Leading by example. Conducting with confidence. Creating opportunities for participation. A magical experience is formed.

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein To be happy physically, intellectually fulfilled, spiritually grounded, relationally content, are not default human states. Those cherished spaces require active defense against complacency, doubt, fear, anger – what Einstein calls ‘movement’.

“Life among academics has taught me that a well expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact, so far as professional advancement goes.” – Claire Beauchamp, Outlander Sometimes fictional characters say it best. The emperor has no clothes; Sam Bankman-Fried.

“I have a bridge I’d like to sell you.” What’s the story behind this phrase? Enter George C. Parker, born in 1870. Not a hero’s tale, the legacy he left behind was one of heartless deception. He took advantage of naive immigrants and tourists by selling them buildings and monuments, the Statue of Liberty, Madison…

It didn’t go how she expected at all. But then again, one doesn’t typically expect to make a major mistake in the first 30 seconds. After the entire piece of humble pie was consumed she tried again. And regardless of the outcome, she was proud of that.