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Cutco buddy introduced me to LinkedIn, where I connected with an old USD buddy who worked at Salesforce.I wanted to be closer to home (Bay Area).Q: How did you get into Salesforce and what was it like working there?

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We’re not just here to learn how to sell a product, that happens to be knives there are personal development lessons that are universal and transferrable.

“Success is defined as making dozens of decisions every day, and always making the harder choice.” – Tom Cannon

I still have my notes from a talk that you gave, “The Power of Choice” that changed my life, and the idea was that you always have to make the harder choice.

(Mountain climbing video is by Todd Skinner).

Rock climbing example – Whenever you look at a goal and you look to the top it can be daunting, but if you look at just the next ten feet ahead of you and say, I’m just going to get to the next spot, and then the next ten feet, and so on.

We’d get to learn something unique at team meetings and key staff meetings. Q: What were some other experiences during your Cutco/Vector days you would say were transformational in your life or career? The Vector vibe of a positive attitude.I just don’t know if I would have had that without Vector, the idea and practice of bettering yourself outside of a formal education. I was so grateful that someone once recommended Dale Carnegie’s book How to Win Friends and Influence People.One of the biggest things Vector gave me was this is unique opportunity, because it gave the value of a personal education.Q: What made you decide to go into management with the company?

I realized I didn’t HAVE to work an hourly job.I got to work with my friends, which made it fun! We were all super competitive too.Vector was my first job after graduating from High School.Q&A WITH HIRO RODRIGUEZ Q: What were your early days in Cutco like? What were some of the lessons you gained in those early days?