Thinking Big

As we get to know each other, you’ll find that I’m in the process of remaking myself. I call the project “Buck 4.0.” (Buck 1.0 represents who I was until I graduated from college in the late 80's. Buck 2.0 was the time I spent as a military pilot. Buck 3.0 is the guy who's spent nearly a decade as an airline pilot. Buck 4.0 will be the entrepreneur.)

The transformation to “4.0” is in progress. It will be a careful, planned escape from what I have come to recognize as an untenable situation: A career with an employer – any traditional employer – is a huge limitation for me and severely limits what I know I can do with my life. Contemplating an escape from this lifestyle is scary, in a way, because I’ve always had guidance given to me in my work life. I always picked my general direction, but once I signed on the dotted line in the military, for example, they pretty much told me when and where I'd be going next, and what I'd do when I got there. Similarly, the airlines dictate every little detail about how my job is to be accomplished, from my specific schedule to the way I have to call out the checklists. While I certainly understand, applaud, and utterly comply with this sort of guidance when I’m flying you and your family across the country in a 120-ton airplane, I also yearn for something different. Being free of an employer is going to allow me to set my sights way, way higher than most people ever think about setting them.

I’ll be sharing some of my new goals as time goes on. I encourage you to think about your dream goals, too. I’m going to be telling you about some of the remarkable things that happen when you learn how to reprogram yourself to think big.