Home: Jupiter, FL. Age: 58. Birthplace: Bitburg Air Force Base, Germany. Profession: Sales, leadership and communications coach. Organization: MakingLuck Inc., Using Sandler Systems. Significant other: Kim Cohen, soon to be Kim Goering. Alma mater: U.S. Naval Academy.
Current project: Outrigger canoe races. Ten training sessions a week for over 150 professionals. Recent professional development: Completing certification at Neuro-Cognitive Intelligence Online course. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Becoming an entrepreneur. Hobbies: Outdoor activities, outrigger canoeing and anything in the ocean. Recent travel or adventure: Jupiter shark dive. Last book read: Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive, by Marc Brackett PhD.
Personality profile: Easy going, aware, grateful, adventurous. How do you define a perfect friendship? Loyal, long term. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Complimentary business where we can share clients and contacts. What is your greatest joy? Relaxing time with friends and family. What natural talent have you neglected? Public speaking. What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? Traveling to new places in the Florida Keys over and over again. What is at the top of your bucket list? Traveling to Australia. How do you relieve stress? Exercise near water.
What was your first paying job? US Navy. What book have you repeatedly read? Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? Nautical pictures. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? My best friends from the Marine Corps. What’s the best advice you received growing up? Show up on time, do what you say you’re going to do, say please and thank you. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Don’t be afraid to put in the work before you expect to be good at it. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Artificial intelligence, which is changing the world.
What is your big idea?
Bring Identity and Role Theory to the classroom.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Actively working on my second book. What change would you like to see in the world? That the media will get back to reporting the news and avoiding opinion. What widely held belief do you reject? That we ever landed a person on the moon.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Tim, Continually Risked Significance. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A pilot. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? Pictures of my family, as well as my wedding ring and my Naval Academy class ring. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? In the ocean on my outrigger canoe. What advice would you give your younger self? Do the right behaviors with the right attitude and success will follow.
Personal mission: Client success. Personal motto: Make your own luck (see the company name). Favorite quote: "The strongest human instinct is to impart information; the second strongest is to resist it" (Kenneth Grahame). Desired epitaph: Timmy Risked Significance.
