How do you rebuild your life when everything breaks at once and you still have kids who need you every minute of the day?

After a devastating spinal injury and years of recovery, Paul Terrell became a stay at home dad who had to relearn how to walk, talk, type, and parent with new physical limitations. Later he returned to work and eventually became a top performing enterprise account executive in PropTech and FinTech. His story is one of grit, patience, perseverance, and a deep commitment to family.

Paul shares how to:
• Relearn everyday life while caring for two young kids
• Parent with physical limitations and find creative ways to adapt
• Build mental toughness when progress feels painfully slow
• Return to the workforce with confidence after years away
• Use AI, systems, and prep work to compete at a high level again
• Navigate the emotional shift from being the primary caregiver to traveling constantly for work
• Strengthen a marriage through shared effort, support, and role changes
• Turn stay at home parenting into quantifiable wins on a resume
• Carry lessons from parenting into sales, negotiation, and leadership
• Protect health, energy, and family time in a metrics driven role
• Help kids understand work, money, teamwork, and responsibility
• Break big goals into smaller ones and use data to track personal progress

Paul’s story is honest, inspiring, and packed with practical wisdom for any dad rebuilding after a tough season or trying to figure out what comes next.

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Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
Yardi: https://www.yardi.com
Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com
SugarCRM: https://www.sugarcrm.com
CRM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management
Eero: https://eero.com/
SaaS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com
REIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_investment_trust
Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/app
Plaud: https://www.plaud.ai
JP Morgan: https://www.jpmorgan.com/global
Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com
Capital One: https://www.capitalone.com
Uber: https://www.uber.com
Gong: https://visioneers.gong.io
Echo Show: https://amzn.to/4oio0wA
Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch
Chuck E. Cheese: https://www.chuckecheese.com
Bohemian Rhapsody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
Nuthin' but a "G" Thang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GliyDgAGQI
Naloxone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naloxone

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