Founder’s Philosophy

If you don’t know who you are, someone will tell you who you should be.

Time is a finite resource optimized or wasted by our wonderful gift of choice. People often underestimate the power of choice, believing that “big” things in life result from the times we are faced with big decisions.

However, the “big” places of success and failure are arrived at by daily little decisions. These daily choices develop infrastructure within me. I am powerful. What happens around me does not need to happen within me. It is what I choose to do with those “opportunities” that defines me.

The more we as individuals take responsibility for our lives, owning that although we cannot control what happens to us (things, events, circumstances that happen around or even directed at us), we can control how we choose to respond. Understanding your power of choice can be transformative, whether in your personal life or in your business.

TRUTH ONE: MY LIFE CHANGES WHEN I DO
TRUTH TWO: IF I DON’T APPLY STRUCTURE TO MY TIME, SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE WILL
TRUTH THREE: THE ONLY THING I HAVE CONTROL OVER ARE MY OWN PERSONAL CHOICES

On this foundation, every day, I choose life. Choose to be thankful. Choose to live boldly in the present, respecting the past and anticipating the future. I choose to speak words of life to those around me and look for the gifts in each person. I don’t expect everything to be easy because life rarely is. While people are troubled, at the same time, they are still wonderful. Life is beautiful in all its messy details. I purpose to be present. I work daily to recognize the gifts and talents in those around me and to speak life and possibility into them and the opportunities we face. I believe that together we are so much more than alone and work to cultivate collaborations. I believe that responsibility and freedom go hand and hand. I am a lifelong learner, passionate about my family, friends, and the beautiful community I live in. I love traveling the world, meeting new people, and learning about what makes them and the place they live unique and special.

Leadership is a lifestyle, not a title. It is who I am, not what I “do.”
When what unites us is bigger than what divides us, we can accomplish great things together.
If you don’t know who you are, someone will tell you who you should be.
Each day if I do a little more of what I do well and a little less of what I do poorly, I can make significant changes.
Content vs complacent. I am content, knowing that who I am today is not who I was yesterday or who I will be tomorrow.
I have learned to become comfortable with the uncomfortable.
It is what it is, so what will we do with it?
The most valuable lesson in development I learned from my mother: the invitation, the place, and the purpose. Invite people in, give them a seat at the table, and a way to contribute, a purpose for being there.