Donald Grothoff is an author, speaker, EFT practitioner, podcaster and the owner of Family OCD in Charlotte, NC USA. The focus of his practice is helping families whose children are afflicted with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Anxiety via a modality called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or “tapping”. With over thirteen years of training and experience in EFT, Don assesses the whole child, family, and environment, providing a variety of alternative treatments that address the child’s particular needs. Don has helped local schools develop their own tapping programs. He has worked with traditional and alternative practitioners such as a pediatric neurologist, integrative pediatric and naturopathic doctors, psychiatrists, chiropractors, therapist and social workers. Don is the author of the E-book “A Trip to the Non-Sensical: A Dad’s Journey Through His Daughter’s OCD”, in which he shares his personal experience guiding his family through a traumatic diagnosis. Don is available for private sessions, speaking and workshops worldwide via Skype and other online methods.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Taking that leap and that step, I was in the corporate world, I was in food sales but I was working for a division of, it was Philip Morris with the top company but it was Craft, major company, one of the biggest food companies in the world, I had a company car, this was back a while, I had company car, health insurance, all the privileges and stuff, expenses and stuff that were covered, that was probably the biggest obstacle saying okay I’m going to do it and quit”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. GerberFavourite Quote:
- “If your thinking is stinking so are you”
- “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking ever will”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Teach an Old Dog New Tricks – Free Computer Training Classes, Tutorials and More No Registration is Required You have found a great resource for work and play Enjoy
- Google keyword planner – is a keyword research tool that allows you to find the right keywords to target for display ads, search ads, video ads and app ads
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Going up and putting your business on the cloud, I did that about 2 years ago, decided I got tired of having everything on my PC or on my laptop and it crashing and I’d lose everything so I started building my business on the cloud in a lot of different ways, from storage to communications, phone systems, all of that is now pretty much on the cloud because it makes it nice and become very mobile then”…[Listen for More]
More About Donald Grothoff:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions – but he never answered any of them” Dickinson Richards
Other Quotes From the Chat with Donald Grothoff:
“If you look at a glass, and everybody talks about the half full glass, I ask you what the positive of that would be, you would probably say it’s half full but what if your goal was to have an empty glass than positive of that would really be its half empty so it’s’ really looking towards where you want to go and setting the direction of your mind towards that”
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