My journey
Extraordinary path to mindful life between big city lights & remote island of Porto Santo
Welcome to Katie for motivating
My story
An extraordinary life story of an ordinary European girl
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I was born in the former USSR city of Minsk (Belarus) in a family of middle class architects who encouraged curiosity, creativity and travelling. Moving across both Central and Western Europe for most of my life has taught me series of valuable lessons. My road to happiness and success wasn't an easy one, but what a view I have reached after climbing those mountains.
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LONDON EYE: MY EYE OPENER
At only 16, a humble but ambitious teenager, I took a leap of faith missing my flight back home and staying in London, opening my curious mind to big city lights and embracing its opportunities and hardships. I felt lonely, I felt broke, I felt blessed and above all, I felt like a kid in a candy store - destined to be right where I was, anything might happen because I was in the world of opportunities and I couldn't look back ever since. I wanted it all, I wanted it bad and I got it: studies, parties, my first big job.
INVESTMENT BANKING: SUPERHUMAN ME FACTORY
Joining investment banking field years later was my "superhuman me factory" where each day I took my mind, body and soul to new extremes, paving my way to becoming a manager in this man dominated, lucrative, white collar world. Delivering 80 h working weeks, sleepless nights and sweat made each of us feel superhuman and motivated as ever to land big deals, the more the better, keep the deals coming. The month I landed my spot under the investment banker sun - manager chair, I have quit.
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STRATEGY IMPACT: P. S., MY LOVE
Entering the world of strategy at a leading management consulting company has impacted me profoundly. I was thirsty as ever to create: professionally and personally and the world again was my playground. This time, the stars have aligned between Munich and Porto Santo, leading to creation of my own company Katie for Motivating while working for my French-headquartered employer in the consulting world. I don't have to sacrifice any of these because of my way of organising my time, effort and financials.
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Living a happy life that I could only dream of just several years ago, I am a person of enormous positivity, restless productivity & mindful appreciation of here and now. I am looking forward to every single day and to what the future holds for me. People who know me, will tell you: there is one thing no-one can take away from me is my passion for doing what I am doing how I am doing no matter what people say or what obstacles I have to face along the way.
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Katie for Motivating is my personal professional brand and my own way of impacting the world with my life experience, positive mindset and a set of useful tips. This project is set to help people at any point of their lives to align with their true professional and private life's aspirations, setting right priorities and changing their lives to prosper and thrive on their terms.
If I could do this, you can do this too in your own unique way!
My Porto Santo
How I found my point of strength
Living on an island was never something I could imagine I would want to do. I am a big city girl who (thought she) needs comfort, shopping, career hustle, restaurants & bars that won't repeat twice as another year goes by, 24/7 choice to do whatever I like at a fingertipp. And then Porto Santo happened.
With Porto Santo I have found my point of strength, my sanctuary. I don't think I was so caring, cautious, daring with any place's culture, nature, surroundings I have been to. The journey of Porto Santo is in fact my journey on the way to evolving and discovering myself personally and professionally.
By taking you along on this journey, I aspire to inspire those of you, who are in search of impulse to improve your life and succeed on your own terms, to find your own "Porto Santo". Only then can you align with your true self to find professional and personal balance, experience permanent sense of rock solid strength and air light zen.
For those of you who is visiting Porto Santo, stay tuned for exclusive and local places, experiences, tipps that will help you unveil ocean soul & sandy heart of this tiny treasure lost in the middle of Atlantic Ocean.
Why listen to me
First hand experience in productivity,
authenticity & motivation
Oftentimes described a cheerful workaholic, I am always on the run, charging people with positive energy, 99.99% of which I get from coffee and the rest comes from travelling. I love that sentiment of a first-time experience tasting, touching, smelling, wearing, breaking-fixing-exploring things, preferably in a foreign country. I consider the words “in vain” , “wait” and “sleep” to be utterly useless.
As of today, my personal and professional life is split between continent and island, Germany and Portugal. While successfully leading my team as a part of an enterprise strategy unit in the leading international consulting company, I am building my mindful home corner at a tiny, remote island of Porto Santo, Madeira. I am pursuing my academic post-PhD career in Europe writing academic materials, teaching courses and spreading my knowledge via attending top conferences worldwide.
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Katie for Motivating tells my personal success story, analysing its critical factors, cornerstone decisions and bringing my experiences to the table to empower you to claim the future you deserve here and now, staying true to yourself and enjoying this journey.