Karl Sherrill

What if you just be kind to them today?

Like maybe that changes the environment they're in.

So that started it.

I put, you know, I'm an insurance kind of junkie by trade.

And so acronyms flow all over the place.

And I figured out, let me take one.

And how can I talk about that message in an organized pattern?

And so I just kind of came up with own yourself, nurture others, and expand your influence, which is the acronym that I use for this story.

Yeah, I think so early on, it's if you have the opportunity to be really careful about who you join.

I think the team that you join, you have to be careful about it.

And so I talk to a lot of undergrads, talk to young professionals, and I remind them to just this is the time to not compromise.

Finding a team of people that is aligned with the way that you see the world and the way you want to live your life and the way you want to be professionally.

Again, just to reiterate, the main thing they're usually missing is they haven't even spent time thinking about that.

So I got to get them to go back and do that first.

But let's move forward.

They've joined a team.

And obviously, sometimes you do the best you can.

You still end up in a team where the environment is not what you expected it to be.

It turns toxic over time.

You have new leadership or new teammates, whatever the situation is.