About Me
It’s August 2018. I’m sitting at a desk at the nonprofit where I work, making $15 an hour, 40 hours a week.
That morning I woke up in the worst mood of my life. One thought kept repeating: I don’t want to go. But I forced myself anyway. I grabbed my bag, got in the car, and drove in while the tightness in my chest turned into a panic attack.
For three hours, I did no work. I just stared at the red hand of the clock above the door. At 11:57, I shot out of my desk for lunch. Walking through the lobby, past crowds of people waiting for elevators, one thought took over:
I want more than this.
I got in my car and called my boss. “I’m not coming back.”
“Oh no, are you sick? Do you need the day off?” (The poor guy was so nice.)
“No. I quit.”
That was the last day I ever worked a job.
It took me years to understand what happened that morning. It wasn’t really about the job. I was wearing a mask all day, playing a version of me that didn’t exist, and my body finally refused to keep doing it.
What happened next
I built a media company from scratch and have produced over 3,000 videos for businesses over the last 8+ years. I owned a digital marketing company too (it made money, but I hated it). Along the way I learned what makes a business owner look good on camera, and what makes them look like they’re performing.
The other sides of me
I’ve meditated for over a decade. It’s the quiet underneath everything I do. I’m a husband and a dad. I just ran my first marathon, after years of believing I “wasn’t a runner.” I’m a coffee nerd, I love to cook, and I’m always chasing something new I want to learn.
I used to think I had to pick one of these and hide the rest. Now I know they’re all the same thing: me, just being myself.
What I do now
I help business owners build a personal brand that feels natural, one that sounds like you, not like everyone else. We work one-on-one on the craft (filming, scripting, editing, coming up with ideas) and on the part nobody talks about: the voice in your head that says “who am I to post this?”
I believe you already have what you need. You don’t have to live, or post, in someone else’s image.
If you’re tired of wearing a mask at work, on camera, or anywhere else, and you want to see what happens when your brand is just you, we’ll be a great fit.