New Script

“I wanted my challenge to be riding solo, to see if I could motivate myself to do that,” says Bob, who had made a similar cross-country trek once before, raising funds for charities as well. “But I quickly discovered that I was sharing the journey the whole way along the way. I met thousands of people along the ride, and each of them had a story that inspired me to reflect on many things and on how I was using my life.”

Ask Bob, a colon cancer survivor, if age or illness are excuses to slow down, and he’ll whip out a photo album and direct you to a Web site filled with his experiences and the people he met along the way. His journey will leave you huffing and puffing to find a way to inject purpose and meaning into your own daily living. He calls his ride a metaphor for his personal journey from success to significance.

Life before the Leap

Twenty years earlier, at age forty-five, Bob started getting the itch to do something, anything, beyond his corporate life. That’s when he started incorporating physical challenges. He started with 10K races and triathlons and pursued his interests in photography and gardening. He started thinking about redirecting his career path away from the boardroom and toward “a purpose-driven life.”

The Epiphany of Change

His epiphany moment to reach out was inspired by a former neighbor who had ALS and by reading Tuesdays with Morrie