Born in New Haven, CT, and raised in
Manchester, NH with six sisters (the only boy), my mom and step-dad did
a great job with us (it wasn't easy) and I am
forever grateful for their love. The lessons I learned are with me
everyday.
When I was about 10, I became a huge
ice hockey fan (Bobby Orr and the Big Bad Boston Bruins)
and I played pick up games on the pond behind our house until we
fell through the ice every spring, then we played street hockey and
baseball. It was a lot of fun.
After the early passing of a dear
friend, I decided life is too short and followed my dreams at the age of
21 and moved to Sunny Southern California. It was quite a journey and an
adventure. It was there that I first discovered the world of sales,
marketing and entrepreneurship.
After searching around and trying to
start my own business (without any clue to what I was doing!) I went to
work for a home improvement company and that led me to working for an
advertising company in sales.
During this time the owner and I started two related
businesses, both failed (which was a blessing) within 5 years I ended up
with my own direct mail business which I ran successfully for 12 years
from my home (way before it
was "ok" to work from home).
Having started in business young, I
became bored and started to look for new, more exciting opportunities.
While I always read a ton of books, I started listening to audio
cassettes from the Nightingale Conant Corporation which accelerated and
expanding my thinking. I still listen to their products now on CD though
www.nightingale.com I guess I'm
a perpetual student.
I attended my first big name live
seminar with Stuart Wilde, he kicked off an incredible journey for me.
Excited by what I learned I went on an amazing, life changing seminar
tour with people like Anthony Robbins, Jay Abraham, Wayne Dyer, Deepak
Chopra and Bob Procter to mention just a few of them.
