Builder’s Journey

Late payment affected my business and the people depending on it. I learned to be clear about what was owed without treating every delay as the same problem.

It is easier to make another page, message or clip. My experience keeps bringing me back to who needs it and why I am making it.

Starting a weekly show was one thing. Continuing it while running a business taught me to look past the excitement of a launch and ask what was worth the effort.

I wanted to build a bigger life. I also had to look at what I was letting that ambition excuse.

I blamed the customer for canceling our contract. Then I had to face the warnings we had ignored and the promises we were not ready to keep.

After the startup failed, I could explain the timing, the market and the lack of funds. It was harder to ask how well I had understood the customer.

I kept borrowing as the business declined. Rebuilding meant facing the debt and what my decisions had cost the team.

People questioned the time I spent making a weekly talk show. Messages from listeners helped me understand why the work mattered to me.

My ambition helped me build a technology business, a show and a book. It also asked more of my family than I wanted to admit.