J Darrin Gross
I'd like to ask you Mike Kaeding. What is the Biggest Risk?
Mike Kaeding
Such a good question. I'm going to answer it in three parts, three levels. The first level is the surface level, which is today's some of the bigger risks of the economy. Specifically rise in interest rates has that has a negative effect and debt proceeds used to fund new construction and just deals in general. But if we take it a step further deeper, which you realize is that those kind of problems happen all the time. It's this year, it's interest rates next year, it might be employment. After that it might be a supply chain, just something totally different. And so the deeper level, the deeper risk, there's level two, is making sure you have the right people. Because if you have an amazing quality team that can solve the biggest, most challenging issues, they solve those problems, they start unlocking doors and making things happen that you didn't know could happen. They have the capacity to pivot and change with the changing times and the changing market. So that's the level two tickets one step deeper, and maybe the deepest level for me, I think the biggest risk in life is not utilizing your life to the fullest potential. You know, as I mentioned earlier, my dad died at a relatively young age. And I haven't asked myself the question, how do I want to spend the minutes I have here on Earth? It For Me, a big part of that answer is I want to make some kind of meaningful, positive impact on the world. So I think the biggest risk we all face is selling ourselves short not trying to make the biggest impact we can and not living the life that we know we can live.