James was a football player and wrestler in his school days. His dream was to wrestle at Michigan State University but was unable to try out because a severe shoulder injury. James has carried his love for athletics into his adult life with basketball, weightlifting, running, swimming and tennis.

The tennis court was where James and his wife Olga had their 1st date and 3 weeks later they were married. Hard to believe?  It’s true. Their 6 year wedding anniversary is this November.

James’s biggest fear has always been the fear of the unknown. Not knowing what could have happened was far worse than failing and at least knowing. James has lived his entire life this way and believes this is the best approach to success.

“When people are afraid to fail, they don’t try. When they get into the habit of not trying it becomes their true nature by default. When that happens, all forward progress comes to a screeching halt. Sadly, many people give up on their dreams and live through their children.”  

James and his wife Olga live in downtown Chicago just a couple miles west of Wrigley Field.  They have two lovely cats Lucy and Kozi and are planning to have children within a couple years.
“In the 6 years we have been married we have enjoyed traveling together more than anything else.”

We’ve been to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Catalina Island, Wisconsin, Indianapolis, Nashville, Philadelphia, Hersey, Atlanta, New York, Atlantic City, Raleigh, Tampa Bay, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Miami, Key West and Hawaii.

Outside of the country we’ve been to London, Belgium, Germany, Ukraine, Acapulco, Grand Cayman Islands and Prague.  James’ family is in the suburbs of Detroit and Olga’s family is in Czech Republic so we’ve been to those places often.

Where have you been? Where would you like to go? You can tell us all about it when we talk.

There is nothing we love more than traveling and experiencing different cultures. When you connect with people that live far from you it helps you realize that we are all the same. It’s beautiful really.