Patrick McAndrew

So much of business is about your own internal game. The actual dynamics of business are not that difficult. There are problems which need to be solved. But what's the challenge there? Well, the inherent challenge is capacity to sustain change and the capacity to be malleable and adaptive. That's what our unique capacity as human beings are, is this capacity to mutate.

So much of business is about your own internal game. The actual dynamics of business are not that difficult. There are problems which need to be solved. But what's the challenge there? Well, the inherent challenge is capacity to sustain change and the capacity to be malleable and adaptive. That's what our unique capacity as human beings are, is this capacity to mutate.

I think at that point it was, it depends. If it was like a beginning of secondary school, I think I wanted to be an actor. If it was the middle of the time in secondary school, I wanted to be, I wanted to have a talk show. I wanted to host a talk show.

I think at that point it was, it depends. If it was like a beginning of secondary school, I think I wanted to be an actor. If it was the middle of the time in secondary school, I wanted to be, I wanted to have a talk show. I wanted to host a talk show.

Well, I always was very taken by the US and this New York in particular, where I lived for five years, and it was sort of hung over my head that if you do well enough on these exams, Patrick, my mom would say, I'll take you on a trip to New York. But that trip to New York never manifested.

Well, I always was very taken by the US and this New York in particular, where I lived for five years, and it was sort of hung over my head that if you do well enough on these exams, Patrick, my mom would say, I'll take you on a trip to New York. But that trip to New York never manifested.

The first time I came to the States, I think I was maybe 19 and we came on a family trip and we went to Keirwater Beach for Christmas. And as you can imagine, The United States was New York in my mind. Like that was the country that there was no sense or curiosity about the others. And I remember driving from Tampa to Clearwater and I had never seen things like strip malls.

The first time I came to the States, I think I was maybe 19 and we came on a family trip and we went to Keirwater Beach for Christmas. And as you can imagine, The United States was New York in my mind. Like that was the country that there was no sense or curiosity about the others. And I remember driving from Tampa to Clearwater and I had never seen things like strip malls.

And they're the most foreign alien looking thing ever, like seeing Dunkin Donuts and Wendy's and Burger King, but all in these streets. just sort of these parallel units alongside a road. I don't really think this doesn't look like the impression that I had of this country at all.

And they're the most foreign alien looking thing ever, like seeing Dunkin Donuts and Wendy's and Burger King, but all in these streets. just sort of these parallel units alongside a road. I don't really think this doesn't look like the impression that I had of this country at all.

So I had to start to come to terms to realize that there are different parts of this country and they all hold different characters.

So I had to start to come to terms to realize that there are different parts of this country and they all hold different characters.

Indeed. Yeah.

Indeed. Yeah.

I think there's always just been a tendency just to follow curiosities. So when I was in college, I studied law, but I had a radio show. I also worked in a regional radio station as a sound engineer. So I would be there during the live shows and I would be turning on the ads and fading in the music and all that stuff and meeting the guests and There was something there.

I think there's always just been a tendency just to follow curiosities. So when I was in college, I studied law, but I had a radio show. I also worked in a regional radio station as a sound engineer. So I would be there during the live shows and I would be turning on the ads and fading in the music and all that stuff and meeting the guests and There was something there.

There was something about conversing and meeting people. I grew up in a home where there was constantly people coming through, whether it was people traveling from around the world coming to stay with us or eccentric characters. And my mom had come across or she had an employment agency for a large number of years.

There was something about conversing and meeting people. I grew up in a home where there was constantly people coming through, whether it was people traveling from around the world coming to stay with us or eccentric characters. And my mom had come across or she had an employment agency for a large number of years.

The nurses that would be coming into Ireland, they would stay with us for a few days before they would go to the nursing home or the hospital where they were going to work. So We would sort of like take care of them because they would be homesick and get them settled. She also had a jewelry business where she made bespoke engagement rings for couples.

The nurses that would be coming into Ireland, they would stay with us for a few days before they would go to the nursing home or the hospital where they were going to work. So We would sort of like take care of them because they would be homesick and get them settled. She also had a jewelry business where she made bespoke engagement rings for couples.