My name is Mitch. I am one of the partners in a small personal development publishing company.
But, truth is, I never imagined I'd be a partner in a company selling personal development courses. I went to school for jazz piano! But, more importantly, I have always been the one that cared for and about others first. A classic self-sacrificer. So it's strange I became a part of the ugly monster that is the current "business as usual" personal development industry.
All of us here at Statbrook are good people. None of us are greedy, sleazy lowlifes. But we also didn't push against the status quo. We got comfortable with all of the tactics that produce profit. It's not that I don't believe in what we currently offer.
But I don't believe in how we have been offering it.
In fact, it's haunted me. And I felt paralyzed by it. I'm a creative guy... a musician by passion... and yet I couldn't figure out how to make the business model work without all the sleazy, hypey, pushy tactics and cost-cutting at the detriment of you.
And then, at the beginning of 2020, a little, fuzzy, abstract idea popped into my head. And, with the help of a truly gifted, enlightened team of misfits from all over the world:
Awais, Cassie, Daniel, Dip, Eric, Jackie, Jane, Kevin, Luis, Maria, Mary, Mayra, Misa, Mohammed, Rick, Sabir, Vincent, and Zlaja... from 13 different countries!
Together, we are designing a new platform, a new business, a new vision for you and for the personal development industry as a whole.
Our goal? Make a business model that completely breaks in half the "business as usual" that's Personal Development 1.0. This is Personal Development 2.0.
And while the big platform is still in the works... we are beginning to roll out new initiatives, new tests, new pushes, new efforts... and new ways of getting us to our goal... you first, always.
I am not happy about what I've been a part of, no matter how good of a person I am.
But I am profoundly proud of what we're putting together. And I can't wait to show it to you, my colleagues, and the world.
Thank you for keeping us honest.
With love,
Mitch