00:18:21 Alison Cardy: It's one of the first books I felt really angry about. 00:19:33 gblock@seattleu.edu: Childhood 00:20:17 Alison Cardy: Pixie sticks 00:20:36 gblock@seattleu.edu: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 00:23:41 Alison Cardy: Go sell homes to your friends and family. I got a chance to work with some investors in the DC market, and that was how I paid for school. 00:24:20 gblock@seattleu.edu: Used his tech skills to carve a niche providing value to investors 00:24:28 gblock@seattleu.edu: (Web skills) 00:24:49 Anthony: entrepreneur mindset is amazing ! 00:25:15 Anthony: thinking outside of the box 00:25:40 Anthony: can see and take opportunities 00:25:50 gblock@seattleu.edu: fearless 00:25:59 gblock@seattleu.edu: Risk taker 00:26:36 Alison Cardy: I liked the marketing side of it better. Should've asked a lot more questions. I learned a lot about how to and not to build a business. 00:26:37 Anthony: constantly learning 00:26:38 gblock@seattleu.edu: Growth mindset 00:27:32 gblock@seattleu.edu: Struck also by how his network led him to radio, media etc 00:30:52 Alison Cardy: This is a chance to do the exciting digital stuff I like. If we don't give them what they need, they're going to go somewhere else. If that's how people were treating their clients, I felt I could do a lot better. What do you have to lose? You will never be this risk-free in your life again. Your non-compete's up, let's talk. Ultimately what we decided to do was work with orgs who have a passion or purpose beyond profit. 00:31:16 Anthony: focus on added value for the customers 00:34:36 Alison Cardy: Anthony: 00:34:46 gblock@seattleu.edu: Love 00:36:53 Chris Yoko: travel for perspective 00:36:59 gblock@seattleu.edu: Very curious, empathy 00:38:16 gblock@seattleu.edu: reflective 00:38:30 Chris Yoko: barefoot 100 degree coke can soccer can make you as happy as cleats, guards, league ball, manicured field etc. 00:38:39 Chris Yoko: maybe "things" aren't what drive happiness 00:41:10 Chris Yoko: "everyone has a lot more potential than we think" 00:41:13 gblock@seattleu.edu: I believe that we have much more potential than we think. I help them find it. 00:41:16 Alison Cardy: I really fell in love with the south in the US. My family has put traveling as a strong value. Values and beliefs are different. It opens your mind. Man, maybe I don't need all this stuff to be happy. Czech Republic, Japan, learned from Toyota. It's a pretty big challenge to try to lead everyone. I immediately loved managing and leading people. I believe a lot of us have much more potential than they think. 00:41:34 gblock@seattleu.edu: Helping others to grow, giving people a chance 00:41:56 gblock@seattleu.edu: Untapped potential 00:42:08 Chris Yoko: leaning into discomfort 00:42:09 gblock@seattleu.edu: Stepping outside of my comfort zone 00:42:26 Alison Cardy: Well, maybe I can do more. What about my untapped potential? Where are my uncomfortable potentials? 00:44:01 gblock@seattleu.edu: Sharing, giving, serving 00:44:18 Alison Cardy: Wow, that actually worked. I enjoy pushing what I think are my limits. 00:46:08 Alison Cardy: Glenn: 00:47:21 Anthony: curious 00:47:30 Anthony: wants to learn 00:47:34 Chris Yoko: nasa :) 00:47:52 Anthony: love learning 00:48:11 Alison Cardy: I was always very curious when I was young. For example, I sent letters to NASA. At seven I walked into a library on computer literacy, and that changed everything. 00:48:41 Chris Yoko: the old school learning computers 00:49:26 Chris Yoko: coding into the morning hours (I hear that) 00:49:32 Anthony: at 10 coding up to 2am 00:50:12 Anthony: use my skills to help others 00:50:22 Alison Cardy: I became obsessed with computers. Gift from uncle At a young age, I wrote programs I could sell. I'm a big believer in using my skills to try to make the world better. 00:51:34 Chris Yoko: using technology to enable others (thematic) 00:51:52 Anthony: software development 00:52:24 Chris Yoko: take the leap, but calculate it first 00:52:34 Anthony: growth mindset : you need to accept to fail and keep going 00:52:42 Alison Cardy: I had a few hiccups in life. I noticed that how they were doing it was really inefficient. That led to me really pursuing a software development career. I've always been willing to take jumps. You need to be willing to fail. That's part of the growth mindset. You try different things, you learn, you keep going and going and going. 00:53:17 Chris Yoko: ahh the startup life (brutal hours, on the grind) then to Microsoft 00:53:36 Anthony: Microsoft experience was fantastic 00:54:22 Chris Yoko: nice tie into empathizing with the customer to feed technical requirements and product builds 00:54:57 Anthony: outside of the box thinking 00:55:22 Anthony: how can I help others is the constant theme 00:55:41 Chris Yoko: started with using technology to enable others, now moving to teaching others to create technology to enable others (using tech to drive an increase in equality of access/opportunity) 00:56:10 Anthony: mentoring guiding helping 00:56:21 Chris Yoko: "servant leader" 00:57:37 Chris Yoko: navigating different altitudes