“I Save your life, you Transform Mine and together We will do incredible things

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Before You Read… This Wasn’t the Plan

None of what you’re about to read was planned. There was no script, no master strategy. It all just happened.

The stories, the insights, the perspective — all came from living, stumbling, observing, learning.

A group of friends who lived it with me and said …

“You’ve got a great story. You just need to figure out how to tell it.”

From C-Suite to Cripling BoreDom

I did what many would call “the right path.” Stanford undergrad. Duke MBA. Started in consulting. Moved into big business. Climbed the ladder — executive level. Eventually, I left to build my own consulting firm. By the résumé, it was a solid 25-year run. But that’s not the real story.

The Quiet Crisis

I had reached a professional peak — and hit a personal low. Success on paper, but inside… I was unraveling, deeply lonely.

Enter: Twinkles, The Tiny Chihuahua

Twinkles — tiny, scrappy, loyal — changed everything. What began as companionship became something far more profound. She didn’t just cheer me up — she opened me up.

She showed me what it meant to walk a “paseo derecho” — a straight, true path.

Unleashed and Rewired

  • Through our bond, I became a better person.

  • More empathetic.

  • More patient.

  • More coachable — and better at coaching others.

Twinkles didn’t just teach me loyalty or presence — she reshaped my entire approach to leadership. She led me to a new model built on unfiltered trust.

Not power. Not posture. Just real, mutual belief.

Why This Matters

I’ve delivered thousands of keynotes, led global workshops, racked up millions of air miles.
But it was a 2-kg soul with big ears who taught me the most meaningful leadership lessons of my life.

And now, finally, I’m figuring out how to tell that story.