"Building relationships."
I grew up in Cincinnati, OH, Westport, CT, St. Charles IL, Evanston, IL and Lexington, KY. My dad was a salesperson for several companies and later an executive at a number of companies. We moved a lot, and I didn’t like it very much. My mom was the one who would make each move better, because she knew that I always dreaded it. Hopefully, what you see in me today is my ability to build relationships with all different types of people. Whenever we moved, I always had to find new friends. To me, it is easy to do, and this is why: They were never short-term friendships. I learned along the way to keep these relationships. My parents always had friends and colleagues at each stop along the way and to this day are still close to many of them. I have kept relationships from each one of these moves … pretty amazing.