Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and thought, "Where the hell is my life going?"
Have you ever had that gut feeling that you absolutely need to change but either you don't know how or are too afraid to do it?
All of us have been there and most of us struggle to find the answer to simple but difficult questions like "What do I really want in life?" and "How do I actually make real change happen?"
Patrick Mork, a former Google exec and serial tech marketer, hit that wall in 2017. After being fired twice in the span of 18 months at two different startups, he woke up at age 45 day terrified by the realization that what he had spent the past 20 years doing no longer excited him and that his passion for it was gone.
Divorced, nearly bankrupt and teetering on the edge of depression, his life and career were in ruins.
Fast forward 5 years. Patrick has become a highly sought after CEO coach and motivational speaker, built one of the fastest growing leadership development companies in South America, and moved to Santiago, Chile. He and his team have impacted 1,000's of people and developed leaders and high performance teams for clients including Walmart, Liberty Media, Scotiabank and regional unicorns in Latin America including Xepelin and Betterfly.
Step Back and Leap is an authentic, personal and raw series of stories that trace the author's life and challenges across 11 countries, 4 continents and 6 different industries. From being bullied as a kid in Mexico, to flaming out in a startup destined for stardom in Silicon Valley. From starting a company at age 47 in a foreign country to surviving a near-revolution in the streets of Santiago, Chile.
Each chapter recounts dramatic, real-life challenges Patrick faced and the 9 indispensable "keys" he used to systematically overcome each challenge and reinvent himself.
But it doesn't require a fortune, an MBA from a top school or having worked at Google to make radical, profound changes in your life. Anyone can do it. With the right tools, support, perspective and hard work.
Step Back and LEAP lays out 9 proven keys to help you thrive in a world of constant change and unlock your true self so you can live a life of purpose and meaning that is in line with your values.
Each key is supported by a series of proven, practical exercises which will help move you from inspiration to action as you start to become the person you really want to be.
"What might be possible if you could live a life of purpose and meaning and become the best version of yourself?"
Imagine the possibilities...
Patrick Mork is a Belgian / American entrepreneur, executive coach and motivational speaker. He is the founder and CEO of LEAP, a cultural transformation company that helps leaders build company cultures of meaning and purpose. Prior to starting LEAP he spent over 20 years in various marketing leadership roles in several high profile technology startups and at Google where he built and led the marketing team that launched the Google play brand. Patrick is an avid reader, gamer and athlete and enjoys cycling and practicing yoga and meditation in his spare time. He currently lives in Santiago, Chile and is the father to two amazing kids, Raphael and Natasha.
