Curt Sassak

Teaching Mid-Career Leaders how to navigate life & career transitions using my Proven Recipe / Improve the quality of your life / Create your next chapter by design, not default / Former Chef

Live workshop on July 28th:  Land your next 6-figure role faster. Stop getting ghosted. Start getting noticed. See my featured section for details

𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙨 𝘼 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧

Imagine eating your favorite dish every day for 20+ years, until one day it doesn’t taste good anymore.

Worse, is you don’t know why, and have no idea of what you want. 

That was me at 39.

Award-winning chef. Five-star kitchens. I had everything I wanted on paper. But inside? Empty. 

I had climbed every mountain only to find myself thinking,  “Is this it? What’s next”

I couldn't figure out why I felt like this, and it frustrated the f*ck out of me. 
I pushed through thinking it would pass. Wrong.

Eventually, it all caught up.
I was 60 lbs overweight, drinking to cope, lost $250K in potential earnings, and in a miserable career that no longer fit. 

So, at 40, I took a bold step: I reinvented myself in every way.

I left the only career I knew with no idea and not job; just the gut instinct that I had more to offer.

So I used what I knew:
Recipes.

A recipe is a process. It’s clarity + execution.
That’s how I reinvented myself. 

The result?
I’m in the best physical and mental shape of my life. And, I'm helping change lives for the better. 

I help high-functioning, high-achieving professionals (35+) who want freedom from a toxic job. Freedom to build something with meaning, and leave a legacy. 

You don’t need another “mindset guru” with motivational memes.
As one client put it: “Curt cuts through the noise fast. No fluff. Just results.”

That’s me.

A few wins:

→ Reena beat 457 applicants to land her dream hospital job.

→ Jordan pivoted to a new career he loves, with better pay and family time.

→ Matt said: “Curt didn’t just help my career. He helped me take back my life.”

Enter: The Career Recipe Boot Camp

Step 1: Gather Your Ingredients
 ✓ Get clear on your values, skills & goals
 ✓ Ditch the limiting beliefs holding you back

Step 2: Start Cooking
 ✓ Build a roadmap tailored to your life
 → So you move with purpose—not by default

This isn’t a pep talk. It’s a tactical reinvention plan.

You don’t need to burn it all down.
We build upon what you've already built.

You just need a better recipe.

Ready to cook something that feeds your soul?

Curt

DM me the word "Recipe," and let's write your next chapter. 

Common keywords:
Career coach. Personal development coach. Executive coach. Midlife career change. Career clarity. Personal reinvention. Transition coach.

Founder

So, you’re career driven, have had success, and now you feel like there are no more mountains to climb.

You got to the top of the “mountain,” and achieving your goals only to find you don’t feel fulfilled or happy. It’s like, WTF?

Your life/career no longer serves you. All you know is that you feel stuck and see no way out. You need to make a change. But doing what?

Then fear creeps in. You have questions.  “What do I do now?”  “I don’t know what else to do” 

“If I change careers how will I make enough to pay my bills?” and so on

These are the same questions (and more) I asked myself when I did a career change after 27 years as a chef and started over at 41 from zero.

Did you know a New York Times study found that 75% of Americans don’t have a clear sense of purpose?

And, there are serious health risks associated with a lack of purpose

A lack of purpose affects your self-worth, self-confidence, and self-esteem.
Which, in turn, can lead to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other health issues.
I experienced all of those.

The good news is this: You’re only 5 steps away from finding the purpose, fulfillment, and new career you so desperately want.

They are the same 5 steps I used to go from feeling lost/stuck and finding a purpose and fulfillment

All it requires from you is self-honesty and a commitment to change

I coach people through one-to-one sessions

You think asking for help is equivalent to failure? Yep, I used to think the same, but that’s your ego talking

Consider: If you’ve been stuck, and the steps you’ve taken have not yielded results, what makes you think anything will change by repeating what you’ve done?

What got you here will not get you THERE.

Just like a car needs realignment from time to time, our personal and professional vision needs realignment from time to time

So, you can remain stuck and lost, or you can send me a DM

Founder @ Growth Habit | Author of Die Before They Do | Alcohol Free for 10+ Years | 🎧 Ex-DJ/Producer

YOU'RE DOING THIS WORK BECAUSE.....

You want to do work with meaning while creating freedom for yourself.

But it's hard...

✔️ You want to grow your business but not your stress + workload 

✔️ You know you're a good coach but you don't know where your next client is coming from

✔️ Everyone comes to you for support + guidance, but who do you go to?

