WHAT ENDURES. A Life of Building, Losing, Rebuilding and What Truly Matters - Alan Michael Misale

What Endures is the story of a life shaped by perseverance, love, loss, and reinvention.

From a working-class childhood in Chicago... to war in Vietnam... to building and losing businesses... to rebuilding again and again this is a story about resilience, family, and the lessons learned along the way.

Alan Misale has lived a life defined by reinvention. After serving in Vietnam, he built multiple businesses, experienced both financial success and failure, and rebuilt more than once. Over the course of nearly five decades, he shared his life with his wife Jonell, raising a family while navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship and life's unexpected turns.

Later in life, after profound loss, Alan discovered something he had not expected that love, purpose, and gratitude can still emerge in new and meaningful ways.

What Endures: A Life Built Over Time is a reflection on perseverance, relationships, and the lessons learned from a lifetime of experience.

Because in the end

It is not what we build that defines us...