Chris A. Evans

At 2:30 am, I woke up and stumbled to the bathroom. “Ugh. I have to be up in 3 hours.” I was thinking. I needed sleep. Desperately. My brain was mush. My cortisol was through the roof. I wasn’t sleeping well at all. I was…

“Not right now.” I feel sick with how many times I’ve said that. “Not right now.” There was always something “important” that stole my attention. Something “urgent.” My face buried in my phone… was too common. You know how it goes: Hundreds of emails that…

I stepped out of the fog-covered double doors and was immediately slapped in the face. With the humidity of a weighted blanket. Three minutes later, I hopped into immediate relief (my AC’d Uber). Thank God. As we drove away, I thought, “Has Orlando always been…

6:32 am. It was still pitch-black dark, with a chill that hit the bone. Outside, nothing was moving around yet. I was in the middle of nowhere, getting ready to take steps I’d made so many times before. This time, it felt very different and…

I just walked out of the attorney’s office. I signed the paperwork. Done. I sold my mansion. It’s surreal. I worked hard for this place. All ten thousand square feet in a gated community. Pretty much everything you could want. I-let-it-go. But… why? First, let’s…

Do you know what your calling is? Your purpose? What God created you and only you to do? I think there are two levels of purpose: Enjoy God by loving him. Discover our gifts and offer them to the world. This is the alternative to…

Ever feel like you’re on the edge? Burnout, knocking at the door? Or maybe you’ve already been robbed by that thief. In 2018, I experienced my first significant burnout, which resulted in the closure of a profitable business. In 2022, my most EPIC burnout was…

The Joy of Failure is live, and we’re almost to #1 in our category!! If you’ve already purchased The Joy of Failure, thank you so much for your support. This book isn’t about revenue; it’s about sparking transformation in people’s lives. If you haven’t bought…

I’m 30,000-something miles in the air on my way to Scottsdale, AZ. I regret my decision to eat airplane chicken parm and pasta. What was I thinking? YOLO-am-I-right? 😆 Anyways… I’m headed out for the official launch party of The Joy of Failure! It’s the…

June 17th, 2022, was the last day I darkened the proverbial door of my business, which I spent years, blood, sweat, and tears building. I remember it was 10 am on a Friday, and I was sitting on a Zoom about the transition with the…