This past year was my greatest expedition. Not across job sites or city streets, but inside myself. Year one of the pivot revealed the Samurai, the Ronin, the Master and the unfinished masterpiece I am still becoming.

In consulting, the urge to step in and fix things is strong, but true growth only comes when you let others build their own skills. The best consultants remain present and patient, guiding without doing and transformation happens in the space between.