Richard Walsh

Richard Walsh CEO Sharpen the Spear Coaching - Honing entrepreneurial warriors on the battlefield of business

After 20 years in business and at the top of my game '08/09 hit and I lost everything, including our home. At this same time I had a wife and six children under the age of four. As a Marine, champion boxer and black belt I'm not a fan of losing, so I had to do the hard work of determining why I failed so catastrophically. I connected all the dots (and there were a lot of them) and started to rebuild and regain success. At this same time other entrepreneurs were watching and asking me how I did it. Next thing you know I'm helping them create their business to not only withstand hardship but begin to thrive and create a life with balance in the five most important areas of life - Faith, Family, Finances, Fitness and Friendships. I even wrote a best selling book called Escape the Owner Prison where I detailed my story and how they can escape themselves. I learned that if I could help business owners understand the power that business ownership has, that it will not only balance their life but it can do the same for those under their employment. That in turn transfers to their families which then influences the communities they live in. Now, do this with 10,000 Small businesses and we have the opportunity to alter the lives of millions of people for the better. We can do business in a new way and truly be valuable and inspiring leaders for those around us. This isn't pipe dreaming. I have created the programs and coaching to bring all of this to life and we're doing it one business at a time on our way to helping 10k businesses. I love sharing my failures and successes as well as how we do this and the importance of it happening NOW. Most business owners are trapped in the Owner Prison where they serve their business instead of it serving them. I show them how to Escape the Owner Prison.