Be the bowl

Executive: Alin Lozada, president and founder of Sarasota Wealth Advisory, a wealth management firm. He's also president and founder of Business Benefits Planning Group.

Diversion: Lawn bowling. It's similar to bocce ball: the bowler tries to get his bowls as close as possible to the jack, which is the small white ball thrown first. The difference is that in lawn bowling, the greens curve and the bowls are weighted to break a certain way. Lozada has been lawn bowling since February.

Network of bowlers: Prior to picking up the sport, Lozada, a Sarasota resident, drove past the Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club on U.S. 41, north of downtown, every day. He always told himself he would check it out. He finally did for a networking event and was immediately hooked, he says. One of the top benefits, according to Lozada, is “meeting a lot of people and making friends.”