Why Not Now?

I've been meaning to start this sort of thing for a long time, why not now? I am a simple man that has been extraordinarily blessed. As I made my way through my undergraduate and graduate studies in business, while working in the financial services industry, I was exposed to so many incredible leaders, authors and professors...so many great-thinkers. One question I've not yet been able to answer...and perhaps never will...is whether or not someone like myself can have real impact and influence in business and still maintain focus on the important priorities of life...family, community and faith. When I say "impact and influence" I'm talking about going all the way! Not just for the sake of being the big man on campus, but for the purpose of touching people's lives through the business context...employees, customers, colleagues and stakeholders.

I've read many stories about men and women that "made it" only to regret all they had missed. Little League games, anniversaries, birthdays, Bible studies. They reached the later stages of life and realized that, despite material success and business achievement, they had missed the things that should have had their time and attention. They missed these things not because they wanted to, but because they became distracted, overwhelmed or tempted by temporal things. So my question remains: Can I have it all? Can I achieve significance in the "secular" realm without compromising the "spiritual" aspects of life that call me to be a loving husband, a steadfast father and the hands and feet of Jesus? I would like to begin a journey with you...a journey undoubtedly peppered with victories and failures. I would like to begin a conversation about the difficult choices, the relentless pressures and the triumphs of life. I would like to see if we can have it all...if we can change this world from the inside out without leaving behind those that matter most.