Self taught with the good fortune of having had challenging life experiences , personally & professionally, that became stepping stones instead of stumbling blocks. I credit being with the right companies, with a culture built around developing people, the best management, the best mentors that resulted in a balanced life in these 8 categories. 1. Spiritual 2. Family 3. Mental Toughness 4. Physical Fitness 5. Financial Freedom 6. Career 7. Social 8. Political I have the receipts to validate having had success in life that millions could only dream about. I am the 3rd born into a working class family of 8 children, with hardworking parents, raised on the wrong side of the tracks, in a very dis-functional environment, in a small oil and gas town surrounded by rural communities. The need to begin work well before becoming a teenager gained me the favor of the well to do farmers, management of oil and gas service providers and even the upper class or town elites non the least of which included owners of pharmacies and other like businesses. I was a favorite amongst all the school teachers, both when in a country school and junior high and high school at a larger neighboring town. I determined that I was a favorite amongst the teachers because they very often kept me after class for private lectures. As good fortune would have it I met and married my high school sweetheart whom became my best friend, lover, mother of my children and business partner until her passing away after 47 years of marriage. We measured our success by whom we were becoming in life as opposed to only measuring our success by the fame, income, investments, properties and things like world travel . We were grateful and guarded ourselves from allowing our heads to swell up such that our brains and hearts would shrink. Our 4 adult children, each with awesome spouses, gave us 8 grandchildren.Their grandmother was the caregiver while I focused on enjoying their formative years by giving them priority at all family gatherings. Our business success resulted in lifelong relationships with like minded people with whom we traveled at least once per year to exotic destinations. Our children were more often than not included. Since the passing of my late wife in 2016 I have traveled globally almost non stop. It’s interesting in that we are motivated in life by where we are coming from as well as where we are going to. Inspiration comes from avoiding pain, pursuing pleasure and having purpose. My late uncle & I golfed our last game together when he was 103 years of age. His advice for longevity was that you pick an age at which you were in your prime and stay that age. I picked 55 years of age. He then said Act like a 55 year old, go to bed a 55 year old and get up 55 years old & repeat daily. I take no medication, I’m as active as a 55 year old. I celebrated my 75th birthday trekking 8 days to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, 19,340 ftknown as the roof of Africa & business is boons