139. An Authentic, Happy Person Grows a “New Business Mindset”

Gifted in mathematics, Gareth became an accountant in the U.K. Early in his career, drawn to business and the corporate world, he joined an 18-month exchange program in the U.S. It became a permanent extension as he met a woman, fell in love, married and started a family and a life in America.

Immersed in a high pressure corporate job, he was seldom at home. Dashing out to work, his two-year-old son grabbed his leg, calling, “Daddy! Daddy!” As Gareth recalls it, “I shook him off, like a dog. I realized, oh my goodness, I’m missing my life here! That was a real turning point.”

“When I transformed my own life from a traditional corporate career and family life to an integrated life of independent business livelihood, I gained richer personal relationships and deeper community involvement, all filled with a sense of meaning and purpose. Perhaps most importantly I have learned a new way of being with people.”