The Daily Scramble, Dealing with Change

The most remarkable thing in Sydney, Australia, is the Sydney Opera House. A young Danish architect named Jørn Utzon won the competition and created the billowing sails building we see today. Just think of the change that had to be accepted on the part of the judges of that competition to go with something so unique. And yet here we are 46 years later and it’s still iconic.

My identity is shifting to being a ‘continuous multi-country traveler’. For me to really embrace that change I need to believe that that is who I am now. One thing that has really helped me make the shift is

(or Steer Your Own Sailboat Through the Journey of Change)   I traveled to Australia from New Zealand. It was only a four-hour flight. But it was momentous for me. You see I’ve traveled a few times in my life, around the world as a student, with my family to...

Earlier this week I met up with a fellow Conversational Intelligence coach who lives in New Zealand. I had reached out to her when I knew the dates I’d be there. She welcomed me even though we had never met, picked me up from the ferry (She lives on the island of...

I’m on a bus traveling from Auckland, New Zealand to Rotorua, New Zealand. While on the bus I prepared a word doc that I need to submit to the City of New York as a provider of Professional Training and Development. Earlier this week I helped a couple members of my...

Change is scary. In the months leading up to this trip I wrestled with the overwhelmingness of it. Where would I travel to? How many countries and how long for the first trip? Visas, weather, inoculations, choosing a backpack or roller bag, getting a tablet (my...