A little throwback. Took me a while to find the right words, but speaking at TEDxUNJ was genuinely an honor, one of those moments that feels like a dream you get to live twice. I had a sharp, energizing time on stage, sharing something close to my own journey: pivoting your mindset to adapt, innovate, and stay relevant in a shifting job market. For me, it wasn’t about changing careers overnight, just learning to trust the process and feed my mind with what helps it grow. The world is always ther

In the 1990s, John Sylvan was drinking 30-40 cups of terrible office coffee a day. He noticed the problem: make a whole pot and it goes stale, or nobody agrees on what type to brew. So he invented the K-Cup—a small plastic pod you pop in a machine for one perfect cup in 30 seconds. He teamed up with his college roommate Peter Dragone and named the company Keurig, Dutch for “excellence.” The plan was simple: offices skip Starbucks, get their coffee at work. It would actually be environmentally ne