PURPOSE. PASSION.

The Big “Why”

For simplicity’s sake let’s jump into the story with a hard question that sounded simple. Some years ago, before I understood my own mission, one of my supporting influencers asked me straight out – what do you love? Easy pitch, right? Not so much. The ball took an unexpected curve when I realized that although I enjoyed working with a great company, I still knew intuitively my heart wasn’t in it. The question became a heads-up strike. In that moment I couldn’t answer it.

I didn’t like the feeling of not knowing. Like a pit in my stomach, it haunted me. I kept asking myself that question. I started writing things down. Two weeks later, my list was a page and a half. I kept refining it, reaching for the heart of what I loved, until finally I connected. For me it became clear that it’s about helping people win.

Of course, there’s history there, so let’s take a step back. A part of why I’m energized to help people win is because I’ve experienced not winning in the extreme. Growing up with learning disabilities, I really believed I was stupid. My father was an alcoholic. He abused us and abandoned our family when I was ten. The short version of the story is, I graduated from high school with very little confidence and no direction. I truly know what it’s like to feel under-prepared for life.

By the time I was twenty though, I had a mentor named Bob, and he challenged me to figure our what I wanted to do. Being the kind who needs challenges, I answered with the most impossible thing I could think of – college. “Then go,” Bob replied. “You’re smart enough and you can do it.” In that moment, Bob delivered exactly what I needed. A sense of strength, direction, and hope.

Bob was part of a pattern that emerged in my life. And it was a pattern that not only moved me forward, but it also helped define my eventual sense of mission.

Bob was a coach in more ways than one. He and others helped me recognize talents and abilities that I couldn’t see in myself. These key individuals challenged me to do things I wanted to do, but didn’t believe I could, and they helped me to see in myself what I couldn’t see on my own. They inspired and encouraged me to face my fears, overcome my doubts, step out into the unknownm, and live the life I was born to live.

So where are we now? Currently, I live my mission.

Individuals and businesses commonly experience a lack of clarity and a sense of being stuck. I understand that. But I understand the other side as well. And I don’t tell anyone what winning is to them. I ask them. The answer is different for everyone because everyone is different. My satisfaction is in assisting each person to a place of clarity where they can thrive with purpose and passion.

When people tell me they were struggling but now they feel home, and especially when I see their hopes becomes reality, I know I’m doing exactly what I’m supposed to do. Help people win.