Listen. Read. Communicate. Professionally and personally, that is the way it has always been for me. Be it explaining the subtle differences in certainty between the First Conditional and Second Conditional tenses in English to a room of professionals in a negotiation course, guiding clients through the arduous US admissions process, or explaining new tech to older relatives and neighbors—I begin by understanding the needs of my counterpart, reviewing, reinforcing, or adding to my knowledge, and then responding to the need. I always endeavor to think before I speak or act.This has led me to analysis. I am excited by the explosion of data. The potential it offers to learn and communicate insightfully is a constant motivation for me to build and refine my technical skills in order to understand and explain the world around us to people who matter and help them make the best decisions.