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As the President and CEO of Serenity Village Inc, Serenity Village Insurance & Consulting and Sweet Talk Wireless, Gary Hartfield is passionate about bettering his community and sharing his experiences to inspire others. He began his career in higher education and then decided to pursue an MBA in business which he earned from the University of West Florida in 1999. He left his pursuit of a career in higher education to attend to his passion for business. His compassion for others led him to launch Serenity Village Inc., which consists of several assisted living communities in Florida, and Serenity Village Insurance and Consulting, LLC. He has since gone on to invest in and launch several startups, one of which is Sweet Talk Wireless. His business acumen has helped him turn his ideas and passions into reality, and grow his businesses and their success. Excerpt: My “Journey to Success” required me to travel through the 3 “zones” of life. This journey draws many parallels to the Israelites in Egypt. The journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land paints a powerful perspective of three distinct zones people live in regarding God’s abundance. In one way or another, you are living in one of the three zones today: Egypt – The zone of “Never Enough", Wilderness – The zone of “Barely Enough", Canaan – The zone of “More Than Enough”.