Scott Simon (LC 2023, CBB 2001)
President, North Pointe Realty, Inc.
Author, Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life
Scott Simon is an author, speaker, commercial real estate broker, happiness entrepreneur, and founder of Scare Your Soul, a movement inspiring individual and global change through small acts of courage.
Scott founded the Scare Your Soul organization in 2015, organically growing it from one Facebook post to a global movement with thousands of participants, weekly courage challenges, content on social media, email newsletters, and volunteer ambassadors worldwide.
His new book, published by Hachette, is Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life.
Scott has presented to groups around the world, on TV and podcasts, given a TEDx Talk, and has brought his passion for courage to retreats, a life coaching practice, and mindfulness meditations in person and online. Prior to Scare Your Soul, Scott co-founded Thrive, the country’s first “happiness incubator,” where he and a team of 30 volunteers developed dozens of community events to share science-based interventions (including a surprise wedding ceremony in the middle of a crowded bar).
Scott earned his BA from Skidmore College, his MA from Case Western Reserve University, and Certificates in Positive Psychology and Coaching from The Wholebeing Institute. Scott is the proud father of two children, and when not out fulfilling his sense of wanderlust, he lives in Cleveland, Ohio.