(Personal) Responsibility To Be Your Best, A Conversation w/ Mike Proia

What does it mean to take personal responsibility to be your best, what does it look like.  Honestly, it is different for every single one of us. One of my favorite things to do is to be inconversations with people who ae endeavoring to just that- to be their best. Hear Mike's ideas on how he plans his life and actions, how is holds himself accountable, and what his personal priorities are.

We will circle around all areas of life: social,health, business, mindset/mental pursuits, financial, family, community and spiritual in a quick and dynamic conversation. It is the perfect time of year to be inspired to think about what YOU want and how you will design your life in 2018.

In the fall of 2015, Mike opened Blank Page Café,located in the farm store at Bread & Butter Farm in Shelburne, VT.  As the founder/operator of Blank Page Café, Mike is involved in and oversees all aspects of managing the café. Blank Page Café focuses on using locally roasted, responsibly sourced coffee.  Mike’s passion for coffee is borne of his passions for farming, performance-oriented nutrition, and helping his community more carefully examine the complexities of our food systems. 

Before this Mike spent nearly 3 years working in small-scale organic farming in California and Vermont, with a brief farming stint in Europe as a WWOOFer.  Mike holds a bachelors degree in Finance from UConn, is a Level 3 Chartered Financial Analyst candidate, and spent 9 years working as a Fixed Income Trader and Analyst in the Investment Management industry at Cigna Investment Management. He managed portfolios, developed trading strategies, and executed trades, building credit analysis models and ensuring all investment activity remained in compliance with mandates.  Mike, born and raised in Connecticut, is proud to now call Vermont his forever home.