Lisa Wells

I would say my feelings of always wanting to achieve more than, or achieve better than, my mom and my grandma. Just wanting to be persistent and ambitious. Knowing that they wanted the best, the very best for me, and much more for me than they had for themselves, they wanted to see me be much more than they had attained. So I would say that's what drives me - knowing their vision and knowing that I could achieve anything that I worked hard for.

The best career advice I've ever received is to just stay diligent, be patient with myself, remain diligent, and keep my focus and pursue the dreams that I have in place to achieve. Pursue those goals, pursue those dreams, and stay on task with those, and I would receive or obtain the goals and the dreams that I've set forth. And that's actually happened. I will say that it's taken longer than I expected, but it's still happening, so I'm happy to say that everything is falling in place and everything is coming to pass.

I would just tell them that it's a wonderful industry to be in. There's a lot to learn, a lot of great connections and great opportunities. There's many opportunities and there's different areas that you could maneuver into. So the important thing is to determine which area fits your desires or fits your goals most, and work toward moving into that particular area. And to work hard, work hard, and just be ambitious, be ambitious, because there are so many opportunities. There's always, in some of the areas, so much room for growth, room for advancement. So just being aware of the area that you want to go into and focus on that area and pursue.

I would say maybe with our new system that was implemented back in 2024, with the system implementation, there's always challenges, hurdles and bottlenecks and things like that, so that would be the main challenge that I'm dealing with now. A lot of the information, the system is supposed to pick it up and resolve it, but that's not the case. I'm having to do much manual work, and it requires a lot of attention to detail, and focus, and accuracy. Which, of course, is not an issue, not a problem, but I would say that would be kind of the main obstacle right now.

Character is the main value I would say. Character being true and honest, first with yourself. Knowing who you are and that everything is achievable. Having good, great integrity, and being respectful and compassionate to others, and being understanding. Understanding and knowing that no one's perfect, but we do our best. Do your best and show up ready and confident in yourself and your abilities, and you'll fulfill your dreams and goals.