Building smart processes to streamline the workflow can make the work easier and the results more reliable, which keeps my head above water and my clients happy.

I was attracted to the direct connection with history that land surveyors experience in the form of plans, field notes, and from surveying monuments from decades or even centuries in the past.

A lot of people don't think much about what land surveyors do. In a nutshell, we are the interpreters and providers of landmarks and records that directly impact real property.

Legal land surveyors are few and far between and can find themselves in demand.

It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but the important thing is to turn a mistake into a learning experience.

I've met very few professional land surveyors who regret their career path, and even fewer, who are out of work, even during economic slowdowns.

Professional land surveyors take on a lot of responsibility, and should be compensated appropriately.

This is the worst thing about waiting for someone. You have to look good all the time because they could turn up at any minute and see you before you've seen them

Conversation can be a learning experience for everyone. I never hesitate to reach out when I'm in over my head, and I'll never hesitate to return the favor.

I'm lucky enough to split my time between the field and the office. Some land surveyors in larger outfits can work mostly from behind a desk, managing many field crews at once.

When I got my commission, other land surveyors told me to ask for advice from my peers when I was struggling with something.

Never settle for being ordinary, you're made whole in God, you're uniquely perfect. Made to love and be loved.

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

I don't expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.

People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.

We cannot silence the voices that we do not like hearing. We can, however, do everything in our power to make certain that other voices are heard.

I've never understood people that sleep around. I think there's something very lacking in your life when you do, not to be judgmental.

I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.

There's a real simple analogy. You have to perceive it from the ground up. You have to lay a firm foundation, then every step becomes part of a logical process.

I have a lot of fantasies about being tied up and spanked. I suppose it isn't very liberated, is it? What kind of fantasies do feminists have?

That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.