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About Lance
 Lance Gregson comes from a creative family of musicians, teachers and nationally
known artisans. He lives in a rural setting in the beautiful Adirondack State
Park where for the past four years he has concentrated on
designing and building one of a kind rustic fireplaces with circular fire boxes
and bold lines.
He is husband to a K-12th grade award winning, good-looking and beloved Art teacher. His hobbies include
walking in the woods with his wife and dog, cross country skiing in the winter, and his greatest passion -
cycling. Lance has put in many hours - even in the winter - on the bicycle, training for races.
Has earned both Personal and Corporate Coaching certificates from
Coach U and Corporate Coach U.
Lance organized a Coach U Chapter in Albany that meets monthly. And as a volunteer for Coach U,
held the position of "World Host", organizing Coach U Chapters worldwide
Lance discovered a passion for coaching and sees many similarities between designing and constructing
a fireplace and designing and constructing life happiness.
Many years ago I realized what gave me the greatest joy in building homes and fireplaces is the
satisfaction the homeowners had in the environment we created for them to spend time in.
I aided them in finding their definition of beauty - externally. This evolved into a desire to
take this peace and contentment with them without slapping their house on their back to gain it -
in other words, how can people internalize this happiness. How can they return to the beauty of life -
internally? That is what led me to coaching.
Lance has also picked up some "life gems" along the way:
While building fireplaces I've learned many lessons that apply to living life as an ongoing work of art:
Start with a vision.
Start with a strong foundation to build on
Take it step-by-step; no shortcuts.
Have goals but stay flexible and open to change and inspiration
Stand back and look at it all every now & then. How's the balance?
Take what you have learned for use on the next project
PLEASE NOTE :
Lance passed away in November of 2007. Inquires can be directed to his wife, Anne,
who worked along side him in Breakaway Coaching. Please email her at
anne@breakawaycoaching.com
You may also visit www.stonefireplace.net which a showcase of Lance's amazing life work as a fireplace builder.
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