1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,100 Glenn, where did this vision of positive influence 2 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:07,740 and great leadership come from? 3 00:00:10,220 --> 00:00:14,860 Well, it started, I had an experience 4 00:00:14,860 --> 00:00:21,060 that where a gentleman who was a client of mine, 5 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:25,500 and as often happens, if you work for someone 6 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:29,420 for a period of time, they sometimes, 7 00:00:29,420 --> 00:00:32,340 and I've had some very good experiences where 8 00:00:32,340 --> 00:00:34,300 they've become personal friends. 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,260 And that's what happened with this gentleman. 10 00:00:39,060 --> 00:00:43,340 And he became ill. 11 00:00:43,340 --> 00:00:48,340 And I one day get an email from someone 12 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:52,900 who had worked for him that said he had passed away 13 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:55,460 and it was going to be a memorial for him. 14 00:00:55,460 --> 00:00:57,380 And would I like to come? 15 00:00:57,380 --> 00:00:59,500 And I said, of course. 16 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:05,900 So during that time, I began to think about him 17 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:07,900 and his influence on me. 18 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:12,740 And I realized that he had been a really big positive influence 19 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:13,820 on me. 20 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:17,940 And I started to think about some of those incidents. 21 00:01:17,940 --> 00:01:24,940 And I'd be glad to share some of those examples with you 22 00:01:24,940 --> 00:01:26,540 because they were pretty profound, 23 00:01:26,540 --> 00:01:28,940 and certainly profound for me. 24 00:01:28,940 --> 00:01:34,340 And I realized I can't be the only person in the world that's 25 00:01:34,340 --> 00:01:38,300 had someone in their life that's been a positive influence. 26 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:45,660 And I got shortly thereafter, I think actually later that day, 27 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:49,180 I went to the memorial and met many of the people 28 00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:51,100 that I knew very well that I had worked 29 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:53,060 with in his organization. 30 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:56,060 And also several of them who had become personal friends 31 00:01:56,060 --> 00:01:57,300 and still are, by the way. 32 00:01:57,300 --> 00:02:00,460 I still meet up with them. 33 00:02:00,460 --> 00:02:03,300 And they had similar experience. 34 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:07,220 Later that day, I called my son, who 35 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:12,740 is a leader and a senior manager in the financial services 36 00:02:12,740 --> 00:02:13,260 industry. 37 00:02:13,260 --> 00:02:14,340 And I told him the story. 38 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:17,660 And I said, I think there's a book there 39 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:19,020 because I want to write about this 40 00:02:19,020 --> 00:02:21,620 because I think this impacted me. 41 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:22,700 I said, what about you? 42 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:25,940 He said, I have had the same experience 43 00:02:25,940 --> 00:02:28,740 and if you write that book, I'd read it. 44 00:02:28,740 --> 00:02:31,700 Well, he's one of my biggest critics. 45 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:35,060 So I figured if he would read the book, that would be good. 46 00:02:35,060 --> 00:02:37,340 I said to him, well, how would you like to write it with me? 47 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:38,980 He said, I would love it, Dad. 48 00:02:38,980 --> 00:02:42,780 And so we wrote the first two books together. 49 00:02:42,780 --> 00:02:45,740 And so that was also a profound experience. 50 00:02:45,740 --> 00:02:56,020 I think the red five stars were really cool, because it's 51 00:02:56,020 --> 00:02:59,140 like you know when something Please Club and Idol 52 00:02:59,140 --> 00:03:03,180 play together and it could really 53 00:03:03,180 --> 00:03:04,980 be something really interesting. 54 00:03:04,980 --> 00:03:09,220 So these were the four books and they didn't sound so bad. 55 00:03:09,220 --> 00:03:13,020 And the fourth book is the book about auditioning. 56 00:03:13,020 --> 00:03:14,540 All these were really touching.