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Mike Messeroff
Personal Freedom Coach, Author, Speaker; Founder | The Carpe Diem Company; The Self-Hospitality Collective
Experience
2019 - Present
Personal Freedom Coach, Author, Speaker
The Carpe Diem CompanyTamarindo, Costa Rica
2018 - 2020
Co-Founder and President
Après-Ski Co.Breckenridge, CO
2011 - 2019
Global Bartender/Bar Manager
Various Restaurants and Bars
2011 - 2012
Consultant Business Development
JetBlue Airways
2001 - 2011
Manager Business Development
JetBlue Airways
Education
2000 - 2004
BS, Business Management
University at Buffalo School of Management, The State University of New YorkAmherst, NY
Advice from Mike Messeroff
Quotes about career path, skills, and teamwork from an industry leader.
Throughout my career, I've learned job security, work-life balance, and retirement are myths.
We need to have boundaries — for ourselves and everyone around us — but we also need to LOVE our work.
My mentors taught me it's never about the destination or the possessions.
I find inspiration in nature and by writing poetry.
For my work, I need commitment to peace.
For self-cafe, I meditate every morning—non-negotiable.
Being JetBlue's first intern, I learned so much being there so early on.
Hitting my lowest point AFTER quitting my corporate job and traveling the world was the catalyst in pivoting my career.
I knew this profession was right for me when I felt the impact of sharing what had helped me with others.
When hiring, I look for creativity, eagerness to learn, and enthusiasm for the work.
It's important to have listening skills, patience, introspection, love of learning, love of people, and love of life.
Seeing the transformation of the leaders I work with keeps me going.
It often brings tears to my eyes to see their lives change—and the lives of those most important to them as well.
I keep myself educated through my own coaches and programs, YouTube, books, solitude, and nature.
"The sound of the rain needs no translation." - Alan Watts
Self-Hospitality — the concept of treating myself like my best guest — has been a game changer.
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