We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen.

Times of economic crises can change what the competitive landscape looks like, because when, for example, you have boom times, capital is easy to come by, growth is easy, sometimes what you focus on is, you know, how to accelerate in the boom. During economic crises, the question is, the companies that come out of, you know, that are sailing through that with the best liquidity, both assets on the balance sheet, making money, ability to grow their businesses, get a disproportionate competitive advantage.

There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate to be here.

Boom and bust cycles are very difficult for businesses because you're hiring a bunch because you're planning for the future. And if the future is going to be very big, you need to hire people, or suddenly you go to boom to bust, then all of a sudden, you're kind of battening down the hatches and trying to sail, you know, through the storm, it's a different thing. So part of it is making good decisions about, well, how long is a boom cycle going to be, you know, don't plan on it going forever.

Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.

Economic tough times are great times to be investing in the future.

The key issue when you're looking at cost cutting is to always plan for the future.