Before I became an executive coach, I spent a decade on the springboard being on the “fast-track” of the traditional path in business. I was a top performer at McKinsey, then left to gain my MBA as the 2nd ever Hungarian from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Then, I had the privilege to work on the central strategy team at the Google HQ in the Bay Area, until I got laid off along with 12,000 colleagues in 2023. 

While my early career opened many important doors, my most important learnings came after my streak of successes ended. All the discipline, hard work, and sacrifice I invested in achieving milestones came at a tremendous cost to my mental health, and led me to develop an achievement-oriented persona that didn’t serve me anymore once I was done climbing. 

This persona did really well in competitive jobs, but it didn’t take failure well. My reliance on the validation from success made me averse to taking risks, and in the absence of that validation, my limitations became clear for the first time. 

I needed to grow to be able to continue pursuing my ambitious goals. And this time, growth didn’t mean learning or achieving—it meant undergoing a deep, psychological transformation that prepared me for the stages to come. 

It’s worth your time and energy to invest in this work. Each step on this journey will elevate your enjoyment of your life, overcome subconscious fears, open new doors, and bring you closer to pursuing your most authentic purpose; and the benefits stay with you for life. 

I became the executive coach that I wish I had throughout my journey. My goal is to offer the most life-changing tools I found to overachievers across various points of their journeys, so that they can use the various growth opportunities they encounter to become their most empowered, most independent selves.