In our fifties, my wife and I chose to uproot our lives, sell the house, and move from the Chicago suburbs to open a bike shop in the thin air of Los Alamos, NM, where it's pretty much impossible to live more than 2-3 blocks from a hard core trail.
11 years later, through way too many twists to list here, we are truly living a life we would never have dared to dream of.
A good friend once told me, "I've never seen anyone so unafraid of failing." That might be the best compliment anyone has ever given me. It's not that I'm so confident I'll succeed, it's that I know if I do fail, I can always get back up.
My best advise is, be willing to fail. It's the only way to truly succeed.
May 22, 2024, 1 p.m. - Brad Nyenhuis
In our fifties, my wife and I chose to uproot our lives, sell the house, and move from the Chicago suburbs to open a bike shop in the thin air of Los Alamos, NM, where it's pretty much impossible to live more than 2-3 blocks from a hard core trail. 11 years later, through way too many twists to list here, we are truly living a life we would never have dared to dream of. A good friend once told me, "I've never seen anyone so unafraid of failing." That might be the best compliment anyone has ever given me. It's not that I'm so confident I'll succeed, it's that I know if I do fail, I can always get back up. My best advise is, be willing to fail. It's the only way to truly succeed.