ABOUT ME
I spent most of my adult life in consulting, growth and startups before I trained as a psychotherapist.
I spent seven years running a growth consultancy, worked with more than 100 technology companies, held corporate roles and built two startups that failed, so you will not have to explain how this world works to me.
I did not grow up around business or inherit money, a network or useful introductions. From a studio in Piraeus, I built a consultancy, worked with some of the world’s largest companies and was later paid to teach the work.
I also built two startups that failed, so I do not advise founders, freelancers or senior professionals as an observer. I know what the work feels like when money, identity and relationships are involved.
Hard work took me far. It also kept me in the wrong places for too long.
For years, being useful, reasonable and easy to work with brought results, but it also made it easier to accept work I did not want, avoid conflict and stay too long in the wrong places.
Business knowledge could not explain why the need for approval and fear of disappointing people had so much influence over my decisions, which is part of why I trained as a psychotherapist.
I know when the problem is the business move and when something personal is getting in the way.
A weak offer needs fixing, while a good offer that you cannot bring yourself to sell points to a different problem.
The same applies when you know you should raise your prices, challenge a client or make a career move but keep avoiding the discomfort involved. If the same need to keep people happy appears at home, we do not pretend it is unrelated.
You do not have to explain the business or hide the personal part.
I ask questions, tell you what I see and challenge what does not add up. You can say what you actually want, including the version that may disappoint someone.
I will not think less of you, but I will question the reasonable explanation if it is only there to keep everyone happy.
THIS IS THE WORK I NEEDED AND COULD NOT FIND.