This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. “Who is your higher power?” I asked myself as the AA meeting concluded. The next day as I was in the kitchen by my wife’s desk, I got a call. It was Robert DiCristina. He was a former competitor, a […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. My phone rang. “Hey, Charlie, it’s Bob,” said my friend and former sales manager Bob Lasher. “I think my time is coming to an end here at AudioFax. I would like to get together with you,” he said. “You seem […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. “Who is your higher power?” asked the leader of the AA meeting. After picking up my white chip and getting a sponsor, I was told I should do 90 in 90. That’s 90 meetings in 90 days. I wanted to […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. I was sitting at my subdivision pool with two-month-old Nick in my arms. I received a call from Claudene Clark. Claudene and I worked together while I was president of the US operations of a London-based professional services firm. She […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. “What’s your bottom?” That’s the question people in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) always talk about. They say things like, “When my car was repossessed because I forgot to park inside the warehouse where I was sleeping, that was my bottom,” or, […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. I got a hit! I was networking like crazy. I started with the names and numbers given to me by an executive recruiter with whom I’d done business. This led me to a wealth manager who introduced me to a […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. It was 8 am on Saturday morning. The sun was streaming into our bedroom across the deck overlooking our backyard. It was a beautiful day. It had been another tough week, and I was glad it was over. I was […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. I was certain I needed to get back to my roots. I wanted to recreate what was the most fulfilling experience in my life. I wanted to return to entrepreneurs and startups. That’s where it was all happening. That’s where […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. I was sitting at the breakfast table waiting for Tony, my boss, to arrive. Two weeks prior, we had dinner in New York City. Over dinner, he asked me to take a 10% cut in pay. The company was weathering […]
This is a series about getting your life back on track and achieving your goals. I was 38. I had a great job. I had a support staff. I was making good money and traveling first class. My title was president of US operations. I had an encouraging and supportive boss, a boss that believed […]