About
My Mission
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
How to Deal with Emotional Highs and Lows
If You Ever Struggle With Emotional Swings This Will Definitely Help... "It is one of nature's tricks, little understood, that each day I awaken with moods that have changed from yesterday. Yesterday's joy will become today's sadness; yet today's sadness will grow...
Use The Right Conditioner…
Newsflash…I’m Not Talking About What You Do to Your Hair After You Shampoo So what is a Conditioner? To be to the point…it’s anything that conditions you. A set of circumstances or messages that you are repeatedly exposed to will condition you to believe certain...
The Most Important Thing for High Productivity
There are Several Key Factors for Being Highly Productive... Effective planning, time utilization, prioritizing, skills development, maintenance, and the list goes on of things that play a role in how efficiently you produce in your career. The single most important...
How to Improve Your Leadership Impact
It was a long time ago. 34 years ago as I write this. I remember sitting at my desk at the bank in Chevy Chase, MD and considering my boss at the time. He was a nice guy and clearly good at his job. He was fair with his employees and showed genuine interest in them....
What Everyone Starting Any Busines Needs to Know
This is a Video that will help you if you are starting any kind of business, or have already started and are perhaps struggling a bit with the roller coaster of emotions... Was this helpful for you? Please let me know in the comments below and feel free to share....
8 Principles That Guide Your Success
Choices and Decisions are Much Simpler When They are Based on a Solid Foundation. Principles and values are the foundation. The challenge is that we can often forget this when we are in the midst of the emotions of a situation. In my study of Stephen Covey years ago,...
What my clients say
David Silverstein
Partner, American Home Contractors
Annette Danek-Akey
SVP, Penguin Random House
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