As any entrepreneur or business owner can attest, the road to success is paved with blurry moments, and the three months since my surgery have been amongst the blurriest and most chaotic ever. I had every ambition to write frequently during my recovery, but work was already crazy before I went under the knife and everything just accelerated from there.

They say that you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. So here's a list of the top 3 concerts I attended in 2023.

While the first day of my knee surgery adventure was coloured with lollipops and rainbows and provided endless praise for the world of modern medicine, Day 2 seemed more like a fire at a tire dump, and the plume of smoke was so dark and thick it could be seen from space.

After many frustrating months dealing with my health issues and barely training and running, I finally had a date with my surgeon to repair the torn medial meniscus in my right knee on August 19. Here’s how my strange day went down.

I’m often asked how I got into the random and niche area of aircraft ground deicing. But rather than answer that question, I'll instead discuss how I got into aviation, because this is a far more intriguing story and it's one that very few people outside of my inner circle know about.

When last we spoke, I was in the midst of a pseudo midlife crisis at 56, unsure what to do in the face of the situation I was in and the choices in front of me. I decided at that time that I was going to proceed with the original plan, which was to run a 100-mile (160-km) race in Ancaster, Ontario. Great plan, eh?

Coming to terms with an important business or life decision can be an utterly excruciating exercise. This is especially true when the decision will result in a significant or undesirable change, or if the one facing the change is unprepared for the outcome.

While the Road to Nowhere was a beautiful place to run, the road to nowhere in business is a bad place to be, and it’s unfortunately a road that way too many companies, entrepreneurs, and business leaders find themselves hopelessly lost on.

My love of off-the-map adventures is well documented. Being able to throw a few necessities into a bag and head off with no real destination is one of my favorite things in life these days, allowing me to live fully in the moment and emphasize the journey ahead with no expectations.

During a recent bout of Covid that left me bedridden and camping out in the spare room, I finally got around to reading David Goggins’ book Can’t Hurt Me, which had been on my suggested reading list for a long time.