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

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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

Ken Packard Coaching

StoneX Group Inc.

Regional Director

Daniels Trading

Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

I drive the purposeful transformation of individuals and sales organizations. ★ Sales & Leadership Trainer & Coach

Sales organizations and individuals are forced to juggle many competing interests and challenges while simultaneously facing pressure for increased results.  This dynamic takes its toll on individuals, teams and leaders and often leads to burnout, frustration and what people call being “stuck.”  

Only purposeful transformation - which means adopting the right culture, mindset, behaviors and strategies for growth - can insulate individuals and teams from these outcomes.  Purposeful transformation is what I do. My approach, anchored by the Nine Non-Negotiable Behaviors for Purposeful Transformation, follows a specific framework that guides individuals and teams to getting “unstuck” and ultimately achieving performance at the highest level.    

I’m Ken Packard.  After 25+ years leading inside financial sales teams in the volatile commodity space, I created the Nine Non-Negotiable Behaviors for Purposeful Transformation.  They will change you and your business, as they have for me, including times when I needed to transform my own life.  

Do you need to break the cycle of “stuck”?  
•	Have your sales results flat-lined (or worse) with no signs of improvement?       
•	Are you struggling with mindset and have a sense of prevailing negativity about your career or organization?
•	Are you busy and time-strapped – both individually and as a team - but you are not succeeding?
•	Do you struggle with maintaining consistent habits and routines?  
•	Do you sense that things are going unsaid between you, management and team members?  

Purposeful transformation is your answer.  This is the solution to the pain points you are experiencing and the key to putting you or your team back on a successful track. 

My most important tool in this phase is the Nine Non-Negotiable Behaviors for Purposeful Transformation. Developed over 25 years and repeatedly validated, the Nine Behaviors provide a dynamic framework to fuel transformation at both the individual and organizational levels.  The beauty of the framework is that it is both holistic and modular. It lays out a progression that decisively drives a complete organizational transformation, while empowering each individual to focus on the specific behaviors that will improve personal performance.  This “top-down-bottom-up” approach provides direct and immediate value for all team members regardless of their experience level.

Want to get unstuck?  Send me a direct message to discuss individual or group training.

Ken Packard

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