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
What if You Live to be a 100?
This is Not THAT Crazy a Question… Life expectancy has gradually climbed over the past century. Sure, it has dipped a bit recently, but every growth curve, in everything, is never a straight line. There are always retreats before major steps forward, in addition to...
A Lesson from Successful Lifestyle Entrepreneurs That Serves in Everything.
What the Heck is a Lifestyle Entrepreneur? You might be wondering… Someone like me. I am absolutely a lifestyle entrepreneur. But that probably doesn’t help you, so here is the general definition I found on the internet: “A lifestyle entrepreneur is someone who...
A Fabulous Stress Management Strategy
What is One of Our Biggest Sources of Stress? Anxiety about, and fear of, LOSS. If you really think about this, you will recognize the truth of it. Three of the biggest areas that drive this stress as adults are anxiousness about health, relationships, and money...
Do You Need to Change Your Narrative?
What are the Stories You Tell Yourself? For clarification, these are not “once upon a time” kind of stories. These are the repetitive quick one-liners that once adopted, tend to run as reoccurring scripts in your brain. For example…if you ever say to yourself “I could...
Eight “Best Life” Factors for Designing the Life You Want
DO. NOT. SETTLE. Life is too short and uncertain to not go after the life you want. I know, I know…I have said this repeatedly. And why is that do you think? Because it’s true. Too true to try to ignore. I say “try to ignore” because it’s IMPOSSIBLE to ignore it...
Water Water Most Everywhere…
We All Need Water that Nourishes and Grows Us. Physically, if we don’t have a drink of water in 3-4 days, we will die. That’s not the kind of water I’m talking about here. I'm talking about the waters that nourish our soul, and the water that grows us and our capacity...
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Partner, American Home Contractors
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SVP, Penguin Random House
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