Hey! I'm Melissa wonderful to meet you
After 20+ years working in the corporate 9-5 Monday to Friday "dream job", I felt like everything was closing in around me. I was working day and night, night and day, trying to balance the world on my shoulders and wearing burnout like a badge of honor. I had accumulated more debt than I was willing to admit to anyone, let alone myself. I struggled with everyday adulting, I had a vision of where I wanted to go in life, but spent more time dreaming about it while watching Netflix, than taking action.
So with my big girl pants on, got off the couch, and started taking action! I have never looked back.
The sleepless nights worrying about debt, letting someone down, missed family time, and the list goes on ...... stopped. The endless prayers of more hours in the day.....stopped, living pay check to pay check....you got it.....stopped!
The shift was huge! And frankly a bit terrifying.
I've built my business while working a very busy 9-5, more family timey, taking real vacations (not the pretend ones where you are "off" but still working, AND sleeping at least 8hrs a night.
WHOA! WHAT!!
Yes! I know you want this too, find out more below.
And so the journey continues....
What people come to you for help with, may just be the spark that ignites your passion and changes your life!
After numerous coffee chats with friends, family and other entrepreneurs helping them with their time, productivity and business challenges, showing them all the information that was available to them to overcome and achieve the growth they had been chasing, I realized my 10+ years in retail and 20+ years in crisis, disaster and emergency management wasn't just pure luck and the key to ALL of my success was that I used data and simple to implement systems & processeses to solve the most challenging problems and succeed!
No I don't have an MBA or a degree in numbers, science or something that I don't understand. In fact, I used to avoid data like it was poisonous to me, that is until someone else started collecting it for me, I realized the picture it painted and how useful it is in decision making.
I'm a former social worker that changed direction mid-career and have enough pieces of paper and time in school to be a doctor or lawyer (ahem...now you know where the debt started), but instead pursued a graduate degree in disaster and emergency management. I have supported operations operations in the two largest and costliest disasters in Canadian history (at this moment), and many more.
With nothing but a gut feeling and passion for helping others, I took a leap and started on this amazing journey helping small businesses and entrepreneurs achieve crazy success! So with nothing more than a self proclaimed "doctorate" in social media scrolling and a passion for helping others, I figured out how to build and grow my business on already over-taxed time, keep it from feeling like a j-o-b and get to help people like you everyday!
I'm so excited to have an opportunity to work with you and find the strategies that will put your business on autopilot so you can stop trading time for money and focus on what fires you up!
Random Fun Facts, About Me
- I’m found most of the time with a messy bun on top of my head, “comfy pants” and wearing a hoodie
- I always say what I’m thinking, my filter is known to be a bit broken and if you don’t want to know, for God’s sake, please don’t ask
- There is not enough humor and sarcasm in this world, adulting is hard – we need to laugh more!
- I love camping and in the warm seasons you can find me working in or near the mountains and water (winter is iffy, I live in Canada, Eh!)
- I have always worked for non profits or charitable organizations helping people – That’s my jam!
- I’m known for living by the 80/20 taking messy action is how I role
- I’m a bit of a type A personality, tell me I can’t do it, I’m going to do it and excel at it – I may stumble and fall down on the way, but what’s that saying, get knocked down nine times get back up 10!?
- I believe the faster I fail, the faster I can get the results I want
- I love figuring things out and never say no to a challenge
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