Alexis Castellano Mugica

I would have to say it's a mix of both the mindset that my family instilled in me, the habits they were able to give me, and the home that I come from. I'd also add the mindset I was able to give to myself through playing soccer. A lot of people think success is about working as hard as you can, putting in the most hours, or being the first in the office and the last to leave. That's the misconception - a lot of people like to be the first in and last out, and that's great for people to see, but if the output isn't there at the end of the day, then something else is the factor. The mindset I received from growing up with consistent routines and support, and parents that would push me to continuously be the best version of myself, then growing into my own individual person where I found a passion for soccer - I was able to become resilient and push myself to the extreme. I translated that into a working function where I don't really pay mind to the outside factors. I'm not worried about being the first in and the last to leave. I'm not worried about what my boss thinks of me. I'm worried about what my output is and what my results are. Results are what are going to drive people's attention to you, and without results, you can continue working your 9 to 5 and continue staying in the cycle, but results are really going to put you over the edge. That is what I would give a lot of my success to - my family, and then also giving it back to myself, and being grateful and thankful to myself for keeping such a steadfast mind throughout soccer to now my career.

I would say trust, respect, and integrity. Those are probably the most important to me. Respect is something that people don't need to earn, necessarily. I think it's a common thing that everyone should have with each other, a certain level of respect, because everybody's human and going through their own path in life. You don't know what they've been through, what they're going through, so respect is the bottom line foundation for how one another should treat each other. The second thing would be trust. That's something that's earned and not given. As the three kind of progress, you have respect, which is the foundation, trust, which is something that's earned and not given. Throughout time, you build trust with one another, and I think that's how you're able to build something that truly has potential to grow - you need trust in order to do anything with somebody, whether that be friends, a partner, or work employees. And then integrity is just how you carry yourself and the values that you're who you are and what you bring to the table. That kind of encompasses both of the other two. People who are very determined or resilient, that kind of goes along with integrity. Those are the three most important, and it really portrays how you carry yourself and the ways in which you build your circle around you and who you want around you. The people you keep around you, you take some pieces from them as well. Your group doesn't create you, because you still have your own individualism, but it definitely shows the kind of people you want in your life.