✔️ You know you need to get your message out there (marketing) + enroll people (sales) but don't want to do anything that feels icky

✔️ You have an exciting vision but not the frameworks, methods, and systems to get there


What if there was an easy way to have Dream Clients coming to you? 

I know, it’s a bold statement.


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ABOUT ME

💎 Serial entrepreneur of profitable businesses
🚀 Helped 410+ coaches + consultants 
💻 Ex-People & Culture leader in Tech
💥 Featured in Forbes + Entrepreneur
🎧 Retired DJ/producer
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Proud papa x 2


Hey there, I’m Robb....

I’m passionate about helping people grow their businesses but it all means nothing without the human connection & deeper purpose. Before I started focusing on LinkedIn, I got clients from sharing my message + building audiences on Myspace, Facebook, and Instagram. While the platforms may change, the principals remain the same. It's all about how you communicate your message.

Since 2019, I've helped over 410 entrepreneurs + coaches launch & grow.

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WHAT CLIENTS SAY

◆ "things just changed dramatically. Over the three months we worked together I got 19 inbound leads, which is very, very different than what was happening before" - Francisco 

◆ "Robb has a special ability to boil it down to the essence and provide concrete tools, systems, and the accountability you need to achieve (literally) what you dream" - Prieeyya 

◆ "With Robb’s help I’ve put out content that attracts the coaching clients I want to work with at higher rates." - Natalie

◆ "I actually sold over $10k worth of coaching this week. Thank you so much for all your care, your empathy, but really your unique training, coaching, and mentoring" - Joe 

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I help purpose-driven coaches + consultants like you grow your business + your impact. I have an incredible private community of humans doing kickass work, run a six-month Impact Accelerator group program, and work with small number of select people 1:1.

GET LOADS OF FREE TRAINING HERE: https://www.growthhabit.org/blog

GRAB MY BESTSELLING BOOK "DIE BEFORE THEY DO": https://mybook.to/DieBeforeTheyDo

CURIOUS OR HAVE QUESTIONS? Send me a DM :)

Robb Gilbear

The crazy contrast of breakthroughs people had is one of the highlights for me. From “I have to buy the bed frame” to “I need to get divorced”. And what people said about the event (below) has me teary eyed....

→ “Life-changing. This is why we show up when you make offers.”

→ ”This was one of the most special weekends I’ve ever had.”

→ "I believe I can do what I say I’m going to do now. What I think I can do, I now know I can do."

→ "There’s major weight that I’m leaving behind here, and that opens up clarity of vision, a calmness in my body, and more creativity. Now I'm even more excited to go back to the work that I do.”

"You exceeded my expectations the moment I walked into the villa. I was like woah. This is beautiful, what a setting. I felt immediate comfort. An immediate energy of this feels right. There was a vibe immediately. We had beautiful conversations, we shared ideas, and perspectives. It was a really powerful connection with the beautiful community that you've created. There was space for ourselves, educational content that's really tangible useful sh*t, and incredible spiritual healing exercises. There were magical moments for me."

→ "I knew I would learn more about business frameworks, messaging, platforms, and approaches that would help me grow. Which I got in droves. I knew I would get that coming here. What I didn't expect was to have so many new friends, that I know for years and years to come will be in my orbit that I can call upon if I have a question, a gut check, or need counsel. I knew that I'd meet really cool people because that's all that you have in your Growth Habit community is really cool people. But I didn't expect the depth of those relationships in over just two days. What I also didn't expect was having some very significant existential questions about one of my businesses moving forward. And two of the masterminds here were complete experts at the two sides of the question coin. And the first night, I asked them if I could pick their brains and I got a complete masterclass on how to think about the problems, how to solve the problems, and how to approach the problems in a way that was even better than I could've ever expected. It was $50k worth of counsel over 30 minutes after dinner. The other thing that I could not expect that I got from this, which made the entire experience priceless, was transformation. You created a container each afternoon for us to go into the deeper work. And in the depths of those journeys in this safe beautiful space that you created, I healed 40 years of trauma. I reconciled problems I had with family members, and all this internal work that I didn't expect."

^This is why I do this.

❤️

P.S. Our next big in-person event is Do Bold Sh*t in October. 
Here's the deets: 
https://lnkd.in/gtP5xTf2

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Founder @ Growth Habit | Author of Die Before They Do | Helped 430+ Coaches in 17 Countries | Alcohol Free for 11 Years | 🎧 Ex-DJ/Producer

I'm coming to a city near you. After everyone left Tulum, I spent an extra week in Mexico to reflect + refuel. And 2 things became abundantly clear....
 
