Approximately 4 years ago, after over two decades in business, I made
a conscious life change. The businesses that my partner and I had
tirelessly nurtured for seven years, that had grown exponentially
as we established a national apparel brand and grew to 85 employees,
had become flat and ineffective. The structure and business plan were
sound, but the fundamentals of drastically changing international
manufacturing markets and world-wide political conditions (e.g., NAFTA,
overseas mass production, commoditization of specialty items and human
labor) were beyond our control.
Rather than succumb to my fears and anxieties and maintain the
status quo, with possible failure looming on the horizon, I chose
to confront my resistances and transform our situation. I know upholding
resistance is an inauthentic, repetitive allegiance to the past
and to fears determined by the past. I chose to stand against these
negativities and to embrace my faith in myself and my wisdoms. I
embarked on a business and life transformation unlike any I had
managed before.
As is often the case, my new beginning was the result of a passing
– the closing of these businesses. To create a successful
transition, I implemented good consulting, critically analyzed all
of the relevant business and market realities and embarked on a
process of developing strategies to profitably wind down our affairs.
I used my substantial business skills and legal knowledge to create
an action plan for closure and re-invention. I developed an agenda
to profitably sell and liquidate the businesses in an orderly fashion.
We were thus able to maximize our returns and minimize our risks,
as I moved beyond the hurt and wounding to my idealized self.
In creating this seamless transition I discovered the principal
of just balance. I had searched for and found my own authenticities
and clarified my purpose. I balanced these very personal characteristics
and my goals against the competing business, social and financial
truths. The concept of just balance helped me to choose the appropriate
strategy to transform a potentially devastating situation into a
new opportunity.
Through my own transition, dedicated practice and intense study
with leaders in business and thinkers in human consciousness, I
established Transformational Coaching and Consulting. That process
and my practice of helping others design business and life transitions
led me to discover The IRAP Way™.
I had identified my own resistances to overcome personal, interpersonal
and commercial oppositions. In perceiving that potential is the
antidote to resistance, I created a very thorough and beneficial
transition and a method that has since helped my clients to transform
obstacles and change their desires into new realities. Having opened
my imagination, I found my own language and activated a willingness
to put my knowledge into action. These foundation stones form the
inner structure to The IRAP Way™.
Out of my own experiences I have learned that business and life
are inter-dependant, and that we human beings require personal growth,
fulfillment and balance along with financial stability and achievement.
It has become apparent that certain fundamental questions are presented
to each of us. How do we grow our businesses and our self maintaining
the just balance? What is our purpose and how do we align business
activities with life decisions? What practices must we create to
transform our goals, desires and visions into heartfelt, responsible
realities?
As I have done for myself and many others, I can help you identify
the answers to these and your own unique questions, formulate strategies
and solutions that apply to the specific circumstances of your business
and life, and create transitions to new opportunities. Isn’t
it time you Actualize Potential to achieve your goals?
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