Try again. Show up.
Thirty years. Five continents. More than one beginning.
Business took me from South Africa into Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. Along the way, some things worked, some failed completely, and others only made sense years later.
These are stories about work, family, endurance and faith: what happened, what I misunderstood, and what it took to begin again.
Not a formula for success. Not a tidy account of failure redeemed. Just an honest record of learning, getting up and trying again.
“Be strong and courageous … for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:9
Find what you came for.
Books
Try Again — the new memoir, plus the seven previous books on running, mind, and movement.
Read more → 02Coaching
Mental Training for Runner’s, beat pre-Race Nervousness with RESET Methodology. For the runner or swimmer who wants to perform better.
Explore → 03Articles
Long-form essays on working life, endurance, business across continents, and what holds a person together.
Read more → 04The Map
Five continents. Thirty countries. One working life — country by country, story by story.
Open the map → 05About
The short version of who, what, why — for anyone who arrived here from a Google search.
Find out →Another Way Forward
Runner to Swimmer is for runners whose bodies need a change, but whose appetite for challenge has not. An honest account of beginning again in the water.
Discover Runner to Swimmer → www.runnertoswimmer.comAgain.
Forthcoming February 2027.
A man arrives alone in India at twenty-three. Twelve countries and thirty years later, the company he founded collapses, the house is lost, and there is nothing left except the same question that started it all.
What does a working life actually teach?
Try Again is the answer — twelve lessons learned the hard way in Iran, Indonesia, the courtroom, the hostile office, and the long quiet hours afterwards.
