Welcome to 5 O’Clock Reflections, a daily blog by Hemant Rustogi as he explores lessons learned in life, business, and his quest for wisdom. Each month Hemant invites a person who intrigues him, to join him for a 5 pm interview to share their insights over their favorite cocktail. You can learn more here.

Celebrating Graduation

The pre-schoolers and kindergartners at our Montessori school graduated today. The smiling faces of the children and their parents said it all.  Every graduation — preschool or College — brings new hope and new challenges. For the young children it … [Continue reading]

Attitude of Gratitude

I recently had dinner with my friend Dru, who I had not seen in 15 years. Dru goes to work at 5am every morning so he can get home early to take care of a 10 year old girl with a severe mental and physical disability. Coincidentally, I met Chris … [Continue reading]

The Carrot

It's a little after 5pm and I just sat down at my tablet. I have been struggling a little today to get my thoughts put together cohesively. I knew there would be days like this. I have to write and push through even when I don't have my "A" … [Continue reading]

Keeping Score

I played golf with some of my UT folks today. It was a warm day after the powerful storm yesterday. We were a bunch of hackers hitting little white balls around a lush green course with a degree of frivolity. We played for fun with no one keeping a … [Continue reading]