>> If you have passion for what you do, if you love it, it'll all just fall into place.
Because if you love it, you'll work hard at it, you will do well at it, and people will notice.
>> That's great advice.
Maybe as a final question, just touch on what USC means, has meant to you, how, maybe,
it has prepared you for future successes.
>> Oh, you know, that's a hard question.
Well, I have to say that the USC Architecture Program is a really strong program
that teaches you the fundamentals of how to think.
So what I really learned there was that architecture is about solving problems.
And we solve problems spatially or through design, or other ways.
And I think that was one of the most valuable lessons that I got.
Because, actually I could do anything.
I don't even think I have to be an architect.
I could go out there and do a lot of fields.
Because if what you're looking for is a problem solver,
that's what I've sort of been trained to do.
So it's funny, when clients come to me and they say, I want this kind of table,
I want this color, or, you know, anything.
They come to me and they tell me what they want the space to look like.
I actually don't listen to that.
I mean, I don't even really remember what they're asking for.
In my head, I'm always translating why do they want that?
So what is it about that particular stone, or that particular color,
or that particular fabric that they really want?
And then once I can get to their motivation for it, then I can actually solve their problems.
And every design situation, there's always the opportunity to solve an issue for them.