It was one of my bucket list items to hear former US president Barack Obama speak. He’s one of the world’s great orators.

In a true and open conversation with a dear mentor, I shared my truth: I am inadequate.

How can 2.5% get you a tremendous return, even in a downturn?
When the stock market is down, what do you do? You buy low – so that down the road you can sell high.

Here at Level 52, we’ve spent time working in several large and small companies and have identified 5 things that consistently lead to negative, unproductive and a hard-to-work-in culture.

Information is everywhere. You can find out how to do pretty much anything from Siri or by banging away on Google or YouTube. Knowledge isn’t power – it’s potential power. How we use that knowledge is far more important than having it.

Use the ‘F’ word more this year and I guarantee you’ll get better results. Trust me. In fact, you can call me at this time next year and if you do what we say and it doesn’t work – I’ll take you to lunch!

Celebrate, course correct & design a plan for what’s next.