I am a growth junkie, I love it. I can’t get enough of the excitement that comes when seeing a business grow or having a personal growth realization. I believe that running your own business is an experiment in personal growth. I have come to this conclusion by going through the process of starting my own business and helping others grow theirs. I created my dream job from scratch because I couldn’t imagine spending my free time doing anything else. In fact I did it for free in the beginning and couldn’t stop. I am passionate about everyone doing work that fires them up and even more passionate about helping those that need help with growing their own passion driven business.
I work with small business owners who are established and emerging thought leaders who are service driven. My ideal client values achievement and influence but wants to achieve by being true to themselves and having fun. They have been in operation for at least two years and are in the throws of a business evolution and are seeking more clarity on their brand. They are also looking to re-engineer their strategy towards achieving their mission. Specifically I help my clients understand what it is they do best and how to language that to their ideal clients. I then help them create the right packaging and plan for growth that will generate more revenue and more clients. In addition to that I help my clients become aware of their limiting beliefs. The more businesses I help grow the clearer it becomes, the biggest roadblock to growth is our own thoughts. We will be getting those out and insuring that you believe in what you create.
Witnessing growth was a central part of my childhood growing up on a dairy farm in Virginia. We had more animals than I can count; in fact we had more than one of everything including a pet groundhog named pumpkin. My Dad was a farmer and my Mother a PhD in Psychology. The impact of their combination was interesting. As I was shoveling the stalls I would always question the meaning of it all.
From a young age I was fully aware of the literal components of growth, focus, discipline and hard work. How many kids get to collect eggs from thirty eight thousand chickens? My Mother taught me that the psychology of growth is as important as the literal. Top prize animals are not raised with feed and clean stalls alone. My favorite trick was calling out to my cow Helena in the midst of a herd of over 100 cows. She would nudge all the way to the front and relish in my petting her. Needless to say it was not a surprise that my cows were some of the best producing of the herd.
An insatiable curiosity made me want to see what existed beyond the farm. I used the corporate world as a vehicle for travel and spent seven years working at Capital One. I started out in Richmond, Virginia, and then Washington D.C., South Africa, Spain and London. I helped build international start-up joint ventures, leading marketing initiatives and managing teams driving operational efficiencies. When I moved to New York in 2005 I joined Google. I spent the next three years at Google working in the strategy and planning team acting as a COO to different business divisions within the sales department. I then went to IAC in 2008 to work for a financial services start-up leading the usability and consumer insights division. In January of 2009 I decided to create my dream job from scratch. Since then I have been immersed in the world of personal development building a consulting business serving authors, speakers and life changing entrepreneurs. In the process, I’ve had the opportunity to work with some renowned authors such as Srikumar Rao, Esther Perel and Jaiya Ma.
My adventuresome spirit and love for growth has led me in many different directions. My first passion besides growth was travel and I have been to more than 36 countries and counting. Some top moments have been climbing the Great Wall in China and driving across southern Africa in a range rover with a roof top tent for 3 months. I also crave physical challenges as I learn more about myself by pushing through what I think is possible. This drive has lead me to such life changing experiences as biking 300 miles in three days for Aids awareness and hiking five days through the rain and mud in Scotland for fun. I also taught myself how to paint and sold a painting for $500 in my first and only art show. I am constantly seeking out new experiences that help me grow as a person and give new energy to my business perspective.
I learn from others always and my business is no different. My website is a place for me to record who I meet and what I learn. I interview business owners who are doing great things in the world and are changing people’s lives. Contact me if you are interested in meeting for an introductory chat, I would like nothing more than to help you achieve your business growth dreams.
