People are afraid to say when they messed up,
or afraid of maybe failing at something.
But failing is a part of the process.
Michael Jordan missed more shots than he made,
but he kept shooting.
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So from music exec, to streetwear designer, and now
creative strategy and design advisor for the Bulls,
we're thrilled to hear your advice.
So the first question before we break down
the hows of how to hold ourselves accountable,
I want to ask you why specifically
do you think it is important for you
to hold yourself accountable to your goals?
Well, I think in general, accountability is important
when we want to pursue our goals,
when we want to pursue any project,
we have to have some type of measure of how
to evaluate our performance.
So when we set goals for ourselves,
it's good to set barometers and check in points, if you will,
to just be able to measure how good, or--
not just how good, even how constructive
we can look at ourselves, and see how we can improve.
To pat ourselves on the back, if we've
accomplished a certain goal.
So just accountability, I think is important in general,
and it's something I really encourage
young people to embrace.
Who do you think is ultimately responsible
for our own success?
Success is based upon the goals you put in front of yourself
and how you achieve them.
So different people measure success in different ways.
So that's why goals are so important because it
sets some type of standard for what you're holding yourself
accountable to, and for.
So I always preach and encourage people
to set proper goals for themselves,
set short-term goals, set long-term goals,
and then hold yourself accountable to those goals.
Ask your teammates, say, hey, you
know what, I want to be held accountable for this.
If you can just help me, give me some constructive criticism
on how I'm doing, how I'm performing,
and how I can improve.
Yeah, so you feel that feedback is also a contribution
with accountability.
Oh, absolutely.
You want to welcome feedback.
I think in the workplace, especially people
are afraid to say when they messed up,
or afraid of maybe failing at something.
But failing is a part of the process.
Michael Jordan missed more shots than he made,
but he kept shooting.
And so that's how he's looked at as being the legend
he is today.
We want to look at examples like that of greatness,
and see how these people always were not afraid to fail.
We're all human beings that make mistakes,
but what we can expect is for those
to learn from their mistakes and improve.
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So if you could just give me an example of one
of your small achievable goals at the beginning
before you-- like right when you first
jumped into the Workforce.
Well, I first started in finance here in Chicago.
I worked at--
Wow.
--Yeah I worked at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
I took the position wanting to learn
how to trade so I work for a stockbroker,
and I was put on coffee duty.
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That's I first started.
And I remember I was paying my dues making coffee
and I was saying to myself like, man,
I didn't come here to make no coffee, man.
But I stuck with it.
And so I just want to encourage people, even when we're not
doing what we think we should be doing, give it your all.
Your attitude really determines your latitude.
Like, if you have a good positive attitude,
that principle is going to carry on
and people are going to notice that
and then they're want to give you more responsibilities,
and more privileges.
Finally, I want to ask you one question.
Has there been anything surprisingly helpful for you
in holding yourself accountable to your goals over your career?
I think that it has allowed people
to respect me in the work marketplace
because they know that I am going
to hold myself accountable.
People want to work with people they respect.
Absolutely.
And you want to respect others.
The feedback that I get is that I
try to make the project as fun as positive as possible
and get the job done.
Do the absolute best that I have the ability
to do with the resources that I have at hand.