Three children, a beautiful wife, the dream house on a lake, sports cars, airplanes, motorcycles, and a life that looked like freedom. My companies produced millions. From the outside, I had everything I thought I'd always wanted, but I was exhausted, less present than I wanted to be, and still believing the next win would finally make me feel free.
Work ethic, drive, and ambition became the way I measured myself. Every accomplishment moved the goalposts again. I was never fully satisfied, rarely present, and always pushing to grow.
In 2018, my brother James died at the age of twenty-two. Suddenly, the score I had been keeping stopped making sense.
When James died, I could not help but reconsider what was most important in my life. As my children grew, I wanted to be there for it. I wanted more laughter and dancing with my Bride. I wanted the mission of my companies to continue without requiring the rest of my life as fuel.
I was the person everyone came to for answers, and I had them in spades. The more problems I solved, the more necessary I became. That felt like value to me, but it also taught the companies to depend on me.
Once I understood my part in that pattern, I could begin changing it. I built better systems, hired people around values that were actually true, and learned to transfer decision-making instead of simply transferring tasks. Over four years, I slowly extracted myself from the daily work without abandoning the missions or the people inside the companies.
Now I work with founders who bring their own versions of these problems. The work can include revenue, roles, ownership, and strategy. It can also include fear, old trauma, nervous-system patterns, purpose, marriage, family, and the reason all that success mattered in the first place.
You may need a practice you can use alone, a room where other founders tell the truth, or a private relationship that can hold the whole of your life. I will offer one place to begin. You can always choose a different one later.
The Accelerator is twelve weekly calls across 90 days. It is for founders, coaches, and leaders ready to create more freedom, deal with the problems that keep coming back, and get clear about the life and legacy they are building.
See RoyalsPrivate coaching is for the season that will not fit inside one category. The company, marriage, body, identity, fear, and decision can all come into the same conversation because they are already affecting one another.
See private coachingI speak and facilitate for companies, communities, conferences, and leadership rooms that want more than another polished presentation. The room becomes a place for an honest conversation that can actually change what happens next.
Speaking and facilitation
“Business grew 53% in 3 months, but I grew 153% as a person. Since working with Eric, my income has more than doubled in 90 days. The real transformation was how I started showing up for myself, with clarity, confidence, and alignment.”
My books, essays, and talks come from what I have lived through companies, family, grief, fear, recovery, adventure, relationships, and the life I am still learning to live.
I share what I have learned because another person may find something useful in it. I do not know their answer for them. I can tell the truth about my experience, ask better questions, and leave them free to decide what belongs in their life.
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