In this gratitudeo, I express my gratitude to a person who shall remain nameless…but who played a pivotal role in my launching Football Partnerships, a B2B community for soccer industry professionals. 

Years ago, I desperately wanted to work for Major League Soccer. It never happened, but I did receive a gift from this person who told it to me straight.

Takeaway: Turn rejection into motivation

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Gratitudinous is a program that’s here to say thank you to the people that have brought me, Alexander Kotler, knowledge, understanding, and most importantly, greater meaning throughout my career.

Each gratitudeo features a learning or takeaway that I gained as a result of my featured person and our interaction.

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