I asked him the question, I said, how do you bring the A game all the time?
I'm like, you're always this force.
And he said, I would get in the elevator.
This is pre pandemic.
He said, I would get in the elevator of my company.
We had 700 or something employees that built it for my dorm room is what he was describing.
And he said, that might be the only time that person gets to meet me.
That might be the only time that that person gets to experience me.
I have a responsibility to make sure that I'm showing up as my full self there in that
moment because I might've been having a bad day.
I might've stubbed my toe in the way in, or I forget how he said it exactly.
He said, but that person might interpret there's something wrong with the company or there's
something a much bigger problem.
If I showed up and didn't bring that, that energy in that self.
And I got to tell you, Jackson, ever since I had that conversation with him on the podcast
and I stayed in touch with him since I was like, you know what?
This is like my reminder to square my shoulders back, whether I'm in the airport and exhausted
or whatever it is, got to bring that a game because you only get one chance to make a
first impression.