EvolutionThe timeline: 2021 – 2026
The writing, year by year — newest first in spirit, oldest first on the page. For the beginning of the story, see From 2006.
2021 — 41 writings
I suddenly knew what was missing from my 'perfect life:' My Purpose.
Tells how he shifted from pursuing dreams to following his bliss in 2017.
I am not a quitter. I have literally never quit on a dream.
Part 2: thirty years chasing a vision-board dream from University of Dreams to Fox Theater.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Part 3: a sight-unseen bid on a Hawaiian property becomes Bliss Island Resort.
To showcase how much transformation can come from just one commitment.
Recounts five years of following his bliss, then choosing presence as 2022's commitment.
Think of inspiration as fuel and yourself as a car.
Defines what it means to be one of The Inspired using the car-fuel metaphor.
2022 — 169 writings
joy is the missing ingredient, not happiness.
His mentoring philosophy: joy, not happiness, is the missing ingredient he helps people rediscover.
I would not measure the success of my investments by the usual measurements of money & numbers. Instead I would measure
How he became an Attribute Investor in Blisspreneurs, measuring success in goosebump moments instead of money.
All because I watched a video on Facebook and allowed myself to be inspired.
Five years after hearing the word 'bliss' at 47: from 310 pounds and stalled dreams to a joy-centered life.
Buy the house you really want to live in. Quit overpaying for zip codes. Fuck conventional wisdom.
Teaches his contrarian rule: never settle — buy the best house in a good-enough neighborhood.
When it comes to your Dreams, always trust your own belief. That is what the Universe rewards.
Teaches commercial real estate alchemy: buy worthless buildings where developers will come.
2023 — 183 writings
The Ego does not know a pathway to joy, peace or self-love. Only your Soul does.
Part 3: renting the estate for his birthday, he reads omens and questions ego versus soul.
This is an egoic purchase and my Soul doesn’t want it.
Part 4a: after withdrawing from escrow as an egoic purchase, a lawsuit threat arrives before a Tolle talk.
The Ego wants grandiose. The Soul wants a grand adventure! Find a way to make this property a grand adventure and you wi
Part 4b finale: Patrick's wisdom reframes the deal, and he takes possession for twenty-two co-owners.
Working harder is not always the answer my friends. Working smarter in a way that builds incredible wealth doing what yo
Wealth Creation Parts 9 & 10: his 2007 down-payment shortfall and the Buy Then Build asset strategy.
Follow Your Bliss. Three simple words. This is one of the proven pathways to peace, joy and self-love.
Awakened Doing Part 1: the two pathways to enlightenment — following bliss and practicing presence.
2024 — 182 writings
Lucky! Is that what I am? I thought it was cause I’m an Inspirer.
Argues he wasn't supposed to be rich: choosing 'Inspirer' at 22 made wealth accidental, not destiny.
The intensity of our triggers is directly linked to the values and attributes we hold most dear.
Shares his discovery that trigger intensity directly mirrors the core values a situation violates, with counter-measures.
only my Soul knows the pathway to the one particular journey I have chosen. The pathway to sustained joy, love and peace
Revisits his 2020 50th birthday as an ego-versus-soul showdown: one candle versus a Maldives yacht.
As always, The Voice in My Head has an opinion about this too, but I’ll just let it pass by me like someone’s fart in th
His health expert prescribes a 45-day cold plunge protocol building to 50 minutes; his inner voice objects.
Risk is my friend, not my enemy. Comfort is the true enemy of growth.
Rich and poor, $10M check and $10M debt: purpose and risk, not comfort, define the journey.
2025 — 404 writings
I came to Paris to remember that life isn't about how much you accomplish — it's about how deeply you experience it.
Eric explains he came to Paris to live The French Way — and announces his finished book, The Inspired Way.
Six months earlier we had mutually decided to end a perfectly good business (Bliss Champions LLC) that we loved.
Part 1 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the awakening after ending Bliss Champions.
For twenty-eight years, I sacrificed my health and put my entrepreneurial ventures first, second and third.
Part 2 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the transformation, health before ventures.
The first two decades of my life, I was an athlete with a very specific dream.
Part 3 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the farewell tour and the athlete dream.
Part 5 of 5 - The New Dream
Part 5 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the new dream, with a checklist completed.
2026 — 323 writings
You should work out with me sometime.
Eric tells how trainer Titus changed his life, and why he made a different choice than two men who died.
Sustained performance is not accidental. It's engineered - quietly, intentionally, and early.
Eric argues sustained performance comes from systems and maintenance, not pushing harder.
When you move from the heart, seeds are planted. Whether you see the fruit or not.
Eric recounts cascading synchronicities in London and Miami around his script and a shared Himalayan teacher.
I've always followed desire.
Eric traces his career to following desire and previews a new desire toward elevated hospitality.
It doesn't have to be intense. It just has to be intentional.
Eric details his 4 PM reset protocol of infrared sauna, cold plunge, and a sun walk.