Life Is Short, So Ray Blakney Sold Everything And Moved To Mexico. That's When The Adventure Began!
Ray is an entrepreneur who grew up in Turkey and now lives in Mexico with his family. Like many, he once believed there was a path he was supposed to follow: after college, he expected to become a computer engineer, build a retirement plan, and retire at 66 to “finally start living life.” But fate had other plans.
In 2006, a television commercial changed the course of his life. It posed the question:
“If they were to write a book about your life, would anybody want to read it?”
Sitting in his condo in Cleveland, Ray realized that on the path he was on, even he wouldn’t want to read his own story. That moment sparked a dramatic shift. Within 90 days, he had quit his job, sold everything he owned, and moved to Mexico to volunteer at a research center near the Guatemalan border, serving indigenous communities.
It was there that he met his future wife, who happened to be his Spanish teacher. In what he jokes was another case of “impulse control issues,” they decided to get married and start a business together at the same time — a risky move he doesn’t necessarily recommend, though it worked out for them.
Since 2008, Ray has launched more than 20 profitable companies and sold four of them, many in partnership with his wife. Despite his track record, he admits he still often feels like he doesn’t fully know what he’s doing — a reminder, he says, that the more you learn, the more you realize how much you don’t know.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondblakney/
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