Happy Thursday! My favorite day of the week. Can’t believe I get to spend it in Ireland… it’s barely starting to sink in.

Today, we went to the Guinness Enterprise Center! GEC is a really modern and cool consulting company here in Dublin. I loved their thought process: when the pandemic hit, they encountered a space problem in their main office, and decided to add two whole floors to their building. They scaled up more than twice their size to fit even more companies and wings within their umbrella business.

This entrepreneurial mindset was really interesting to witness in real life. More often than not, businesses may crumble under the pressure of change or expansion, but GEC took this challenge as an opportunity which really helped them to connect with their business partners in new ways. That was the main takeaway—don’t be afraid of change and surround yourself with good connections. And also, build up!

I also visited the Christ Church Cathedral and was admiring the Gothic architecture:

This same theme of looking up towards what is possible is seen in the design of this cathedral with the inclusion of the various arches that are angled up for supporting the structure while also naturally guiding the eyes upward. This double duty kind of reminds me of transferable skills and entrepreneurial mindsets. You must want to innovate in ways that check as many boxes as you can. Being good at compromises is a key part of that. If you can appease many sides that support an organization, you have transferable skills.

I believe I’ve exercised those muscles myself in the past: I just finished producing and acting in an independent film which required creative as well as managerial skills. Time management, attention to detail, negotiation and coordination management, and communication skills were incredibly important for both parts of my job. It’s my sincere hope that the film is as beautiful as that cathedral and as successful as GEC.

I continue to be excited for tomorrow, even though these cobblestone streets are killer. See you then, Dublin!