10/06/2019
[Christian Entrepreneurs]
There was a point in my life where everything was unravelling quickly for me.
I was working 80+ hour weeks trying to keep my
business afloat while losing tens of thousands of dollars every month during the wake of the 90s recession.
On the home front, my marriage was falling apart and I was failing at being a father to our four children.
As CEO, the stresses and demands of a financial planning company with 35 Head Office staff, together with 40 staff in provincial offices was also taking a toll on my health and there was no respite in sight.
I still vividly remember driving to work early one morning in heavy fog and after taking a wrong turn found myself heading straight for a slow moving truck on my side of the road. I nearly had a more serious crash that could have killed me!
This was the beginning of a significant turning point in my life. Facing my own mortality, I could no longer ignore the problems in my personal life and business. Things had to change and I started asking myself some tough questions.
I can hardly believe it was only 7 years later that I found myself selling my business for $40 million to Challenger, an ASX listed company backed by the Packers. My marriage was fully restored, my children had a father again and I had found a new passion and drive for my life.
How could a near personal and professional crisis have led to such a significant turnaround of events?
As I’ve shared my story with thousands of business owners and professionals, I still get puzzled looks when I reveal what changed everything for me.
Would you like help in seeing a life & business transformation?
I am running a business mentoring program with well known business speaker, Peter Irvine.
If you would like help in seeing a transformation in your business, register your interest here: https://www.businessonpurpose.com.au/apply
As Aussies, we are used to the phrase “She’ll be right” but the confronting reality is that sometimes you get to critical points in life where you really need to take a step back, look at everything and review the direction you're heading in life.
Do you relate to any of the following?
- You feel overworked and burned out
- Wondering where to take your business and your career
- Your career is not giving the satisfaction and ‘wow’ factor you had hoped for
- Your life seems too busy, cluttered and not as focussed as you would like it to be
- Work is starting to negatively affect your personal relationships
- Your days are starting to feel too much like “Groundhog Day”
While many would consider you successful, you know there’s something more.You are wondering what to do with your ‘second half’ life and know things need to change.
Let’s get real. We all go through some of these things in our life, but who is willing to talk about the inconvenient truth that sometimes we need to take a different path to find real success?
I was there and had to start the journey to remodelling the life I had created for myself and my family. I am confident that the life lessons which helped me set the refresh button will be just as powerful when applied to your life.
Here the link to register for the mentoring program: https://www.businessonpurpose.com.au/apply