does this sound familiar? Drop a 🙋 in the comments.
Permission to Unplug — pre-order link in bio.
#PermissionToUnplug #RecoveringPerfectionist #Entrepreneur #Delegation #BusinessGrowth
