Cynthia sits down with Tracy Collins, a St. Louis-based architect and founder of formwork architecture. Early in her career she did something most people would never attempt: she sent her resume to the firm of the architect she admired most in the world, and they said yes. What she built in the years that followed, and what she chose to walk away from, says everything about what real growth actually requires. This is a conversation about ambition, courage, and the surprising thing that sometimes has to happen after you get exactly what you wanted.
This episode is for anyone who has ever stayed somewhere too long because it felt safe, or talked themselves out of a leap because the odds seemed impossible. Tracy speaks openly about hitting a ceiling at her dream job and what she did next. Listeners will come away with a fresh way of thinking about risk, iteration, failure, and what it actually means to build something that lasts, whether that’s a building or a career.