“You’re CRAZY!”
I was getting used to hearing that when I told family and friends that I was selling everything I owned and buying one way tickets to New Zealand to travel around the world with my wife and 10-month-old daughter.
After being a serial entrepreneur for over a decade (I took a leave of absence from Wharton in 2000 to start my first startup with a classmate), I was flat burnt out. We’ve all been burnt out before. For many, that’s one of the reasons they came to Wharton in the first place: to recharge and find more professional happiness. For me, not only had I been starting and building companies continuously since Wharton, but I had also just gotten married and had a baby daughter.
