Stop Waiting for Permission — What the Oilfields Taught Me About Proving Yourself

Stop Waiting for Permission — What the Oilfields Taught Me About Proving Yourself

Has someone ever told you that you weren't qualified? Or maybe you told yourself you weren't ready — so you waited, and the dream slipped right through your fingers. This is the story of how a kid with no degree, no connections, and no roadmap talked his way into an international career that took him around the world — and what that taught me about the one thing that separates the people who live their dreams from the ones who don't. I've got evidence. Proof of concept, you might say. Timestamps: 0:00 What I Wanted 2:25 Not Qualified 3:30 I Went Anyway 7:00 Providence Intervenes 8:05 Proof Positive — It Works Drop a comment and tell me — what's the thing you've been waiting to feel ready for? I read every single one and respond every time. 📖 Free book → https://texasyetibooks.com/free-real-life-adventure-book/ 📖 Bestselling books → https://www.amazon.com/author/texasyetiadventurespage This is the audio version of the video available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/JFnMG0SJlEk

Moving to Poland - Not the Adventure I Expected.

I'd lived in a dozen countries. Passport thick as a phonebook. Spoke enough of whatever language to get by and make people laugh. I thought Poland would be easy. I was wrong in ways I couldn't have imagined. This is the story of moving to a country I knew almost nothing about, for a woman I met online during a pandemic, and discovering that nothing — not the oilfields, not the boardroom, not a winter alone in the Idaho wilderness — had prepared me for any of it. Especially the bus. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:33 Poland Should Be Easy 2:20 Met Ela Online During COVID 4:20 Moved to Poland 5:20 Bus Tour Surprise 7:00 No Time For Sleep 8:30 New Kind of Adventure Drop a comment and tell me — where are you in your own story? I read every single one and respond every time. 📖 Free book → https://texasyetibooks.com/free-real-life-adventure-book/ 📖 Bestselling books → https://www.amazon.com/author/texasyetiadventurespage This is the audio version of a video on YouTube; watch here https://youtu.be/ahP3zb7Nmz8

I Was Living the Dream. I Left Anyway – Here’s Why.

I was almost 60 when I decided to become a mountain man. Not just hiking and camping — the real thing... packers, mules, whitewater adventure, and backcountry living. By every measure my friends could see, I had it made. So why did I leave? This is the story of the day my best friend Dave tried to talk me out of walking away from paradise — and the conversation that changed how I think about happiness, adventure, and what it actually means to live a full life. Spoiler: you don't have to be unhappy to chase more happiness And maybe — just maybe — you're only halfway down the buffet. Timestamps: 0:00 Idea For a New Life 0:50 Living My Dream 2:15 Leaving Paradise on Purpose 3:30 Sampling the Buffet of Life 4:39 What If It Goes Wrong 5:10 The Chase Makes You Happy Drop a comment and tell me — where are you right now in your own story? I read every single one. 📖 Free book → https://texasyetibooks.com/free-real-life-adventure-book/ 📖 Bestselling books → https://www.amazon.com/author/texasyetiadventurespage This is the audio version of the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/mfF8hfhY87Q

I Lost Everything I Built. Here's What I Did Next.

Some men go into the wilderness to find themselves. I went to rescue myself. After building a family, a business, and an identity the world said looked like success — I lost all three. What followed wasn't depression or defeat. It was disorientation. The specific, quiet vertigo of not knowing who you are when everything you built yourself around is gone. Sound familiar? It should. It's what retirement feels like for a lot of us too. This is the story of what I did next. The move to Idaho. One adventure leading to the next, most of it unplanned. And the one lesson that changed everything — follow the glimmer. Chase the things that light you up. It's the pursuit that brings joy, not the destination. And if you don't get it right the first time — you're free to change your mind. We're free to live the lives we imagine. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Life Started 2:05 Life Changed 2:45 Free to Start Again 3:10 Pursuing Happiness 5:10 Magic Happens 6:35 Living Jeremiah 7:10 Rescuing Me 8:00 The Lesson I Learned Drop a comment and tell me — where are you right now in your own story? I read every single one. 📖 Free book → https://texasyetibooks.com/free-real-life-adventure-book/ 📖 Bestselling books → https://www.amazon.com/author/texasyetiadventurespage *This is the audio version of the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/wFuktrivuA0

5 Lives in 50 Years: What I Learned About Reinvention

I’ve reinvented my life five times... three of them after 50. From Marine to international oilfield engineer to tech executive to mountain man in the Idaho wilderness, and now building a new life as an expat in Poland. None of it looked like the polished motivational stories you usually see. This channel is about the real stuff — the hard decisions, the unexpected turns, and what actually works when you’re ready to close one chapter and start the next. If you’re somewhere between who you were and who you want to be... you’re in the right place. Right now. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction| 0:50 Why So Many People Want Reinvention Right Now 2:00 The Five Stages of My Life 3:30 Surviving Both Success and Failure 5:24 At 65 — There Is Life After Life 7:07 What This Channel Actually Offers You Drop a comment and tell me — where are you right now in your own story? I read every single one. 📖 Free book → https://texasyetibooks.com/free-real-life-adventure-book/ 📖 Bestselling books → https://www.amazon.com/author/texasyetiadventurespage This is the audio from the YouTube video that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/hOr4CBAfElg