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Mario Harik

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
924 total appearances

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The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

So when I'm with my kids, for example,

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

I don't use my phone, I put it away.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

I do meaningful activities with them.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

As an engineer, last summer, we actually built a robotic arm that we programmed and we actually tried to make it solve a Rubik's Cube.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

It didn't work as expected, but we kind of gave it a fighting shot there.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

Or whether it's taking my kids fishing and spending time with them, actually doing activities that are outdoors.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

So I think when you are limited on time, what you can focus on is making the quality of that time be the highest possible.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And also figuring out where you want to spend your time.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

So for example, I don't watch TV.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

I don't play golf.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

I don't, you know, have, for me, I'm either working with my team and the company that I love and being able to drive better outcomes or spending time with my family, with my kids and do amazing things with them.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

They make you young, by the way, along the way.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

Yeah, that's true.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

Actually, my hobbies are my work and my kids.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

I think from a work perspective, there are levers that you are spending.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

So there are subjects that you are spending time on, and there are ways that you are spending your time.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

And I'll come back to that in a second.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

But in terms of to have a successful execution over a long period of time, you need to have a strategy.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

You need to have levers that you are focused on as an organization to be able to drive better outcomes.

The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win

As an example for us, these are things like service, investing in capacity, gaining profitable market share, growing pricing, and then improving cost efficiency predominantly in three categories and how we operate our network.