UNPERFECT
A memoir of money, mistakes, miracles, and learning that life is about time and choiceBy Judson BurdonRecorded TrackLength4h 29m
About this audiobook
I started my first business at seventeen with eight dollars. I built and sold a company by twenty-two. I made millions, lost my marriage, my trust, and very nearly myself. I watched my son die on a table in Sint Maarten and come back seven minutes later. And on June 22, 2022, I finally started fighting the battle that mattered most.
UNPERFECT is the first half of my life with nothing polished out: the bullied kid behind the red glasses, the rocket-ship businesses, the affairs, the betrayal, the miracle, and the long way home. It is not a success story. It is a survival story that turned into one, told honestly, including the falls that came after the finish line was supposed to be crossed.
If you have ever felt broken, behind, or too far gone, this book was written for you. You don't get to rewrite the first half. You get to write the next one.
Written and narrated by Judson Burdon, in his own voice.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length4 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1UNPERFECT. My First Half.
2Dedication.
3Epigraph.
4Foreword.
5Preface.
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6Acknowledgments.
7Chapter One. The Foundation With Cracks.
8Chapter Two. The Day I Wasn't Perfect.
9Chapter Three. A Match Made in the Mountains.
10Chapter Four. When the Door Closed.
11Chapter Five. Alone on the Hill.
12Chapter Six. New Man of the House.
13Chapter Seven. New Woman, New Houses.
14Chapter Eight. New School.
15Chapter Nine. Disney Weekends.
16Chapter Ten. Bullies and Best Friend.
17Chapter Eleven. The Solo Flight to Paradise.
18Chapter Twelve. The Scab and the Safe Havens.
19Chapter Thirteen. New Uniform = New Me.
20Chapter Fourteen. Owning the Room.
21Chapter Fifteen. Transformed for the Future.
22Chapter Sixteen. High School Looming.
23Chapter Seventeen. Fires and Excuses.
24Chapter Eighteen. Summer of Rebellion.
25Chapter Nineteen. Boarding School Prison.
26Chapter Twenty. Summer of Love and Gangs.
27Chapter Twenty One. Graduation and Co-Dependency.
28Chapter Twenty Two. Not Collège but Cégep.
29Chapter Twenty Three. From Girlfriend to Baby.
30Chapter Twenty Four. The New Job and the Lost Little Brother.
31Chapter Twenty Five. Bose Speakers and Big Dreams.
32Chapter Twenty Six. The First Door.
33Chapter Twenty Seven. Building Imperial.
34Chapter Twenty Eight. A Miracle Named Justin.
35Chapter Twenty Nine. Always Be a Good Boy.
36Chapter Thirty. Successful Darkness.
37Chapter Thirty One. Kool-Aid Water.
38Chapter Thirty Two. Pounding Out the Kingdom.
39Chapter Thirty Three. Super Bowl Money.
40Chapter Thirty Four. Barefoot and Disconnected.
41Chapter Thirty Five. Anguilla Take II.
42Chapter Thirty Six. The Number That Changed My Life.
43Chapter Thirty Seven. The Village.
44Chapter Thirty Eight. The Penthouse Ladder.
45Chapter Thirty Nine. The Woman.
46Chapter Forty. Five Words.
47Chapter Forty One. Pouring Pure Water.
48Chapter Forty Two. The Mahi Bowl.
49Chapter Forty Three. Elemental.
50Chapter Forty Four. Seven Minutes.
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