Are we too competitive? I definitely have been in the past! Adopting a Me vs. the World perspective makes it so hard to actually collaborate with someone with an open mind.

When I adopt an ultra-competitive mindset I am missing out on the power of WE and the sex of ideas...listen to learn how!

Living within the university structure discourages all manner of creative life-building...when we are challenged in a university, the requirements for success are clear. When we are challenged with real life...there is no structure to rely on. There are no easily Google-able answers.

Everyone should make it a point to waste more of their time for the sake of growth.

Even the "best" of us feel lonely.

Furkan Yalcin and Jeremiah Luke Barnett discuss their own struggles with loneliness and how to make changes that take away the crushing feeling we are all too familair with.

Death and suffering are both equally foundational to being human as life and joy are. Living according to only half of the circle of human existence (death, suffering, joy, and life) means living an unbalanced life. Appreciateing death and suffering for what they are brings new perspctive and new energy to appraoch life in a balanced and healthy way.

Had the incredible pleasure of joining Furkan Yalcin on UCLA Radio to talk about my pathway to mentors, relational richness, social media for career-use, leadership and more!

Had an amazing time.

Right from where you are today, there is a way forward. That's it. That's the bottom line. There is always a way forward.

Showing Up & Relationships Brought Me From Depression to Joy, Blindness to Vision, Poverty to Riches, Following to Leading, Loneliness to Abundant Relationships, Invisibility to Presence & Every Other Jarring Statement You Can Think of

Don't smother your inner voice and lose sight of your true potential. Let everyone else talk, you stay true to who you are and who you will be.