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The backstory is this blog’s geneology: it outlines a history of reaching inspired goals… realizing dreams. I spent a lifetime exploring various paths to happiness. This blog content is real-world tested.

I live my dreams…
..it’s as simple as that.

People want to know more about living their dreams; about cultivating happiness and making important changes in their lives. I have a lot of experience doing those things well. Here are a few examples:

As a young man, I thought about, dreamed about, made plans to explore the world & discover its best-kept secrets. By my 30th birthday, I was an American expat with a passport thick as a phone book. This chapter in my life was the off-ramp to a ‘road less traveled’… exactly as I had imagined.

• International Well Logging Engineer
• International Business Development Manager

As a family man, I became a successful entrepreneur & small-business champion, as well as a published author & featured speaker for Microsoft & Intel. More importantly, we built a business on principles & established an honorable reputation. Exciting results for a self-funded start-up… another dream realized.

• President & Co-Founder – Proactive Technologies
• President – Intel Board of Advisors

In my 50s, I battled armies of unexpected change. In fact, I lost just about everything… except my outlook on life. It took time, but I began a new chapter & acted on a long-repressed desire to be a real mountain man. An unlikely adventure for a gray-haired business man, but I was able to make it happen.

• Traversed the Rockies alone on foot retracing Lewis & Clark’s historic crossing.
• Wintered alone in the Frank Church Wilderness.

In retirement, I relocated to Poland to begin a new adventure. COVID & closed borders kept us separated for a year. Undeterred, we moved forward with our dream. Now Ela & I are building a new life together in a little town called Strzelin. It’s never too late for adventure.

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..that’s the backstory.

These combined experiences illustrate the effectiveness of my unique perspective on making changes in the pursuit of happiness. That’s what this website is all about; sharing all the little things I’ve learned about being happy.