I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced.

When I started out, I wanted to have everything solved by the time I was 30. That didn't happen. Instead, I realized that the journey is the destination, that the work.

However, there's nothing more inspiring than a company that does solve problems and those problems are captured as part of a larger story.

That doesn't mean we should be doing it, though. We should always be carving back those things that are comfortable and institutionalized but not necessarily impactful.

There are not enough forums where institutions invite their workers to share their failures in a constructive way so the organization can move forward.

Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High School of Science, which has produced more Nobel prize winners than any other high school in America.

Thinking like others is ok for things that are not important to you.