Sometimes the smartest move isn’t climbing higher—it’s knowing when to walk away.
This week on My Crunchy Zen Era, Nicole chats with Stuart Cooper—a self-described sales hunter who’s grown companies across healthcare, biotech, finance, staffing, and tech—to talk about the art of strategic quitting, taking smart risks, and that one time he ran for Congress in just five months.
They start with intermittent fasting (yes, really) as a small act of discipline that sets the tone for bigger life decisions. From there, they chat about finding purpose, and how marriage and memory can be quiet anchors in seasons of big change. Stuart shares how he bets on leaders, not logos, and why having backup plans isn’t fear—it’s strategy.
They get into all of it: toxic bosses, pivots, faith, politics, personality tests, and the lesson that timing rules everything. His biggest takeaway? Family first—because once your kids hit sixteen, time speeds up fast.
It’s part career therapy, part faith journey, and full of that crunchy zen mix of humor, reflection, and real talk.
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