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
How to Grow Your Confidence
Confidence has a Major Impact on The Quality of our Lives… The more confidence you have the better results you will have in all areas of your life that matter. This is an absolute fact. Of course, over-confidence can be an issue as much as lack of confidence at times,...
The Power of Confident Humility and How to Foster It
Humility is Like Integrity; You Can’t Tell People You Have it… You have to example it. And you will want to example it…IF you get the importance of it, both from a perception standpoint and from a personal checks and balances standpoint. The immediate challenge with...
How to Normalize the Best Source of Change
What Causes You to Make an Important Change? You could consider this for your life in general or for your business life, it really doesn’t matter because the cause/effect/result/significance is the same. You either make changes or you suffer the consequences of not...
How to Bridge the Ever-Present Generation Gap
“How do You Handle People of Different Generations?” This is a question/challenge that comes up often in leadership training workshops. And for good reason. There is a natural gap between generations that tends to breed a “we” versus “they” kind of attitude, and can...
What if We All Just Did What Needs to Be Done?
I Think Littering is a Despicable Act. Living on the water, I am consistently picking up bits of trash that I find in the water or on the shoreline. Anything I see that is not biodegradable and that I can physically deal with, I gather. Fortunately, it appears that...
How to Defeat Your Greatest Source of Self-Sabotage
Sabotage is Defined as the Deliberate Attempt to Damage, Destroy, or Hinder a Cause of Activity. Based on this definition, it would be easy to say “I would never deliberately do this to myself” and have full conviction that your statement is true. But thinking it’s...
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Partner, American Home Contractors
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SVP, Penguin Random House
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