Patrick Smyth

Patrick is a coach, speaker, and trainer to individuals and business leaders. He helps leaders to achieve success by clarifying their vision, strategic plans, leadership, change management, brand and marketing strategy. He helps individuals to remove self-limiting beliefs and fears that prevent them from acting on their goals and dreams.

Patrick’s unique background spans a range of roles and industries including software development, product management, strategic marketing, senior executive, entrepreneur and life and business coach. He is a natural problem-solver highly skilled at analyzing complex business problems and developing effective solutions and communicating them to motivate others to see the big picture.

As a writer and editor, Patrick focuses on bringing ideas to life in their most brilliant form, clarity, and quality. He converts ideas, rough manuscripts, research and even outlines into communication, expressing its intention and purpose clearly. As a branding expert, he ensures that the voice of the author or business are consistent. His experience includes his own published books, screenplays, blog articles and a wide array of business and marketing communication.

Patrick was born and raised in South Africa. He spent most of his childhood at a remote boarding school in the bush veld. He went on to become a guerrilla warfare specialist where he encountered some of Africa's large animals in their own habitat. The experiences and challenges he faced shaped his perspective and strong sense of optimistic perseverance.