About
My Mission
To Elevate, Equip, and Empower Others to a More Abundant Life.
My Vision
My Philosophy
- I believe in kindness, honesty, and respect as platform behaviors.
- I believe that having a service mindset is the key to a wonderful and fulfilling life.
- I believe that everyone is of value and here to make a uniquely meaningful contribution.
About Me
Dedicated to Serving By Teaching
My life’s work is dedicated to helping others live at their personal peak by building their interpersonal, productivity, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills. I work with people to develop their unique raw material by showing them how to implement a range of life and business skills that lead to both a higher version of themselves and greater gains in their careers.
The fundamentals and principals I offer are timeless and work for everyone from corporations that want to construct strong management teams to individuals who are building careers or home based businesses.
To me, nothing feels better than making a contribution in this way. I wake up each morning looking forward to the potential to positively impact someone’s present and future.
Not an easy journey…
I have empathy for those who struggle, but I know what can be done with a change of mind and a commitment to action. You see, my road to success was rough and rocky. I grew up in a semi-broken family, with little financial means, plus I’m an introvert, and struggled mightily with self-esteem and confidence.
I put myself through school as a waiter and bartender, earned a degree in Economics from the University of Maryland and ultimately ended up in banking. After two lay-offs in 4 years due to company difficulties, I started my own business. This was when I began pouring myself into self-development.
From then until now it’s been quite a ride. I uncovered my passion for teaching and helping others. Through the success of my businesses, new opportunities arose to teach and train others. And I took the opportunity to achieve an MBA from Mt. Saint Mary’s and the old me was stunned to find I finished in the top of my class.
Grateful
Understand, that I did not build this success alone. Thankfully, over 30 years ago, I married an incredible woman with a beautiful soul and we have two adult children. I cherish my family and am grateful for all we share together.
After spending most of my life in Maryland, we recently moved to New Bern, North Carolina to be on the water so I can indulge in my personal passions of fishing and crabbing. And, it turns out the people are really nice, too!
Latest Blog Posts
Get it Rolling, Keep it Rolling
Once You Gain Personal Momentum in Any Endeavor, its Easier to Keep it Going, Than it is to Start again. Many moons ago, back in the mid-1980's, my brother owned an orange Volkswagen Bug. This little car ran just fine once you got it started, but once you...
4 Tips for Dealing With Difficult People
Some People Appear to Believe it is Their Lot in Life to be Difficult... I believe you know what I mean. If you are out for a meal in a restaurant they make things difficult for the server. If you are trying to do something together, things are never quite good...
How to Have More “Alive Time”
The Less “Dead Time” You Have the Higher Your Quality of Life Will Be In Ryan Holiday’s book Ego is the Enemy he tells the story of How Malcolm X, transformed his life, and subsequently the impact he made in the world, through his time in prison. Holiday goes on to...
Six Mindset Hacks to Use When You Feel Like You Can’t Go On
If it's at ALL Important in Your Life, There Will be Times When You Feel Hopeless... By the very nature of the way life works, if it matters to you and it is of value, it is going to be hard. For lots of reasons. You will have lots of issues with self-doubt because...
What You Should Know About Food and What You Can Do About It
Food is Not What It Used to Be Many years ago farmers used crop rotation and planted various species of plants to protect the crops from invasive organisms as animals roamed freely eating grass. Essentially what we would today call organic. Then things changed....
Are You a Mind Reader?
It’s Pretty Hard to Learn Something and Talk at the Same Time. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in life is that I have a lot to learn. It doesn’t matter what the topic is. Even if I am strongly versed in a subject area, I know that there is still likely...
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Partner, American Home Contractors
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SVP, Penguin Random House
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