Purpose

Know your purpose, and the rest will work itself out.

For as long as I can remember, I have found myself motivated to help others.  I don’t know why; it’s just who I am.  I’m not coming from a place of trauma or payback.  It’s not part of some grand strategy that I have planned out.  It’s just who I am.

I’m motivated to help others reach their individual and collective potential.

I’m motivated to play my part in finding breakthrough solutions to seemingly impossible conflicts.

I believe in people–and I rarely find myself gravitating toward one “side” of a conflict.  I’ve witnessed too many conflicts that were simply predicated on a unfortunate blend of good intentions and gross misunderstanding.

Thus, my purpose in life, as I have known it for as long as I can remember, is to help folks get along more effectively.  There are no specific causes or issues toward which I feel more dedicated or interested.  I simply see the world as a place where we are all in this together, and I believe we are capable of a level of cooperation and collaboration for which there is simply no precedent.