Also, have this greenhouse project in full swing and the work is continuously coming in at a fast and furious pace. Can’t even manage to get designs or proposals out the door. So I War, War, War my ass off haha.

Hard Ass War Week. Rolling into my first big art show of the season- and of course it’s on top of Spring chaos. We brought the first load of large format work to the site today and am in the throws of artistic last minute self inflicted chaos. Pack and load tomorrow am for the weekend show. Two of my fire features are the focal points of the whole art show, which could be big for the studio. Will have a long day of packing, transporting and set up tomorrow. By far the most aggressive I’ve been on a show to date- guessing I’ll have likely 8 tons of product on display. (#NoPlayingSmall) Yesterday was a 5 am - 11:15 pm day and today has been a 4:45am to still at it sort of day. Tomorrow will likely be the same. And with no days off since beginning of April - starting to feel it a little. Self care is minimal this week. This is the part of becoming successful nobody talks about (and is required). Been grumpy as shit but posting this right now is forcing me into a degree of gratitude as I feel like I’m being a little bitchy over here 🤣 I’ll send pics of our set ups.

Welcome to @Craig Foster and @Musk Tesla to the Tribe. Glad to have you and please make a visit to the classroom where there is a growing library of leadership and culture development webinars. Also, we have a monthly challenge focused on one of the Archetypes and this month is Sovereign which is about expression, vision and for a bunch of us this is marketing or artistic projects. I pushed a bit on my Master Map book and felt good about that. Also had our always inspiring weekly call with @Morgan Vicki Todd, @Tanya Folsom and @Antonio Rillera who is gonna help us stand up a marketing push on Linked In. Got the dogs to the beach and myself to the gym. Also finally got a new office chair as my old one had died. Pic of a veteran softball game from the weekend. Happy hunting, folks.

Sitting here reading while I go through treatment #16 and this paragraph jumped out at me. I have always liked the word gumption. War Season x Storming is always a bitch… let’s see how my work this winter changes the outcome as we have entered this phase in the teams dynamics. And this is exactly where the inflection point is for these 20-30 year old employees. It will be a balance between their feelings and “need” for respect and pure expectations and accountability. This is where the rubber meets the road… Second morning starting out with a walk in the woods with my dog. Funny how years ago this was a daily practice - life was much more challenging back then yet profoundly simpler than it is currently. Feels like a full circle moment in my practice, returning to the basics. Maybe that’s the trick.

Treatment #15 meaning just 3 more left! Going to spend it with some gratitude reflection on this past years journey and work on trying to finish up the book that’s accompanied me through the journey. Also, I thought I’d share the email I’ve carried along in my journal from @Philip Folsom after we had discussed the cancer treatment journey I was getting ready to embark on. Much of the email recap has offered great reminders for me as moved through this part of life.