Growing up, I watched my dad build a successful fourth-generation family business. He worked six days a week for 30 years, commuting over an hour each way, rarely missing a day. By most measures, he succeeded. But success and freedom, I learned, are two very different things.

In the second episode of The Wealth Cockpit, I walk through the decisions that shaped everything for me. From leaving a thriving family business, building an e-commerce company that scaled to over $20 million in revenue, facing a $1.5 million tax bill with cash locked in Amazon warehouses, and ultimately discovering the one structure that solved it all: commercial real estate.

This isn't a get-rich-quick story. It's about building something that generates wealth whether you show up or not and being intentional enough to actually enjoy the life you're building.