My Mission

What drives me.

When people have something inside them that’s not expressed, they feel it—they feel something’s wrong, something’s not happening, and time is passing. And no matter how they try to help themselves, whatever they learn, they wind up blaming themselves. So they take a deep breath and get all determined and decide they’re going to do it right this time. But, of course, they haven't been given what they need to do it right, so they end up not doing it again and hating themselves. That kills me. I know they've got something’s wrong there, something doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense.

And they're too alone. They think there's something wrong with them and blame themselves for not fixing it.

That keeps me awake nights.  Because I know it's a mistake. They got the wrong information.

If they get it right, they will be moving. They'll feel it. They'll be happy. But the heart of what they need to know, this other thing, which I like to think of as my contribution to the world, isn’t just making people happy—it’s getting them - and you -  to give your gifts to the rest of us, because I think everyone has at least one real spark of genius inside them, and usually many more than one. We all have something of great value to give the world, and it feels great when we're doing it.

So, my mission is to let the genius in you flourish. Lots of people think they don’t know what they love or what they want to do (they do know, everyone does), and I help them with that. That's just the start, of course. Once they figure out what they love, most people—and this makes perfect sense—don’t know how to get started or how to get there or what to do. How could they? But we’ve all been taught that you’re supposed to just do it, like Henry Ford did: you go in a dark room and then you figure it out and then you come out and do it.

That’s all a lie, of course. No one ever did anything that way. Self-improvement won't help, neither will positive thinking. You need to be understood, and you need someone on your side. You need information you can't possibly get on your own. And you need some kind of regular structure and accountability to keep you going - like school does or a job does.

No successful person ever accomplished anything in isolation.