I help introverted professional men to find clarity about how to gain fulfilment in their lifestyle through authenticity and courage.
I do this because I’ve been there, done that and worked with hundreds of similar people, coaching, mentoring and supporting them for more than 14 years in this space.
Sound like you? I can help. How can I do this? Well...
I got up one day and realised…. no, that’s a lie, nobody just gets up each day and realises something. It’s a slow, gradual build up of a yearning for something different. At least, that’s what happened to me.
I started college sure I was a computing genius, went to University studying computing and politics (I know, weird right?) and left determined I was going to be, bizarrely, Prime Minster of the United Kingdom.
So I started in the public sector, oddly enough drafting responses to complaints letters. As I built experience I got closer and closer to the seat of power in local government.
Unfortunately, working right next to politicians for nearly ten years, caused me to lose any appetite to stay in that sector, so that career plan for PM got busted.
Soon enough I moved from public sector to private enterprise, and became a technology consultant, thinking one day I’d become a billionaire business guru. Then I got bored and frustrated with the stupidity of the company I worked for, and setup my own private company to offer software product management services.
The very first company I sold these services to was very good for me, the client-manager a brilliant mentor (thank you Tuan!), so I became an employee again and stayed for more than 6 years, to become a Director and ‘leader’ of people. I ended up with more income coming at me than I had time to spend it, and thinking, “Ah yes, I’ll be that rockstar CEO one day”.
Eventually, my manager left, the environment changed a lot, and I learnt about myself. Whilst I didn’t 'wake up one day', I did sit there at an offsite meeting, looking at the most senior leadership of a multi-billion dollar company and thought “Shit - I don’t want to be like that”.
So there I was again - “what do I do, that’s another career plan gone!”
Through six months of reflection, I discovered I was, on balance, an introvert and I found many aspects of my work at odds with this.
I had a burning desire for change, and so tried to get roles which would alter some of the environment and day-to-day, but I had this nagging feeling they weren’t resolving something else - so I kept failing to get those roles, as if the universe was telling me something, and perhaps my lack of passion was shining through?
What I was missing was the desire to be not just more quiet, more alone, but also the desire to be independent.
Voila - here I am, and if you are struggling to get clarity, be your authentic self and live the lifestyle you deserve, I will be able to help you.