My top 3 challenges as a young leader: 1 - Learning that not knowing is ok. 2 - Watching some of my reports fall in burnout. ... 3 - Forgiving myself for giving up on blazing my own trail and succumbing to the pressure of joining the family business. My top 3 challenges as a business manager: 1 - Managing a business restructuring under the protection of the Bankruptcy Act. 2 - Suing a 55B dollar corporation (LVMH), and winning. 3 - Keeping my cool with Italian contractors proudly demonstrating their mastery of the art of getting things done beautifully at the 11th hour. My top 3 memories as a project manager: 1 - Building the interiors of the C-Suite floor of Vivendi Universal global headquarters in record times. 2 - Flying a crew of highly skilled craftsmen to NYC for emergency repairs onboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines cruise ship. 3 - Transforming Vendredi 13 - Friday Star's interior to turn the famous three-masted transatlantic solo racing sailboat into a luxury yacht - a technical feat. read more