The end of the school year - and this is how I showed up to my firstbornโs last day of school. Yes, full costume. Platform boots and face paint.
๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐. They can mutually strengthen each other. ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฌ.
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Guess what my ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ was backstage before ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐?
Not light jazz.
Not soothing ocean waves.
Not faith-based hymns.
Not classical.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐-๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
When I first became President, I read ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ proposal that went out the door. From the $2K letter quote to the $25M opportunity - every. single. one.
about career and life shifting?
Anyone else living with ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ 24/7?
I spend my days deep in compliance - monitoring, improving processes, and building smarter systems. And over time, that way of thinking starts to shape how I see everything around me.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ?
Growing up with early trauma and not always having a stable place to live - a lot of %@&$ happened.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐
๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ
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 youโre prone to clowninโ on a panel, thatโs 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!
that says: You matter here.
