Building a Future Worth Living Longer For
When people hear that my goal is to ski and play tennis on my 100th birthday, they often smile. Some assume it’s simply a personal ambition or a motivational phrase. For me, it’s much more than that. It’s a way of measuring the kind of life I hope to live—and the kind of future I believe we can build for ourselves and our communities.
This isn’t about chasing a number. It’s about pursuing a life filled with energy, purpose and meaningful experiences. Reaching 100 has little value if those extra years are spent without the ability to move, connect, think clearly or enjoy the people and places that matter most. I’d rather focus on living well than simply living longer.
That belief has become the foundation of everything I do today.
Looking Beyond Lifespan
For generations, healthcare has focused primarily on treating illness. While medical advances have dramatically increased life expectancy, they haven’t always ensured that those additional years are healthy or fulfilling. The conversation needs to evolve.
Healthspan—the years we spend healthy, active and independent—is just as important as lifespan. The real opportunity isn’t simply adding years to our lives; it’s adding life to those years.
Imagine reaching your later decades with the ability to hike a mountain trail, play with your grandchildren, continue contributing to your community or pursue new adventures. That’s the future worth striving for. It’s not about perfection or avoiding every health challenge. It’s about creating the best possible conditions for living a longer, healthier and more useful life.
A Journey Through Different Industries
Over the past three decades, my career has taken me through finance, management consulting, technology, marketing, healthcare and community development. On the surface, those industries seem very different. Looking back, however, I realise they’ve all been connected by one recurring question:
How can we make complicated systems work better for people?
Whether building technology companies, launching health ventures or creating membership communities, the goal has always been to simplify complexity and improve people’s daily experiences.
The industries changed.
The mission never did.
Each venture taught valuable lessons about human behaviour, technology, leadership and the importance of designing systems that encourage better decisions. Those lessons continue to shape how I think about health, longevity and community today.
Successes, Failures and the Lessons Between
Like every entrepreneur, I’ve experienced moments worth celebrating. Businesses have grown, partnerships have flourished and opportunities have opened doors I never expected.
I’ve also experienced ventures that didn’t succeed as planned.
Those setbacks were never enjoyable, but they became some of the most valuable teachers of my career. They taught me humility, patience and resilience. They reinforced that great ideas alone are never enough. Execution, timing, trust and adaptability matter just as much.
I don’t see failure as something to hide. I see it as part of the qualification. Experience isn’t built solely through success—it’s built by learning what doesn’t work and carrying those lessons forward into future decisions.
Those experiences influence every project I take on today.
Why Energy Matters
One idea has become increasingly central to my thinking:
Health is the foundation. Energy is the currency. Performance is the outcome. Longevity is the dividend.
Everything we hope to accomplish depends on energy. Our ability to think creatively, lead effectively, build businesses, support our families and contribute to our communities all begins with the energy available to us each day.
That’s why I’m developing the concept I call Body as a Battery. It’s a practical framework for understanding how we generate, use, restore and protect our physical, cognitive and emotional energy.
Rather than focusing only on disease, I believe we should also focus on capacity—how much energy we have available to live meaningful lives.
It’s a conversation about performance, resilience and long-term wellbeing rather than quick fixes or miracle solutions.
A Bigger Mission
My personal goal naturally grew into a broader question.
If individuals can intentionally improve their health and energy, could communities be designed to help everyone make healthier choices?
That question inspired my long-term vision of helping Park City become the first intentionally designed modern American Blue Zone. It’s an ambitious project that explores how homes, workplaces, healthcare, movement, social connection and community design can work together to improve quality of life.
This isn’t about creating an exclusive destination. It’s about exploring how healthier environments can become the default rather than the exception.
Real change happens when healthier choices become easier, more accessible and more connected to everyday life.
The Journey Ahead
This website is more than a personal biography. It’s a place to share ideas, document experiments, reflect on lessons learned and invite thoughtful conversations.
You’ll find stories about entrepreneurship, leadership, healthspan, technology, community building and the practical realities of turning ambitious ideas into meaningful action. I’ll also share the successes, the setbacks and the questions that still don’t have clear answers.
My hope isn’t to convince everyone that my perspective is right. It’s to contribute to a broader conversation about how we can create healthier people, stronger communities and futures worth living longer for.
If, one day, I can celebrate my 100th birthday by skiing in the morning and playing tennis in the afternoon, I’ll consider it a remarkable achievement.
But the real success won’t be reaching that milestone alone.
It will be knowing that the journey helped inspire others to pursue longer, healthier and more purposeful lives alongside me.diets and food supplements. Put another way, pet owners pay about $850 annually in veterinary expenses per dog, and about $575 per cat.
