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David Bywater is the Chief Executive Officer at Vivint Solar, a leading full-service residential solar integrator. Prior to joining Vivint Solar, David served as COO at Vivint Smart Home and was executive vice president at Xerox. Earlier in his career, David was a consultant with Bain & Company and the Monitor Group. In our discussion David shares his thoughts on: How to make failure a positive; The importance of a plan and momentum; Helping ordinary people do extraordinary things; Incentivizing your team members effectively; The upside and downside of data; Bending light and running towards the fire; Staying curious and questioning the status quo; and What happened when he was 14 years old that changed the course of his life. Complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast are available at - https://brettpinegar.com/seekingexcellence The best ways to connect with David are: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidbywaterceo Email: davidhbywater@yahoo.com You can follow Brett Pinegar on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/brettpinegar LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettpinegar/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brettpinegar/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brettpinegar/ Subscribe to SEEKING EXCELLENCE now and if you love it, rate, review, and if you feel so inclined, please share it with folks you think would be interested. iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1364727844?ls=1 Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ieeuey3tmjmrycs5wjukbwc7yne Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brett-pinegar/seeking-excellence-with-brett-pinegar Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/15NBZQtezyMyhQl1DtZrPN?si=WWlV6wHfRN2NyHLEgaY9TA YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-jPkKXsvOfmwabnv7aHc0w Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/channels/seekingexcellence