Mirandy Moberg Haag

I think I'm just very fortunate. I think the temperament really helps me - I think that's just kind of a gift. I really try to show a lot of compassion in the workplace, working with colleagues as they are, as they come, as opposed to identifying them as certain roles or operating in a certain hierarchical way. I just really try to handle each individual and each individual situation from a very grounded, compassionate place.

The best advice came from Jeff, and it's basically that nothing is really life or death in our field, so I don't need to treat it as such. There's very much an emphasis on the fact that work is just a part of my life - it's not the be-all, end-all. I find that very motivating to me. I enjoy being at work just as much as I enjoy being at home. I just treat every moment like it's as important as the next. It's really just kind of living in the moment. It helps me not get bogged down by stress about things that will get done. I place equal value on every task that's in front of me and move through them one thing at a time, doing the best I can each step of the way, and then typically the end result follows suit. It's easy to get really stressed in kind of a high-stakes situation with a lot of moving parts, but he's helped me to kind of understand that it's just all part of the process. If I continue to do the best I can, then the outcome generally will end up being the best it can be, too.

I would say definitely, never sacrifice your values. Ever. It's okay to be confident in what you believe in and live that through in all your responsibilities, and that will take you far. There can be a lot of intimidating factors, especially for a woman in the workplace, and I think as long as one always acts in alignment with their values, then the rest kind of works itself out.

I would say probably just the unpredictability. As the founder and CEO, I spend a lot of time trying to be confident in what each day is going to look like, and that just doesn't really work well, typically. So the biggest challenge, I think, is being able to be flexible in the moment. If I have to change 15 details, then I might just change them and just keep on going and be very adaptable in any situation. And again, just staying very calm, because there are a lot of moving parts all the time, and to be able to keep track of them all, I can't overreact to one.

In the workplace, it's definitely respect and education - I'm always trying to learn. I'm always trying to help as much as I can along the way, while still keeping my goal at the center as the driving force. I always want to continue to be moving in the direction I'm trying to go, which is generally just continuing to learn and improve, but doing as much good as I can along the way, helping as much as I can without getting bogged down or taken advantage of. If I just stay on the path that I'm confident in, the direction I want to achieve, all of that kind of works itself out around me as well. Personally, I think it's so important to me to treat every moment as if it's kind of the final destination, not a means to an end. Be present in every moment, and then every moment gets my best, and I get the best out of every moment.