Robert Jordan:  

I've come a long way since KWHS ...I haven't always made it easy for myself, but it has always been a heck of an adventure! I know I wasn't one of the popular kids back then, my father transferred back to Key West just before my Junior year...I did enjoy the school though...Besides, how can anybody complain about going to high school in the Conch Republic!. Playing handball during lunch, volleyball games at Smathers, tackle football at the field just by the gate at the naval base where I lived ...cruising Duval Street with BTO blaring from the 8track, getting into bars on my fake police ID...even working at Neisners after school. I also reflect on some great teachers we had back then...all in all a pretty good couple of years! Survived University (I'm a Gator)...came close to blowing it a couple of times but finally got my act together! I worked in the mental health field for a number of years including a four-year stint in the USAF. I decided to shift careers, applying my background in Psychology to the business world. I completed an MSc in Organizational Development and started working as an independent consultant before joining a small group of like-minded consultants. I worked in a variety of industries, with many different people and cultures, and have loved going to work almost every day...for that, I feel truly blessed! Spent most of my adult life working in Europe...18 years living in the NE of England, in the wee village of Tynemouth, overlooking the sea. Our small consultancy enabled me to work all over Europe, as well as Russia, South Africa, the Emirates, and Australia! Spent two years (2008-2010) in NYC, working on a short-term contract and living in a great apartment in Long Island City right across the East River from the UN building, and surprisingly loved it...Downsized after a merger just as the economic bubble burst, so headed back to Europe. I moved to Warsaw, Poland for five years made some great friends and t...Expand for more