Dr. Abraham George
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Well, I did a consulting project at Interon. It wasn't in the stuff that went south, but it was there in the business and it was quite something.
Well, I did a consulting project at Interon. It wasn't in the stuff that went south, but it was there in the business and it was quite something.
Well, I did a consulting project at Interon. It wasn't in the stuff that went south, but it was there in the business and it was quite something.
I think... My entire career, even as a 20-something, I had this notion that at some point I wanted my work and my passion to be the same thing. But I didn't know what that was or what that meant. And I knew that I would have a higher probability of success if I built the capabilities that came along with an industry career.
I think... My entire career, even as a 20-something, I had this notion that at some point I wanted my work and my passion to be the same thing. But I didn't know what that was or what that meant. And I knew that I would have a higher probability of success if I built the capabilities that came along with an industry career.
I think... My entire career, even as a 20-something, I had this notion that at some point I wanted my work and my passion to be the same thing. But I didn't know what that was or what that meant. And I knew that I would have a higher probability of success if I built the capabilities that came along with an industry career.
And I knew that I would have a much lower risk profile if I aligned my work and my passion with a bunch of money in the bank. And so I had that thought the whole time. And so I had a very clear savings goal. When you work at a hundred year old firm, what you're going to make each year.
And I knew that I would have a much lower risk profile if I aligned my work and my passion with a bunch of money in the bank. And so I had that thought the whole time. And so I had a very clear savings goal. When you work at a hundred year old firm, what you're going to make each year.
And I knew that I would have a much lower risk profile if I aligned my work and my passion with a bunch of money in the bank. And so I had that thought the whole time. And so I had a very clear savings goal. When you work at a hundred year old firm, what you're going to make each year.
So I had my spreadsheet and how much I was going to spend and how much I was going to save and all this kind of stuff. And the moment come came when I was like 36 years old. And I put a note in my calendar. It was on a Blackberry. You remember when we had Blackberries on our holsters or belts and we thought we were cool? We thought we were like Billy the Kid with our Blackberries.
So I had my spreadsheet and how much I was going to spend and how much I was going to save and all this kind of stuff. And the moment come came when I was like 36 years old. And I put a note in my calendar. It was on a Blackberry. You remember when we had Blackberries on our holsters or belts and we thought we were cool? We thought we were like Billy the Kid with our Blackberries.
So I had my spreadsheet and how much I was going to spend and how much I was going to save and all this kind of stuff. And the moment come came when I was like 36 years old. And I put a note in my calendar. It was on a Blackberry. You remember when we had Blackberries on our holsters or belts and we thought we were cool? We thought we were like Billy the Kid with our Blackberries.
It was great. I would bang out emails with my thumbs and I'm playing. I love that thing. Anyway, I put an invitation or a meeting on my 40th birthday, so four years hence, and it said in all capital letters, STOP. And what that meant to me was stop doing what the economy expects me to do and do what I love or do what I'm passionate about.
It was great. I would bang out emails with my thumbs and I'm playing. I love that thing. Anyway, I put an invitation or a meeting on my 40th birthday, so four years hence, and it said in all capital letters, STOP. And what that meant to me was stop doing what the economy expects me to do and do what I love or do what I'm passionate about.
It was great. I would bang out emails with my thumbs and I'm playing. I love that thing. Anyway, I put an invitation or a meeting on my 40th birthday, so four years hence, and it said in all capital letters, STOP. And what that meant to me was stop doing what the economy expects me to do and do what I love or do what I'm passionate about.
So that's, I gave myself four years to figure out what that meant. And it was only one year after I put in that calendar invite that a friend of mine said the Texas Renaissance Festival was for sale. And that was the moment the clouds parted and the angels sang and I got hit by a lightning bolt.
So that's, I gave myself four years to figure out what that meant. And it was only one year after I put in that calendar invite that a friend of mine said the Texas Renaissance Festival was for sale. And that was the moment the clouds parted and the angels sang and I got hit by a lightning bolt.
So that's, I gave myself four years to figure out what that meant. And it was only one year after I put in that calendar invite that a friend of mine said the Texas Renaissance Festival was for sale. And that was the moment the clouds parted and the angels sang and I got hit by a lightning bolt.
And it turns out that the Renaissance Festival is the only thing I've loved my entire life, other than my mother. I went there as a 12-year-old on a school trip, you know, yellow school bus, the whole thing. And I think I missed a year or two when I was 13, 14, but then I went to that show 38 years in a row.
And it turns out that the Renaissance Festival is the only thing I've loved my entire life, other than my mother. I went there as a 12-year-old on a school trip, you know, yellow school bus, the whole thing. And I think I missed a year or two when I was 13, 14, but then I went to that show 38 years in a row.