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If you want to learn the right skills for successful dating, relationships (romantic, platonic, & alternative), networking, and career development, then look no further than me, Coach Mike Diretto.

"Who da fook is that guy?" I hear you ask.

Honestly, I'm just an ordinary person like you, who took the time to become extraordinary at a few specific skills. Not for fun, but because it was too painful to go on without them. What sets me apart, is my ability to explain what I've learned to other people in a way that gets them to replicate my results.

As of 2021, I've been at it for 10 years, and I'm an expert at getting people to take meaningful action on their goals, and connect with people easily and effectively. The focus is on direct, authentic communication, and avoiding drama and wasted time.

I help my students go from being afraid, intimidated, and frustrated to brave, self-assured, and satisfied by showing them how to overcome the fears that are holding them back.

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But I didn't drop out of the womb like this, I started off like most of my students... I was frustrated with my life.

I graduated university in 2005, with a bachelors in philosophy. A philosophy degree is pretty much useless unless you want to become a lawyer, or a life coach. At the time I was neither. I had already bailed on going to law school and defaulted into a job as an IT guy.

I was unsatisfied with my life in a few ways. My biggest problem was that all my friends had moved away after school, and I didn't know how to meet and attract new people or make new friends. On top of that, I didn't realize I had limiting beliefs about my career, and even if I had, I wouldn't have known what to do about it. I was also in an unhappy marriage that took up most of my 20s (you can read about that here).

I had always been good at maintaining long-term relationships and following the mainstream life plan (i.e., do well in school, go to college, get a corporate job, get married, buy a house, have kids, then die). But my biggest fear came true when I was 28 and went through a divorce. This was a major wake-up call and made me more conscious of everything I'd been missing.

I realized I'd been leading a very passive life and hadn't even tried to truly chase after my REAL dreams. For example, I wanted to start my own business, but I didn't attempt it because the thought of not having a salary was too terrifying.

Now I was single for the first time in 8 years, almost 30 years old, and I still didn't know how to properly approach a woman to ask her out on a date! Up to now, I had simply accepted what life gave me, both personally and professionally, and that strategy was definitely NOT working.

So I made up my mind to do something about it! And you should too!

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It's funny how life works, because almost immediately after mentally committing to my goal to "figure out my dating & social life", I met the man who taught me the process that transformed my world.

This is same process I still teach today. I knew by seeing the effect it had on me, that I had found something truly capable of changing lives. I felt like I'd found my purpose in life. I quickly became his protégé, and started coaching all over North America. After some years, I left my corporate job to become head of sales and operations. When my mentor retired from teaching, I took over the business.

That's how I became a full-time coach and overcame my fear of entrepreneurship, but I'm skipping way ahead in the story... I couldn't have done any of that without the "Social Freedom," aka COURAGE, that I gained from doing the bootcamp program.

For starters, my dating and social life improved instantly. I suddenly knew how to meet people and make friends anywhere, anytime, for any reason. My social circle expanded. I found new best friends. I started having more fun than ever before. My week nights became date nights, and my weekends became adventures. I met my now-wife, Lilly, who is also a Courage Community coach. We experimented with non-monogamy, polyamory, and swinging which further expanded our comfort zones (more courage!) and gave us a unique perspective as dating/relationship coaches. As far as I know, we are the only coaches who are married yet still actively following the same dating advice we give to our unmarried students. So we know it still works! ;-)

As for work, I now had the ability to network with ease wherever I went. This was incredibly helpful since I had recently left my boring IT job for a new career in software sales. I was going in with no experience, but my confidence really helped me build relationships with my colleagues despite being the youngest person on the team. Later, I would use that same confidence to land a 6-figure job, which paid me more money than I ever thought I would make in my life! I left the money behind when I left the corporate world, but I traded dollars for "soul points" and the freedom that comes with being your own boss. And I'm not the only example of a bootcamp graduate that changed careers or benefited financially after training.

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In the years since I started teaching, my passion for helping people reach higher levels of life satisfaction has only grown stronger. I used to HATE the term "life coach" because it sounds so vague and illusory. I preferred to stick with what I was best at: dating, networking, communicating.

But as the years passed, I realized the only real way to help people permanently improve their lives is to help them become stronger people overall. That's why we build all of our skills on a foundation of courage, determination, and consistent, real-world action!

Now, I'm whatever kind of coach my student needs most: relationship, career, courage, or confidence. Improving yourself in any of these areas gives you an immediate boost of self-esteem, and encourages you to take further healthy actions.

A person who is determined, resilient, brave, and authentic can achieve great things. A person who is comfortable with discomfort is hard to stop. And a person who learns never to settle for less than what they truly want out of life is a person who gets to live their dreams.

I'd be happy to help you become that person.

- Coach Mike Diretto, 2021