“Allow events to change you: You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them…”

* quote above from Life Style–An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth by Bruce Mau

Written in 1998, The Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of statements exemplifying Bruce Mau’s beliefs, strategies and motivations. Collectively, they are how we approach every project.

As far as the quote above I believe the poignancy of change is an important ingredient to success. Knowing how to take the “no’s” as well as all of the “yes’ ” are crucial to progression, otherwise everytime we had a #fail it could have potentially impeded our growth. Simply put: you possess the choice to be as determined as you want to be and in order to get anywhere there are always obstacles to overcome. Where my personal journey is concerned I have learned the most by living in New York, the harsh winters, the harsher fashion climate where one day you can be “it” and the next day spit out. But I’ve already established a long time ago that my goals are going to be met par excellence of course, aka I’m not going to stop at anything to get my SoHo loft, a house in St. Bart’s, the black Maybach…ok I digress. All in all the ability to “go with the flow” is the best way to manipulate the world around you, don’t fight change, EMBRACE it because everything you go through does not merely change you it makes you wiser. The more you know the better you can do your job, and let me say I’m pretty damn good at being me.