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How to develop yourself in a time of crisis | Ryan Casey (Podcast 462)

3 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Transcript excerpt from a podcast episode where Ryan Casey reflects on personal and professional growth during the COVID‑19 pandemic. He describes using the difficult 2020 period intentionally to accelerate his development, applying skills learned before becoming CEO to vendor vetting and marketing conversations, and feeling that the pandemic ultimately positioned him well a few years later.

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One thing with 2020 it was, it was a rough spot. I'm in Washington. So Covid was different in Washington than it was in a lot of other places across the country. So I just kept telling myself, you know, I want to be able to look back and say, you know what, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that Covid year and have here be way better than what it would have been without Covid. And I was thinking initially that's probably going to take like 5 or 10 years but here I am a couple of years later and I feel like I'm in a great spot. All of those things I learned before I went into the CEO role and now I look back and I'm like wow, that was so valuable because I know what to do when I'm vetting different marketing vendors and I can have really in depth conversation with our marketing and direct because all these things I learned from that group.