Life-Experience is the New Work-Experience (Breadth > Depth)
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” ― Augustine of Hippo
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” ― Mark Twain
My wife’s brother died. Our baby son died. Our foster kids left. My wife lost her memory. Our son was hit by a car. All separate, painful experiences. It was awful. It is still awful. And not just for us — we have three other boys that experienced the suffering of losing an uncle, a brother, bonus siblings, a mom (she lost her memory for a time…her memory came back). Fortunately, we have consciously designed our work and family life in a way that allows freedom.
Our dream is to set up our professional lives to provide us the freedom to be there for our kids: breakfast before school, huge hugs when they come home, and high-fives at their team games. Travel when we want to, significant…
