It was Spring 1988 when I quit my consulting job in Manhattan to start my own business, working on a rented typewriter in my bedroom. I spent two years wandering, making expensive mistakes and learning lessons the hard way before finally getting my footing. In the years that followed, my little company grew, shrank, and grew again. The projects got more challenging, and the clients got larger. As a writer/editor, my articles were featured in business magazines around the world. As a speaker and workshop leader, I ran meetings and gave talks to hundreds of business people. I coached CEOs and managers, mentored workers, and advised company officers. I’ve worn almost every hat in business: employee, salesperson, manager, business owner, administrator, author, speaker, and event coordinator.Through all this experience, I’ve been hired and fired, praised and rejected. I’ve waited months for calls from prospects that never came. Spoken to audiences of 300 and audiences of 3. I’ve put myself in impossible situations, sometimes rising to the occasion, sometimes…well, not.I know what it’s like to itch for what’s next. I also totally get the sheer desire for some certainty and predictability in your work. I’ve felt desperate to conquer a stumbling block, like public speaking or conflict management. And I’m determined to use everything I know to help you reach new heights of success and enjoyment—yes, enjoyment—in your work.Breakthrough Skills and everything about it: every book, workbook, coaching call, and article is for you.