10 years ago I was making $135k/year traveling the country as a factory designer. I owned a townhouse and an old jeep. Then I entered a covenant with God. “Dear God, I will start a Christian engineering company” Then, the greatest adventure of my life began. Contracts, guerilla warfare engineering, 4 kids, dream beach house, bizarre private equity exit, HELOC on beach house, family surf shack in Central America, launching 4 new companies, recruiting world class leaders, paying distributions, executives on pay freeze, got our first patent, got 30 more patents, every industry award out there, national TV, new friends on 𝕏, learned standup paddle boarding, learned tennis, family mission trips, partnered with the largest industrial suppliers on earth, technology development in 5 industry verticals, got invited to write official US tariffs, 4 non-profit boards, got a Cybertruck, won USDOT driverless city grant, built a corporate HQ, deployed an ERP, obtained a 3 year PCOAB audit, wrote the national hygiene policy on covid, started buying majority of my clothes at Costco, entered litigation, won litigation, got customers I’ve never met, got employees I’ve never met, opened offices across multiple states, still work from my attic (it’s a nice attic), got a Herman miller chair, traveled the world, had 6 years with zero resignations, funded orphanages, funded hungry children, funded missionaries, funded homeless rescue, gotten shacked in 12’ waves, mastered the Komodo grill. All of it, in Jesus’ name. That’s the shortlist. Most of it is in my book. Walking with Jesus is not easy. Not if you’re living out the great commission. But I cannot imagine living life another way. I cannot imagine chasing another promotion to get to VP or C-suite of a company with another guy’s name on it. I cannot imagine coming home and telling my wife about the “mood” of my boss. I cannot imagine what my faith would be like, had it not been tested. God gave me abundance, and I acted biblically. God took it all away, and I acted biblically. And l’ve made mistakes. Big mistakes. And my team has stood by me. And with God’s help, we fixed it. Through the success, failure, and conflict, I’ve done my very best to be transparent and optimistic. To be a leader. To be pragmatic. To work harder than anyone else out there. To take Bible sized risk. Whatever your work is, bring Jesus into it. Live a life of integrity. Love your wife. Play with your kids. 🥢🙏❤️