Greeting optimists and welcome back to the home of optimism. How are you? I hope all is well.
Right now I’m feeling great, as you all know I’ve taken a side step into the heady world of finance and become a qualified mortgage advisor. I have to say I’m thoroughly enjoying this new adventure and helping people with the purchase of their new homes. I think my time in travel has served me well in that really it’s all about looking after people and helping them achieve their goals! Same service, different industry and I’m loving it!
My guest in this episode is my good friend and travel legend Gary Wardrope.
Gary brings his story to life on the podcast and we run through what has been an incredible journey so far in his life and an adventure that show no sign of slowing down one bit.
His story begins in Canada, takes in a tour of Europe, a chance opportunity to use his Ski knowledge here in the UK and carve out what has been a very successful career.
But behind this story is a guy who trusted his intuition and took action. I mean how many of would open up the phone book and get to speak to one of the titans of the travel industry. Gary is an entrepreneur who saw opportunities and then put in place strategies to achieve the goals.
The conversation takes us back and forth around the travel industry, the people, the hope and the positiveness of an industry that keeps getting hit but bounces back every time.
So this is me and Gary Wardrope, a kindred spirit, a man who followed his passion, rolled with the punches and set in train, from a chance meeting in Leeds, a career that has spanned 40 years and now he has reignited his passion for skiing competitively at the age of 62! It proves that age doesn’t really matter - you’ve just got to go for it!
You can connect with Gary on Facebook to follow his adventures on the slopes!
Thanks for listening.
Hugs
Steve
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