by Walt Hampton | May 2, 2025 | Success
I was lost. Hopelessly lost. “In the middle of the journey of my life, I found myself in a dark wood with no clear way out.” So begins Dante’s Divine Comedy. That was me. It wasn’t comedy. I was bored; restless, unhappy. Yearning for something more, different,...
by Walt Hampton | Apr 17, 2025 | Success
What if you never retire? I was listening to a group of people talk about retirement the other day. They were dreaming about the day they’d be done with work. And then wondering what they’d do to stay engaged. How they’d avoid boredom. What might give them purpose. I...
by Walt Hampton | Mar 20, 2025 | Success
Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time. Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught in you will ever awaken the sleeping musician, the poet, the astronomer that possibly inhabited you in the beginning. —...
by Walt Hampton | Mar 13, 2025 | Success
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I...
by Walt Hampton | Oct 3, 2024 | Success
What’s one of the very first questions you get asked at a networking event or evening social? “So, what do you do?” And you answer: “I’m a… .” Could be teacher, accountant, dentist, custodian, artist, wealth advisor, coach,...
