About Me — Gregory Russell Benedikt
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" - Anaïs Nin
At 25, I quit an incredible job in finance for two reasons:
1. I was successful on the outside, but miserable on the inside (Bank account full, soul empty)
2. I wanted to see what would happen if I followed my dream of becoming a life coach
I had just learned what the #1 regret people have on their deathbed is, and to be honest, it punched me in the face.
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
I saw too much of my future-self in that heart-breaking statement. And I was terrified that if I didn’t do something immediately, I would blink and wake up in 30 years living a life I hated.
So I decided to change nearly everything about my life.
It was dramatic, terrifying, and exhilarating. Let’s just say I gave “existential quarter-life crisis” a real case study.
My first bold step in changing my life was quitting my job to start a nonprofit with a stranger I met on the internet.
We partnered with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) to bring professional leadership coaching to underserved high school students.
Seeing the impact our coaches had on our student’s lives is what made me realize I wanted to become a coach.
In 2021, I enrolled in the University of San Diego’s ICF-Accredited Leadership Coaching Program to hone my coaching skills.
5 years later, I’ve narrowed down my niche to the people I feel most called to and capable of helping:
High-performers in their 20s and 30s who are sick of daydreaming about leaving their unfulfilling career and want to launch the purpose-driven business they can’t stop thinking about.
All without burning their life to the ground or making a reckless leap they later regret.
Since making my own bold pivot I have:
→ Worked with over 200 clients ranging from ICs to senior leaders (including C-suite) of Fortune 500 companies
→ Obtained the second highest coaching credential (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation
→ Given a viral TEDx talk titled “How Being Bold Will Change Your Life” with over 665,000 views
I’m willing to bet you have a dream inside you.
It’s there when you open Teams in the morning and feel that deep dread in your bones before your coffee kicks in.
It’s there when you’re drowning in another sophisticated spreadsheet that someone overcomplicated using AI.
And when you lie down at night, that little voice inside you whispers:
“Is this it?”
If it feels like I’m in your head, it’s because I used to be in your shoes.
You don’t have to walk this path alone like I did.
Book a discovery call today to see if we’d make a great team.