This story isn’t about what you might expect. Even though it is about what I’ve learned the past year since launching my first entrepreneurial adventure – Lucas Partnering – it isn’t about leadership, marketing strategy, or tips on being on your own. No, this is about what I’ve learned about the community I’ve lived in for the past 30 some years...Peoria, Illinois.
Read MoreIn this, the latest chapter of my career, now nearly a year old, I vowed that I would stay true to myself and when I felt I had something to share, I would. Regardless of how it might appear to the outside world. I think it is important for others who might be having similar thoughts. I think it is important for my teenage kids to know being vulnerable and transparent leads to a more fulfilling life. And I think it is important for my own psyche. So...
Read MoreSix months. I’ve been an entrepreneur and a business owner now for six whole months! After 30ish years in the ‘corporate’ world, it still feels odd to type that sentence out and see it on the screen.
Read MoreWe live ever more in a crowded and divided world. Never have there been so many people and never it seems have we been so disconnected from each other. It seems we listen less, talk more and really never understand people who are different than us. So what is one to do? I say start by thinking about yourself.
Read MoreThis week...9/11 actually (more on that in a minute)...marks the five month mark of losing my job. Much has transpired since then...much.
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