The Motivation and Benefits of Working with Colleagues

The speaker finds motivation in the quality, care, compassion, kindness and intelligence of their colleagues. They consider themselves lucky to work with such people. They mention a moment of joy when realizing that there was no person they had trouble with in a virtual meeting. They attribute this to their personal growth in interacting with others. The speaker believes that when people invest in improving relationships, it leads to a better product and faster iteration. Working with a coach, they have uncovered limiting communication patterns and learned to ask questions from a place of empowerment rather than a savior mentality.