About

From 2003 to 2010: For the seven years at the Boardwalk, it was a time of total vacation and uninterrupted freedom of focus; it was like no period that had ever happened before and probably will not happen again, but it started in motion a phase of life that people had been expecting from me for over fifty years. Prior to 2003: There were some notable accomplishments and some life changing events. On the whole, it looked like things were slipping backward more than building up - that is, until it all came together during the time at the Boardwalk. I had critical commendation in each of the following endeavors: the design of a $100 million life insurance package; the design of a multi-million dollar boutique resort in the Sierra's; and in over one hundred appearances on stage acting and speaking. What is amazing, is that I had no previous experience in any of these areas - they simply turned out excellent. There were some areas where people thought I had found my niche; in the ability to communicate complex issues in simple terms; in the intense application of detail within the context of an overall objective; and other abilities that were visible during more than twenty-five years in the insurance industry, as well as in the acting. On the flip side, I have had failures. Some were caused by a weakness of character, and some, by sticking to courses of action that I believed in - even though, in reality, they had no chance for success. At one point, after a particular failing, I wrote a biographical manuscript that was a real-time analysis of what was leading me into failure. I discovered that I almost always had the same underlying objective in what I was doing. And at that point, that objective was leading me towards yet another failure, so I had to choose whether to follow it, or not. I chose to follow that objective. It did result in a failure and then another failure. That made a total of four life changing failures: a failed marriage and the separation from my children, twice gone broke, the loss of a business to which I had committed most of my adult life, and even the voluntary loss of another business venture due to the decision to maintain my objective. All of them were traumatizing, one much more than the others. Although the discovery of the objective was so profound, it was set aside and forgotten for ten years. Then in 2003, I realized that it was beginning to happen, and in 2010 it is being prepared for a possible 2011 launching. Assuming that it follows its trajectory, it will be a success. Will everyone be convinced that it is good? No, because through the prism of life there are always angles that show the bad. Should we hold to what we believe is right, even when it seems to cause wrong results? That is something we always have to decide, knowing that every decision has its costs - and its rewards. So, here's to the future built on the past; may all our hopes come at last. Thank you.

Education

• Cupertino High School