One of the mistakes I made transitioning into my own Victory Lap was that I didn’t take any time off to regroup and refresh. I was suffering from “Sudden Retirement Shock.” I wasn’t thinking clearly and I did what I always do when things are going off side: I roll up my sleeves and worked harder. I decided to go into full new business mode, spending the better part of three years in a cave writing a book and trying to figure things out. Sure, things worked out well in the end but it took a lot of time, researching, and learning what I needed to know. Looking back now I realize it didn’t have to be as hard as it was. I also have a bad habit of always going it alone, something I developed while working at the Corp., a John Wayne thing. I believed asking for help was a weakness and made me look vulnerable. I always took the hard way and would try and figure it all out by myself. That kind of thinking resulted in me not creating and benefitting from mentors. This was a major mistake I made in my career.…