Lee Benson

Lee was not going to be influenced by the tension in the neighborhood. I'm on private property that I purchased not bordering any part of the preserve. It's all BS.

Lee was not going to be influenced by the tension in the neighborhood. I'm on private property that I purchased not bordering any part of the preserve. It's all BS.

Hello and welcome to the Show Your Value podcast where we explore the art of value creation in three macro buckets.

Hello and welcome to the Show Your Value podcast where we explore the art of value creation in three macro buckets.

Back at the time of the fire, Lee was hard at work, creating value. Right around 2000, I'm running my full-time Taekwondo martial arts school, and I'm operating three different aerospace-related businesses. Not only was the guy rich, he was fit, too. I've done lots of marathons, ultramarathons, competed in three different Ironmans. I just loved to exercise.

Back at the time of the fire, Lee was hard at work, creating value. Right around 2000, I'm running my full-time Taekwondo martial arts school, and I'm operating three different aerospace-related businesses. Not only was the guy rich, he was fit, too. I've done lots of marathons, ultramarathons, competed in three different Ironmans. I just loved to exercise.

Not only was he rich and fit, he played guitar in a hard rock band. That's Lee on guitar. Band was called Three Degrees West. Played over a thousand nights on stages, clubs, concerts, all of that. So music's going on. Martial arts is going on. I've got my aerospace companies going on. Life is full and amazing.

Not only was he rich and fit, he played guitar in a hard rock band. That's Lee on guitar. Band was called Three Degrees West. Played over a thousand nights on stages, clubs, concerts, all of that. So music's going on. Martial arts is going on. I've got my aerospace companies going on. Life is full and amazing.

Sometimes bad things happen and just deal with it. What was your reaction? There's no way I'm going to let somebody like that win. No way. It's like, okay, this happened. What's the plan and where do we go from here? The plan was this.

Sometimes bad things happen and just deal with it. What was your reaction? There's no way I'm going to let somebody like that win. No way. It's like, okay, this happened. What's the plan and where do we go from here? The plan was this.

Just somebody to be on the property with a phone to call if there was any issues.

Just somebody to be on the property with a phone to call if there was any issues.

He wasn't supposed to, but he did.

He wasn't supposed to, but he did.

I was angry. I can't believe this. This is such a waste of resources.

I was angry. I can't believe this. This is such a waste of resources.

I remember looking at the houses and thinking, whoever it is lives there or knows somebody there, because somebody has to be watching to know this guy left a few minutes early that day.

I remember looking at the houses and thinking, whoever it is lives there or knows somebody there, because somebody has to be watching to know this guy left a few minutes early that day.

To him, this feels personal. I was getting pressure from neighbors to donate the land to the preserve, and people made me out to be like the devil. It was crazy.

To him, this feels personal. I was getting pressure from neighbors to donate the land to the preserve, and people made me out to be like the devil. It was crazy.