Today we’d like to introduce you to Matt Hersh.
Hi Matt, so excited to have you on the platform. So, before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
I started off as a bioengineer. I have a Masters of Engineering Management from Dartmouth University.
My initial path of bioengineering was the result of a check of a box on my college application.
Though, it did set me up with a mental framework for how to solve any problems, think scientifically, & build data-driven systems.
But I wanted to apply that to thinking towards creating impact in the world through business.
So, I joined LEK Consulting and quickly found myself advising clients on deals of >$100 million & strategy projects for creating immediate revenue & long-term growth.
It was great money, but it wasn’t the life I wanted.
I’d always felt a pull towards entrepreneurship – building my own thing, serving the world, surfing on weekday mornings, living a healthy & happy life that contributed to my business.
So, I built my own personal brand, left corporate consulting, & moved straight into two business partnerships within the fitness industry.
At the time, it felt like the next move.
I learned a lot about the coaching industry, leading leaders, & myself.
My biggest lesson was that I needed to be pursuing MY vision, not someone else’s.
And I needed to become the person who could achieve it.
I respectfully exited my two business partnerships, knowing that stepping into my own venture was the only way I would feel truly fulfilled, aligned, & of greatest purpose.
I applied science & strategy to starting my own coaching business, searching for the most effective & efficient way to build it.
I found a lot of people telling me, “Choose your niche,” “You’re one funnel away,” “Just do it.”
But I didn’t want “Just do” something that would pigeonhole me into something I’d resent.
I was on a quest to build a business that aligned with my big vision, natural strengths, and desired lifestyle, not narrow myself to a micro niche.
Then, one day at a seminar, it all clicked.
If I could truly understand MY SUPERPOWER… the way I served most powerfully and who I serve most powerfully, then all other points are irrelevant.
Because THIS is the sweet spot of maximum value creation.
If I built my business on the foundation of maximum value creation, that’s where the greatest impact lies.
When you find your superpower, it’s like unlocking the cheat code to the universe.
When I realized this back in 2017, I committed every ounce of my energy to understanding my superpower and molding a business around it.
Chet, a former client of mine, turned mentor, turned good friend, felt the same way. As we studied this concept, we realized it was the only thing that truly mattered.
The foundation of a fulfilling, freeing, fun, and financially rewarding business was in understanding ourselves and our people and using our greater strengths to solve people’s biggest problems.
It felt like we had honed in on the center of the universe. Why wasn’t everyone focusing on this?!?
For the next two years, Chet and I dove deep into the art & science of understanding our superpowers.
We infused them into our businesses and became torchbearers, guiding others to do the same.
We spoke weekly with each other and with other experts for the sole purpose of refining our expertise & enhancing our superpower-based coaching system.
We EACH built highly successful business accelerators around our superpowers.
After running our own 6-figure+ accelerators that transformed our communities, we realized that it wasn’t just us who would benefit from a partnership; our clients would benefit because they would experience BOTH of our superpowers in synergy.
That is when the calling from the universe that became too undeniable to ignore.
And so, with a shared vision and an unwavering mission, we merged our business accelerators and launched Impact Accelerator 2.0.
So, when it comes to guiding coaches, visionaries, and healers to embody their superpower, build a profitable business they love, and express their fullest potential into the world, that’s our focus. That’s our uniqueness. That’s our superpower.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I lost my dad when I was 15 years old.
Losing the masculine figure in my life, my hero and my mentor, led me to over-index in masculine energy expression.
I wasn’t aware of it, but I spent the next 13 years trying to fill my father’s void with “manliness.”
When it came to starting my business, I took a masculine approach –
I quickly learned that a hyper-analytical & hustle-driven approach does not work for the solopreneur who is a real human with real emotions, & energetic limitations.
After 2.5 years of doing nothing but working & working out… I burnt out.
I knew something was out of balance.
So, I started to investigate the world of energy.
Meditation, reiki healing, Dr. Joe Dispenza retreat, etc.
I realized what was missing… was the feminine expression.
I needed to REST, not work more.
I needed to use my INTUITION, not my intellect.
I needed to NOURISH my body, not bodybuild it.
I started to ask myself…
“How can I create BETTER systems that allow me the freedom to live & work in alignment with my natural energy flow?”
I began to implement structures that allowed me to do my best work with less hard work.
I began to integrate Masculine & Feminine Energy Dynamics into the fabric of my business.
It resulted in exponential growth in my business & living with balance.
I carried this work into Impact Accelerator, helping… masculine-oriented leaders integrate subtle energy & emotions their businesses & lives to unlock new levels of presence & power. Feminine-oriented entrepreneurs integrate structure into their business & lives to unlock new levels of stability & flow.
I realized that implementing energetically attuned systems in business AND efficiently toggling between Masculine & Feminine energy IS KEY to scaling an impactful + profitable lifestyle business WHILE staying in energetic alignment.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next, you can tell us a bit more about your business.
In Impact Accelerator, we help you discover your superpower, integrate your life’s work into one signature program, land higher-level, higher-ticket clients without ‘selling out’, selling yourself short, or sacrificing your health and happiness.
Impact Accelerator is for you if you’re ready to Master your own energy – physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual.
Live a life of freedom and balance – in health, wealth, & personal relationships.
Create a profitable business that aligns with your superpower – where you bring value to the world and impact others in the unique way that ONLY YOU are capable of.
We’ve helped hundreds of conscious entrepreneurs leverage their superpower to build hyper-aligned, wildly profitable, healing-centric businesses that provide them with the freedom, fulfillment, finances, and fun that they’ve been craving.
We love surprises, fun facts, and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
I’ve built my business with freedom at the forefront, always.
I believe in a world where every human embodies their superpower, maximizes their human experience, and expresses their fullest potential into the world.
It’s my intention to embody this vision in my business and my life.
I’m grateful that my work affords me the freedom to live an exceptional life.
But I’m even more grateful that I get to help my clients create the same in their lives.
With freedom at the forefront of my life and business, just in the past few years, I’ve…
Attended Tony Robbins and Joe Dispenza events
Taken full months off to travel
Gotten my certification to teach breathwork
Taken my mom on a surprise trip to Cabo for her 60th birthday
Gone to a branding mastermind retreat in Costa Rica
Had a 14k day poolside in Tulum right before a freediving cenote photoshoot
Spent a week in Antigua with my business partner
Hosted an energetic and business retreat in the Maldives
Island hopped with my team in Phuket
In the day-to-day I…
Don’t work weekends – unless I want to
Block off the first half of Monday every week to do whatever I want
Surf or hike midday on a Tuesday if I want to
Meditate daily and always put my energy first
See healers weekly, including – Reiki, Network Spinal Analysis, Acupuncture, and Deep Tissue Massage
Host community wellness events in my backyard Jungle Gym
Use my infrared sauna and ice plunge for business meetings
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.impactaccelerator.online/matt
- Instagram: mattjameshersh
- Facebook: Matt James Hersh
- Youtube: mattjameshersh
Image Credits
Woody Kelly
Creative Life House
