…As my Vistage chair, Bob continually challenged me to move beyond my comfort zone. We often joked about my resolute refusal to move down the j-curve of making significant investments in advance of expected returns. Due to Bob’s persistence in reiterating that failure to take risks could result in mediocre performance in a mediocre company, I reluctantly stepped outside my comfort zone and made an investment in the future of our Company. This investment included looking beyond just the actual current financial returns of the Company for our investors, but creating long term value through the creation of a “story”.
