Pete Worrell

Business leader, Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, Investor, Philanthropist, Student, Writer/Editor

Entrepreneur Freedom Fighter. Author. Restless cruising sailor. Co-CEO of Bigelow. Positive Psychologist. Student. Listener. TEDx Speaker. Co Leader of our high performing team of professionals best known for unlocking the personal and professional potential of exclusively one kind of client: seasoned, successful Entrepreneur Owner-Managers. Pete’s most recent book is “Enterprise Value: Build and Capture a Capital Gain While Creating a Positive Legacy” (McGraw-Hill). Other publishe research authored or co-authored includes: “The Decisions of Entrepreneurs and Their Agents: Revealed Levels of Risk Aversion and Betrayal Aversion”; “Entrepreneur Strengths Study: Results from a Preliminary Study of the Character Strengths, and Grit-S Scales of Seasoned Entrepreneurs”. Committed to private, social-sector solutions to community problems as an alternative to public sector involvement, with a special focus on increasing access to higher education. Pete received an Honorary Doctorate from Saint Michael’s College. Consider joining the TED2018 Jeffersonian Dinner I am hosting with the theme: “Are You Driven by the Past or Called to the Future”? It’s sure to spark some energetic conversation. Frequently alternate between residences in two worlds: the Out Islands of the Bahamas, and New England. Restless cruising sailors sailed from Newfoundland and Labrador to the West Indies; in the South Pacific, Ireland, the sub Antarctic, New Zealand, Scotland, and England. Member Cruising Club of America, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. Interested in high performance physically and mentally, and powering rejuvenation/recovery methods using cold therapy, the Art of Breath, Breath-State, the Wim Hof method, TM.

A life of enduring, energy creating relationships.

Shouldn’t we be wary of so called experts with no skin in the game? They are confident— hell, frequently confident even when they are wrong. Why listen to the opinions of those with no skin in the game?

Active Listener, behavioral finance, Consilience of Knowledge across multiple domains, Cruising Sailor, Entrepreneur Owner-Managers, Increasing access to Higher Education, Motivational Interviewing, Not for Profit Governance, Positive Psychology, Probablility and Decision Making

Being an unconventional thinker, and invested in the consilience of knowledge can be a lonely and isolating place. One of the most rewarding challenges in life is to constantly surround myself with energy creating people I can learn and grow from and who will learn and grow from me. That's why I attend TED.

On a beach with apparently nothing to do.