Dr. Michelle Johnston

One of my colleagues, Rhett Powers, said it beautifully.

He said, it's not lost in translation.

It's lost in transaction.

We're just full of transactions and yet not full of meaning.

Yes.

And what I have realized working in it as well, in the trenches in it as well, is if we just focus on results, results, results, results.

I don't have time for that bullshit.

I don't have time for connection.

What are you talking about?

I have to get my shit done.

Excuse all the cursing.

You're fine.

And...

And yet what I've learned is you can't get there unless you spend time with your people, unless you build trust, unless you occasionally curse, unless you say, man, before we get into our agenda, man, Ryan, how are you really?

Like, how was your weekend?

What is Albany like right now?

You've got to spend time, and it's not a whole lot of time.

If you can just take about 10 minutes, you know, once a week with your team, really going deeper with connection, you will get those hardcore results, the financial performance that you need to stay alive and pay the bills.

And what I'm realizing, too, is I almost it's funny, Ryan, I guess once you're a hammer, all you see is a nail.

I almost can't get away from connection.