The Path

We imagine careers — and life — as linear.

As if the path is supposed to look like this:
Study → Get hired → Get promoted → Lead → Retire.

But real life doesn’t run in straight lines.
It loops. It stalls. It breaks. It rebuilds.
It asks you to bet on yourself again… and again.

And then one day — often later than you planned — it clicks.

Somewhere along the way you hit that Jimmy Buffett moment:
“I’ve proven who I am so many times
The magnetic strip’s worn thin.”
You realize you’ve checked the boxes, earned the titles, fought the battles…
and still feel the pull to chase something new.

That’s not a crisis. That’s renewal.

The leaders who allow themselves to begin again
create space for others to do the same — and that’s where innovation, loyalty,
and genuine humanity show up.

In business AND in life:

Career

• Miss revenue at 33? Rebuild the Go To Market strategy at 34.
• Hire wrong? Own it, reset the scorecard, hire better.
• Launch and flop? Keep the lessons, lose the shame.

Life

• Marriage ends in your 40s? Heal, rediscover yourself, love again in your 50s.
• Kids leave home? Turn the quiet into purpose — not emptiness.
• Lose faith in a dream? Trade it for a better one, not resignation.
• Wake up at 67 and feel that spark again? Follow it — it’s still yours.

Winners aren’t the ones who never fall.
They’re the ones who rise — and bring others with them.

So start at 30.
Fail at 33.
Reinvent at 34.
Rebuild at 44.
Catch fire at 54.
And yes — still find your passion at 67.

Because life isn’t a ladder — it’s a series of doors.
When one closes, you don’t freeze.
You turn, you knock, you walk.

Just don’t stop building. Ever.