Sail the South Pacific
I have spent my life sailing at all levels on the Great Lakes and near shore. As a lifelong sailor, I have always had a desire to sail in new waters. This has taken me all over the Caribbean, to California and Hawaii. The one place I would love to spend months (more likely years) on a boat would be in the South Pacific, exploring the islands and cultures that live there.
Own a Villa in Tuscany
A couple of years ago, I went to Italy and toured the countryside. The southern region is beautiful and relaxing, but of everywhere I traveled, Tuscany is one area I did not want to leave. The people are so warm and welcoming and the region is absolutely beautiful! Of all the places I have been in my lifetime, This is one area I could spend considerable time!
Change the US Tax code
Taxes in the USA are complicated. As working Americans, we spend way too much of our income paying taxes to the government. Federal, State and Local governments all get in on the game and take as much of our money as they can. They think they can make better decisions on how to spend out money than we can.
Then top it all off, we pay even more taxes when we buy anything! Try to calculate your sales tax into how much money you pay the government every year and you will cry…
The only way to see more money in our pockets is to make more money. The only way to do this is to work harder and be more productive than others so you get a raise or a performance bonus. The problem with this, is that the government is going to place a penalty on you if you make more money. That is right, they will charge you even more if you are a hard worker!
I would like to help the government (in all forms) to come up with a simple and basic tax code for everyone. I think if there were a single tax rate that everyone was required to pay, we would see less fraud and everyone would have more money. I think if we all paid 15% of our income as the only tax, and required all governments to use that money to structure their expenses and run the government with this budget, we would see more efeciencies and better run government all around.
Ski the Austrian Apls
I have always wanted to spend a winter in Austria skiing the world's most perfect terrain. There is so much that God has given us to explore in the Alps and the Austrian lifestyle in the mountains, is perfect for a winter of enjoying God's creations. In the spring, I want to run through the hills with my family, singing songs!
Create real change in the Automotive business
For years people have distrusted the automotive sales process. It creates anxiety, fear and worse. As the result, most Americans do not like to buy a car.
This is not the case for everyone though. There are many people that have found a person that has gone the distance to take care of their customers and deliver an experience that far exceeds what must of us think we will get when we go into a dealership. I want everyone to have that experience!
Imagine a world where you know your car salesperson will take care of you, and deliver value while you purchase and over the years as you drive your car. It would be AWESOME! That is exactly what I am trying to do with http://www.carfolks.com. This site gives people the ability to talk about their experience with the sales person they purchased their car from. Have a good experience, let the world know about it so they can go and buy from that guy! Have a poor experience, tell everyone on carfolks.com so they can avoid the same problems you had. It is a self policing tool that helps great salespeople make more sales and stay in the business and forces those that do not take care of customers to find another line of work because no-one will buy from them.
I would love to see rapid adoption of hte tool by dealerships and their Manufacturers, which would demonstrate a real desire to change and to have a direct focus on taking care of the customer at all levels.