𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞. They can mutually strengthen each other. 𝘠𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬.
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Guess what my 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 was backstage before 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐄𝐃𝐱 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞?

Not light jazz.
Not soothing ocean waves.
Not faith-based hymns.
Not classical.

𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐞-𝐔𝐩 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥
When I first became President, I read 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 proposal that went out the door. From the $2K letter quote to the $25M opportunity - every. single. one.
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Anyone else living with 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 24/7?

I spend my days deep in compliance - monitoring, improving processes, and building smarter systems. And over time, that way of thinking starts to shape how I see everything around me.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 
Growing up with early trauma and not always having a stable place to live - a lot of %@&$ happened.

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲
He had no idea what was happening.
Eyes wide. Legs stiff. Just letting the escalator stairs carry him into the great unknown.

Yes, the photo is blurry. When your staff are jokesters who know you’re prone to clownin’ on a panel, that’s what happens.

Our newest Managing Director spotted a colleague using a Rocket book and was instantly smitten.

I surprised him with one the very next day, and he sent me this photo not long after. Yes, complete with a handwritten thank-you note!
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