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My Story
I've been focused on empowering socially conscious changemakers all of my adult life.
My work was born out of a powerful wake-up call I experienced at age 19, when I had a
tangible experience of the interconnectedness of all life. More on that later.
As a teenager, I co-founded YES! (a non-profit organization) which has supported more
than 675,000 young visionary leaders from 65 nations working on social change, human
rights, and environmental sustainability.
However, I ran into many frustrations with the
non-profit field and turned to business in my
early 20s.
I believe that business can be a powerful
force for good on the planet. It can also be a
very destructive force, depending on how it's
used.
I started many businesses in my 20s and 30s,
including a massage therapy practice, a
database consulting business, a fundraising
consulting business, an executive recruiting
firm, and my current company which coaches
and trains socially conscious entrepreneurs to
earn more money and have a greater positive
impact in the world.
For over 20 years I've been on a quest to prove that you don't have to choose between
making a living and making a difference. At first it seemed like my options were very
limited, since everywhere I turned I either saw good-hearted people being of service in
the world and sacrificing their own needs in the process, or I saw people making a lot of
money by doing things that provided little real value to the world.
I also looked around me and saw a large portion of businesses in America, and around
the world, doing more harm than good to the planet and our collective well-being. So, it
was only natural to come to the conclusion that the quest for money was somehow evil,
or at least a little dirty, impure, or unspiritual in some way.
But deep down I knew it didn't have to be this way. Money is simply a medium of
exchange. There is nothing inherently good or evil about it. It's how we make it, and
how we spend it, that matters.
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