I believe the best way to get to know someone is to know what they value, what they support and what they prioritize.
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What I Value
Clarity of my non-negotiable personal core values is the result of working with Brant Menswar, author of Black Sheep.
Acceptance- Everyone deserves to be seen. That means EVERYONE.
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Gratitude- See the beauty that is all around us and don’t take it for granted.
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Relationships- Not just my own but connecting others.
Impact- Step out from the shadows, create an impact and take responsibility.
Trust- When it looks like life is falling apart, trust it’s coming together for something bigger than I can imagine.
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Support- Providing what people really need which is not always what people want.
What I Support
Organizations I support financially, with membership, and encourage others to support for their benefit and the benefit of others.
Campaign Zero End police brutality. I know there are many terrific police officers. It’s a profession that cannot afford a single “bad apple” and needs to be held to a standard of perfection.
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Greyston Bakery My go-to for gift-giving, Greyston Bakery makes the most delicious brownies with an open hiring policy. They give formerly incarcerated individuals and others a second chance. They make the brownies for Ben & Jerry's ice-cream and Delta Airlines.
Family and Children’s Agency It is through this agency I adopted my son
National Association for the Self-Employed To support legislation that will improve the businesses and lives of the self-employed
GLAAD Working to accelerate acceptance of all members in the LGBTQ community
The Alliance No longer active but here’s the book that started it all. I was a founding member of the first ever national non-profit against the expansion of improperly founded Native American casinos. It wasn’t against Native Americans. It was against the fraudulent activity that created some of the world’s largest casinos with no aid going to legitimate Native American reservations.
What I Prioritize
My three kids
My life partner
My fur baby
Waffle Sundays
Morning Chai
Kayaking
Career
With my Executive Assistant
and daughter, Clare.
Bio
From humble beginnings, Jeffrey Shaw became one of the most preeminent portrait photographers in the United States. His on-location style and fine craftsmanship made him the go-to photographer for families of C-suite executives of Anheuser-Busch, Twitter, and many others, Supermodel Stephanie Seymour, news anchors Jim Nantz and David Bloom, sports icons Tom Seaver, Pat Riley, and Wall Street executives too many to mention. His portraits appeared on The Oprah Show, CBS News, in People and O Magazine and hang at Harvard University and The Norman Vincent Peale Center.
After 40 years of exceptional service to his exclusive clientele, Jeffrey shares his knowledge of luxury buyer psychology and luxury sales and marketing as a speaker at association events and conferences such as ASID, NKBA, The Pearl Collective, Luxury Home Design Summit and for corporations like Verizon and BMW. He is the author of two books, LINGO and The Self-Employed Life, a LinkedIn Learning Instructor, and host of, The Self-Employed Life podcast.
Jeffrey is also the founder of The Self-Employed Business Institute, his TEDx talk is featured on TED.com, and he is responsible for the creation of National Self-Employed Day, which falls on May 4th of the U.S. National Calendar and honors the hard work and contribution of independent business owners.