About Del

You might be too young to remember Adm. Stockdale’s opening comment at the 1992 Vice Presidential debate, but I always think about it whenever I’m about to speak about myself.

I guess I always think of that quote because I always feel YOU are more important than I am. And I’d much rather learn about you!

But I get it. This page is for you to get to know me a little better. So let’s quickly jump back several years, and start there…

The place was always packed. The food was incredible (my brother was the chef), the bar business was always rocking… and we were slowly going broke!

I had bought my first business, an upscale restaurant, at the ripe age of 24, and one year later I was about to lose it all.

Being young, and very inexperienced as a restaurateur, it took me a while to figure out that the “cracker jack” general manager we had hired was also an excellent thief! We were crashing fast and I wasn’t sure what to do.

So I fired our GM and took over that job myself. I was able to right the ship but the real damage had been done. We had gone though all our money! In the end, we decided to sell the business and cut our losses.

At that point I didn’t have a job, I didn’t know how I was going to pay my bills, and I had NO CLUE what I really wanted to do with my life. Even though I was only 25 I had this sense that my professional life was a failure and that I’d never amount to anything. My dream of being a millionaire – crushed! I also felt that I’d let my brother the chef down, not to mention the guilt I felt when I thought about my investors.

After we closed our doors the only thing I did for the next several weeks was jog around my neighborhood and swim laps at the indoor public pool. I didn’t want to see anyone, or be seen. Even though I got in even better shape, I realized what I was actually doing was trying to run away from my doubts, fears, and guilt.

When that realization hit me like a ton of bricks I literally stopped running (and swimming) and instead I began to walk around my neighborhood and just think.

Although I didn’t know why at the time, slowing down was so amazing because it allowed me to count the blessings (and assets) I still had! And, I was also able to relax for the first time in a long time.

In my newfound relaxed state I was able to get a handle on who I was and what I wanted to do. And I felt as though I actually deserved to do it. I realized that two of my greatest assets were my mind and my body, and both were still in great shape even if my ego and my bank account weren’t.

Now, as I look back on this, I realize that this was my first glimpse of how awesome we human beings can be! And it all started when I slowed down and walked toward the true and “worthy” me.

It started when I stopped running away from my “perceived problems” and saw the positive lessons in my past experiences. And, as ironic as it might sound, things really took off when I relaxed and allowed “what was” and “what was to be” to just happen.

As a result, I started looking at other business opportunities, reading self-help books about wealth, health, mind, body and spirit. I started to get re-energized, and more enthusiastic, and eager.

I became incredibly passionate about financial freedom, the power of our brains, and the power of our body, and I absorbed all I could on the most effective ways to create time freedom, wealth, and total health.

That focus has led me on a journey that has been absolutely incredible – Owning restaurants (again), owning and operating commercial cargo ships, success in commercial and investment banking, equity investing, consulting, owning health and nutrition businesses, body building, facilitation, consulting, and finance..

And my biggest realization along this journey is that awesomeness is not unique to me. In fact, I now know that “the incredible” is possible for each and everyone of us! And it all happened when I stopped running from my fears, walked toward my truth, and relaxed.

This site is all about doing these 3 things – The how’s, the why’s, and the what-to-do’s.

You are awesome and I can prove it!

To you…
Del Lewis