Curious as this will be very opinion based

I am currently between “opportunities.” That is the polite professional phrase we often use when we are not sitting inside a formal job title. But I have found this season to be far more than a pause between positions. It has become a mirror. A mirror for what I believe. A mirror for what I have learned. A mirror for what I still need to develop. A mirror for whether I can actually practice the leadership concepts I have spent decades studying, teaching, challenging, and trying to live. During this time, I have been building out a consultancy with real intention. Not as a hobby. Not as a fallback plan. Not as a placeholder until the next role appears. As a serious body of work. In a relatively short period of time, that work has grown into two retained client relationships, both on monthly retainers exceeding $15,000 per month. That is encouraging. But the money is not the real point. It just shows that with intention; milestones can be reached. The real point is that the work has forced me to clarify what I believe leadership actually requires when the room gets quiet, when the title is not carrying the weight for you, and when there is no organization wrapped around you providing structure, momentum, or validation. At the same time, I have been writing my first books. That has been its own form of leadership development. Writing forces a person to stop hiding behind experience. It asks: What do you really believe? Can you explain it clearly? Can you defend it without overcomplicating it? Can you make it useful to someone else? Can you look honestly at your own journey and admit where the lessons came from? My first book is scheduled to be published on July 6th. Book two is in the works! I am excited about that. Not because it is a finish line, but because it feels like a marker on the journey. A point where years of experience, failure, reflection, frustration, observation, mentoring, and hard-earned belief finally become something that can be shared with others.

I love working on unique leadership challenges — especially the ones that do not fit neatly into a policy, checklist, or classroom answer. If my particular brand of leadership thinking, practical field experience, and dry humor suits your journey, please feel free to reach out. Sometimes the right conversation, at the right moment, with the right amount of candor, can move the work forward.

My goal was simply to go on vacation🌴☀️, and taking a break from social media and Skool (which explains my absence). What I did not expect was that I would find myself standing in front of a room, speaking on one of the things that means the most to me, helping people discover their purpose. It reminded me of something important. Your purpose follows you. You may step away from your routine, your business, or even social media, but purpose has a way of showing up wherever you are. Leaders understand this. We do not always go looking for opportunities. Sometimes opportunities find us. When there is a need, leaders show up. When people are searching for direction, leaders serve. When a door opens, leaders step through it. This picture was taken at the University of the Virgin Islands, where I had the privilege of speaking on "Discovering Purpose: The Foundation for a Meaningful Life." A reminder that God can use us anywhere. Anyone ever find their leadership skills come into play when least suspected, whether solicited and not?

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