Mentoring with Jeff Pennypacker 7/21/15

Professionally, I graduated from Johnson & Wales University and served as a Chef on the Biltmore Estate for seven years. During that time I started two businesses; Forever Built Furniture, a hand made furniture company and Masterpiece Ice Sculptures. Masterpiece Ice took off and became one of the top ice sculpting businesses in the country. I owned and operated Masterpiece Ice for 10 years. After selling Masterpiece Ice, I trained with the John Maxwell Team to hone my leadership and speaking abilities. Soon afterwards I launched 360 Business which is dedicated to coaching small business owners.Personally, my parents were divorced when I was six years old. This left me to be raised by a hard-working single mom. Growing up I was the odd kid out and didn’t bond deeply with many other people. I always felt like the underdog who wasn’t the smartest in school or the best at any sport. No one seemed to look at me and say, “he'll be somebody.” My dad and I were not close so I didn’t have his leadership pouring into my life either. I had the odds of life stacked against me.Then because of the mentors in my life, I was able to experience success. I went from the boy who “wouldn’t amount to much” to experiencing the level of success every parent wishes for their children. I was about 11 years old when my first mentor, Fred Patrick, began pouring into my life. It is because of his initial influence that I was then able to achieve confidence in life.God has since asked me to be “Fred Patrick” in the life of others. I have always had a passion for mentoring others and seeing the seed of success grow in their lives. Cooking was a great place to teach leadership 100 times an hour. As the owner of Masterpiece Ice, I used it as a platform for teaching leadership and reshaping adult boys into adult men.In 2004 a major life transformation happened. I got to know Jesus Christ. I am now guided by Him. Since this time I have decided to focus the gifts He has given me on helping others. I now coach business owners, mentor moms and their sons, and write articles about leadership and mentoring.I have been married to the most amazing woman, Heather, for 6 years. She loves many things like caramel, popcorn, Starburst jellybeans and me. I am a blessed man. We had our first child, Julianna, in 2014. My wife and I both are licensed foster parents and have had the blessing of 8 foster children come through our home.