10/15/2026
One of my biggest adventures started with an idea in 2015.
That year, I attended The Experience by Building Champions, Inc., where I wrote my first Life Plan and heard Bob Goff speak. That's where I first got the idea of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
It seemed like a big dream. Eventually I made it happen.
Looking back, my only regret is that I didn't challenge myself to dream bigger in other areas of my life, too. It makes me wonder what else might have been possible if I'd been willing to think beyond what seemed realistic at the time.
Recently, I returned to Sunriver, Oregon, for The Experience and revisited my Life Plan. Eleven years later, I approached it with more perspective and a willingness to think bigger.
I've always found it interesting how much time we spend planning a vacation, researching a new vehicle, or putting together a business plan. Yet how often do we give that same level of attention to planning our own lives?
I'm guilty too.
One of my favorite parts of The Experience is simple. They put you in a chair, give you an afternoon, and ask you to sit in silence and work on your Life Plan.
No meetings. No phone calls. No distractions.
Just you and your thoughts, and some pretty important questions about where you are, where you want to go, and who you want to become along the way.
I think that's where the magic happens.
Getting away from your normal environment creates space to think differently. It forces you to slow down long enough to ask questions that are easy to avoid when life is moving a hundred miles an hour.
Writing a Life Plan isn't necessarily easy. It takes some serious reflection. It can be emotional. Sometimes you have to acknowledge that certain areas of your life aren't where you want them to be.
But I believe it can also be one of the most rewarding things you'll ever do.
When you have a clear vision for your life, you can start making decisions that actually move you toward it.
Without that vision, it's awfully easy to drift. You stay busy, life keeps happening, and before you know it, years have passed without much thought about whether you're headed where you really wanted to go.
And I don't want to live that way.
A big thank you to Daniel Harkavy and Coach Michael Regan for bringing back The Experience. And to Natalee Sue Berry and Ethan Davenport, I'm glad we had the opportunity to share this experience and work on our Life Plans together.
If you've never written a Life Plan, I encourage you to start with Living Forward by Daniel Harkavy and Michael Hyatt. It's a great foundation, and I'm happy to share some of the planning documents I've used over the years.
You don't have to have every detail of your future figured out. But I believe you owe it to yourself and the people you love to be intentional about where you're going.
Life will move forward whether you have a plan or not. The question is whether you'll be intentional about where it takes you.
