 Who is that coach?You're entitled to know. One of your concerns will be "Is he qualified? "Another might be "How do we match up?" There's general and technical information. There's also some personal stuff Professional Experience I am an entrepreneurial junkie. I graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at Columbia. After working for CBS and Merrill-Lynch for the first part of my life, I've started 8 businesses on my own, including a hi-tech computer training center, an award-winning advertising agency, and a commercial deep-sea diving business (in Africa). |
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As a professional coach, I am a:
Additionally, I am a Certified Facilitator for 2Young2Retire, a training program to help me help Baby Boomers find new life, new purpose or new careers. I coach about 25 entrepreneurs every month in one capacity or another. All of them are dealing with the new economic situation, and most of them are doing so extremely well! |
In a new chapter in my life, I recently became caregiver for my wife when she came down with breast cancer, and out of the resulting dismay and enlightenment, subsequently created a program called "Caring for the Caregiver." This program had its debut as a full day program at UUCSR last October, is now meeting monthly, growing nicely, and won me an award as The Caregiver of The Year. This year we're expanding the program, 194 churches may be involved. Also, I've been recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Literacy Nassau, an organization committed to training the 18% of adult illiterates in Nassau County. A Personal StoryThis is one of the most magical moments in my life. It's August 17, 2001 and my son and I have just climbed to the top of Polly Dome in Yosemite. We started at about 8500 feet and have climbed to 9800 - above 30% of the world's oxygen, and 95% of the world's population! This caps an extraordinary 3 days together, 3 days at a campsite by an alpine lake and a granite mountain, 3 days when there was no other soul to be seen, 3 days of talking about subjects we'd never discussed before. I was surprised and delighted because my son wanted this much of my time to himself. Chad was surprised and delighted that the old man could actually climb the mountain, accept his help and support, and love him back. So this might tell you a little of who I am. I'm tough as old shoe leather. And, I have a sentimental streak a mile long and a yard wide. I've been some places and done some things most people haven't. I know big words and usually prefer to use plain ones. You can count on me to do what I commit to. And you can count on me to hear what you say, and what you don't say.  Update: It's December of 2005. Chad and I have climbed Mt. Talac, in the Desolation Wilderness just north of Lake Tahoe in late August. I damn near didn't make it, but Chad was both coach and sherpa to me. As we climbed up the mountain, Chad told me - "4 miles forward and 2000 feet upward!" I complained "aren't lakes supposed to be at the bottom of mountains, not the top?" He replied - "once we get to the lake, it's only 2000 more feet up to the top of Mt. Talac!We spent four days together in the wilderness - cooking our own packed-in food (and eating very well, I might add! Would you believe spaghetti with clam sauce plus coffee with rum on the shores of Lake Gilmore at 8500 feet?). Would you also believe that in a wilderness area you leave the site totally clean. You pack out everything you took in, including used toilet paper!  One morning, we rose at six, breakfasted at 7 and found ourselves alone at the summit of Mt. Talac by 9am.. What was special was the time alone at the top of a mountain. Mmmmm - stuff to see, stuff to think about! Over the four days, Chad and I had some personal, you could say intimate, conversations. The kind of conversation where you can leave off for a while, and then come back with "you know, there's still something I don't understand!" I don't know where or when else I have that kind of freedom and leisure to talk, discuss, explore. You have surely figured out by now that I love my son enormously. What we both discovered, in the 4 days, was more about each other - more that had simply never surfaced before, wonders, things to admire, newly considered and newly voiced plans and ambitions.As we walked out, we were pleased we'd climbed, and happy it was over. I still harbored a fear that I'd stretched my son's patience because I'd had so much difficulty making the climbs and he'd had to help me a lot. At the roadhouse in Lake Tahoe, where we stopped afterward for a beer and a steak, I surrendered up my fear when Chad said "You know, Dad, I really admire your determination and willingness to push yourself. Can we make this an annual event?!!" Forgive the pun, but this was a peak experience for us both! Thanks for listening. |
