Much of my life has been a bunch of unrelated building blocks. And, until recently, it did not make any sense. Each opportunity was better than the one before, but there never was really a breakthrough that I could stick to; there was always something missing.

I had many successes and some serious failures but I was never able to move on to a lasting work and purpose. Then the death of my wife in 2010 changed me and I had no drive to continue …