The Path is Finally Clear
I’ve been alluding to the changes and streamlining taking place in my company’s structure lately – all great things. Much needed and long overdue. Beyond the necessity of them just for the sake of time or more money, the real purpose has been to make room for my next big thing.
Which begins today. {insert giant smiley face}
About 11 years ago I met a 19 year old genius, girl-wonder, Warren Buffet in-training, named Kendra Kinnison. Those monikers don’t even do her justice, really. She was a CPA and was finishing her MBA – the youngest one ever from Texas A&M Corpus Christi, in fact. She helped me launch Crossover Consulting. My family moved to California and we lost touch for a while, but we reconnected at a Social Media Club Meeting a little over a year ago and found that we still had a lot in common – a love of technology, a heart for people, and a passion to see the two really click together.
We also had a shared Christian faith (although from different traditions, I’m a Presbymergent and she’s not) and found that we shared some similar stories of how it had sustained us through the worst trials imaginable, bringing us – no, driving us - to an epiphany. An awakening awareness that while we were both savvy businesswomen and had profound training and experience, financial success, professional notoriety and public respect…
Without the fundamental platform of God’s love, the guiding compass of His Grace and His 2000 year old instruction manual, there couldn’t possibly be the deep satisfaction or fullness of life that we’re all seeking.
We knew that our stories couldn’t be unique. We knew many friends and colleagues struggling with the same issues we did. Issues of health, money, relationships and career. Kendra was the first to fit the pieces together and realize there was a message to be shared. She was writing and blogging her experiences for almost two years before the lunch that decided our business path and plan.
Realizing that there are no coincidences in life, we formed a business partnership and began to brainstorm and fit pieces together, asking the question, “what’s the practical applications for this?”
We took Kendra’s blog, Imagine More, and we blew it up. We expanded her tech toolbox to an entire resource library and I came on as the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Imagine More Ventures, LLC.
This is important.
We knew that what we wanted was not another self-help book. Not another pray harder, faith-alone fad, or a regurgitation of the same old business mantras of smarter-not-harder-find-your-bliss-center-your-chi-balance-your-world, and the myriad variations thereof. Been there. Done that. Bought the shirt, book, CD, DVD and poster. None of it sticks because it tried to be the one key that fits all the locks.
We knew the real one key to it all was the uniqueness of how we’re all designed. There is no one size fits all. We are all fearfully and wonderfully made – differently. Very differently. Like Kendra and I. And you.
So, we created the Imagine More University. A series of training courses designed by two amazing public speakers and trainers to be exactly what you need to design your own plan for success with practical, bite-sized daily lessons, quick video tutorials and weekly live coaching to bring it all together and keep you moving forward.
We think of ourselves as tour guides. You choose the itinerary. We’ll help interpret the map, navigate pitfalls and show you the wonders of your journey. We’re on the journey, too. It’s pretty amazing.
Practically speaking, we’ve created two complimentary courses. YouSchool and GeekSchool. Two tracks of learning that can be taken separately, but are better together.
YouSchool is Kendra’s area of expertise. Big picture dreaming, broken down into manageable actions, with accountability. It’s a guide to finding, finessing and then making your dreams reality. Your dreams – not someone else’s definition of success, or wealth or happiness. It’s the ultimate lifestyle redesign.
GeekSchool is my baby. For more than 15 years, I’ve heard people say that they can’t get a handle on the technology that’s out there. GeekSchool is the answer to that. It’s a refined, systematic approach to incorporating technology into your business and personal world, buying you back the time you need to really live. You’ll learn how to tame your inbox, master your task lists, organize your communication – and that’s just the first month. In a 12-week span of time, you’ll understand and, more importantly, use technology as a tool and to it’s fullest potential.
Ready to Imagine More too? Start Here. Join the Journey.
