No, not for food. Professionally, are you hungry? Eager to dive into your next deal, project, task? Looking for the next opportunity for your business, your career? Are you invigorated, energized, ready?

If your answer is “nope,” take a moment. Right now. What’s the block?

Is there a change you can make—however small—that you’ve been craving? What big changes do you want for yourself that you could start laying the groundwork for today?

We want those changes, whether they’re small or big, for you. We want you to wake up, to hit the ground running, ready to break your “fast,” ready to revitalize yourself  both professionally and personally. Because if not now, when?

As we turn the corner to the latter part of 2023, I am incredibly thankful I can say “yes” to being hungry for opportunity and ready for the next thing—due in large part to our members, partners, and supporters.

Many of you have brought your hunger to our door. You’ve brought us the cravings you want for yourself, your peers, and your industry. And that has resulted in our best year yet.

We’ve launched several webinar series to discuss the market, fund management, technology, data, and more. Despite the busier schedule, attendance has skyrocketed. The feedback we receive is “more.” Like you, the industry is hungry–for new ideas, methodologies, and inspiration.

On the magazine front, we’ve heard your feedback that in a world where we’re consuming content in increasingly short soundbites, you want your professional magazine to take the time to fully explore the minutiae of private lending. You want articles running the gamut of trade-related subjects you can sink your teeth into, learn from, and come back to again and again.

And although it’s months away, we have ideas pouring in for what you want to learn and see at our annual conference, which even in these early days, is tracking to be the industry’s largest yet.

“Yes” tends to be infectious in the best possible way. When you want more for yourself and are willing to positively find ways to make it happen, you tend to motivate others along the way.

So, ask yourself: Are you hungry? And, if not, why not? What can you do to change that?