2020 has been a tough year for a lot of people, we know that. However, for MANY people, tough times aren’t exclusive to 2020.

KINDNESS IS KEY!

I always allowed a toxic environment to surround & consume me throughout my life. I figured it was ok to associate with a person who is always negative. I figured it was normal to have words of negativity in my regular vocabulary. It wasn’t until I took a step-back on my life to see the big picture.

I was allowing daily experiences, negative people, and negative words impact my daily life. In early 2019, I decided that I was going to make a strong effort to rid myself, personally, of toxicity. It tooks small steps to remove certain negative aspects from my life. I made it my focus to eliminate:

• Toxic Environments/Culture

• Toxic People

• Toxic Vocabulary

Read more to learn how you can rid yourself of toxicity.

Life shouldn't be easy.

It’s important to own & celebrate your failures. If you can accept failing, you have already taken a step towards success.

Ask for help. Learn every step of the way.

This edition of #TheGroundFloor is exciting as it is the first podcast edition. I’m thankful to my friend, Matt Scoletti, for having me on his podcast called “Livin The Dream”.

In this podcast we talk about:

• What it takes to be happy

• Esports (& Lost Tribe Esports)

• Depression

• Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

• My New Summer

• Life

• & more!

Enjoy this week’s edition of #TheGroundFloor!

Have you ever had a coach of some sort in your life? Have you ever been a coach? There are opportunities to take those experiences & transfer them into your professional life.

Guest Contributor, Tyler Pepe is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at the start-up nonprofit, My New Summer. Before COVID-19 impacted the world and changed his plans, Tyler was completing graduate work in Organizational Behavior and Development at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel. While abroad Tyler served as Head Coach and Captain of the undefeated Herzliya Stars in the inaugural season of the Israel Lacrosse League. Prior to this Tyler spent 5 years as a Regional Director at BBYO.

I am very excited to welcome Tyler to #TheGroundFloor as he talks about winning at work

#TheGroundFloor is excited to welcome guest contributor, Jordyn Kay! Jordyn is the Director of Staff Engagement at a place that is very close to my heart, Emma Kaufmann Camp.

Join Jordyn in this week’s blog post where she details her approach on what it takes to be a leader, with some helpful tips!

When starting your own business, it’s easy to make every excuse not to take the time to step-back and review your progress. Thanks to some great advice, I’ve made sure to journal how far I have come in business & life.

Are you ready to start tracking how far you’ve come or have you already started? Whether it be in regard to your business, education, career progress, leadership positions, etc., it is key to track where you are.

Enjoy this weeks blog post of #TheGroundFloor with some my top tips when it comes to knowing where you are!

What does it mean to “burn a bridge”? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Too often in my career I have heard horror stories of professionals burning bridges with their former employers, network connections, potential employers and everything in-between. I ask why? Why do some professionals burn bridges? What is the gain?⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

Dive-in to this week’s #blog post of #TheGroundFloor to learn more!