The Dream Dude 🔥 Helping 100,000 people DREAM ✨ again, more or bigger → 🚀 Dream Manager Implementation Pro →Transforming YOU into a FULFILLED LEADER people are talking about via the 'Onward' High Performance Ecosystem

At age 39 (9 years ago 😳), I quit climbing the corporate ladder & started a new life. I imperfectly traded in an existence of 'shoulds' and prescribed dreams for one of embracing my true gifts & aspirations. It hasn't been a perpetual high-five fest. But, it's been so damn worth it! 

✔️ Ask me about navigating the *shift*. I help mid-career, already successful professionals move into the afternoon of life with a renovated definition of success - one that you haven’t outgrown, one that doesn’t fit like an old, itchy sweater, one that energizes you again.

✔️ Are you an expert with an idea to share? I can help you publish a short read handbook in 60 days. 

✔️ I'm also the architect of The Law of 1% & author of Project 14.4 - a handy little book that shows you how to optimize life in 14.4 minutes per day - personally & professionally. 

I’m your hope dealer, *shift* sherpa, and go-to dream coach.

YOUR best is yet to come.

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“That’s so doable.” These words changed my life, and they can change yours too. 

On April 16, 2023, I went on a 3-mile run. 

It was ordinary & unremarkable. BUT, it changed the way I see the world.  

Here are the facts: 

You don’t lack motivation. You don’t lack the desire to change.

Change just feels big, scary, and near-impossible because, without a plan, it can be. 

Project 14.4 is an inspiring blueprint. I’m so humbled by the tremendous response to my handbook, and I can’t wait to hear what YOU think. Grab your copy to tackle your own 14.4 and watch your nebulous “maybe someday” goals turn into see-it, hear-it, taste-it, smell-it, feel-it reality. 

So what’s my story? 

That takes us back to that paradigm-shifting run on April 16, 2023.

During that run & the weeks after, I had a eureka moment.

The oft-repeated, oft-beloved “1% better” self-help advice felt like it was onto something, but it still wasn’t actionable.

What the hell does doing '1% better each day' actually look like? How do you measure improving by 1%? 

So I looked at it from a different angle. 1% of your day = 14.4 minutes.

What if you invested 1% of your day with consistency?

My initial 'project' was a daily run. I've now run 922 consecutive days.

So far, I’ve run with a broken toe, mild hangovers, and forgetfulness. I’ve run while traveling and while it was raining and snowing and sleeting. And YOU BET I’ve run on days when my schedule is jam-packed, and it felt impossible to work one more thing in. 

Whether it’s one mile or 14.4 minutes, applying this 'Law of 1%' sets off alarms in my brain, alarms that say, “That’s so doable” because it IS.

Mark Cumicek

The Ikigai Guy ☕️ • Author & Ikigai Coach 🧭 • Ikiquest+ 🌀

After a 30-year career as a senior leader and executive in Fortune 500 companies, I grabbed an opportunity to take early retirement and do what I had always wanted to do. I support people living to their purpose, and companies bringing their purpose to their products and their people. 

I started VLURU to do just that.

VLURU means versatile guru. Every person and every company is different. Bringing your purpose into all you do takes several different disciplines and skills. VLURU brings an extraordinary variety of tools and techniques to help you achieve your personal and or business goals. 

My journey:

I’ve helped hundreds of people and businesses find fulfillment in their lives, careers, and products throughout my career through coaching, consulting, and mentoring. In the midst of my career transition, I was able to put a name to the practice of helping people find their purpose, Ikigai (ee-key-guy). 

I’m not the first to talk about Ikigai and I’m certainly not the most talented writer. I am, however the first to explain how Authenticity, Purpose, and Harmony work individually and together to cultivate a complete understanding of Ikigai. And maybe more importantly, I am the first person to come at these topics from the perspective of someone who has spent decades studying personal transformation.

I've created a process and framework to help people find fulfillment by uncovering and living into, their Ikigai.

►A globally recognized keynote speaker and transformation expert
►Coined the term 'mono-tasking' for single-focused effort.
► Coined the term Existential Futurist: An existential futurist is concerned with creating the best possible future for individual purpose, freedom, and choice.
► Coined the phrase: Saying I’m mid-century modern sounds so much cooler than 60 
►Coined the term...Humans being Humane to other Human beings (it's what it is all about)
►Coined the term Purpose over Profession
►Trust is the currency of leadership

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