Update

Your willingness to evolve, learn, and install new ways of thinking — even when the current version feels comfortable.

Kathy Hughes and the 33rd Bank

High fit

Update is about the willingness to evolve and install new ways of thinking. Kathy Hughes treated every rejection as new data that made her presentation better, not as a verdict on her idea. After 32 banks, she had updated her pitch to a degree that she described as Academy Award-worthy. Kathy Hughes ran a continuous update cycle until the output was something no one could turn down.