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http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...tml?id=2537790

For many years, he said, he was simply not "brave" enough to give up his comfortable existence. The tipping point came during a three-week holiday with his wife in Hawaii.

"It was the biggest shock in my life, when I realized how horrible, soulless and without feeling the five star lifestyle is," Mr Rabeder said.

"In those three weeks, we spent all the money you could possibly spend. But in all that time, we had the feeling we hadn't met a single real person - that we were all just actors. The staff played the role of being friendly and the guests played the role of being important and nobody was real."

Suddenly, he realized that "if I don't do it now I won't do it for the rest of my life".

Interesting... I wonder what Mrs. Rabeder thinks about this...