Zac - Founder and Head Coach

My Story

If we’re going to work together, the first thing you need to know is that I need you to be honest with me about what you want to achieve. Sounds easy, huh? Believe me, it’s not. Many people think they want something, until they discover the amount of work involved in obtaining it. If you tell me you want something, then you’re making a commitment to put in the work, no matter what challenges come up.

However, since that’s my expectation, it seems only proper that I should be honest with you.

Over the course of my nearly 45 years on this planet, I have been completely broke more than once (we’re talking negative bank balances). I have dealt with personal tragedy, trauma and hardships galore. I have lived in squalid environments, and I have battled with personal demons, including alcoholism.

However, I have also gotten to experience joy, love, forgiveness, mercy and entirely too many blessings to count.

I have fought my way back from poverty two times, finally learning how to apply the right lessons along the way. I have four beautiful children, and I have the honor of being called “husband” by my best friend and greatest love.

My Philosophy for Agile for Life Coaching

I believe that Jesus Christ and the Judeo-Christian faith are the most effective means of personal transformation because of the experiences I have personally witnessed in my own life. This does not mean that I discount or look down on other faiths, or those who are without faith. It simply means that I will often cite biblical principles in discussions as a way of affirming the strength of certain points. After all, if a principle has remained unchanged for 2,000 years, it’s a safe bet that there is utility within it.

I believe the principles that underpin Agile Software Development are some of the most powerful instruments at our disposal for improving just about any human endeavor because of the simple fact that the essential elements of the Agile mindset are things we are already using in our day to day lives to improve the way we do just about everything, from waking up in the morning to compiling the TPS reports for the Bobs at work. Most of us simply don’t recognize what’s happening, so we miss out on the ability to maximize the impact this awesome tool can have in our careers, our companies and our personal lives.

I believe that every person has within them the means to create success, prosperity and joy for themselves and for others.

I believe that the key to unlocking this potential is effective coaching that holds you accountable for your commitments, challenges you to bite off more than you think you can chew, and then helps you learn to chew it.

I believe that by serving you in this way, I am serving my God, and I am helping you to remove the artificial and arbitrary limitations that have been placed upon you by your friends, family, society, and even yourself.

I believe that you can do great things. Let me help.