About Greg Wood

Entrepreneur, Speaker, Coach

Until 30, I passionately pursued and realized my dream to perform music all over the US and the world.  I found great enjoyment starting a number of side-businesses along the way.  I left life on the road to find love, and a next career, and, back in my home state of Connecticut, soon reconnected with and married my high school crush.

At home, I taught guitar, launched my own music production company, and set to work on receiving my state certification in K-12 Music Education.

In 2008, I followed a sudden, compelling intuition to pursue massage therapy, where my fascination and study of the body and wellness could combine with a lifestyle in my most natural state: entrepreneur.

Today, I am the proud owner of the 10-therapist, 4-room massage practice, called Simsbury Therapeutic Massage & Wellness.  It is one of two brick-and-mortar businesses I currently run.

In June of 2016, nineteen years after I began studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I received my black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  The week after the honor, I opened the doors to my own BJJ academy, Plainville Martial Arts, where I share the art I love in my classroom, 5 days per week.

With two brick-and-mortar businesses, a few guitar students still with me, and real estate to manage besides, I am sometimes asked if I have any time for myself. I actually have a very high-quality work-life balance, and it is due to systems in place that have taken years in each area to hone, and a lifelong obsession with stealing time back from my to-do list.

This obsession has become a new mission to help others create a full, enriched life, through streamlining what they're doing now, to enable their own personal growth and fulfillment.

To this end, I created the Efficiency Podcast in 2016. The Efficiency Podcast features interviews, and provides tips and tools for streamlining personal productivity, time management, and simplifying work and life.

I also coach and speak to overwhelmed individuals and business owners, in the arenas of organizational systems, workflow improvement, and efficiency implementation, with the end goal of escaping chaos and clutter, and allowing the most meaningful of our life's work to flourish.