Paul Terrell on Grit, Recovery, and Rebuilding Life as a Dad

2025-12-30

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How do you rebuild your life when everything breaks at once and you still have kids who need you every minute of the day?After a devastating spinal injury and years of recovery, Paul Terrell became a stay at home dad who had to relearn how to walk, talk, type, and parent with new physical limitations. Later he returned to work and eventually became a top performing enterprise account executive in PropTech and FinTech. His story is one of grit, patience, perseverance, and a deep commitment to family.Paul shares how to: • Relearn everyday life w...

How do you rebuild your life when everything breaks at once and you still have kids who need you every minute of the day?

After a devastating spinal injury and years of recovery, Paul Terrell became a stay at home dad who had to relearn how to walk, talk, type, and parent with new physical limitations. Later he returned to work and eventually became a top performing enterprise account executive in PropTech and FinTech. His story is one of grit, patience, perseverance, and a deep commitment to family.

Paul shares how to:

• Relearn everyday life while caring for two young kids

• Parent with physical limitations and find creative ways to adapt

• Build mental toughness when progress feels painfully slow

• Return to the workforce with confidence after years away

• Use AI, systems, and prep work to compete at a high level again

• Navigate the emotional shift from being the primary caregiver to traveling constantly for work

• Strengthen a marriage through shared effort, support, and role changes

• Turn stay at home parenting into quantifiable wins on a resume

• Carry lessons from parenting into sales, negotiation, and leadership

• Protect health, energy, and family time in a metrics driven role

• Help kids understand work, money, teamwork, and responsibility

• Break big goals into smaller ones and use data to track personal progress

Paul’s story is honest, inspiring, and packed with practical wisdom for any dad rebuilding after a tough season or trying to figure out what comes next.

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