1. The intimate mastermind in the sun will become an annual event.
2. We're going to start doing more international in-person events. Some will be dinner meetups, others will be workshops, and a few will be bigger transformational experiences.
 
Starting with:
 
→ Athens in May
→ Ottawa in June
→ Paris in October
→ London in October
→ Toronto in October
 
And we might even host a little something in Thunder Bay in April.
 
So if you know someone in those places who you think might like to attend, tag them. And if you'd like us to do something in a city that's not listed, say where.
 
Looking forward to spending time with you face to face.

I just signed an agreement where the DEPOSIT I have to pay is $21,770. I realized that's about how much I had in credit card debt 10 years ago (with another $7k ish owing on a line of credit on top of that). It's wild how much things have changed in the last decade.

I credit much of the shift to Doing Bold Sh*t.

And this simple strategy I live by:

1. Do Bold Sh*t that scares you.
2. Reflect + learn as you go. 
3. Share what you're learning to teach + inspire others. 
4. Repeat.

...

Did you know that I host an annual conference called Do Bold Sh*t? Last year, we had people from 5 different countries in the room with us. It's was freaking magic. See for yourself here: doboldshit.com

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I don't know that I've ever made a promise like this. But if you're a coach who wants to get more clients + make more impact: watch this. You'll know exactly where you need to focus. In just 71 seconds. 

But it'll only work if....

You're honest with yourself.

And you listen to my instructions to not choose 7. 😂

In 2023, I hit a wall. 
My LinkedIn content was getting loads of views, I had plenty of followers, people were liking and commenting and even sending DMs that I was "inspiring" or sharing "great insights." But none of it mattered. 

My business had plateaued and I wasn't signing new clients.

I'd wake up every day thinking about what to post, spend hours commenting on other people's content, and do all the things the LinkedIn gurus said you sure do.
But trying to win the popularity contest wasn't magically bringing in clients. And it had me worried. If things didn't change, I might have to go back to working for someone else.

Then something hit me.

When I first launched Growth Habit, I signed 12 coaching clients in the first two weeks. Twelve. I didn't have a big following, I wasn't posting every day, and I definitely didn't have some fancy content strategy.

So what the hell had changed since then?

I'd lost sight of what actually worked. I'd gotten so caught up in creating more content and chasing engagement that I'd forgotten the thing that made me successful in the first place. I wasn't creating demand anymore, I was just creating noise.

So I stopped.

I stopped trying to chase the algorithm and stopped doing what people with hundreds of thousands of followers said I "should" be doing. I went back to what actually worked: understanding what needs to happen in someone's brain for them to go from "that's helpful" to "I need to work with this person."

Here's the part that blows my mind:

In the last two years my revenue has more than doubled while my LinkedIn views have dropped dramatically. I spend less time on here but am having more impact. Because I’ve focused on creating demand instead of chasing engagement.

I'm breaking down exactly how I do this in a live 90 minute training on Feb 25th.

[Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eNYVYPvF ]

You'll learn exactly what to say to attract "I'm ready to go" clients, the messaging framework that creates demand for you, and the buyer psychology shift required for people to say "I need to work with THIS person."

It's a private session I'm running for clients.

But I've made a limited number of guest spots available.

Open article: LinkedIn by growthhabit.org

Let's start with why LinkedIn sucks.... 

• People using engagement pods to artificially boost their content (and make you feel inferior about getting less likes). 
• AI slop posts (with robots replying to each other in the AI filled comments).
• Getting asked “are you taking on new clients?” (before being slapped across the face with a pitch).
 
But if you can avoid those pitfalls, you’ll find….
 
Incredible humans + opportunities. 
The most supportive online community. 
A platform where most people are logging in for leadership, learning, business, and growth.
 
And....

If you learn how to navigate LinkedIn LIKE A HUMAN (and use all it’s incredible features), you can chart your own path. You can get your message out in a place where the average household income is over $100k for more than half of the people on the platform. 

You can build a business doing impactful work.

P.S. I'm running a live training on March 25th where I'm breaking down exactly how I'm getting clients on LinkedIn in 2026, without pitch-slapping strangers, spending hours a day on the platform, or other cringy sh*t. 

Deets here: https://lnkd.in/eRrcWG2b

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