Category: Personal

Long gone is the “9 to 5” work day. A lot of us have abandoned the goal of “work-life balance.” And instead are focused on a personal sense of general wellness, and less on striking some sort of perfect equilibrium typically defined by someone other than ourselves. Some people see this as a problem. Personally, […]

  nor ● mal         adjective conformation to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.          noun the usual, average, or typical state or condition.   I like to surround myself with weird people; people who look at the standards and then challenge them, rework them and replace them. I […]

I am nearly 20 years into my career, and never a dull moment. By that I don’t mean that I’m dealing with one workplace nightmare after another. I credit much of my success and fulfillment to the relationships I’ve developed over the years. I spend most of my day to day in really interesting conversations […]

I visited with some colleagues earlier this month to talk about their business plans and goals for 2017. And when I boarded my flight home, I sat back and got comfortable… and I just laughed. As a resource to entrepreneurs, I spend my time working with people willing to take risks, to try things no […]

During my first week at 14 West I was fortunate enough to be a part of a meeting they called the Global Collaboration Summit. Colleagues traveled from as far as England, Ireland and Australia to sit down and trade notes with the team I’d just begun working for. Over the span of a week, we […]