Donna Peters interviews Dipak Patel, Chief Growth Officer,  former Strategy consulting partner and Venture Capital Operating Partner.  And crazy Pearl Jam fan.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EPISODE

--2:05 Dipak shares a helpful take on how to define your own core values, using lessons from the Samurai way of life, concept of Bushido, reflecting on your actions, not your aspirations

--10:15 Chief Growth Officer mindset includes managing noise, simplicity, pulse on what's changing, partnerships, protecting your time, staying calm

--Growth is required in 5 areas: learning, spiritual, physical, emotional and social

--a final challenge to us all to exercise our minds, protect our time, and take up the ukulele