A Little Bit About Me
Greetings friend! Here is a little background and some ideas for contributions.
In general, personal coaching has come to mean providing a sounding board for individuals who want to take control of their work, relationships, or life; people who are about to embark on a big change. The personal coach provides a method for planning and implementing change, as well as motivation and encouragement. Personal coaches come from many different backgrounds and usually work with a certain population of people.
For me coaching is the intersection of 15 years of consulting for both personal and business clients. I started studying human behavior, religion, philosophy, dreams (anything that could provide a reason for what was happening all around me and within me) Whenever I discover some new connection, I collect as much information on the subject as possible. (I can read 2000 words a minute on a good day. I read "The Bible Code" in 45 minutes standing in a Barnes and Noble.) So, I have read a lot, and that led to wanting to talk a lot, which led to meeting a lot of interesting people. Suddenly, people I have never met are approaching me with problems to solve, questions to answer, and I obliged them. I became a problem solver as well, as well as a seize the moment kind of guy.
Anyway, right around the time I started getting "popular" I discovered hypnosis. One day we were hanging out at my friend's house and I found a book on hypnotism, so we decided to try it out on my friend's little brother using a television. It worked well. We had him bringing us drinks and snacks and doing all sorts of things. I seemed to be a natural for it. Internally, I had already developed the ability to control my dreams. Externally, I had the confidence to do anything I felt like doing. Given my interest in the power of the mind and what motivated people to do what they do, hypnotism was a guaranteed winner for new subject matter to pursue. Needless to say, I soaked it up like a sponge, but back then it was just a game, at least in public. Someone would mention that I could hypnotize people and I would oblige with an amazing demonstration. In private, however, I used self-hypnosis for dreamwork, creative trance states, studying, homework, etc. I continued to develop and refine my skills and over the years had more opportunities to put them to use. It wasn't until almost ten years later that I considered the possibility of using hypnosis therapeutically.
My willingness to help people and my desire to do things my way and on my terms led to various entrepreneurial endeavors and consulting arrangements. I have computer expertise going all the way back to third grade, so by high school I was working on computers for people to make extra money. By college, I was consulting with businesses. I went to college on a computer scholarship, studied music, then switched to business. I have, since then, earned degrees in psychology, marketing, and business.
So that explains the hypnosis and consulting, but where does the casino come in? After, three years of promoting bands, booking shows, and even running a club, I dropped out of school and moved to Saint Louis. The Midwest had just gotten its first bite of gambling fever and casinos were popping up all over. My fiance's father was acquainted with the owners of a dealing school and asked if I was interested in learning some games. The promise of a guaranteed job with excellent pay was enough to get me to quit my management job and get back to staying up all night chatting with people. So for the next ten years, I split my time halfway between the casino life and everything else I wanted to do. I never considered it as a career move, but the time convenience and extra pay made quitting seem unreasonable. I can't complain. Where else can you get a fat paycheck for playing games and picking peoples brains. Plus, it put me through college.
There it is or a peek at least. I have met a phenomenal number of interesting individuals and I have many tales to tell.
Regards,
Kevin
posted by Kevin Herbert at 6:01 PM
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