Career Changes

Alex Balassa

Film and Television Producer

I’ve felt for many years—possibly because I had very little consciousness—the need to know what I wanted to do in this world. Ever since I took Executive Success Programs, and experienced many of its programs, I have delved into the understanding of how my body and my emotions work. Through these new understandings, I’ve been able to reach new goals, namely opening my own production company after having been employed for fifteen years as vice president of one of the most successful production companies in Latin America. My company, Blindspot Pictures, has allowed me to make decisions that have moved me forward in the path I want to take—at speeds far greater than I ever thought possible! The clarity and depth of feeling with which I now face my challenges is immensely richer, as is the way I compassionately interact with my wife, my children, my parents, my friends, my employees and my customers.
 

Ryan Smith

Screenwriter

My experience of the Executive Success Program has been entirely positive. The trainings I’ve taken have helped to reacquaint me with my more youthful, expressive self. Before attending the program, I was headed for law school, ready to bury my head in a career for which I felt little passion. I had always been a creative person, but was lacking the conviction to whole-heartedly pursue a “risky” career path. Through utilizing the methodology developed by Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman, I became more in touch with myself and the psychological motives that drive me. I now feel better prepared to strive toward my goals, and have the confidence to reach them. In part due to the skills I’ve gained through this program, I am now successfully working as a screenwriter, building a career that is perfectly in line with my aspirations and passion.
 

Rafael Gutierrez

International Attorney

Throughout my life, I have searched for a way to make human lives and experiences better. I studied international law—first focusing on development and trade then switching to human rights. I worked for the Mexican Mission before moving on to the WTO and the UN Human Rights Council. Through my journey I started to recognize how our ineffectiveness as humans to solve humanity’s problems was related to the way we think about ourselves, and our perceptions and ideas about what is possible and what is not. I recognized that if only I was able to change the way I thought, I could start transforming myself, and thus the world.

After experiencing several different tools, I finally found one that is transformative and practical: one that is based in an emotional education and, most importantly, one that helps me build my humanity and joy. I found that in Executive Success Programs. I recently took one of their higher-level trainings and it has transformed my life in a way I never expected. I literally feel like I got my life back. I recovered my highest ideals and started to experience myself with the most joy imaginable. My life has been transformed forever. There aren’t enough words to express my gratitude for receiving this amazing gift, not only for myself, but for humanity too! Gracias.
 

Antonio Cervantes

Producer and Government Consultant

When I first came to Executive Success Programs (ESP), early in the year 2008, I had just quit a very good job with the Mexican government. Until then, I was convinced the only way to generate a positive and significant transformation in my country was by pursuing a career in the public sector. When I came to know and experience the tools ESP provides, my vision of my country and my life changed dramatically. I got to realize how limited I was in terms of my ability to enjoy the things I did. I got to see how I was someone who learned very well how to follow rules but with very limited capacity to go after my dreams—my own, honest dreams. And I got to understand there are many different ways to transform the world and society, so many ways to give meaning to the word “politics”; I learned that powerful and lasting change comes from true passion. Thanks to ESP I was able to reconnect with a part of me that I had left behind… I learned to play again. Thank you, Keith Raniere, for creating these tools. The world is a better place with them.
 

Omar Boone

Entrepreneur

I came to Executive Success Programs (ESP) when I was twenty-four years old as an undergraduate CPA (accountant). Back then I was financially dependent on my family and had not had a single intimate relationship that lasted more than a year. I had taken other programs such as NLP, Lifeskills, and others, but without much success. I kept repeating the same limiting patterns. When I took ESP’s Sixteen-day Intensive® program, the process helped me in a deep way—it helped me compassionately overcome the obstacles that were standing in my way. The same year I took the program, I became financially independent. Three years later, I had a new business career, which is more in line with my dreams and I what I feel passionate about. I redefined how I related to women and I built a long-lasting relationship with my girlfriend—something I could not do before. I attribute most of this success to the inspiration and the emotional fortitude I have gained by going through Executive Success Programs.
 

Jim Del Negro

Entrepreneur

As a degreed mechanical engineer, I worked for two different large manufacturing companies. At different times, I worked as a designer, manager and marketing person. During a ten-year period I was exposed to managerial programs, time management seminars and other productivity and personal growth seminars. I also spent my own time and resources trying to reach higher levels of achievement through seminars and self-help books. I have always been curious how the top performers reach such a high level of success.

In my search for excellence, I came across Executive Success Programs. After a one-day training, I realized the methods and content of the training were very different than anything I had experienced in my past. That one-day seminar seemed to open up my vision to things I couldn’t previously see. I immediately took a sixteen-day training to get the full experience of the tools they offered.

The results of that training and subsequent trainings is that I feel less stress, more clarity, and a greater sense of purpose in my life. All of this has led me to experience more joy and success in my life. I have changed my career and am now involved in business consulting. I also started my own drum business, which was a childhood passion of mine. I now experience a freedom in my life, which I had never before enjoyed. I can’t think of any person who would not find this program worth more than the cost of participating.
 

Clare Bronfman

Entrepreneur

Before I began participating with NXIVM, I was a highly successful international equestrian show jumper. I was talented, had good resources, a great work ethic and I was ranked among the best in the world. Unfortunately, no matter how successful I was, I never felt fulfilled internally.

I began working with Executive Success Programs and the Rational Inquiry® technology in 2003, and my life took a new direction; it began to have meaning. I started to feel a sense of myself and what was important to me, and everything I did became an extension of that. Since then, my relationship with the things I do and, more importantly, with myself have transformed in the most profound and wonderful ways. I am still successful, if not more—even with a complete career change—and my life is more diverse: filled with people I love and care about. Every moment now offers an opportunity for fulfillment!