David C M Carter's PHILOSOPHY

Those who truly aspire to succeed in this world understand a mentor’s value. A great mentor is the difference between success and significance.

The purpose of life is being and becoming the very best version of ourselves.

By working with me, my clients get breakthroughs they didn’t realise were achievable, as you’ll see by reading the testimonials section of this website.

I only ever mentor a maximum of 10 clients at any one time. Given the intensity of the relationships with my clients, and because there is so much riding on their success, I focus a lot of attention on just a small number of clients, guaranteeing a highly successful outcome.

All of my clients are extremely successful. I choose them very carefully. They are the very best of the very best, and my job is to assist them in their efforts to become even better.

I like to keep my client list fairly eclectic. By doing so, I learn from a wide variety of people, and this allows me to help an even wider cross section of interesting clients.

As each client typically works with me for more than three years, I only ever take on two or three new clients a year.

The service I provide is exclusive, bespoke and extremely personal. It’s all about achieving breakthrough results and dramatic transformations, which bring about further career success, more personal happiness, a greater sense of fulfillment and purposeful living.

He shares significant mentor insights from his experience in his blog WISDOM,

Public speaking bio

David CM Carter (DCMC) is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading CEO mentors. He has an exclusive list of just 10 clients at any one time, ranging from CEO’s of major multinationals, to entrepreneurs, celebrities and philanthropists.

David is a regular media commentator on leaders and leadership as well as a sought after inspirational and motivational public speaker.

During his twenties, David spent ten years in investment banking and private equity (living for 12 months or more in the USA, UK, Europe, Middle and Far East) where he learned a lot about how to do business in many key cultures around the world – as well as being involved in many business verticals.

In his thirties he transitioned from advisor/consultant to being an entrepreneur in the UK leisure sector, including two start-ups, the first of which was sold, and the second launched on the AIM stock market.

After 20 years of apprenticeship in business and adult life, David spent the next 14 years building and leading, as Founder, CEO and Chairman, Merryck & Co., which eventually became the world’s leading CEO Business Mentoring Company.

In 2010, he exited — and launched himself as THE MENTOR — using the techniques in his first book BREAKTHROUGH.  (At the time of listing the BREAKTHROUGH RETREAT WORKBOOK is offered as a free download)

In 2016 David launches THE-MENTOR.TV – a pioneering new Internet TV channel focused exclusively on leadership and leadership development. It comprises the world’s first interactive, matrix-based video interview series about Leadership in 3 formats curated from the content. (100 x Individual Guest interviews.
1000 x Curated answers, infinite interactivity - Comment, Share, Like, Nominate and more…)

DCMC has enjoyed the highest of personal and business successes — as well as survived a few failures and near disasters, each time making a comeback as a ‘better version of himself’.

He enjoys recounting the tales of his adventures and sharing the lessons he’s learned and the wisdom he’s gained.

As well as his fee-paying clients, David mentors a small number of MAD (Make A Difference) social enterprise leaders, who run businesses that impact millions of people from entrepreneurs (E2E Exchange) to Community Outreach (GoodPeople).

David also serves as Chairman of INC – a leading EMEA based business incubator.

David is the proud father of two children whom he parented mostly single-handedly, since 1994. David is based in London and enjoys home-cooked entertaining, reading, movies, live music, Mediterranean sunshine and regular road trips in his beloved convertible.