PASSION & PERSPECTIVE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Even though I have a college degree and have attended many seminars and conferences teaching "the best" ways to be successful, my ability to be successful & overcome obstacles comes from my lifeling battle with mental illness. For 35 years, I wasn't aware that I was struggling with severe bipolar depression and thought starting my life from scratch every couple of years was normal. I will captivate, motivate and leaving you KNOWING (not thinking) that anything can be achived! I am not teaching anything, but I will show the importance of having different perspectives than the ‘norm’, and how the right kind of passion is the foundation for any success.
AN ANGEL & 100 DIMES SAVED MY LIFE
This VERY POWERFUL story proves that we never know when something trivial can be life saving and the catalyst for an unexpected journey out of the darkness and into hope and encouragement. Beause of 100 dimes I walked out of the closet within minutes of ending my life. I've never looked back!
HEY REPO GUY, "TAG YOU'RE IT!"
How playing hide and seek with the repo guy was a normal part of my life and how I had to overcome when businesses went to TeleCheck. It made it almost impossible to cash and float checks. I will talk about how every time I went to the gas station was like pulling the arm of slot machine. Things that were 'normal' to me were actually insane.
Recognizing and getting control of mental health is great, but adjusting to "normalcy" can be very difficult because we only know what has been "our normalcy" for most, if not all of our lives'.
MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS TURNED INTO MY BIGGREST FAILURES
Because of my illness, I continuously had to restart my life. I became a master of finding ways to create opportunities, and not look for them. Selling myself to secure a great job, create a successful business or venture was the easy part. Then, like clockwork, I had a bipolar manic episode and could only hide it for so long, until I ruined one opportunity after another. I will talk about how I was able to achieve these successes leaving you with incredible motivation, passion and confidence to win that contract, land 'your job', and take the leap start that business.
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Got accepted to Law School, TWICE
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Helped startup a $10 million manufacturing business out of college -GREAT STORY
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Started and grew a nutrition store and distribution company
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Received honorable mention at the NYC Book Festival for a children’s book our family wrote and got it into Barnes & Noble
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Built a professional marketing company, and acquired over 20 clients within the first 6 months
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Published two successful magazines
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I wanted to work for them. They told me no twice. I got the job.
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Highly decorated police officer with headline worthy arrests and crimes solved.
YOU WILL NEVER SEE THINGS THE SAME WAY AGAIN!
Open your mind to recognize the importance of seeing people and situations in ways other than the expected "norm".
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I arrested them and when I thought they were seeking revenge, they were actually protecting my family and I
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One sentence from a 'popular kid' in high school changed my life on the spot
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"NO SOLICITORS" Why not? My perception of solicitors ended up paying my nutrition store rent for 2 years
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Homeless people, our hypocrisy. I will have you scratching your head and rethinking a lot about yourself
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How I solved several high profile armed robberies driven by what I call 'motivational passion'
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"You don't know me, and I don't know you" is not just a phrase, but needs to be a way of life. My stories will show that we probably don't know people as well as we think.
RECOGNIZE IT. FIX IT. OWN IT! WHO DO I TELL? HOW DO I TELL THEM?
"THE PRIMARY REASON PEOPLE DON’T SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP IS THAT THEY PREFER TO MANAGE THEIR CHALLENGES ON THEIR OWN OR THEY DON’T THINK THEY NEED HELP"
Untreated bipolar includes cycles of mania, or periods of uncontrollable extreme highs driven by chemical imbalances in the brain. Some of the behaviors often include poor decision-making including going on buying sprees, starting companies, and extreme, dangerous risky behavior and decision making. . Imagine this is your life, and like me, you believed this was normal. Now imagine what everyone else in your life would think watching you continually self-destruct Because the behaviors and outcomes mirror those of irresponsibility and immaturity, that became my identity.
