Managing the movement of 300,000 daily passengers taught me this: Complex systems require simple solutions.

For 19 years at LIRR, I've orchestrated equipment strategies, crisis responses, and service expansions that keep New York moving. Now I'm applying those lessons to FIFA 2026's logistics challenges.

MY TRACK RECORD:
- $500K+ annual savings through strategic optimization
- 95% service reliability during Hurricane Sandy
- Led LIRR's most significant service expansion in 100+ years
- PMP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMI-RMP certified

CURRENT FOCUS:
Analyzing how 80,000 fans will navigate World Cup venues. Creating educational content on stadium logistics, fan mobility, and innovative travel strategies. Building bridges between transit expertise and sporting excellence.

PASSION PROJECTS:
Exploring innovative models for youth sports accessibility. Developing content that democratizes elite knowledge. Building communities around shared values of excellence and opportunity.

Let's connect if you're working on:
- Mega-event logistics
- Transit innovation
- Fan experience design
- Youth development through sports

Based in NYC. Thinking globally.

Note: Personal views and content. Created outside work hours.

Gregory Charles

#1 Ranked LI Creator Family Life (Favikon) | Owner of 17 companies, 44 RE properties, 1 football club | Believer, Husband, Dad | Follow for posts on family, business, productivity, and innovation

On March 17, 2023, I made a phone call that saved my life.

I was giving a quiz to my university class when my phone rang repeatedly.
The caller was my medical doctor.

I stepped into the hallway to listen to the voicemail which urged me to call my doctor immediately. I hesitated, then made the call.

The previous day, I’d gone in for tests thinking I had a kidney stone, but the tests came back very serious. My doctor insisted I needed to go to the Emergency Room ASAP‼️ 

My bilirubin count was off the charts, and my liver wasn’t functioning. 

I went to the ER instead of my planned family trip to our beach house on Daufuskie Island. 

If I hadn’t called (& gone to the ER), I'd have been on an island with no bridge & no hospital when the sepsis hit.

Instead, I spent Spring Break in the hospital with 2 emergency surgeries, a loving family, incredible friends, & tons of prayer.

In the hospital, I kept thinking of my relationship with God & my family. 

I’m thankful to own dozens of real estate properties & 19 businesses. It’s given me the opportunity to employ hundreds of people. 

But at the end of the day, those aren't the most important things. I never anticipated being an UHNWI, but money is not the end game.

Prior to the ER visit, I’d resisted social media and lived a private life.
I came out of the hospital as a 43-year-old realizing I was living on borrowed time.

I’m now using LinkedIn, YouTube and other social platforms to share business and family lessons I’ve learned along the way.

I’m privileged to own nearly 50 real estate properties (residential and commercial). I own businesses in the sectors of aerospace, hospitality, sports, pets, retail, and real estate.

However, my identity is not found in my bank account, businesses, or real estate.

As a Christian, I believe my ultimate identity is in Jesus Christ who died a sacrificial substitutionary death to make eternal life possible and save me from my sin.

God graciously let me marry Abigail, who's far better than I deserve. 

After two miscarriages, God providentially gave us 5 amazing children. What a blessing!

I'm privileged to speak around the US, but the days I look forward to most are those spent with my wife and kids at soccer games, getting bagels at Panera on Saturday mornings, or reading a story together as a family.

I’m not selling anything on LinkedIn, I don’t offer paid coaching or business services.

I’m simply here sharing thoughts you might find helpful. 
Thoughts about business, family, RE, investing, and productivity.

If interested, click follow.

Thanks for reading!

Nathan Crockett, PhD

Business is art. 
But most people treat it like a spreadsheet.

They chase formulas. Metrics. KPIs.
And yes, those matter.

But the greats?
They paint.

They sketch bold ideas on napkins.
They chisel through market noise.
They sculpt teams from raw talent.
They compose visions others can’t yet hear.

Art isn’t chaos. It’s intention.

The brushstroke looks wild,
Until you step back and see the full canvas.

Same in business.
The pivots. The risks. The sleepless nights.

They look messy up close.
But they’re shaping something beautiful.

Great leaders are part engineer, part poet.

They build balance sheets.
But they also build belief.

They follow structure—yes.
But they also break it when the idea is worth it.

Because true innovation doesn’t live in a template.
It lives in tension.

Between risk and reason.
Between logic and instinct.
Between what is and what might be.

That’s where art lives.

That’s where business comes alive.

So next time someone says, 
“It’s just business.”

Smile.
Then go make something timeless.

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