a few of my favorite topics:
what transportation tells you about a city.
20 years of traveling will teach you a thing or two about other cultures, cities and urban design. as a hospitality centric commercial real estate professional, I cannot help myself in absorbing the beauty of thoughtful urban design in my travels and contemplating ways to launch and inspire such development in the Southeast United States.
the art of discovery.
and how we can all be inspired by indiana jones. i found myself recently driving home from a company meeting to look up at see a graffiti mural of an “eye.” I’ve always been fascinated with eyes: the round shape, the things that have been seen and can be seen. my kids laugh at me, as they often point out that I make connections and see things that many others don’t. it’s the art of discovery and i love it.
curiosity is our superpower.
my mom tells me that I learned to read at 4 despite my need for glasses, there were simply not enough books you could put in front of me. while DC Andrews and Harry Potter caught my eye early, I quickly moved into biographies and leadership books about how to inspire people.