I spent years trying to squash my whole life into one twenty-second sentence. As if a life fits in a few English words. I never nailed it. So I settled on a triangle instead: consciousness, finance, technology. Everything I do bounces around those three.
Until I was four, the only language I spoke was one I'd made up myself. Not a word of English. My parents ended up taking me to a speech therapist.
They say I've never shut up since. 🤣
These days I get paid to talk, which my four-year-old self would find hilarious. I've spoken on stages and hosted rooms for thousands of people, and in 2019 I gave a TEDx talk called Why You Should Embrace The Chaos. I still like it. I'd say a few things differently now, but it captures something true about me.
I grew up in a family business. It had been running for 38 years by the time I sold it, in 2018, on a prayer and an owl. That's a story for a long dinner, or you can read it in my book.
Selling it taught me the thing I now spend most of my time on: you can build something that works and still feel like something is missing. Success and meaning are not the same thing. Nobody tells you that until you're standing in the gap between them.
I've spent twenty years in business and in personal development, usually both at once. Global Master Trainer. HeartMath coach. 600+ hours facilitating rooms. Co-author of You Are A Genius, which became a best-seller in 11 countries.
None of it was a plan. I just kept following curiosity, and curiosity kept leading me to the same three places. Consciousness, because nothing changes until you do. Finance, because freedom costs something. Technology, because it's rewriting the rules whether we like it or not.
I used to say everything I wanted to do in life began with S. Sailing, surfing, snowboarding, skiing, skydiving, shooting. Then I discovered the rest of the alphabet.
Every one of those adventures taught me more about myself than I expected, more about the world than I imagined, and more about other people than I realised.
I love people. I love connections. I love a great conversation more than almost anything.
On a thought-leaders trip to Japan and China I met Richard Flanagan, somewhere near the bottom of a bottle of sake. Five years later we started Sovereign Soul Network together. Once you get in the river, you never know where the flow takes you.
I created Human 5.0 with my partner Kristina. And with Brandon I co-founded Emberstone, because AI is too important to leave to people who only talk about it.
Most of my work happens in rooms with Richard, Kristina or a whole community, so most of these thank more than just me. That's how it should be.
I recently had a 2-1 coaching session with Rich and Dan. I am a coach, so very familiar with the impact of coaching, but I was completely unprepared for the tidal power of tag-team coaching. With their help, I identified an old pattern of powerlessness that I demonstrate around my finances. Now when I look at the numbers I see through the eyes of a capable adult instead of a scared 11 year-old. The feeling of relief comes to me in waves. My sense of empowerment has skyrocketed.
It was the most pleasant discussion I've ever had about building and keeping wealth. The financial people that I've enlisted always wanted to push me towards specific investments or they will have an opinion about anything non-traditional. To have time with these two and their depth of knowledge is priceless. Not to mention they are just all around good dudes to talk to.
Your ability to listen, absorb, digest, then distill and articulate back to us based on our own circumstances, in easy to understand language and principles, is off the charts, unparalleled.
Everything about Daniel and Richard speaks integrity and honesty. I love the way these two are able to use real life examples and analogies to break concepts into something that makes sense. This course has taught me so much more than I thought possible.
I'm very grateful for all the help you've given me, empowering me to take control of my family's financial situation, leave my employment of 10 years, start a new business, move house, and almost move country.
WOW! You are overdelivering, well and truly. Thanks for the significant work you both have put in over and above what I was expecting.
I got to know Daniel a year ago and after just having one conversation, I knew he was able to help me. Prior to working with Daniel, I was disorganized and in a state of overwhelm as I was just starting out as a business owner. After each 1-2-1 session, I walk away with a clear action plan that gave me a lot of confidence. I really appreciate his wealth of knowledge and expertise as a mentor, a friend and a coach.
Kristina and Daniel are a powerhouse of wisdom, knowledge and coaching. After Human 5.0 I'm more centred, happier and focused on the things that matter. They have a rare skill in being able to cut through the fluff and take complex ideas, translate them into relatable content that can be used in a practical and meaningful way.
Daniel and Kristina have achieved in Catori & Human 5.0 what should be impossible; an online training program for the mind that is personally tailored to you just shouldn't work, or be so much fun, but it does both. No exaggeration to say that these guys are providing a life changing experience.
They are very rare people whose knowledge and purpose is immense. You always feel uplifted, energised and heartened by their ability to help others and solve problems, in both a humanitarian and a business sense.
Booking me for a stage, a podcast or a panel? Everything you need is here. Copy what you like.
Daniel Halenko is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and co-author of the best-seller You Are A Genius. He works where consciousness, finance and technology meet, and is co-founder of Sovereign Soul Network and The Crossing.
Daniel Halenko is an entrepreneur, speaker and Global Master Trainer with twenty years in business and personal development. After selling his family's 38-year-old business in 2018, he turned his attention to the gap so many successful people feel between achievement and meaning. He spoke at TEDxFulwood on why we should embrace the chaos, co-authored the best-seller You Are A Genius (a best-seller in 11 countries), and has facilitated more than 600 hours of live sessions. Today he leads Sovereign Soul Network, a high-trust community where money and meaning meet, runs The Crossing, a nine-day off-grid transformation experience, co-created the Human 5.0 programme with his partner Kristina, and co-founded the AI implementation company Emberstone.
I write about the things most successful people are afraid to talk about. The gap between achievement and meaning, the decisions that change everything, and what it actually looks like to live on your own terms.
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