Life! By Design_ 6 Steps to an Extraordinary You - Laura Morton [87]
I want to thank my incredible, dynamic, and supportive team at Ballantine Books, including my publisher, Libby McGuire, and my fantastic editor, Luke Dempsey, who got my message from the very start. It has been a journey that I know is the start of something big. And to the rest of the people who made this book possible, including Theresa Zoro, Kim Hovey, Sanyu Dillon, Cindy Murray, Kristin Fessler, Katie O’Callaghan, Ryan Doherty, and many others.
I want to thank all the people who have assisted, coached, and consulted with me over the last twenty years. Each of you have made such an indelible impact on my life; the late Jim Rohn, Mike Vance, Ron Arden, Theresa Jabbour, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Jim Marks, Gary Vaynerchuk, T. Harv Eker, and Mark Victor Hansen. These are just a few of the inspirational leaders who helped me learn, grow, and become a better coach.
I especially want to thank Bill Mitchell, my friend and mentor, for always being there and for your unwavering belief and guidance.
Thank you to my team at Tom Ferry-yourcoach for always supporting me. Steve Belmonte for always having my back; Biagio Mancini, for being my voice of reason while I keep dreaming big; Lauren Johns for being my biggest cheerleader and best secret marketing weapon; Debbie Holloway, the general and queen of GSD; my sales team; client relations; KG and the internal team who make it all happen! And to our incredible coaches, trainers, and consultants…you make it possible for so many to live By Design. There are no words to let you all know how grateful I am for that.
There would be no TFYC without our clients: You have taught me so much throughout the years. Together we have forged a path that has led us to the articulation of the message in this book. Although the list is too big to include each of you by name, I have to give a special shout-out to my original ten clients of TFYC, who believed in me enough to jump aboard the train before it ever pulled out of the station. Maxine and Marti Gellens, Carole and Genelle Geronsin, Laura Dandoy, Stephen Christie, Lori Newman, Ty Leon Guererro, Joe Di-Raffelle, and Grace Sergio.
And to the rest of our clients over the years—you know who you are—thank you all, including my personal clients, Inner Circle, and all of the coaching and consulting clients of our firm, for allowing us to support you in your greatness!
I want to thank Chad Cooper, Claude Yacole, Jay Talley, Kirk Kessel, Thach Nguyen, and Rick Kurtz for your friendship, for hearing out my crazy ideas, for supporting each others’ visions, and for all the fun we have.
All my friends on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, who will help take my message global. I am so appreciative for all of your support and inspiration.
To my family, Mom, Pete, Dad, Grandma Liz, Michelle, Ron, Patrick, Matthew, Claudine, Ragen, Pua, Tony, Lola, John, Joe, and Brie: Your encouragement and guidance has been unwavering, and for that I remain now and forever grateful.
And finally, to my amazing and loving wife, Kathy, and our sons, Michael and Steven. Without you, none of this would be possible.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TOM FERRY is a business coach and life strategist with a particular emphasis on real estate and related industries. He is also CEO of YourCoach, a multimillion-dollar full-service sales and marketing business. He leads more than two hundred business motivation seminars per year across the United States, whereby he introduces fifty thousand new people a year to his message.
LAURA MORTON has co-authored numerous New York Times bestsellers, working with the Jonas Brothers, Duane “Dog” Chapman, and Melissa Etheridge, among many others.
Life! By Design is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed, and some of the dialogue in the book has been re-created, as my recollections are not