Chris Williams, aged 65, has lived an extraordinary life – in two halves. Ten years ago, he had it all. Owning a successful business with a £4m turnover, he employed 25 staff. But working up to 100 hours a week and a “crazy” globetrotting lifestyle led to his marriage & relationships with his 3 children being casualties.
His business was selling machinery to the UK clothing industry, and a massive turning point came in 1998 when Marks & Spencer announced they were no longer going to source everything just made in Britain but were going offshore. He’d just bought a building in Tamworth, but the market changed overnight. Previously, his business was 90% home-based in UK & 10% exports. Travel meant to the North / North-East of England, South Wales, Leicester, Manchester, centres of UK textile industry. Suddenly he had to fly via Dubai to China, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, North Africa. Chris spent so much time abroad, he was 2 days short of being classed as non-resident in the UK. He lost his marriage and relationships with children, whom he adored. So he made a drastic lifestyle change.
After “a lightbulb moment”, he turned his life around. Now he proudly pioneers ‘The 10-Hour Working Week’. His 3Fs priorities, in order: Family, Fitness and Finances. He re-married, has a daughter (11yrs), and has radically changed his priorities. His favourite expressions is: “I'm going to live to 100 – or die trying”.
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