>> I think today, for me, philanthropic work, social enterprise, that's where I've started
to gravitate towards because I just -- I feel like I've been very lucky in life.
I've had a great upbringing.
My parents have been very supportive.
My family has been very supportive.
And that's what makes me passionate about it is that I've had a really good interaction
with my family and friends coming up to this point.
And there's that component of myself.
It's what do I want to do?
Right. What do I want to do when I leave at the end of the day?
And it's I want to know that I made a difference.
Once again, I don't need accolades.
I don't need a plaque that tells me what I've done.
I don't need a name, you know, on a building or something that showcases me,
but I want to know that I made a difference.
And that's what makes me tick.
That's what makes me get up every morning to say what am I going to do today?
Who am I going to talk with?
And what are we going to accomplish today?
I think the biggest challenge is if you go into a meeting
and there's not a clearly identified agenda or what you'd like to talk about, you know,
you run into the challenge of you don't know where the conversation will go.
And, you know, it goes back to being respectful of people's time.
There are a lot of things going on in people's lives, professionally, personally, and whatnot,
so I think that the conversation can go all over the place.
And that's not necessarily bad but if you go into it with well,
here's what I'd like to accomplish.
Or here are one, two, or three things that I'd like to see come
from this meeting then you're going to have better success
of at least accomplishing one of those things.
So I think the biggest challenge is if you go in unprepared, you know, that meeting is not going
to be as productive as you're going to be.
And you've got to remember, every conversation you have with somebody is a build or break.
You're building yourself up and that person or person's eyes.
So if you go in and you're unprepared, that first impression is going
to resonate with them for a very long time.