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
Some Insights for Managing Relationships that Matter
Outside of Your Health, Nothing is More Important Than the People in Your Life. This is a foundational principle in 3 Circles Living, but it’s also a simple reality. All you have to do to prove this is consider loss for a second. You could lose material things and it...
The Moment that Turns Your Life Around
Life Doesn’t Always Feel Very Fair, Does It? There are continuously things going on that we have very little control of. We can’t control the weather, other people’s choices and actions, what situation we are born into, what’s going on in the economy, what our DNA...
You Cannot Help Someone Who is Not Trying to Help Themselves
I Believe 100% That Helping Others is the Sustainable Way to Help Yourself When It Comes to Business. Think about it. In simple terms, the products and/or services that you work with have to fill a need, satisfy a desire, or in some other way add value to someone or...
How Values Impact Your Work/Life Experience
Values are Our Ultimate Boundary Lines and Motivators Whether We Acknowledge Them or Not. When I teach, sometimes I’ll draw the curve of climbing towards an achievement (goal). Alongside of this, I will then show the curve that runs next to it of who you are becoming...
The Power of a Clarifier
Listen, Pause, Ask… This is such a simple, effective formula. And yet, it’s not very common in practice. Instead, what is more often occurring is: Hear, and then interrupt. I differentiate listening and hearing, because they are in fact different. Hearing is a gift....
What if Your 6 was a 9?
“If all the hippies cut off all their hair, I don’t care, I don't care.” I was cleaning the toilets the other day listening to Jimi Hendrix and this song (If 6 was 9) came on. This has long been one of my favorite Hendrix songs from a lyric’s standpoint. The essence...
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Partner, American Home Contractors
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SVP, Penguin Random House
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