I decided to start my week by going to a local coffee house so I would have dedicated time to write and not be distracted by never-ending household chores. Fueled by a cappuccino and a warm blueberry muffin I jumped right into my work, subconsciously enjoying the unique sound of the espresso machine, clinking silverware, the friendly barista and the personal and professional meetings going on around me.
Although I don’t think of myself this way, I am an entrepreneur. And I never feel more like one than when I’m at this coffee cafe. As much as I enjoyed traveling and being on the road when I was a corporate meeting manager, I also spent years in an office environment, as part of a community contributing to something so much greater than myself. My new endeavor is an extension of this blog and a further avenue for sharing my story, the most impactful “job” I will ever have. More so than being part of a well-known handicraft company’s start-up that brought people together, or planning and executing pharmaceutical meetings at the point a new drug was ready for clinical trial, even more so than a dozen years spent at a life-saving medical device company.
There were four tables nearby and I could focus on any one of them and hear their passion about what they are doing. Although we were not working together, we were working together, and It was that, not the caffeine, that energized me.
