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Erik: How do you use your network to get help making career and life decisions?
Ken: I've been absolutely blessed and I think the network I've tried to create and cultivate
guides almost everything I do. I think you have to put yourself out there, you have to
show up, you have to engage and you have to be interested in what the people across from
you are working on and what they're doing because every new person you meet can help
you meet 10-20 new people and learn or see new opportunities. So I think everything that
I do, everything in business, on the non-profit side, and now running for office, all of it
is made possible by a network of support and you know relationships that I've been able
to cultivate over the years. And this dates back, I mean I have folks who are helping
me on the campaign that I went to college with, that I went to grad school with, that
I went to law school with. I have people that I'm working on in business, helping them find
locations and stores, who I went to elementary school with. So it's pretty remarkable how
this has all kind of played out for me. And I've always tried to keep in touch with people
and bring people together and do that so I've been very lucky because these folks have ended
up in New York and makes it a little easier as well and I have a big family so I try to
keep everybody together as close as possible. And now we set out to run for office, it's
amazing because everybody has kind of jumped on board and been so supportive, and it's
always a challenge when you're putting yourself out there but then when you have everybody
that you've met kind of back you up and show up when you need them is just such an amazing
thing, it makes it so much easier to get out there every day and try to talk about what
you wanna do, because you have the support network.