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>> I think today, for me, philanthropic work,
social enterprise, that's where I've started

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to gravitate towards because I just -- I
feel like I've been very lucky in life.

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I've had a great upbringing.

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My parents have been very supportive.

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My family has been very supportive.

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And that's what makes me passionate about it
is that I've had a really good interaction

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with my family and friends
coming up to this point.

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And there's that component of myself.

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It's what do I want to do?

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Right. What do I want to do when
I leave at the end of the day?

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And it's I want to know that
I made a difference.

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Once again, I don't need accolades.

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I don't need a plaque that
tells me what I've done.

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I don't need a name, you know, on a
building or something that showcases me,

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but I want to know that I made a difference.

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And that's what makes me tick.

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That's what makes me get up every morning
to say what am I going to do today?

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Who am I going to talk with?

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And what are we going to accomplish today?

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I think the biggest challenge
is if you go into a meeting

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and there's not a clearly identified agenda
or what you'd like to talk about, you know,

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you run into the challenge of you don't
know where the conversation will go.

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And, you know, it goes back to
being respectful of people's time.

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There are a lot of things going on in people's
lives, professionally, personally, and whatnot,

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so I think that the conversation
can go all over the place.

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And that's not necessarily bad
but if you go into it with well,

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here's what I'd like to accomplish.

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Or here are one, two, or three
things that I'd like to see come

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from this meeting then you're
going to have better success

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of at least accomplishing one of those things.

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So I think the biggest challenge is if you go in
unprepared, you know, that meeting is not going

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to be as productive as you're going to be.

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And you've got to remember, every conversation
you have with somebody is a build or break.

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You're building yourself up and
that person or person's eyes.

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So if you go in and you're unprepared,
that first impression is going

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to resonate with them for a very long time.