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Don Wenner is a husband, father of three, and the founder and CEO of DLP Capital, a private real estate firm with high growth and impact.
He’s also all about work-life integration, which has gained popularity as a more holistic, blended take on the concept of work-life balance.
Wenner lives with intention and focuses on what he calls “the eight Fs of life:” faith, family, friends,
freedom, fun, fulfillment, fitness, and finance. He uses a baseball analogy to describe how he can be
working on several Fs at the same time, loading his bases and aiming for triples and homeruns.
“I want to have as much of my life that’s integrated together,” Wenner says. “I want as much as possiblenot to have any conflict between my job as a father and my job as a husband with my job as a founder and CEO of my organization.”
He is thankful that work-life integration is much more achievable in today’s culture of remote work. For instance, he can work late from home if needed and still catch family dinner in between, unlike at a remote office. Wenner and his wife also value travel, so they homeschool their children and divide their time almost equally each year between St. Augustine, Florida; Asheville, North Carolina; and a world travel destination. For support and structure, the Wenners hire a traveling teacher and a chauffeur/helper.