Ryan Guffey Walking the Beans

When Dr. Guff Meister, the self-proclaimed Imaginary Success Guru, set out to create a comprehensive guide to business networking, he did not foresee the twists and turns awaiting him along the way.

An inner conflict, an obscure word, and a buried memory steer the pretend doctor in an unexpected direction, leading him both literally and figuratively into the weeds.

Meister could not have known he was about to change the way we think of networking, and he could never have predicted the route he would take to do it.

With the help of a strange instrument ─ part weapon, part tool ─ Meister removes obstacles as he plods through an unfamiliar landscape, across foreign soil…the very soil where his revolutionary ideas would take root.

Through his unique understanding of human beings, Meister reimagines business networking and redefines the roles people play in it, developing a ground-breaking new concept that would come to be known as “Walking the Beans.”

Despite his accomplishment, the inner conflict remains, raising questions about his own ambitions and threatening his very identity. Will he resolve the conflict or lose himself in the process?

This imaginative short story embodies escapism for executives, inspiration for entrepreneurs, stimulus for the ambitious, and entertainment for all the above. With an average read time of just one-hour, open-minded success-seekers will realize a hefty return on investment from taking a walk with Dr. Guff.